Saban's original contract with Bama was for a guaranteed $4 mill a year plus 700k-800k annual incentives for bowl wins for 8 years, so luring an NFL coach who doesn't like his job with a $4 mill budget has been done before.
Payton would be the absolute best hire Miami can make. The only way they would be able to get any sort of interest from Payton would be if they guaranteed the maximum amount they can pay him ($4m-$5m) and loaded it with major incentives. Winning one of the 4 major new year bowls will get you $18,000,000 in prize money, they should offer to give him $10m of the $18m as an incentive. That means just winning the ACC and the Orange Bowl would get him a $10m bonus. On top of that, winning a national championship gets you $22,000,000 they should also offer him $15m of the $22m. This would give Payton the potential to make $30,000,000 in one season.
