Recruiting update.

[MBHORNSFAN]

#1 RB New Orleans St. Augustine RB Leonard Fournette will be in Austin this weekend for a visit along with UT commit Jermaine roberts

 

[GetHooked]

This could be good news. Maybe Saban told him to visit.

 

[bbdude]

#1 RB New Orleans St. Augustine RB Leonard Fournette will be in Austin this weekend for a visit along with UT commit Jermaine roberts

If this kid were to come to Texas......... But he is a Bama/LSU lean, you would have to think.

 

[Darrell McPhaul]

LSU leads Bama.

 

[BevoBlake]

Whaaaaaaaaat?

 

[Randolph Duke]

I posted Nick Saban's contract in my "Not About the Money" piece I did for the site a few weeks ago. His contract has no buy-out (only a 30 day notice). It also states if Saban leaves and seeks other employment, for one year he can't contact any recruit at the new school if Alabama was recruiting the athlete while saban was at Alabama. The exception is if the new school was already recruiting the athlete prior to Saban's arrival.

If there is any sign Saban might be coming, I think it would be UT assistants making trips to visit recruits on Alabama's radar that haven't been on our radar to date. If assistants take unexplained trips to high schools that don't make sense other than a Bama target was playing, something is up. I would suspect the contact prior would be easy to show (plane tickets, etc).

 

[Brasky]

I posted Nick Saban's contract in my "Not About the Money" piece I did for the site a few weeks ago. His contract has no buy-out (only a 30 day notice). It also states if Saban leaves and seeks other employment, for one year he can't contact any recruit at the new school if Alabama was recruiting the athlete while saban was at Alabama. The exception is if the new school was already recruiting the athlete prior to Saban's arrival.
If there is any sign Saban might be coming, I think it would be UT assistants making trips to visit recruits on Alabama's radar that haven't been on our radar to date. If assistants take unexplained trips to high schools that don't make sense other than a Bama target was playing, something is up. I would suspect the contact prior would be easy to show (plane tickets, etc).

That's some great info there. Very interesting.

 

[JimsTexas]

Those kids have grown up on SEC football it is really hard to pull them west to Austin Texas. I know if anyone can Texas can it is a great place for a kid to play his football on the big stage.

As for Nick Saban how many of y'all really think he is going to come to Texas. How many years dose he have left in him.

Kind of like an old car that just dies and you pull it out to the pasture and leave it.

When is Nick Saban going to be ready to go to pasture. My friends y'all have a great week.

 

[Randolph Duke]

Those kids have grown up on SEC football it is really hard to pull them west to Austin Texas. I know if anyone can Texas can it is a great place for a kid to play his football on the big stage. As for Nick Saban how many of y'all really think he is going to come to Texas. How many years dose he have left in him.

Kind of like an old car that just dies and you pull it out to the pasture and leave it.

When is Nick Saban going to be ready to go to pasture. My friends y'all have a great week.

Think of the whole thing from a business perspective. Patterson is coming in having to rebuild and revitalize an entertainment division with approx $200 mil in revenues and 300 employees. The previous CEO had been there 32 years and had let the brand get stale. His three major operating units are the mothership (Football) and men's basketball and baseball.

He first needs to clean house, fire at least 100 employees (1/3 of the payroll) and rebuild his marketing, legal, accounting and admin support teams into an effective unit. That takes time and attention. He also needs to rebuild his three main operating units while ensuring revenues don't suffer.

The most important operating unit, football, needs a new manager to stabilize it until the CEO can totally rebuild it. Bring in a proven manager who only wants a few years more until retirement, but who you know can handle the unit. Pay him 10 years current pay for 6 years of work. You have effectively sealed his retirement for very little additional effort on his part.

Focus the CEO's attention on rebuilding corporate and the two smaller operating units whie also building relationships with major stakeholders. After two or three years of rebuilding the organization, you can then focus your full attention on the primary operating unit and you don't have to either be stuck with a maneger who doesn't want to leave and whose firing might affect morale or have to question whether he is the right guy moving forward.

The reason Texas can spend so much money to get it right is because it costs more at Texas to get it wrong. When aggy left, the revenues of UT athletics were greater than those of aggy and Mizzou combined. We have gotten even bigger since then. A 10% drop in revenues at UT is more than the entire budget at over half of the NCAA schools. Trying to rebuild Bellmont and all three major programs at the same time risks chaos and chaos costs us more than at most other schools.

Whether Saban to UT makes sense to Saban is out of our control. Paying Saban $10mil (an incremental $4.5 mil over Mack) is worth the money.

 

[RealtorHorn]

I posted Nick Saban's contract in my "Not About the Money" piece I did for the site a few weeks ago. His contract has no buy-out (only a 30 day notice). It also states if Saban leaves and seeks other employment, for one year he can't contact any recruit at the new school if Alabama was recruiting the athlete while saban was at Alabama. The exception is if the new school was already recruiting the athlete prior to Saban's arrival.
If there is any sign Saban might be coming, I think it would be UT assistants making trips to visit recruits on Alabama's radar that haven't been on our radar to date. If assistants take unexplained trips to high schools that don't make sense other than a Bama target was playing, something is up. I would suspect the contact prior would be easy to show (plane tickets, etc).

This is the reason why Suddes is here IMO and why he will be retained. Saban is that smart.

 

[Randolph Duke]

This is the reason why Suddes is here IMO and why he will be retained. Saban is that smart.

Spending a few years building relationships in Texas will pay millions inpost retirement income. There is a reason Slive wanted to expand the brand in Texas. Texas is a wealthy state with a lot of opportunities. Nick Saban Ford or Nick Saban's Steakhouse will generate a lot of money in Alabama. It would generate a lot more in Texas. If Saban wants to retire, spending a few years establishing a larger brand would be worth the effort.

 

[Lord Vader]

Word is Jamal Adams is going to be here too. Guess Florida isnt looking so attractive right now.

 

[TheContractor]

I think thats the main reason Adams is still uncommitted, UF has tanked and it doesnt look for Boom.

I think we have offers to the following guys, but lets make sure we are clear about our recruitment of Cam Robinson, Rickey Town, Zack Whitney, OJ Smith, etc.

 

[alonghorn72]

Hopefully we can make it a good game for him to watch!!