So Nick Saban is talking to West Virginia about the head coaching job…

If you ask me, that is a load of crap. Now, that is not to say that I don’t believe that he is talking to WVU through his agent — quite the contrary. I am sure that Saban is talking to the Mountaineers, and probably talking meaningfully. The reason for this twofold.

First, with the exception of the Tennessee game — in which the Vols made the tide look like world-beaters (No I didn’t say wife-beaters. See, I have some discretion) – Alabama pretty much sucked this season. Now slick Nicky is making enough money to drink nothing but 25 Year Old Macallan Scotch, snort 300 lines of cocaine a day, and have a harem of high-class prostitutes at his beck and call. The problem is that he isn’t exactly showing that he’s worth it. In fact, based upon what USA Today figured out, Nick made a whopping $583,867 per win this year — making him the second most overpaid coach in college football this year. Thus, I figure Nicky is trying to position himself such that West Virginia’s interest in his coaching skills, demonstrates his virtues as the Bammer head coach and his abilities as one of the greatest football minds of our time (Kinda sounds likes Lex Luthor to me…). If Nicky talks to West Virginia, then he — by reverse innuendo — feels he can convince the powers that be in Tuscaloosa that he deserves to keep his job. I guess this is just another way to try and keep Bama from figuring out what a lemon they have been sold. Considering that Nick convinced them in the first instance that he was worth a king’s ransom, it stands to reason that either he is pretty damn persuasive, or the Alabama athletics department is peopled with idiots — I’ll let you decide. (Of course it only took Joe Willie Namath 42 years to earn his degree from that venerable institution… but I digress.)

Second, but perhaps first in Nicky’s mind is probably the fact that he can not only secure a contract extension through talking to West Virginia, but he might also be able to garner — imagine this — more money! I am sure Nick will be quick to point out to the Bammer’s that despite the fact that Alabama the goat of college football for the amount of money they paid him to come to “return the Tide to dominance,” he deserves a raise. I can hear him explaining how, sure Bama is the has been the laughing-stock of college football this year, but everyone is laughing — that’s publicity, and that’s good! Sure, the Tide lost to Mississippi State and Joe’s School of Cosmetology and Small Engine Repair, but everyone saw them lose those games. Saban has propelled the Crimson Tide program forward and returned it to the media spotlight. Thus, he deserves a $ 425 million dollar raise, and a free night with the university president’s youngest daughter.

I am sure that Nick has no intention of going to West Virginia, not that I really care. I just hate it that even after he scored the money from Bama, he’s still pushing for more.

Of course, now that I think of it, Saban does kind of look like a used car salesman…

- Go Figure …

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