Nick Saban is staying at Bama

By: abarri9

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on December 13, 2013, 9:49 PM | 10 comments

Dang I was hoping he would make the jump

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10135355/nick-saban-agree...

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Hokieknightfx2 | 12 years 6 months #

Whelp looks like the horns will have to settle for ol Albus.

Hokie_since_92 | 12 years 6 months #

I knew he wasn't going anywhere..

HvilleHokie | 12 years 6 months #

Probably afraid of what Bama fans would do to him and his family if he leaves. (probably not, just thought it would be funny to say.)

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| 12 years 6 months # ^

Not too far from the truth, though.
I remember a quote from former Tide Coach Dennis Franchione who said that he had to have a security detail on the rare occasion when he and his family would go out to eat, be in public because of the constant attention/harassment from 'Bama fans. (This was while he was in good standing.)

HvilleHokie | 12 years 6 months # ^

Just in case you didn't hear. Bama fans are crazy.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/03/woman-shot-dead-after-iron-bowl-gam...

VMI Hokie | 12 years 6 months #

I know allot of people hate Bama, but could you imagine the obnoxiousness that would ensue by a good Texas team? I don't want to live in that world!

PhantomJB93 | 12 years 6 months # ^

Yeah, Saban at Bama is scary enough, but Saban at Texas in a weaker conference with better recruiting ground? Probably would have wound up being twice the empire he's built at Bama.

zomfgbbqhax | 12 years 6 months #

$7-7.5 million a year?! No wonder he's staying. I'm sure there was a bidding war and Bama just happened to win.

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| 12 years 6 months #

Alabama 2008
Just surfing and I ran across this interesting article about 'Bama and their coaching vacancy in 2008:

So, with the Stallings era officially coming to an end, Bockrath and Sorensen set out in search of a new coach. In searching for a new coach, generally speaking, they wanted a hire with no real ties to Alabama, an outsider who would come in with a new sense of direction and operation for the program. It has been very well documented that their first choice was Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer. I'm not sure that Beamer was a feasible candidate -- Beamer attended Virginia Tech and played football there three years, it would have been difficult to get him to leave his alma mater -- but nevertheless he was their initial choice. Aside from Beamer, there were very few other names that were mentioned for the job, which was largely because...

He had a shot to leave, (and for UNC as well,) and was frequently mentioned for other vacancies some time ago.
Any thoughts on how well Beamer would have done as HC at Alabama?

wisec4g | 12 years 6 months #

I think this gives VT an outside chance of beating Saban AND Bama at the same time, one of these days. That would be all kinds of awesome!
Chuck