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re: Saban turned down $100M in order to stay at Bama
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:53 pm to randomways
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:53 pm to randomways
To be honest, it told me something about Nick's ego and fragility.
A true egomaniac would have taken it. Being worshipped by the unwashed wouldn't be good enough, he'd want worship from a higher class of people. Ultimately, he chose to be big fish in a small pond, to continue the worship from the little people.
As a result, he's not quite as ambitious as I thought. I figured he couldn't be content in a situation like this, but I was wrong.
A true egomaniac would have taken it. Being worshipped by the unwashed wouldn't be good enough, he'd want worship from a higher class of people. Ultimately, he chose to be big fish in a small pond, to continue the worship from the little people.
As a result, he's not quite as ambitious as I thought. I figured he couldn't be content in a situation like this, but I was wrong.
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Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:55 pm to Pettifogger
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higher class
If there's one thing that DOESNT describe the teasips, it's "high class".
Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:00 pm to Pettifogger
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Ultimately, he chose to be big fish in a small pond
He's the biggest fish in the biggest pond, dude. 
Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:00 pm to Pettifogger
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As a result, he's not quite as ambitious as I thought. I figured he couldn't be content in a situation like this, but I was wrong.
To further what I was saying, I think he likely tempered his ambition with the risk/reward factor, he is as old as Pinkel, so he has limited time, and while rebuilding Bevo may not be the monumental time intensive task as some programs, if he did fail, he would not only be crashing the team, he would be crashing the conference.
Would you want to go out as the guy who not only failed at saving a program but brought down a conference in the process? A lot of potential risk for a guy that owns multiple million dollar lake houses and before it's over could own many more.
Yea it's a sh*tload of money but it's also a lot of stress and strain with that responsibility, maybe dude just decided he didn't want to make any harder for himself to sleep at night.
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:06 pm to Pettifogger
quote:There have been a LOT of people that have been wrong about Nick Saban since he's been at Bama.
To be honest, it told me something about Nick's ego and fragility.
A true egomaniac would have taken it. Being worshipped by the unwashed wouldn't be good enough, he'd want worship from a higher class of people. Ultimately, he chose to be big fish in a small pond, to continue the worship from the little people.
As a result, he's not quite as ambitious as I thought. I figured he couldn't be content in a situation like this, but I was wrong.
Some of the best jobs in the college footbal have been up for grabs in the last 7 yrs. USC - Notre Dame - Tennessee - Texas - Miami - PennState - Florida - Ohio State.
Maybe, just maybe after that Texas horseshite from last year folks will finally realize the man will retire from Bammer.
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