Bama's offer to Saban

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

oops. put florida, it was miami that was rumored to be interested. didn't see anything about bama wanting him.

Spurrier went to Bama to look into the job, and when he came back, SC gave him a raise and a contract extension through 2012. Before they hired Meyer a couple of years ago, Spurrier looked into coming back to Florida. He is a very proud man and didn't like the fact that he was told he would have to interview for the job just like everyone else. He knew that he would have a difficult time living up to Florida's expectations since he had already taken them to the top, so he went to a team where he could try and do the same thing that he had done for Florida.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Spurrier went to Bama to look into the job, and when he came back, SC gave him a raise and a contract extension through 2012. Before they hired Meyer a couple of years ago, Spurrier looked into coming back to Florida. He is a very proud man and didn't like the fact that he was told he would have to interview for the job just like everyone else. He knew that he would have a difficult time living up to Florida's expectations since he had already taken them to the top, so he went to a team where he could try and do the same thing that he had done for Florida.

i know spurrier and saban were on 'bama's wish list, but both seemed to shoot down any thoughts about going there, or anywhere, pretty quickly.