Crimson Tide, Dolphins await Saban’s decision

MIAMI – Miami Dolphins coach Nick Saban needed another day to consider a job offer from Alabama.

Saban met with Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga at the team complex for 10 minutes Tuesday and asked for more time to decide.

“The meeting went good,” Huizenga said. “We had a quick meeting. We had a nice conversation. Coach asked if we could defer the decision until 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. And then he went into several reasons as to why he wanted to do that. I agree 100 percent with his reasons. I understand more now.”

After two season in Miami, Saban was considering a deal that reportedly would make him the highest-paid coach in college football.

Huizenga has said he received repeated assurances from Saban late in the season that he would return in 2007.