re: Tony Barnhart on Saban to Texas (and other stuff)

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But unfortunately it is truth, looking at the current roster there is atleast 10 or more players that have had a relative that played directly for o butter teeth, and out of those most did not hold offers from any other major school.

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I honestly didn't realize it was that rampant outside of the McCoy and Shipley brothers. That's unreal.

Legacy is cool and everything, but if little brother can't play, he shouldn't get in because of the name on his back, IMO.

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Texas Fan:

The sense of entitlement that surrounds [the Longhorn] program will take years to overcome. I don't see Saban leaving Bama regardless of how much money is thrown his way. It makes no sense for him to leave a sure thing to come and try and turn around a program that is still a few years away from hitting rock bottom (which needs to happen before any significant change can happen).

My observation of NS is that he relishes in the fact that he is considered by many to be the greatest CFB coach of all-time and the risk of going to Texas and failing outweighs the reward of winning another NC with a 3rd team.

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Probably the most-accurate post on this entire thread.

I would add the fact that Texas fans are not known for their patience. If Saban were to move to Austin and if he were to fail to produce a National Championship within a VERY few years, the "faithful" would be calling for his head in record time ... especially if they were to be paying him the sums that are being discussed.

With that being said, the location of texas university ("t.u.") in Austin IS a draw for a college-bound kid. Compare to Austin to College Station (not unlike T-town). My grandfather was Class of '37 at TAMU, and my father played ball for Coach Royal, so I had something of a "legacy" either way. All other things being equal, I would have gone to t.u. BECAUSE of Austin. (All other things were not equal. The economy was weak and TAMU offered me about 3x the scholarship money. So, I am an Aggie, but I hit Austin for law school. Three years of pure fun.)

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When you figure his product endorsements such as Coca Cola, Ford Trucks, Golden Flake, etc, etc he probably is raking in $20 Mil+++ Well worth it...

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those are product endorsements to pay for his salary, he only actually gets a couple hundred thousand from the school, the rest of the 5 or 6 million is from those companies mentioned plus others

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if Texas really is offering 10 million (or whatever) Saban is a dummy for not taking it

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the guy already probably has 50 million plus in assets. if invested properly, he already has enough money that he and his family will never be forced to work for generations. At alabama he is in control of the whole program, from water boys to boosters. At texas they want someone who is going to be political, lick boots, etc.. Thats the real reason i think there is 0% chance he goes there. The fat old white guys who will be coming up with 10million a year are going to give it to a guy who will essentially kick them out of the program? i dont think so. The fact that they have kept an inept guy like mack brown around so long speaks volumes of how much influence the boosters have with texas

as much as I'd love to see saban take his talents elsewhere, I cannot see any substantiated reason to leave Bama.

1. Complete Control
2. Recruiting is a breeze
3. 6 mil a year
4. Best facilities
5. God-like status
6. Best conference in football


Texas has 2,3,4 covered and that's it. 1 and 5 are what drives Nick Saban

Miles is more likely to go to Texas than Saban

I'm not talking about lists. I'm talking about actual likelihood

I'd take a serious look at Leach if I were Texas

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UT is the preferred destination for most Texas recruits.

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Pretty sure A&M is outrecruiting them now