please..let me correct you...not JUST a mansion....but a 7 MILLION DOLLAR mansion on the intercoastal with views of the ocean......
Must be nice, you gonna buy, It's probably going on the market soon.
Saban to Alabama
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Must be nice, you gonna buy, It's probably going on the market soon.
Must be nice, you gonna buy, It's probably going on the market soon.
LOL...yeah...I'll stop by the ATM and take out enough for HALF for a down payment.:up
Personally I'd rather live in Miami in a mansion than Tuscaloosa[SIZE=-1].
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I'll take Tuscaloosa over Miami any day.
I watched the press conference. He did a hell of a job. I'm sure ESPN & Fox Sports will show clips today. There was even a reporter from Miami who grilled Saban about the Dolphins.
A report from the news conference, they have some video clips up also:
http://www.tidesports.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070104/NEWS/70104001/1011
TUSCALOOSA | Nick Saban celebrated his return to college football and embraced the championship hopes of Alabama fans on Thursday, a day after getting a festive introduction to the Crimson Tide faithful.
``I know there's tremendous expectations here,'' Saban said at a news conference. ``I can tell you that, however you feel about it, I have even higher expectations for what we want to accomplish. I want to win every game we play.''
Saban, lured to Tuscaloosa by a reported eight-year deal worth at least $30 million, said ``my heart was to go back to college'' but felt he left the Miami Dolphins in better shape than he found them two years ago despite a 15-17 record.
``What I realized in the last two years is that we love college coaching because of the ability that it gives you to affect people, young people,'' he said, with wife Terry and daughter Kristen looking on.
``If I knew that my heart was someplace else in what I wanted to do, I don't think it would be fair to the organization if I stayed.''
The well-traveled Saban said his next stop would not be another school but retirement to Lake Burton in north Georgia, where he has a home.
Taking over a program with a rich tradition led by the late coach Bear Bryant, who won five national titles, Saban refused to dwell in the past.
``It's what you do now,'' he said.
The hiring provided a dramatic conclusion to a five-week search to replace the fired Mike Shula.
``When I set out on this search, I noted that I was seeking a coach who has a proven record of championship success and achievement,'' athletic director Mal Moore said. ``Coach Saban brings that proven record of accomplishment and leadership to our program.''
The Tuscaloosa News put out a special edition Wednesday trumpeting the hiring, with the blaring headline: ``SABAN TIME.''
``Mal Moore didn't just hit a home run, he hit a grand slam,'' raved Tide fan Mike Ryan, sporting a Bryant-style houndstooth hat and a T-shirt listing the program's national championship years.
The shirt said everything about Alabama's expectations for Saban, whose LSU Tigers shared the 2003 national title. He has a record of 91-42-1 as a college coach at LSU, Michigan State and Toledo, and was 15-17 at Miami.
Saban is the most high-profile coach the Tide has hired since Bryant's retirement after the 1982 season, a steady stream that has included such names as Bill Curry, Mike DuBose and Shula.
Neither Shula nor DuBose -- both former Tide players -- had been a head coach.
``The last few hires were somewhat unknown going back to Mike DuBose,'' said Lee Roy Jordan, a former 'Bama and NFL star. ``We knew him as a player at Alabama and as an assistant coach but he never had any experience when he got the job.
``We feel like we got a proven coach that can win an SEC and national title. That's the No. 1 thing for me.''
The Tide first approached Saban shortly after firing Shula on Nov. 27. After Saban turned down the job in early December, the university offered it to Rich Rodriguez, who decided to stay at West Virginia.
Saban punctuated weeks of denials with this declaration two weeks ago: ``I'm not going to be the Alabama coach.''
He clearly had a change of heart, leaving Miami with three years remaining on his contract at $4.5 million a year.
Alabama lost to Oklahoma State in the Independence Bowl to finish 6-7, the team's second losing season in the four years since Shula's hiring. Now, the Tide has its fourth head coach since 2000 -- and eighth since Bryant's last season in 1982.
The timing was significant since the NCAA's recruiting ``dead period'' ends Friday.
``We have been through a period of uncertainty the last month or so and we finally have some stability,'' Tide center Antoine Caldwell said. ``Coach Moore said all along he was going to find us a proven coach with a winning record and he has done that with coach Saban.
``I feel like he is the right man for the job and he will be good in getting Alabama back on track.''
Tide quarterback John Parker Wilson believes Saban can win quickly with the team Shula left behind.
``He has won a lot of football games and he won the national championship at LSU,'' Wilson said. ``That makes it even more exciting for us. We have a lot of guys coming back on offense and I think we have an excellent chance to make a run at it, especially with coach Saban.''
i gotta tell ya i think this is going to backfire on him. several talking heads have pointed out that potential recruits can't trust the man. he may promise a player a starting job and change his mind.
don't get me wrong, a person always has the right to change their mind. but saban handled this very poorly. he doesn't get my smpathy vote!!
don't get me wrong, a person always has the right to change their mind. but saban handled this very poorly. he doesn't get my smpathy vote!!
He lied, how can anyone believe or trust him.
How can anyone believe ANY COACH ANYMORE???!! He has basically labeled EVERY COACH, regardless of the sport....a liar...INFACT...all coaches are officially GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.....and ALL thanks to that scumbag....
How can anyone believe ANY COACH ANYMORE???!! He has basically labeled EVERY COACH, regardless of the sport....a liar...INFACT...all coaches are officially GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.....and ALL thanks to that scumbag....
True, but I think it doesn't stop at the coaches, it goes to the general managers up to the owners.
Money and power make strange bed fellows.
