I understand we are butt hurt. You would not be a UAB fan if you did enjoy being justifiably paranoid. Being an administrator = colleges work in slow motion even with the best of administrations (which we clearly do not have). and we have always been very slow on all contracts even with better presidents.
However several on this board have asked how long with it take the BOT/Administration to sign a contract for UAT,? All saying that if would not them six weeks to sign a contract, We were wrong. The UAT answer is over six months. Nick Saban signed his first contract in June after being hired six months earlier.
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2007/06/saba...await.html
You can speculate that was a complicated first contract and should be quicker with a renewal. Clarks contract is very complicated with lots of unusual unknowns outside of the control of ether party. However little Nickies recent renewal also took over six months.
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index....tract.html
I never knew that it took that long.
The way I remember, it felt like he was in Miami telling players that he's going to be their coach for the foreseeable future then he was ghost the next day. This makes me feel better, but, of course, still can't put any kind of trust in the administration for real.
True but a very different situation. I suspect the administration also has clear communication with the major boosters as well. I shouldn't have to state the obvious differences. (not trying to be ugly with that comment so forgive me)
Haase took three days.
(07-21-2015 11:22 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]True but a very different situation. I suspect the administration also has clear communication with the major boosters as well. I shouldn't have to state the obvious differences. (not trying to be ugly with that comment so forgive me)
Haase took three days.
There is also a difference between and initial contract and an extension.
Yes there is. Knowing what the holdup is makes this difficult to stomach.
Nick Saban's situation also differed from FBHC Clark's in that the people he was dealing with supported his / THEIR school's program rather than historically threatening its very existence as in the UAB FB experience.
(07-21-2015 11:47 AM)blazers9911 Wrote: [ -> ] (07-21-2015 11:22 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]True but a very different situation. I suspect the administration also has clear communication with the major boosters as well. I shouldn't have to state the obvious differences. (not trying to be ugly with that comment so forgive me)
Haase took three days.
There is also a difference between and initial contract and an extension.
+1
There's also a difference between agreeing in principle and having a finalized document ready to execute.
If there's a lot of legal wrangling or unknowns still left to put in an actionable contract, then sign a letter of intent agreeing to the broad outlines such as length of the contract and indicating that there is something moving forward.
(07-21-2015 04:42 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote: [ -> ]There's also a difference between agreeing in principle and having a finalized document ready to execute.
If there's a lot of legal wrangling or unknowns still left to put in an actionable contract, then sign a letter of intent agreeing to the broad outlines such as length of the contract and indicating that there is something moving forward.
If you were Bill Clark or his representatives would you trust Ray Ray to fill in the details later -I would not, AB hinted that there is a major area of disagreement that is above the pay grade of us posters,
My wild guess is guaranteed facilities based on the timing of the facilities fundraising according to the head of commitee and expected new contract both being Mid-September but could just be coincidental
You can't compare Haase and Clark. I suspect Haase was blindsided by the news that he was receiving an extension, and once he saw the amount his salary was going to, there were no other details in the contract he was going to quibble over. Clark is completely different in that he is negotiating a whole lot more than his salary in this contract.