Alabama BOT member John McMahon says that false reports of a $57 Million contact for Nick Saban for completely false, and are "harmful to the University of Alabama and harmful to college athletics.”
Do you agree?
Also, if the offer has been extended to Rich Rodriguez (I am now hearing he has until tomorrow, Friday, to accept), is this considered a home run hire? I personally do not view him as fitting under the criteria that Mal set out in the initial press conference.
Rodriguez, in my opinion, is not proven. He has had six years of head coaching experience at West Virginia. He only has to get ready to play maybe 3 times per year, and even that. Notice how West Virginia got damn good after Miami, Virginia Tech, and Boston College left the Big East? I don't think Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee will be leaving our schedule any time soon.
And for the critics that say that he did well as the offensive coordinator at Clemson, check out these numbers:
2000-Clemson (ACC) 9/2 vs. Citadel (non-IA) W 38 0 9/9 vs. Missouri (3-8) W 62 9 9/16 vs. *Wake Forest (2-9) W 55 7 9/23 @ *Virginia (6-6) W 31 10 9/30 @ *Duke (0-11) W 52 22 10/7 vs. *NC State (8-4) W 34 27 10/14 vs. *Maryland (5-6) W 35 14 10/21 @ *North Carolina (6-5) W 38 24 10/28 vs. *Georgia Tech (9-3) L 28 31 11/4 @ *Florida State (11-2) L 7 54 11/18 vs. South Carolina (8-4) W 16 14 1/1 vs. Virginia Tech (11-1) L 20 41 @ Gator Bowl
1999-Clemson (ACC) 9/4 vs. Marshall (13-0) L 10 13 9/11 vs. *Virginia (7-5) W 33 14 9/23 @ Virginia Tech (11-1) L 11 31 10/2 vs. *North Carolina (3-8) W 31 20 10/9 @ *NC State (6-6) L 31 35 10/16 @ *Maryland (5-6) W 42 30 10/23 vs. *Florida State (12-0) L 14 17 10/30 @ *Wake Forest (7-5) W 12 3 11/6 vs. *Duke (3-8) W 58 7 11/13 @ *Georgia Tech (8-4) L 42 45 11/20 @ South Carolina (0-11) W 31 21 12/30 vs. Miss State (10-2) L 7 17 @ Peach Bowl
6-6 in '99, 9-3 in '00. Against the better teams in 2000, here's what they scored:
10/7 vs. *NC State (8-4) W 34 27 10/28 vs. *Georgia Tech (9-3) L 28 31 11/4 @ *Florida State (11-2) L 7 54 11/18 vs. South Carolina (8-4) W 16 14 1/1 vs. Virginia Tech (11-1) L 20 41 @ Gator Bowl
That's an average of 21 points in each of those 5 games. Now, granted, that's more than we've given up this year, but look at how much they gave up: 33.4 per game.
We haven't allowed over 28 points in a game in three years.
West Virginia doesn't give up a lot of points to bad teams, but if you look at the "decent" teams that they play, it's usually not very good. 44 to Louisville in '06, 39 to Rutgers in '06, 34 to Va Tech in '05, 35 to Georgia in '05, 44 to Louisville in '05, 36 to Boston College in '04, etc.
Well, either way, I'll still be cheering for them next year.
¶ 4:32 PM
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I agree 100% but will live with RR if I have to; we sure can't seem to get anybody else. He does not fit what MM said he was looking for in a coach and he is not a home run. You guys can say what you want but the fact is that the Big East is a joke and it is certainly not the SEC # posted by Anonymous : 6:39 PM
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