For the record, Benson is far from a tight wad when it comes to the Saints. As an organization, the Saints had the highest overall payroll out of all teams last year I believe.
Not mocking them at all. I grew up a Saints fan (oddly enough) due to my Dad's influence. I grew up on Bobby Hebert and company. :thumb:
Benson already pays Haslett 3 million dollars a year. I believe, maybe wrong, thats more than Saban is paid at LSU. With all the development talk Benson has been doing, he know he has to give something back. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Benson offered Saban 4 to 6 million a year.
If Im right, Willingham won as many games as Holtz and Davie in his first 3 yrs plus he went to two bowl games. The academic rates are awesome. You're wrong about him dropping. In his last season at Stanford, he went 9-3, and remember this is Stanford. Also, he would be a big plus for graduation rates and academics as his record proves. Just a thought, though, I don't know if he's the best person for the job.
And they STILL can't put it together... What is that a sign of??? Bad judge of talent for market value. He over-paid for Aaron Brooks. He over-paid for Tebucky Jones... He allowed the franchise to over-pay for Ricky Williams!
You're dreaming, chief. It ain't just the money, although LSU is already paying him an NFL salary, not a NCAA salary. Nick is a control freak and here he is general manager, head coach, and personel director with total control over the football program, something the NFL cannnot offer him. He has turned down much better teams than the Saints already. he is under zero pressure here, why give that up for the high stress and firing rate of an NFL job (see Spurrier, Steve)? He just signed a 7-year contract making him the highest paid coach in college football, and he got everything else that he wanted including stadium expansion and a new football center. His last four recruiting classes were ranked #1, #15, #1, and #2. He is going to stick around a few more years and enjoy the rewards of this talent haul. There are more championships coming here. The Saints are a major rebuilding job and he'd be working for a lunatic owner, instead of the affable Skip Bertman. Nick isn't going anywhere, anytime soon. The Saints should hire Terry Robiskie, a Louisiana native and long-time NFL offensive coordinator and currently an interim head coach that will be available after the season.
