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re: Saban to Penn State not as crazy as it seems (long)
Posted on 11/29/11 at 8:20 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
Posted on 11/29/11 at 8:20 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
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Couple of other points. Nick still bristles at the idea that he left MSU because he didn't want to compete against Michigan and Notre Dame. Yes he said it at the early LSU press conferences but he doesn't like the idea that he ran away because he couldn't compete against Michigan and Notre Dame.
Read his interviews he never talks about LSU and Alabama the way he talks about his time at Michigan State. If Nick could leave MSU he can leave Alabama just as he left LSU when he seemingly had it all.
So you're saying LSU isn't a better job than Michigan State?
Nick's always moved upwards in the college football ranks, and there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama. Frankly there's only one job I'd be concerned came open and offered him, and that's Notre Dame.
The challenge to return them to prominence might be too much temptation for him.
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Posted on 11/29/11 at 8:29 pm to llfshoals
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So you're saying LSU isn't a better job than Michigan State?
No, but what I am saying is that Nick had some of the happiest times of his life at MSU and in fact he has admitted in many interviews for that to be true and that leaving MSU was the hardest thing he ever had to do because he was happy there before things got out of control.
He has never spoken about Alabama and LSU the way he has spoken about MSU. That doesn't mean MSU is the better job it just means that he really loved his time at MSU and that if he can leave MSU he can leave Alabama especially when he 1) loves challenges, 2) needs constant reassurance and 3) feels he has something left to prove.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 8:31 pm to llfshoals
Posted on 11/29/11 at 8:54 pm to llfshoals
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Nick's always moved upwards in the college football ranks, and there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama.
Posted on 11/29/11 at 10:06 pm to llfshoals
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there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama
Cant you people just go away? The arrogance is nauseating.
Posted on 11/30/11 at 11:13 am to llfshoals
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there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama
I'd much rather the LSU job over the Bama job for the simple fact that recruiting is much easier (especially in-state) and couple that with the facilities. Plus everything you do as the coach would get compared to Bear. No thanks. I'll take Baton Rouge
Posted on 11/30/11 at 3:34 pm to llfshoals
quote:There's at least one; Texas.
there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama.
Mack Brown regularly gets butt-fricked by his biggest rival yet remains the highest paid coach in America.
Top that.
Posted on 11/30/11 at 6:46 pm to llfshoals
there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama
Posted on 11/30/11 at 10:27 pm to llfshoals
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Nick's always moved upwards in the college football ranks, and there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama.
Whoa!
There's a lot of craziness in the Bama football culture that not a lot of coaches want to inherit and deal with...namely the shadow and still love affair with Bear Bryant. Plus, there are far better places to live in this country and more fertile recruiting grounds.This post was edited on 11/30/11 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 12/1/11 at 7:07 pm to llfshoals
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Nick's always moved upwards in the college football ranks, and there's zero jobs in college football better than Alabama.
You don't see it the way Saban sees it. If Notre Dame offered him $8 million a year, that's upwards to Nick Saban.
If Texas offers him $10 million, that's upwards to Nick Saban. FWIW, I'm not sure Penn State (although it is undisputable that is his dream job, from a time/place non-money factor, the control he would be afforded, the non-interference from the AD and University)is the final Saban gambit - The problem would be - now - with the scandal - Saban's going to have long since stopped coaching when this particular stain is lifted. Likewise, he will never equal the Bear at Bama.
The only place that can really afford him - and really be attractive to him (and seriously, he does not give a rats a$$ about Bama) is Texa$. The Longhorns could actually put him in 9 figures with the whole package, LHN - and Nick, for all of his outward appearances, is a relatively northern liberal guy - there's only,really 4 cities in the south he might feel comfortable - Atlanta (GT? Falcons? No.), Miami (been there, done that, disaster), New Orleans (no) and Austin (intriguing...). Mack has never shaken the "recruiter only" moniker and Darrell Royal, while legendary was no Bear.
And Nick is running out of time....
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