Quote Originally Posted by Political Hack View Post
He's damn near guaranteed 20+ years here at over $5 million a year. His total earnings at state will likely top $100 million before he's gone, if he sticks around.

Anywhere else he's looking at about the same pay check with 3-4 years guaranteed. If it's a money issue, he's total earnings here far, far outweigh anything he could reasonably guarantee elsewhere. If he leaves, he's leaving because he thinks he has a better shot to win a title there than at State. But, I think he also realized that he's really close to winning a title at State.

Saban is old. And we're catching up to them, but it'll likely take Saban leaving to realize it.
Auburn is volatile year to year.
We've pulled even with LSU and are taking the best QBs in Louisiana on the regular now.
We've pulled ahead of A&M, Ark, Kentucky, and OM.

Our recruiting is exploding now that the confederates can't buy everyone with a pulse and we've got a great team coming back next year.
I know not everyone thinks this way - but Cost of Living in Starkville is ridiculously cheap compared to Athens, Knoxville, Gainesville, etc.
It's 22% cheaper than were I live and housing is 44% cheaper. At $5m a year, Dan is able to live better than all of his peers - save Saban - and bank far, far more - and can live the life he wants too.