Would Gus hire Briles as OC? How would the fanbase react?

Could Gus put his ego aside and hire somebody who is more highly regarded of an offensive coach than himself?

Malzahn and Briles are friends. Maybe they could come to a mutual agreement: Malzahn helps Briles get his career back, Briles helps Malzahn get his program back on track and keep his job.

This move would basically lock up Jarrett Stidham for us. Add that QB and Briles input to our skill players and suddenly we have a dangerous offense. Any scenario other than bringing Briles to Auburn and Stidham ends up in College Station extending Sumlin's career.

Of course, like with Muschamp, this situation may only last for 1 year. But we still may have another year with Stidham, and by then you have Woody Barrett going into year 3 and Joey Gatewood on campus, so hopefully we'd still have the players at QB to get back to the type of offense we had with Marshall and Newton.


This is all contingent on Gus being able to part with his adopted son. That may be what ends up killing Malzahn's career