Bama hires another Mike to coach the football team or UT recruits another Smith to play for the men's basketball team.
Bama cannot afford to get rid of Saban. I do not know what his buyout is if the NFL came sniffing but I'm guessing it's high.
He's stuck with us or we're stuck with him, depending on which way you want to look at it. It's a Catch-22, we can't afford his payout and no other team, college or pro, can afford his buyout. That's the genius of the contract. Or the stupidity, depending on which way you want to look at it.
When Shula was first hired I remember seeing a lot of Crimson shirts that said "Got Mike?" But now the bumper sticker "S - The Coach" a la "W - The President" is very popular.