TUSCALOOSA, AL (PNN) Sources have told news media that former Miami Dolphins head coach Nick Saban will be accepting a contract offer as the new head coach of the University of Alabama. UA has reportedly offered Saban over $35 million and a personalized berth in the Tuscaloosa Yacht Club in a deal which will make Saban the highest paid coach in all of college football.
Angry Crimson Tide fans, many of who were pressing for the University to spend as much money as possible and do whatever was necessary to hire anyone, including Saban (touted by some as the second coming of Ray Perkins), immediately began calling on University officials to fire Saban, noting that no Alabama team coached by Saban had ever beaten cross-state rival, Auburn University.
Cooler heads may prevail, however, with University of Alabama athletic director Mal Moore asking fans for their patience and to withhold criticism until Saban is assigned an office and a telephone. "After then," he said, "all bets are off."
Posted by Terry Oglesby at January 3, 2007 10:04 AMUn hunh. Well, I wish him all the luck I've had with Alabamans.
Posted by: Janis Gore at January 3, 2007 01:16 PMI imagine Big Daddy will have some choice words for him.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at January 3, 2007 01:35 PMNothing like what his grandsons will say. Or his son-in-law.
Posted by: Janis Gore at January 3, 2007 01:40 PMI sense that those sentiments will become even more pronounced as November 3, 2007 approaches...
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at January 3, 2007 02:13 PMNone of that means, of course, that we don't wish him well beating the stuffing out of Auburn.
Posted by: Janis Gore at January 3, 2007 10:26 PMLook, you've got plenty of stuffing beaters down there in Baton Rouge--don't be encouraging anyone else.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at January 4, 2007 07:51 AM