It looks like Rich Rodriguez is going to leave West Virginia to coach in Tuscaloosa.

TUSCALOOSA — University of Alabama officials and West Virginia’s Rich Rodriguez have reached an agreement in principle for Rodriguez to become the Crimson Tide’s next head football coach, two sources close to the search told The Birmingham News tonight.

After Rodriguez’s representatives negotiated with Alabama Athletics Director Mal Moore for most of today, Rodriguez has told Alabama officials he is ready to take the job offer he received this morning.

Sources close to the search said Rodriguez will make over $2 million per year with incentives and will have one of the highest-paid coaching staffs in the Southeastern Conference.

I think this is a good move for Alabama.  Personally, I thought they were wasting their time going after Spurrier and Saban, but Mal Moore actually got it right in the end.  “Coach Rod” has proven himself both on the field and on the recruiting beat.  If the obsessive, unrealistic Alabama fans would give him time and the benefit of the doubt he might turn the team back into a national power - something I’m not looking forward to as an Auburn fan.

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