I don't think the thread is spam... he makes a good point. I've said repeatedly that I don't think Saban will leave, but if he does, it'll be for the exact reasons mentioned above. Saban will be EXPECTED to go 10-6 or better next year, since year 3 is the clear watermark for new coaches (not gonna explain, b/c tons of threads have shown stats supporting this).It is going to happen.
No sane coach would ever give up the opportunity to make that kind of money Alabama is offering. Think of it this way: if Miami goes 6-10 next year or they don't go far into the playoffs or don't even make the playoffs at all...Nick Saban is done. the whole dolphins community will agree to let him go if we don't improve next year. so that gives saban one year to prove himself as the miami dolphins head coach. if he goes to the crimson tide, he has more than one year to make them into a great team. he has great experience as a college coach, and has proven himself as a college coach. he will make a lot more money and won't be as preasured. so if he leaves we need another coach. we don't want to get a new guy who has to learn our system and who doesn't know our players. we will want a guy who has been the head coach before. we want a guy who knows our guys and our system. we had one of the best defenses this year. dom capers was our defensive coorderinator. Dom Capers will be our head coach in 2007.
lazareth said:i voted no, which is my hope and not to be confused with any particular insight :D
Congratulations, since it hasn't happened yet you have a lot to be proud of.I said that a few days ago, that Capers would be the choice.
Are you kidding me? I think anyone in Alabama would tell you this state is at least 70% Bama fans and 30% Auburn at best. And about the comment of Auburn being dominant in state, check the link. Please stop stating opinions as facts, come up with some decent info or stop posting on things you have no idea about. http://auburn.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=1586
I think Nick's job is safe through 2008. For starters, getting rid of him in 2007 means that Wayne has to buy out two years on Saban and his army of assistants. I also don't see Wayne being more impatient with Saban than he was with Wanns**t.
But if Saban goes, I don't see Capers being the hire. He has proven that he is a great coordinator and a rotten head coach. One winning season out of eight and a career record of 48-80 does not make you the obvious heir apparent to Saban. However, Wayne may look for a head coach who runs a 3-4 and "encourages" him to keep Capers around as coordinator.
I would be shocked if he went to 'Bama. Him leaving after two years like this after all the denials for what looks on the surface like just-for-money, would tarnish his imagine and he would end up being worse than Spurrier as a pro coach. From what I've seen on this guy, he seems like he values his rep. IMO he stays. Besides, it's not like he's getting hosed with money in Miami, he's getting a butt-load of money already. He's going to end up with $30 mill(I think) if he finishes out the Dolphins contract, so when you have that much what's another $20 million?
Excellent idea, you go first.we should all take a S H I T and put it in aqua and orange bag and mail it to bama and tell thier boosters to stop screwing around with nick