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re: Saban turned down $100M in order to stay at Bama
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:08 pm to LSUdm21
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:08 pm to LSUdm21
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I'm guessing you've never had the pleasure of having a conversation with a Texas oil man.
Ah must admit, ah've never had that pleasure. But ah done seen them on the tee-vee sometimes and ah figger that stuff must be true cause they can't lie on the tee-vee, can they? So ah at least knows them Texas oil men wear them goldurned cowboy hats and shoot hookers with their six-shooters because they can buy their way out of a jail sentence. That sound about right?
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cardboardboxer
Alamo randomways. Alamo.
The car rental place?
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Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:14 pm to MetryTyger
Metry's always displaying his 01/09/12 angst.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:17 pm to randomways
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Ah must admit, ah've never had that pleasure. But ah done seen them on the tee-vee sometimes and ah figger that stuff must be true cause they can't lie on the tee-vee, can they? So ah at least knows them Texas oil men wear them goldurned cowboy hats and shoot hookers with their six-shooters because they can buy their way out of a jail sentence. That sound about right?
What the FU** are you even saying?
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:23 pm to Aggball
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What the FU** are you even saying?
Patience, padawan. It'll come to you. While you wait, here's another headscratcher: "Chill, dude. Chill." Guess what I'm saying there.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:38 pm to randomways
Ok I know I'm repeating myself, but... SABAN ISN'T AN IDIOT!
So what if he's making twice as much, or 3 or 7x as much. Even if he resuscitates Bevo, he still winds up being the king of a second rate conference(at best), tallest pygmy syndrome anyone?
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:39 pm to randomways
Evidently, it's not a money thing with Saban. Texas has already been surpassed by A&M. SEC is th best conference in CFB. Rebuilding would take 3 to 5 years(till retirement).
If Stoops had an inkling, that this amount had been offered, he would have probably took an early retirement.
If Stoops had an inkling, that this amount had been offered, he would have probably took an early retirement.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:46 pm to bamamonty
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Rebuilding would take 3 to 5 years(till retirement).
Texas is in no worse a position as was Alabama was when Saban arrived. Saban had an undefeated regular season in year 2. With all the natural advantages Texas, it wouldn't take him more than a season or two to get them back into the national picture.
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Texas has already been surpassed by A&M
If Saban was at Texas, I doubt that would last any longer. Saban would sign a top 3 class on name alone every year he was there. I doubt conference affiliation would have much of an effect for a coach like Saban as much as it would on other coaches.
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:50 pm to lsufball19
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don't disagree; however, there is no doubt in my mind that saban would have come back to LSU without hesitation had that been an option. It honestly was just a perfect storm for both Saban and Alabama that things worked out the way they did
Agreed!!! I do think that he truly loved LSU and wanted to go back but the job was not open(he even stated as much). You guys had/have a very good coach.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 5:58 pm to sarc
I've seen stupid before, but you might just take the take if you believe this... 
Posted on 7/16/14 at 6:03 pm to TigerBait2008
Corndog mentality. If he meant getting Saban back, he'd frequent the Crystal nightly.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 6:03 pm to sarc
Saban is in a place financially now that the money really doesn't matter to him.
I've heard stories from some former players and others at Alabama that say he bitches about making all that money for his wife and family and all she buys him for Xmas are those fricking stupid looking socks.
I've heard stories from some former players and others at Alabama that say he bitches about making all that money for his wife and family and all she buys him for Xmas are those fricking stupid looking socks.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 6:08 pm to bamamonty
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Corndog mentality. If he meant getting Saban back, he'd frequent the Crystal nightly.
huh? what does this even refer to?
Posted on 7/16/14 at 6:13 pm to randomways
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The car rental place?
No. The actual Alamo, the site of a massacre Texans were on the bad side of that Texans love more than any battle victory ever.
Texans like to brag about how they lost yo.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 6:24 pm to cardboardboxer
See what I mean!
Posted on 7/16/14 at 6:30 pm to goldennugget
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I still maintain the belief that Saban and Texas had come to an agreement
bullshite. The whole fiasco was cooked up by message boards and a couple of loser sip reporters.
You simply maintain that belief because it helps you cope with rejection you feel about his departure from LSU.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 7:08 pm to cardboardboxer
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The car rental place?
No. The actual Alamo, the site of a massacre Texans were on the bad side of that Texans love more than any battle victory ever.
Texans like to brag about how they lost yo.
Woah. They named a massacre after a car place?!? Damn. Texas history and Texas mentality are fascinating areas of study. Pity about all big hair, though.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 7:14 pm to randomways
Posted on 7/16/14 at 8:25 pm to cardboardboxer
Finebaum as usual stirring up shite. He will retire at Bama. wonder who is the next coach supreme he will target??? 
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:04 am to Finkle is Einhorn
Saban was totally underwater with 2 commercial RE deals that went south with the whole economy. On one alone in Houston he was paying interest on 25mm he owed on his half of Beltway 8 Associates Watermark apartments. He was also in a failed mega deal with Spinosa in Baton Rouge @~20mm. He had other CRE problems also. In May 2013 he auctioned off his 11 million dollar Lake Burton home "with no minimum bid" which would cost $500,000 + a yr just in finance and taxes, without furniture, etc. At the time his wife Terri said after the Auburn game "If you win you move, if you lose, you move." At the same time she bought a house in Lakeway outside Austin. Saban's current net worth is reportedly 15mm dollars, the value of his remaining houses, and just 3 mm more than the fire sale auction house on Lake Burton. Somewhere along the way AL or TX boosters and lawyers bundled his debts and bought or sold them. He spends all his time coaching and got burned in the housing bubble like millions of others. Why he turned down the TX job and booster money, or how he was able to after the debt relief is anyone's guess. All of the transactions I referred to are still online with the Chapter 11 TX default and 25mm personal debt there, with another estimated 20mm in BR. 15mm net worth when you make 7.5 mm a yr and have been well paid for 15 yrs is very modest, indeed. 115 million would be hard to turn down unless the debts disappeared and you just jacked up AL for 2mm raise, incentives, buyout, and booster benefits...and were looking to take a golden parachute and retire in several yrs which is definitely not in Nick Saban's DNA. Stay tuned.
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 12:18 am
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:49 am to lsufball19
Texas just ain't Alabama son
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