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Mack Brown reportedly stepping down
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Walter White
Member
Big time coaches all seem the same to me. Work 200 hours per week, eat crappy food, totally stressed out, zero life outside of football, big bank account. Do they even know or care where they live?
Settle down Slappy. The bar was pretty low.
cubuffs85
Active Member
How much $ does he really need? He took less money (at the time) to go to Bama than stay in Miami. I'm not saying it's a non-factor, but I can't imagine at his age it's the deciding one when he's already one of the richest head coaches.
Walter White
Member
cubuffs85
Active Member
Yeah I've noticed that as well.
He made enough money to buy Miami, but he pissed it away so fast.
Chromeburn
Member
Hmm I wonder how much money is too much. To people that are highly driven, is there enough?
For a some people it isn't about how much you get, it's about how much you get in comparison to others, it's a kind of scoreboard.
The same guy who wants to beat LSU by 35 wants to beat Les Miles by $3.5 million a year.
No.
Exactly.
Even in his mind does Saban want/need an extra couple million a year? No not really.
Is it flaming horse **** that someone makes more money than him? Absolutely.
Mrs Saban certainly seems to be fond of Austin. Tuscaloosa, not so much.
What a rhinocerous has before the tooth fairy comes.
cubuffs85
Active Member
Considering the Bama chancellor has said, "he's the best investment, they've ever made," he's implying should be paid even more. That tends to happens in sports, Bama only really has to compete against Texas and potentially NFL teams for his services.
cubuffs85
Active Member
I hate when athletes say it's not about the $$$, it's about respect... yeah ok.
I look at that as a career strategy move. His "personal brand" was going to tank if he stayed too much longer in Miami without success, and I think he had figured out that he wasn't going to be successful in the pros (or at least in Miami in those particular set of circumstances). By moving back to college, where he knew he could be successful, he retained some of the value he had already built.
Chromeburn
Member
I just can't decide who I want to be more disappointed. Texas fans or Bama fans. Bama fans definitely top the arrogance scale right now, but that always comes with success. Texas fans will go right back to the top though if they get Saban. I'm torn here.
Still nothing beats eats kentucky basketball fans. Unbearable.
Still nothing beats eats kentucky basketball fans. Unbearable.
Walter White
Member
So, is this a formulaic thing? Fans of all winning teams suck?
:nod: This was the real reason he left the Miami Dolphins too. His wife hated living in Miami and let everyone know.
Walter White
Member
The only reasons why Saban would move would be (a) $ (it's always about the money, no matter how much you have) and (b) that he genuienly likes the challenge of building up a champion by installing his "process", his system. And, of course, the ego trip associated with both.
I think he also knows when to get out before things fall off a bit. He's set the bar very high at Alabama, and he knows how hard it is to maintain that level. Pitfalls seem to always stack up at really successful programs--staff turnover, team discipline/motivation, ncaa violations. Urban Meyer and Pete Carroll knew when it was time to move on, I think Saban follows a similar career strategy.
SuperiorBuff
Well-Known Member
Texass fans, by a long shot.