The interesting think about Saban to WVU rumors....

and coaching change rumors in general is that the one who denies any involvment many times winds up being the coach. Just this year look at the moves. Petrino's name comes up in passing concerning the Arkansas job and his camp immediately professes their love for the Falcons. All we start hearing are asst. coaches names for the job and all of a sudden Petrino is the coach. Rodriguez name came up fairly early when Miles was supposedly the frontrunner. He professed his love for WVU and then a short time later he's the new coach at Michigan. Now Nick Saban's name pops up as an "interested party" in the WVU coaching search. A fairly quick denial comes from the WV Gov (of all people) and talk about how much Nick and his wife LOVE Alabama. What really sounds suspicious is the Gov of WV saying that Nick bleeds crimson (now that's funny) and will be there for many, many years till he retires. That all brings me back to the impossibility of Nick Saban leaving a 5 mil per year gig with the Dolphins when rumors started floating about him being interested in a change. Noone believed it possible but Nick was pressed early for an answer to the rumors. He professed his ABSOLUTE love for Miami and made the infamous statement "I will not be the next coach at Alabama". Is it so impossible that Nick COULD want to make a change? No amount of denial by any party involved with Nick means a whole lot because these same types of denials were made when he left Michigan State, LSU and Miami. I was listening to talk radio today and someone said the following about the Petrino deal..."Atlanta knew what they were getting into. They encouraged a coach to break his contract (that he had just signed an extension on) and come to them for the money. They should not be suprised that he turned around and broke the contract with them". Nick Saban and Bob Petrino are two peas in a pod so it should not be a suprise to anyone if Nick does do the impossible and goes home REGARDLESS of any denials to the contrary. This is not wishful thinking. It just seems to be the way that so many of these deals have come down.