How can anyone believe ANY COACH ANYMORE???!! He has basically labeled EVERY COACH, regardless of the sport....a liar...INFACT...all coaches are officially GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.....and ALL thanks to that scumbag....
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
You must not follow football coaching changes. Tubberville left Ole Miss for Auburn and did the exact same thing. Franchione left Alabama for Texas A&M in the middle of the night doing the exact same thing.
Coaches lie about being interested in other jobs. They do it for two reasons. One, to keep their current team focused for their games and two, in case the deal falls apart, there isn't bad blood at their current job.
And y'all are deluding yourselves if you think Alabama & Saban won't be able to get top recruits from day one.
Alabama isn't a top school anymore, it will take more than a year to make them a powerhouse.
If Saban doesn't go undefeated he will be fired and you'll be saying Saban was a lousy coach and you can't trust that bastard.
WOW!
You really don't follow college football do you. We allowed Shula 4 years of complete incompetence before we finally did something. Alabama had the talent to go 9-3 this year but just didn't have the coaching staff to do it.
Saban wasn't much of a NFL coach (ala Spurrier) but he is one of the top three college coaches out there. Do I expect a national championship next year? Nope. Do I expect better than 6-7? Absolutely! Oh, and I personally I give coaches 3 years before I judge them.
You really don't follow college football do you. We allowed Shula 4 years of complete incompetence before we finally did something. Alabama had the talent to go 9-3 this year but just didn't have the coaching staff to do it.
Saban wasn't much of a NFL coach (ala Spurrier) but he is one of the top three college coaches out there. Do I expect a national championship next year? Nope. Do I expect better than 6-7? Absolutely! Oh, and I personally I give coaches 3 years before I judge them.
i follow college football very, very closely and i still gotta tell ya saban will find the waters in bama very muddy!! i don't usually agree with the talking heads but i think mark may made some very good points on espn last nite!!!
trust me, some longtime gator boosters were upset how florida handled its head coach search after ron zook was fired. said they were going to take their time and do a job search. but everybody knew all along meyer was the next coach because he had a good relationship when the florida prez was prez at utah!!!
trust me, some longtime gator boosters were upset how florida handled its head coach search after ron zook was fired. said they were going to take their time and do a job search. but everybody knew all along meyer was the next coach because he had a good relationship when the florida prez was prez at utah!!!
WOW!
You really don't follow college football do you. We allowed Shula 4 years of complete incompetence before we finally did something. Alabama had the talent to go 9-3 this year but just didn't have the coaching staff to do it.
Saban wasn't much of a NFL coach (ala Spurrier) but he is one of the top three college coaches out there. Do I expect a national championship next year? Nope. Do I expect better than 6-7? Absolutely! Oh, and I personally I give coaches 3 years before I judge them.
WHAT?!! LOL...you are kidding right?....he won..oooppss...shared one national championship and he is one of the best coaches....dude, you guys in Alabama are REALLY DESPERATE....:haha :haha :haha
WOW!
You really don't follow college football do you. We allowed Shula 4 years of complete incompetence before we finally did something. Alabama had the talent to go 9-3 this year but just didn't have the coaching staff to do it.
Saban wasn't much of a NFL coach (ala Spurrier) but he is one of the top three college coaches out there. Do I expect a national championship next year? Nope. Do I expect better than 6-7? Absolutely! Oh, and I personally I give coaches 3 years before I judge them.
Nobody wants to go to Bama anymore, If anyone wants to go to an SEC school they'll go to Florida or LSU, Even Auburn.
You guys had to cheat to win, hence college sanctions that you guys just got over, so I guess Saban would make a good fit there.
Very true. We have only won 1 National Championship since then.
I take it you haven't even looked at what Saban did at Michigan State and LSU. LSU was 3-8 before Saban arrived, those were his seniors who destroyed the mighty Notre Dame last night.
I wouldn't say the payment to Albert Means by the booster helped Bama win anything since Means was a complete bust here and at Memphis.
Very true. We have only won 1 National Championship since then.
I take it you haven't even looked at what Saban did at Michigan State and LSU. LSU was 3-8 before Saban arrived, those were his seniors who destroyed the mighty Notre Dame last night.
I wouldn't say the payment to Albert Means by the booster helped Bama win anything since Means was a complete bust here and at Memphis.
I hope they do well, but I just can't see the Bama boosters letting him go more than 2 years without an undefeated season.
i'm not saying saban is a bad coach. i'm saying his lying on national television will come back and bite him in the buttocks!!
as for giving a coach 3 years to judge how well he will do, many coaches don't even get 3 years!! it's the ole what have you done for me lately mentality......win now not later!
i agree, if saban doesn't turn things around at 'bama in 2 years, he'll be history!!
as for giving a coach 3 years to judge how well he will do, many coaches don't even get 3 years!! it's the ole what have you done for me lately mentality......win now not later!
i agree, if saban doesn't turn things around at 'bama in 2 years, he'll be history!!
Like I said, we gave Shula 4 years even though he was:
0-4 against Auburn
0-4 against LSU
1-3 against Tennessee
1-3 against Arkansas
8-21 against ranked opponents.
0-19 when trailing going into the 4th quarter.
Even if it is a complete disaster, Saban will get at least 4 years to do something.
0-4 against Auburn
0-4 against LSU
1-3 against Tennessee
1-3 against Arkansas
8-21 against ranked opponents.
0-19 when trailing going into the 4th quarter.
Even if it is a complete disaster, Saban will get at least 4 years to do something.
Saban AVERAGED a 7-4 season at Michigan State and 9-3 in LSU. Hell Larry Coker had a better record and 1 national championship(and one stolen...
) than Nick Saban and has 5 times the integrity than the WHOLE Saban clan....
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