"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Friday, September 12, 2008

Never did like him

Back in '99, after a successful season for Mich State, but before the "Citrus Bowl" he bailed for a job at LSU.
Struck me as disloyal and classless.

Also, the few times I saw him on the traditional "coach show" for local TV, I don't recall him smiling.

Following has a bunch on his contract at "Bama"

Op-Extra Guest Columnist - The Throwback - Nick Saban’s Fine Print - Series - NYTimes.com:

snippet - much more in the piece

"Nick Saban also gets bonuses if his players do what they should presumably be doing as students at the University of Alabama:actually graduate. But since we all know that doesn’t happen nearly as much as it should, Nick Saban gets a little push. If the team’s graduation rate is in the top fifty percent of teams in the conferencence, he gets $50,000; if the graduation rate is in the top 25 percent, he gets $100,000."

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