A warning to Texas A&M and Auburn fans...

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you may be best off to make do with what you currently have

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If he loses to LSU and UGA again, no thanks.

If Auburn loses more than 3 games this year, Gus should be arrested by the FBI for point shaving.

I don't advocate firing is always the answer, but you ignored your own team's decision to fire one of the best coaches Uga has had for greener grass. Are we all supposed to ignore that?

Get thee hence leghumper

To be fair running off head coaches is part of our DNA. Rationalizing it away is useless.

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UCLA debacle got the AD's attention. Vetting of candidates should be underway just in case.

If Sumlin only loses to Bama and Auburn, but wins the rest of his games, then he won't be replaced.

Anything short of that and he could be gone.

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9-3 would have Sumlin back, almost certainly. The reason I say "almost" is because, if he is not given an extension, Sumlin would go into 2018 with only two years left on his contract (2018 and 2019). It's unusual for a coach at a big time program to have such a short amount of time on his contract (creates a talking point for negative recruiting: "You don't want to sign with A&M, Sumlin will be gone--he's only got two years left on his contract.") So, if we do decide we want to bring Sumlin back, whether that's after 9-3, 8-4, or (unlikely) after 7-5, we'd have to decide what to do about the contract. I won't go into detail on what I think could happen, but suffice it to say that we could be inclined to bring Sumlin back based upon on the field performance and still end up making a change if a deal can't be worked out on an extension (Sumlin would have to agree to a reduced buyout, at least in the extended term, in order for that to happen).

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I don't advocate firing is always the answer, but you ignored your own team's decision to fire one of the best coaches Uga has had for greener grass. Are we all supposed to ignore that?

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Maybe you missed the last line of the OP in which I said, "Unless you have a slam dunk option for a replacement..."

By all accounts, Kirby is going to do well at Georgia. He's at least taken the program to a better place (at the current moment). Georgia knew when we fired Richt that we had a good replacement option. Kirby played at Georgia. He had plenty of time to coach up under Nick Saban, etc.

If you know who your guy is and you know you can get him there... by all means go ahead with it. But the worst thing you can do is fire your coach (re: Less Miles), thinking you're going to land some coaching hot shot, only to have to settle for an unproven coach who had a terrible head coaching track record (re: Coach O).

We are hot garbage in disguise. That being said, Sumlin will get a 2 year extension because there is no one worth hiring and he will likely go 5-3 in SEC play with a bunch of freshman. Am I happy about it? Not really. Am I upset? Also not really. He is playing in 2018/2019 while everyone else plays in 2017.

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To be fair running off head coaches is part of our DNA.

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I assume you are referring to SEC schools in general, not AU.

AU has 'run off' exactly four HCs in the past 65 seasons. Final season SEC records of each HC were 0-6, 1-7, 2-6 and 0-8.

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How many Tiger fans this morning are still glad they have Coach O as head coach in Baton Rouge over Les Miles?

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I am. Orgeron will be gone within 2 or 3 years. We didn't get rid of Miles fast enough. The lack of talent and depth on the lines is a direct result of Miles' shitty recruiting in his last few years here.

You should've taken your own advice. Firing Richt for Skirby will not end well.