OT: Saban talking to Texas

He will retire from Alabama and NOT coach Texas. The guy is in his early sixties and I can't imagine he wants to leave his dynasty at Alabama, go to Texas, and rebuild that program. Why leave when you're winning as consistently as he is, especially in the best conference? That makes no sense. Alabama is way more prestigious than Texas right now.

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Bama doesn't have? This makes no sense and is just arrogant on the part of Texas alumni and fans.

Don't say recruiting ground, because Saban has a top 3 class every year at Bama.

My personal assistant has been in touch with Kate Upton's manager about her availability for lunch. About as meaningful/likely.

Icing on his career would be to beat an SEC team with Texas in the title game

This is Saban writing his own check and setting his own salary.

Bama will open there wallet!!! Saban isn't going anywhere but he will play the game.

What's the average annual budget for athletics at your typical division one school?  I can't imagine spending 10-20% of an entire athletic budget on ONE man. . .

money (I figure he has more than enough) but his ego is limitless; and it would be easier to be the best in the Big12 and go undefeated than in the ESS-EEE-SEE. 

If he built anything like he has at Bama it would be a walk in the park the top seed in the playoffs every season.

You can bet he'll milk Alabama for more money. I'm sensing a contract extension in the works.

Every move he made from MSU to the Dolphins was a step up. Then he realized he made a mistake and wanted to be in college football. He got a job at Alabama, and has been there for 6+ years. Maybe he goes, but it would surprise me.

Probably not.

He's not leaving Bama. What incentive does he have for leaving? He has the most dominant program in America's most dominant conference. He's won 3 of the last 4 national titles and is primed to win a 4th in 5 years. Whatever Texas can pay him, Bama will match and then some. Texas is a premier program, but so is Bama, and Texas has nothing to offer Saban that he doesn't already have in spades.

What incentive does he have to go and rebuild a program from scratch when he can stay at Bama and keep dominating year after year, and have the top recruits pick him? He doesn't have to recruit anymore. His results speak for themselves. The only situation I could see him leaving for is if Belichek retires within a couple of years and asks Saban to take over for him.

And even then, I think Saban learned his lesson from being with the Dolphins. He's at his best when he rules every aspect of his team with an iron fist, and he can't get that in the NFL with scouts, owners and GMs breathing down his neck.

The supposed talk occurred before the season

Pretty sure Saban shot it down today on the radio.

No News!

But I did hear a bit of juicy info regarding Stoops at Oklahoma today from some colleagues. Stay tuned

Texas has the largest athletic budget in America. He can make the most money there. And it's not like Mack Brown isn't landing great recruits. He's just a great underachiever. Saban would be fine at Texas rebuilding the program.

Will he leave Alabama? Oh God, no. He has a friggin statue of himself on that campus. 

Saban was approached last year by TX.  He said, and challenges can make people do crazy things, that he and Mack were great friends and he was just too damn old to make a move. I have no doubt if this were to come about, he could, with their crazy high school football talent, put TX right back where it was, probably much faster than he did at Bama inasmuch as the talent needed is on roster already and all future talent is only a visit away.  He might have to leave the state to get a great CA qb. This usually works out well and is often the missing piece. CA qbs, for some reason get the best h.s. coaching in America.

There's a very good chance both programs are looking for new coaches this year. I'm betting on Patterson from TCU going to Texas. he knows the state. Winning history, and he had been linked to many job openings at schools that were higher in the conference food chain than TCU. Peterson to USC. Been sitting at Boise for awhile. We obviously know he wins. plus he's been rumored for some bigger jobs in the past. On a side note from that. Meyer to Notre Dame after 2015. He has always said Notre Dame was his dream job. Plus Braxton will be gone. And I don't see the Notre Dame faithful staying enamored with Ol' Purple Face.

agree to retire (kill) "ESS EEE SEE" ????

SEC would be just fine. Thanks

Oh, and lets also kill "MOAR", that would be great.

thanks again