Wow crazy things so far this early in 2007 if you're a sports fan. Boise State beats Oklahoma and now Nick Saban decides to leave the safe confines of the NFL to go back to college coaching.
Let's start with the positives for Saban going to Alabama. Big payday and an 8 year contract means he can put his hand prints all over this program for years to come. Supposedly he missed teaching the "kids" too. He gets complete control of a program again.
Negatives, this move shows that Saban doesn't care about putting down roots anywhere. 'Bama fans contract or no contract you better be prepared if in 4 or 5 years if he doesn't have the program going he might bolt. NFL teams in the future will be leary if Saban comes knocking on the door for future jobs. Saban is also going to find out how much interference 'Bama alums and boosters can interfere with a program. They weren't suspend and fined by the NCAA for putting an extra pudding cup in their kids' lunches.
Wonder what the Dolphins are going to do? New coach and new approach, Wayne Huizenga is probably going to formally hire a GM and put a few more people in place so that the next coach doesn't have that much of a front office/managerial impact again. Huizenga is a smart business man and will take steps to correct for this. Possible head coaches to be hired, who knows, but understand this, Dennis Green has lost his coaching ability and shouldn't be considered for the post. The Dolphins will be best served by hiring an assistant from somewhere, it will be cheaper and provide the foundation for restructing the front office to assist them.
