SABAN REJECTS $50 MILLION OFFER FROM 'BAMA
Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reports that Dolphins coach Nick Saban rejected a jaw-dropping $50 million contract offer from the University of Alabama.
There have been persistent reports that the Crimson Tide was interested in Saban, and Saban consistently has said that he plans to stay in the NFL.
And although we've heard that Saban did not meet with Alabama officials on Wednesday night regarding the vacancy, we have no reason to doubt Salguero's report regarding the fact that an offer was made, or regarding its magnitude.
The deal included, per the report, a $7 million signing bonus.
Saban confirmed on Thursday that the University had contacted his agent, Jimmy Sexton, but that Saban said he was not interested.
As we surmised last night, it appears that Alabama made the offer sight-unseen, without any interview.
Meanwhile, there are reports that an offer has been made by Alabama to West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez amid uncorroborated rumors flowing into PFT headquarters that recent reports of a multi-million-dollar commitment by the WVU administration to the football program are embellished and/or downright false.
It appears to us that the powers-that-be in Morgantown are trying their damnedest to be able to paint Rodriguez as disloyal and/or greedy if he leaves, and at the same time to characterize the school as blameless in the fracturing of the relationship.
But Rodriguez, as we see it, did himself no favors by professing six days ago his plan to stay with the Mountaineers for the rest of his career. Put simply, it left him with little or no leverage in the behind-the-scenes discussions that surely are and have been occurring with the University. Because everyone involved realizes that, if Rodriguez walks away now, he'll most likely be branded the villain by the fan base.-PFT
Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reports that Dolphins coach Nick Saban rejected a jaw-dropping $50 million contract offer from the University of Alabama.
There have been persistent reports that the Crimson Tide was interested in Saban, and Saban consistently has said that he plans to stay in the NFL.
And although we've heard that Saban did not meet with Alabama officials on Wednesday night regarding the vacancy, we have no reason to doubt Salguero's report regarding the fact that an offer was made, or regarding its magnitude.
The deal included, per the report, a $7 million signing bonus.
Saban confirmed on Thursday that the University had contacted his agent, Jimmy Sexton, but that Saban said he was not interested.
As we surmised last night, it appears that Alabama made the offer sight-unseen, without any interview.
Meanwhile, there are reports that an offer has been made by Alabama to West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez amid uncorroborated rumors flowing into PFT headquarters that recent reports of a multi-million-dollar commitment by the WVU administration to the football program are embellished and/or downright false.
It appears to us that the powers-that-be in Morgantown are trying their damnedest to be able to paint Rodriguez as disloyal and/or greedy if he leaves, and at the same time to characterize the school as blameless in the fracturing of the relationship.
But Rodriguez, as we see it, did himself no favors by professing six days ago his plan to stay with the Mountaineers for the rest of his career. Put simply, it left him with little or no leverage in the behind-the-scenes discussions that surely are and have been occurring with the University. Because everyone involved realizes that, if Rodriguez walks away now, he'll most likely be branded the villain by the fan base.-PFT
