He should take the offer. Can't imagine he won't.
Saban's not a great coach, especially not a very good "game coach." Add to that he's not well-liked by players and his assistants are not allowed to speak to reporters. He's had a free run making all the personnel decisions and he's totally flopped. Last year he started AJ Feeley at QB. He's now 3rd string somewhere. Off season he went for Culpepper over Brees, even when the team Docs advised him against it. He's left now with an aging defense and no QB. They were 6-6 after beating New England and got beat 21-0 by Buffalo. Biggest game of their year and they didn't show up.
Time for Saban to declare victory, withdraw and take the extra $2-3 Mil per year with many, many years tacked on. I think between the annual salary and the length of the contract, it's an extra $20 - $25 million.
What would you tell him to do?
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