Texas offered Saban the max-$100million plus :ohlawd:

[PortCityProphet]

According to an advance copy of the book obtained by AL.com, Longhorn boosters were willing to offer a signing bonus worth up to $15 million and a $100 million-plus salary package.Texas was dead serious about trying to money-whip Saban," Finebaum and Wojchiechowski write. "Depending on whom you talk to -- Bama big hitters or Texas big hitters -- the Longhorns were prepared to give Saban somewhere between a $12 and $15 million signing bonus and a salary package worth $100 million (plus performances)."

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/07/texas_offered_nick_saban_100_m.html#incart_2box
that's a lot of BBQ dinners. @dtownreppin214 y'all still couldn't close the deal

 

[Swiggy]

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Coach "amateur" sports brehs....

 

[phillycavsfan]

But they can't pay the players

 

[Scottie Drippin]

But I can't fukking play NCAA 15

To be fair though, I doubt the boosters are against paying players at all. These dudes just want to win football games. They'd fukking RELISH an open market.

Could you fukking imagine what recruiting pitches would look like if money wasn't taboo?

Young brehs would be catching pension plans and trusts out of highschool

 

[CrimsonTider]

Dtownreppim put on a clown show during that whole ordeal

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

Even as an Aggie, I now kind of believe the story that he was prepared to come if Mack Brown had of resigned earlier.

 

[gho3st]

More than NFL coaches?. Texas and Football mane... that shyt is unhealthy.

 

[AkaDemiK]

damn...

texas forever

 

[Numpsay]

The ONLY reason this didn't happen is because Mack refused to step down and Patterson didn't want to make waves firing him when he was just stepping into the AD's position. Had Macked stepped down after the Baylor game as he was supposed to, Saban would be head coach of the University of Texas today.

 

[42 Monks]

and not a dime for the players

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

The ONLY reason this didn't happen is because Mack refused to step down and Patterson didn't want to make waves firing him when he was just stepping into the AD's position. Had Macked stepped down after the Baylor game as he was supposed to, Saban would be head coach of the University of Texas today.

Basically. Mack told them to make another Hov, but I be damned if you'll hire another Hov.

 

[RammerJammer]

He turned it down too

That's my great Croatian-American head Coach

Texas lost big time...

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

But I can't fukking play NCAA 15

To be fair though, I doubt the boosters are against paying players at all. These dudes just want to win football games. They'd fukking RELISH an open market.

Could you fukking imagine what recruiting pitches would look like if money wasn't taboo?

Young brehs would be catching pension plans and trusts out of highschool

This is true

 

[Brady-Carter]

The ONLY reason this didn't happen is because Mack refused to step down and Patterson didn't want to make waves firing him when he was just stepping into the AD's position. Had Macked stepped down after the Baylor game as he was supposed to, Saban would be head coach of the University of Texas today.

Bra, I was listening to Finebaum on the way home today. And dude was talking with some Texas reporter who was saying it was the president who did not want Saban. Talking about how he did not want a guy who was bigger then texas. Was that true?