Good read: final goodbye to Saban (CFN) http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2004/Columnists/MZ/IA_Saban.htm
Good read: Final goodbye to Saban (CFN) http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2004/Columnists/MZ/IA_Saban.htm
"Moreover, the fact that Saban’s contract became only more lucrative after the 2003 national championship season makes one wonder just how much he truly felt at home in Baton Rouge. If Saban was deeply satisfied at LSU, his Christmas Day decision indicates otherwise, and while that’s not a violation of any legal provision or moral code, it’s nevertheless a pretty big smack in the face, a stern rebuke, to the LSU fan base and college football." Ouch! That's pretty harsh, but you have to wonder how true it is. All those words about being happy in BR and LSU, how true were they?
Those words about being happy in BR were worth about 2.5 million, because that is what it took for Saban to eat them about one month after they were spoken.