I have to believe this whole mess is two fold. First on the part of Alabama who are pursuing Saban like no other coach has been pursued before and in fact THEY should be severly reprimanded for their actions even after Saban said he would not be the head coach, we have been hearing they will not take no for answer. That is flat out molesting!
Secondly maybe from pressure from his agent they have discovered Saban's new found value and tried to squeeze some dollars out of WH (that's an agents job) which hasn't worked, apparently, because unless the words come out of WH's mouth personally they don't exist for me. Like a lot of other things being said by third parties etc.
Unlike Canada, and probably Spain, we have a little something in this coun try called "free speech". Alabama officials have the right to talk to whomever they want, whenever they want. At the college level, they often communicate with the present employer, but not necessarily.
You obviously don't know much about the history of American college football or you would realize that what Bama is doing is nothing different from what other schools and coaches do every year...Tuberville, Franchione, heck...even Saban himself has done it. New coaches are routinely hired while they still have years remaining on their current contracts.
By the way...I guess "molesting" means something a little different north of the border.