So you're telling me that Mack refused to allow Saban to win a MNC with "his players," so he stuck around another year and went 8-5 with those SAME PLAYERS in the crappiest conference in the country? Then, after Mack was fired, Saban was no longer interested because of a press leak???
Or... maybe... juuuust maybe, Saban and Sexton milked that situation for all it was worth to pry a fat raise out of Alabama. Probably just a coincidence that he did, indeed, receive a huge bump in pay and incentives in 2012/2013 which just happens to line up nicely with these supposed events.
Hmmmmmm...