Breaking - Nick Saban takes Dolphins job

[wilheim]

Saban leaves LSU after 5 years.



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[wilheim]

Saban chooses Dolphins over LSU

[size=-1]By ARMANDO SALGUERO[/size]

[size=-1]asalguero@herald.com[/size]

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ORLANDO - LSU coach Nick Saban announced Friday that he will accept the Dolphins offer to take over as head coach, according to ESPN.com. Saban was offered the job by Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga on Wednesday and Saban had struggled with the decision to leave the Tigers since then.

The contract will be worth $4.5 million - $5 million for five years and he will have near-absolute control over any football-related decisions as he attempts to rebuild the Miami franchise which has suffered through one of its worst seasons.

Saban, 53, was college football's highest paid coach, having completed the first year of a seven-year, $18.45 million deal. He was making $2.3 million this year with approximately $400,000 in incentives. He is expected to coach the Tigers in their Jan. 1 bowl game.

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[VaultedTreehouse]

Good hire for a team in decay.

 

[bucsfan67]

Saban is a good coach....if they get him some players, and a qb, they could rebound nicely..

They have a good core defense...Especially when Seau and Thomas get healthy again..

 

[DENIRO]

unlike the other past bigname college coaches going to the pros

saban has ties/experience w/ the pro game

he was def coor under belichek in clevland and started as a cornersback coach

won everywhere he went and built the team from nothing (mich st and lsu)

 

[Hitman26]

So who goes to LSU? Butch Davis?

 

[bucsfan67]

They can have Gerry Dinardo back...

IU is done with him.....:nono5:

 

[TheGeneral+]

NFL is a good "get in" and "get out with the cash job". Wish I were in his shoes.

 

[lander]

Miami has been playing great ball lately trying to win the intern his job ...

so to reward them Wacky Wayne brings in Spurrier Jr .. err Saban.

 

[Highdaddy]

Thank God.....im a huge Dolphins fan and they finally got a great coach who will care. I was listening to the radio the other day, the guy they were interviewing from espn said Saban is one of the top 5 coaches in football, college or pro. They also said he is good friends with Bill Bellicek and they talk and meet whenever they can. Within 3 years they will be the fastest team in the league.