Coldwater

January 20th, 2013 at 6:15 PM ^

That's pretty good money. Not bad for a guy who's been a head coach for 4 years in his entire career.



What does a boring football obsessed workaholic spend all that money on?

sdogg1m

January 20th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^

The cost of these coaches and players are rising rapidly. I haven't attended an NFL game in roughly five years but I can't imagine it would be cheap especially if the COACH is getting paid over six million a season.

lilpenny1316

January 20th, 2013 at 7:30 PM ^

like players' contracts.  He's screwed once defenses catch up to these gimmick offenses like the zone read and his players lose all respect for their "college" coach.

Slamdo

January 20th, 2013 at 7:58 PM ^

Interesting dynamics when you consider other college coaches who could obviously have made the switch.  Saban comes to mind and clearly has a lot of financial gain by moving back to the NFL despite his previous difficulties with the Dolphins.  Has a good thing going at Bama but hard to believe that the draw is not pulling hard.

RapidTransit

January 21st, 2013 at 8:15 AM ^

Chip's gimmicks are not going to transfer so smoothly to the NFL where his team won't have a significant speed advantage.  Thankfully Philly should be too cold for him to wear one of those stupid visors.  Maybe he can dress homeless-style like Belichick.

Tater

January 21st, 2013 at 10:24 AM ^

This means that Nick Saban's market value could be as high as $10 million a year.  It could be enough to tempt him.  Five years and $50 million would be a great "retirement contract,"