Is Nick Saban Worth 50% More Than Les Miles Or 2 Times Mark Richt?

With Gene Chizik's new raise, the Auburn coach moves up the ladder in terms of pay amongst his conference brethren. But most every coach still pales in comparison to Alabama's Nick Saban.

Below is the annual total salary for SEC coaches with the difference between them and Saban.

Coach	School	Salary	% Difference
Nick Saban	Alabama	$6 million	-
Les Miles	LSU	$4 million	-50%
Bobby Petrino	Arkansas	$3.56 million	-68%
Gene Chizik	Auburn	$3.5 million	-71%
Mark Richt	Georgia	$2.8 million	-114%
Steve Spurrier	So. Carolina	$2.8 million	-114%
Dan Mullen	Mississippi State	$2.65 million	-126%
Houston Nutt	Ole Miss	$2.5 million	-140%
Derek Dooley	Tennessee	$2.1 million	-186%
Will Muschamp	Florida	$2 million	-200%
Joker Phillips	Kentucky	$1.7 million	-253%
James Franklin	Vanderbilt	$1.3 million	-361%

In four seasons at Alabama, Saban has brought an SEC Title, a BCS Title, and the Crimson Tide will be highly ranked again to start the season. However, Les Miles has also done all of these things and Saban is only 2-2 against LSU.

Compared to the rest of the coaches, Saban's salary seems high but if he wins the BCS again this year it is worth it.

But what if the Tide fail to win the SEC or even the West this year?

From strictly a business perspective do you think Alabama has over paid for Saban or has he deserved it based on where he has taken the program and where it appears to be headed?

h/t to Arkansas Sports 360 for the salary data)