hypothetical silver lining if Saban stays..........

If he stays (and my gut deep down tells me he will) the pressure to maintain this unsustainable amount of winning is going to get sky high. Even more so then it already is, remember when bama players/coaches we're talking about winning as a "relief" and not the satisfaction of getting a W? Why would somebody enjoy living with that?

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Let's face it, Bama is getting him at a bargain considering what he's done. Mack Brown for example is getting the same money almost and accomplishing far less. For bama to offer him what he's actually worth it's going to have to be somewhere in the realm of 100 mil ten year type of situation (which is what they're saying Texas is offering him, plus 1% of the long horn network).

My point is, the pressure to maintain at Bama is going to become incredibly cumbersome w the lavish extension he'll get and more and more difficult to deal with as fans become more and more "accustomed" to winning. Maintaining and keeping players focused is going to become substantially harder.

It's a precarious time for the future of Bama football right now. If he stays or goes.