re: 78 million for 7 years guaranteed is the word on Auburn to Kiffin

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You don’t know anything. You hope. And that’s fine. Just don’t tell me Auburn didn’t try to get Kiffin and lose when Freeze is named their head coach in the coming weeks.

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The fun thing is we don’t and will never know. That’s how this works, nobody is ever offered until they accept. We don’t know that they have spoken with him or his agent at all.

We do know that Cohen has said he would never hire Kiffin. We also know things change. I personally know Dan McDonnell was never even approached about the State baseball job, despite heavy speculation, and we now know the target was actually his former assistant. We also know Kiffin’s agent is exceptionally good at working the narrative to keep his clients getting paid the most they possibly can.

If I was Cohen I would hire him, but he is by no means the first person I would target. We will see in a few weeks who Auburn hires, but frankly that’s all we will learn.

ETA: I also don’t think we know how this era is going to impact the price coaches demand. Theoretically, we should see salaries go down as more is allocated to NIL. Every player and coach on the team has a value to the program, and eventually departments will objectively evaluate what that is. We will see how that plays out and how quickly AD’s catch on.

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when Freeze is named their head coach in the coming weeks.

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No P5 school is ever hiring Freeze. For multiple reasons, one being that recruiting died when NIL became a thing.