Just Heard About This

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by BevoJoe, Sep 19, 2013.

  1. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    Im trying to verify that ESPN reported today that (NCAAF Media Report) - "UT Board of Regents met with Nick Sabans agent in January about possibly replacing Mack Brown." Can anyone verify this is true? Old news? First time Ive heard about it so I am skeptical....
     
  2. Third Coast

    Third Coast 10,000+ Posts

    It's all over the AP wire, but it was only a phone call and took place back in January. Interesting that Mack apparently wasn't informed of the call until after the fact. It seems it began out of speculation that Brown might retire.

    APNewsBreak: Texas Regent Talked to Saban's Agent
     
  3. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    Thanks Third Coast. As I thought, old news.
     
  4. Badass

    Badass 2,500+ Posts

    I find Joe Jamail's threat of lawsuits ridiculous

    Mack's Buy-out Jan 1, 2013 is only 2.75 million

    all of the money is not guaranteed thru 2020 if you exercise the buy-out
     
  5. Third Coast

    Third Coast 10,000+ Posts

    Joe did sound pretty bent out of shape. He may be making calls himself before the season is over. [​IMG]
     
  6. South Austin

    South Austin 2,500+ Posts


     
  7. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    JJ can sure throw a wrench into the works and tie up any movement forward for a while. He ought to be on the side of the program and the university and not defending a lost cause coach further eroding the Texas brand and impeding the progress back to national relevance.
     
  8. dillohorn

    dillohorn Guest

    Is JJ aware of the current status of the program? Maybe he doesn't have the LHN.
     
  9. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    This has NOTHING to do with Joe Jamail.

    WE WERE WARNED! The man in Huntsville and the man IN Montgomery warned us about this. This is nothing more than a warning shot across the bow.

    OOPS, made a military reference to a situation in college athletics - prepare for thread hi-jacking.
     
  10. wadster

    wadster 5,000+ Posts

    If the meeting happened in January, this is stupid to post now. Saban isn't going anywhere.
     
  11. Third Coast

    Third Coast 10,000+ Posts


     
  12. Hu_Fan

    Hu_Fan Guest

    this line...

     
  13. SomeMildLanguage

    SomeMildLanguage 500+ Posts

    Wallace Hall is awesome, and it's becoming very clear to all who the real problem(s) is(are).
     
  14. Hook 'Em Danno

    Hook 'Em Danno 1,000+ Posts

    ^^^ No, he comes across as someone with an agenda that has very little to do with Mack Brown or improving the quality of higher education in Texas. He's a loose cannon--guys like that might very well hit their intended target, but they also manage to cause unnecessary collateral damage in the process.
     
  15. baoklhorn

    baoklhorn 1,000+ Posts

    NBC affiliate just reported it here in Tulsa on the 6:25 PM sports.

    Could it happen?

    A. Three titles out of four years means Saban has nothing left to prove at 'Bama.

    B. The mess we have here in Austin would provide Saban with the monster challenge he may be looking for. If he " fixes " us like he did 'Bama, he becomes the unquestioned " best coach of all time".
     
  16. l00p

    l00p 10,000+ Posts

    Why do some of you want a coach that gets programs on probation? Are you Aggies and Sooners now and don't care if your program has no morals or class? Saban is sketchy in his methods. Results are not always everything. I want better results too but not at that price. Not like that.
     
  17. johnnyg88

    johnnyg88 500+ Posts

    Do we know that Saban's agent did not leak this, as a way of making Saban's contract more valuable? Probably our regents initiated this, but why leak it now? Don't think there's any legs to this, but makes for an interesting day, and of course, Mack knows.
     
  18. Badass

    Badass 2,500+ Posts


     
  19. kbrown

    kbrown 1,000+ Posts

    Give Jamail his money back!!!! How'd he get so rich anyway? This certainly was a bad investment....in the long run
     
  20. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Johnny,

    No, it was not leaked by Sexton. We were warned by a couple of BMDs in Alabama that they would embarrass us if we made another call. As I said before, this is a warning shot across the bow.

    For doubters, I was told in June that Bama had already hired Saban to be announced after the NFL season. These gentlemen are in it for the good of The University of Alabama, not self-serving egomaniacs like Wallace Hall.

    Another consideration about "the phone call", I can't remember which one, but Baker Montgomery or Duvall or Hall is a hunting buddy of Saban.

    Also, people should consider where Tom Hicks was and who he was with when DKR loaded the plane for Atlanta.
     
  21. HornsForever'93

    HornsForever'93 1,000+ Posts

    As someone stated on a previous thread, it's gonna be like the movie Roadhouse. Dillon," its gonna get worse before it gets better". So get your popcorn
     
  22. dillohorn

    dillohorn Guest

  23. tejas77

    tejas77 1,000+ Posts

    I'd be OK with this. [​IMG]
     
  24. rickysrun

    rickysrun 2,500+ Posts

    Being reported that Mack just agreed to a 5yr extension.
     
  25. el squared

    el squared 100+ Posts

    The story is not as important to me as the timing of the release of this pony-express "breaking-news" that was apparently walked over from Alabama to Austin by a blind man who lost his way several times...the question is--who released this and for what purpose? Also see: Bo Pelini fan rant from 2011, released 2013....there are reasons....
     
  26. 1leggedduck

    1leggedduck 1,000+ Posts

    Sabre-
    I only get a little of what you are saying because you assume those reading your posts are as knowledgeable as you about who the BMDs are and how they are oriented in all of this. Can you tell us $200 fans how, in your opinion, this will ultimately play out? It sounds to me like Mack is circling wagons instead of picking out a gold watch. Will the BMDs decide their approach behind closed doors, or are they going to fracture so this whole thing becomes FSU on steroids?
     
  27. dukesteer

    dukesteer 5,000+ Posts

    It is my opinion that Saban was approached and that he would want the job. The man is ego obsessed, and he wants to be thought of as the greatest coach in college football history. Regardless of the smoke and mirrors and denials, I think he wants the job.

    Having said that, I would not want him.
     

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