I know everyone will disagree but it's a totally different situation. He went to Miami to give the next level a shot and clearly failed...no previous record of success in the NFL.

He was brought into Alabama with the expectation that he will resurrect the program. He's done it before and is expected to do it again.

He jumped ship once to come to Alabama. If he leaves before righting this ship then he's doing the same thing. If you're a big money booster at another University, do you want your dollars going to a man who just jumped ship for the second time without actually proving himself.

As an LSU fan (or any anti Bama fan) you can tell yourself that he would leave and they would pay...but I would think the folks putting out the money will look very close before committing that kind of cash to anyone.

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Posted by attheua

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Posted on 7/31/08 at 5:11 pm to waitillnextyear

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He jumped ship once to come to Alabama. If he leaves before righting this ship then he's doing the same thing. If you're a big money booster at another University, do you want your dollars going to a man who just jumped ship for the second time without actually proving himself.

I agree. I don't see anyone willing to pay him until he proves himself here. And if he proves himself then fine, let him go.