Saban Struggles to Replace Applewhite

[huskerpony]

Saban tried to steal the Nebraska OC and offered him at least $75,000 more--some sources have said the new OC may get $400,000 or more.


http://www.journalstar.com/articles/200 ... 682939.txt

http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/01 ... 235234.txt




He has now been turned down by Jeff Brohm (Louisville), Shawn Watson (Nebraska), and Scott Loeffler (Michigan). And possibly Gary Crowton (LSU) and Tom Clements (Green Bay).

I know not a lot of people want to move to Tuscaloosa, but if you are having this much trouble luring an OC with $400,000 to work for an HC that won a national championship, I can't imagine recruiting is going well either!


http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews ... xml&coll=2

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1 ... d=10238006

[PonyPatrol]

That would be a poor assumption. They have the #2 class in the country and argueably their best in two decades...Rusty Burns could be their OC in two years and they'd win 10 games.

[huskerpony]

Maybe, but that's still a lot of people turning down a lot of money. (And for an assistant, that's a bigger deal to turn down a couple hundred thousand dollars--unlike a HC going to a BCS school for a little less.)

I suppose you have a better chance of being successful from Michigan, but not necessarily from Nebraska or LSU. If they do have the #2 recruiting class, these guys should be jumping at the chance for this job even more. Something must be amiss in Sabanland.


(However, your assumption that having a top recruiting class automatically results in good outcomes is ridiculous--look at Nebraska and Notre Dame this year. You still have to have great coaches.)

[Junior]

That would be a poor assumption. They have the #2 class in the country and argueably their best in two decades...Rusty Burns could be their OC in two years and they'd win 10 games.

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Yeah, Rusty would get them 10 over 2. Sounds about right.

[Big Hoss]

From what I hear, Saban is not a real peach to work for.

[ponyte]

Saban should go after the OC at ULM.

[Bergermeister]

From what I hear, Saban is not a real peach to work for.

According to MA, you better have that phone charged up at all times - you're "on call" 24-7 --- he says it is 4th and 1 day all day, every day at the Crimson Tide coaches bunker.

[BRStang]

From what I hear, Saban is not a real peach to work for.

According to MA, you better have that phone charged up at all times - you're "on call" 24-7 --- he says it is 4th and 1 day all day, every day at the Crimson Tide coaches bunker.

Exactly. Saban is an egomaniacal jerk. His assistant coaches loathe him and there is no job security past a single season. Also, one of my former law clerks played on his 2003 championship team for LSU and said the guy was just not likeable. Definitely not a players coach.

EDIT: Also, FWIW, Saban used to go to my church and would high-tail it out of there right after communion so he wouldn't have to be inconvenienced by people who might want to say "hello."

[SWC2010]

That would be a poor assumption. They have the #2 class in the country and argueably their best in two decades...Rusty Burns could be their OC in two years and they'd win 10 games.

Yeah, right.

Rusty, that's the ticket.

[perunapower]

Saban should go after the OC at ULM.

ULM didn't win because their offense was better. They won because Bama put a nice pretty bow on the ball and handed it to them with a muffin basket.

[SMU_is_bowling]

that is one way to put it . . .

another way to put it is they overlooked them

still another would be they all went out the night before

yet another would be . . . they stunk that day.

either way, they lost . . .