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Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:12 pm to IAmNERD
quote:Well, that puts him up a notch on Freeze. At least he has the ability to hire a competent staff.
Lea was struggling at Vandy until the New Mexico St gang came in.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:14 pm to AUveritas
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I'd rather just stick with Freeze.
You’d stick with a sub 500 coach with zero ability to change/adjust?
Lea is under 500 but at least he is showing an upward trajectory/growth and has handed of DC duties this season. And he can evaluate talent.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:15 pm to greygoose
Agree on that.
Even if they were a package deal with Pavia, he had the foresight to see they were good. Probably all he had to do was watch their tape agai st us.
Even if they were a package deal with Pavia, he had the foresight to see they were good. Probably all he had to do was watch their tape agai st us.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:16 pm to IAmNERD
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Agree on that.
Even if they were a package deal with Pavia, he had the foresight to see they were good. Probably all he had to do was watch their tape agai st us.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:21 pm to greygoose
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Who out there is above Lea at this point?
You go after a really good coordinator, like ya know, Kirby Smart was, Dan Lanning was, Ryan Day was, Lincoln Riley was (before he proved he was soft as hell). Hell, Dabo wasn't even a coordinator.
And the massive buyout situation is another reason you go with an top OC or DC, that's not an issue there. If you are going after a current head coach you need to be going after someone from a smaller school (like Washington did grabbing Deboer from Fresno St).
Doing a massive overpay to pull a coach from an established school is extremely unlikely to work out. While back in the day you could grab someone like Saban, Urban, or Tubs willing to make a move up from a decent but not as financially committed school, that is nearly impossible now due to the huge tv contracts. Schools like Utah, Ole Miss, and even Indiana have plenty of tv money to pay their coaches 8+ million.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:22 pm to Beachbum87
I've had enough of hoping the bad HC hires some good assistants/coordinators to cover up his incompetence.
This post was edited on 10/4/25 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:22 pm to greygoose
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Who out there is above Lea at this point?
Cignetti, Sumrall, maybe Lebby.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:24 pm to The_SwAUggford
Cignetti is old. No on that.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:26 pm to The_SwAUggford
quote:Dude, it's been posted all over our board, many times. Cignetti just signed a massive extension. Unless Yellowman wants to make that hire the largest output of money in AU athletic history, it's not happening.
Cignetti
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:28 pm to jangalang
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well invite Lashlee then
You haven't had enough of the Gus bus, you want some more with version 2.0?
I'd rather take the chance on a top assistant and have a chance to be truly elite rather than pay Lashlee a big contract and buyout when he is just another 8 win coach if he was in the SEC rather than the mediocre conference he's in now.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 5:43 pm to greygoose
I dont give a shite how old he is or how much he would cost. If youre serious about winning games and making something out of this mess of a football program we have, thats what you do. You wanna flip the script on your reflection after the nepot hire in basketball and the disaster coaching search that ended with Hugh freeze. That's what you do. If the people with money say no then that's on them.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 6:36 pm to The_SwAUggford
quote:How much are you donating to the cause? I'd love to have 500 acres with a 5000 sq. ft. house sitting in the middle of it, and 10 bikini-clad dimes cooking, cleaning, and waiting on me, but as of right now, the bank account won't make that happen.
I dont give a shite how old he is or how much he would cost. If youre serious about winning games and making something out of this mess of a football program we have, thats what you do. You wanna flip the script on your reflection after the nepot hire in basketball and the disaster coaching search that ended with Hugh freeze. That's what you do. If the people with money say no then that's on them.
IF we could hire Cignetti away, we would have to pay off Freeze's contract, payoff Cignetti's massive buyout, AND PAY HIM NORTH OF 7 MILLION A YEAR. I don't know what dream world you live in, but if that happened,,,,,,,,, ;let's just say, you'd have a better chance of shitting out a good coach.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 6:52 pm to greygoose
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AND PAY HIM NORTH OF 7 MILLION A YEAR. I don't know what dream world you live in, but if that happened,,,,,,,,, ;let's just say, you'd have a better chance of shitting out a good coach.
Yeah, he makes 8 mil a year with a 1 mil a year retention bonus, over 8 years with them owing him 85% of that no matter what. So we'd be looking at like 10+ mil a year over at least 8 years fully garuanteed, and he has a 13 million dollar buyout for resigning on top of that.
This post was edited on 10/4/25 at 6:54 pm
Posted on 10/4/25 at 6:59 pm to auyushu
Gus is pissing me off. This offense looks so much like 2013. Why tf did he have to try and prove everyone wrong with a pocket passer will forever be the question.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 7:06 pm to IAmNERD
Gus is a damn good OC. It took him getting his ego smashed to get him back to doing what we all knew he could do well.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 7:43 pm to IAmNERD
Looks like you may have gotten excited a bit too soon. Miami is spanking that arse now.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 7:43 pm to IAmNERD
Do you remember when he didn't recruit an interior OL for 3 years?
Posted on 10/4/25 at 7:45 pm to AUCE05
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Do you remember when he didn't recruit an interior OL for 3 years?
Everyone conveniently forgets he quit recruiting
Posted on 10/4/25 at 7:45 pm to metafour
Definitely starting to look more familiar
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