re: Insider Notes From BM: It's Happening

Pull the trigger on a young up and coming coach with no ties to Auburn and call it a day. Call him ryan day or jeff frohm, dude from north Texas, bill Clark etc. NO KIFFIN!

Yeah it's far fetched, but the only way we get out of the buyout is if he takes another job.

Don't know about taking another job, but to get the buyout way down, they will just have to make his life miserable. Tell him straight up that you don't want him and offer him a $10MM buyout. If he says no, tell him he can stay and that you will be implementing QC person to oversee every part of the football team on a permanent basis. Tell him you will be firing some coaches and hiring new ones. He will not be allowed to hire or fire anyone on the staff. It can get ugly without the threat of litigation.

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Don't know about taking another job, but to get the buyout way down, they will just have to make his life miserable. Tell him straight up that you don't want him and offer him a $10MM buyout. If he says no, tell him he can stay and that you will be implementing QC person to oversee every part of the football team on a permanent basis. Tell him you will be firing some coaches and hiring new ones. He will not be allowed to hire or fire anyone on the staff. It can get ugly without the threat of litigation.

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Well this would be stupid and I hope is not even an option.

The morons at the helm gave Gus this contract. They should honor it unless there are valid reasons not to.

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but to get the buyout way down, they will just have to make his life miserable.

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I've mentioned this multiple times. If Auburn is serious about not paying, they don't have to pay a dime. Texas Tech still has never paid Mike Leach his buyout



If AU is willing to go a mega ahole route, Gus will negotiate his buyout rather than risk all of it

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: AN INSIDE LOOK AT AUBURN ATHLETICS

What is Auburn coach Gus Malzahn’s mindset going into the final five games of the 2018 season? Maybe not what some would expect.

We are told Malzahn doesn’t acknowledge there is anything to discuss about his job status. He still believes he has a team that can finish with a flourish. We are also told he has had no discussions about his future with athletics director Allen Greene or any other administrator.

What does that mean? Probably not much, other than Malzahn is doing what he should do and focusing on his team and the task at hand.

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Malzahn has lost the support – if ever had it - of a significant number of people of influence. They want him gone, and nothing he does on the field down the stretch will change that. It’s safe to say Auburn president Steven Leath knows their feelings.

But it’s Leath that is the wild card. Trustees and others can tell him how they feel, but only Leath or Greene, with Leath’s blessing, can make a decision to change coaches. In the end, it will be Leath’s call. No one to whom we have talked knows what he’s thinking or if he is leaning one way or the other. No decision he makes will make him look good. If he makes a change, he will be accused of costing Auburn’s athletics department possibly tens of millions of dollars. If he doesn’t, he will be accused of giving Malzahn a contract that made it impossible to fire him.

Should Malzahn and Auburn lose at Ole Miss on Saturday, the heat will get unbearable. Enough to bring about an early decision to make a change? Some believe that’s possible.

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There is no sign that Malzahn has to win a specific number of games. Those who want him gone won’t be satisfied by any number. Those who don’t want him gone are looking for anything they can grasp to vindicate their position. Winning games is their best chance.

A win over Ole Miss, with an open date before Texas A&M comes to town, would likely give Malzahn some breathing space. If Ole Miss wins, all bets are off and next week will be very interesting.

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If ever there was a game in which Auburn’s offense should get some relief, it is Saturday’s game in Oxford. Ole Miss’ defense is, statistically, among the very worst in college football.

Ole Miss ranks 108th in scoring defense, and lower in every other defensive statistic. In the two statistics that matter most, it is 108th in scoring defense and 121st in total defense. It is 112th in rushing defense and 119th in pass defense.

On the other hand, the Rebels are No. 16 in scoring offense with 41.6 points per game. They are No. 4 in passing offense with 353.1 yards per game and No. 6 in total offense with 550.9 yards per game.

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Malzahn has been even more involved than usual with the offense in preparation for Ole Miss. Will there be a change in the operation on gameday? Will it be noticeable? We don’t have that answer.

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Auburn coaches are wary of Ole Miss and its offense. They recognize that Ole Miss’ defense is vulnerable, but they also realize their offense has not been prolific against anyone. A shootout would not be a comfortable place for Auburn to be.

Ole Miss coaches recognize that they need to play better than they have in three previous SEC games – a victory over Arkansas and losses to Alabama and LSU.

“I think the focus is always going 1-0 this week, trying to find a way to get one more point than Auburn, trying to find a way to get stops and to score touchdowns in the red zone and be sharp,” Ole Miss coach Matt Luke said. “We'll have to play really well. We've got to find a way to get off the field, create some turnovers and then try to finish in the red zone, and score touchdowns when we get down there, not field goals."

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Trustees and others can tell him how they feel, but only Leath or Greene, with Leath’s blessing, can make a decision to change coaches.

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Well this is a crock of shite the BoT are spinning to avoid any blame by pinning their responsibility on Leath


I'm sure Leath deserves a lot of blame, but so do the BoT

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If he makes a change, he will be accused of costing Auburn’s athletics department possibly tens of millions of dollars.

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No president/AD would ever cut loose a coach against the advisory of tBoard of Trustees

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he will be accused of giving Malzahn a contract that made it impossible to fire him.

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Who signs off / approves that contract? The Board of Trustees

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mentioned this multiple times. If Auburn is serious about not paying, they don't have to pay a dime. Texas Tech still has never paid Mike Leach his buyout If AU is willing to go a mega ahole route, Gus will negotiate his buyout rather than risk all of it

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Is the Texas law that Ttech is using same as Alabama? Maybe Gus would need to lock a kid in a shed, I have a hard time believing we just couldn’t pay the buyout

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Is the Texas law that Ttech is using same as Alabama?

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Yes. Pretty much every state has it in the state constitution

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Maybe Gus would need to lock a kid in a shed,

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Not really

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I have a hard time believing we just couldn’t pay the buyout

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Well, here is what the Alabama supreme court recently ruled

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The Supreme Court wrote that the immunity granted under § 14 is absolute; it is not an affirmative defense, but a jurisdictional bar. It may not be waived. A claim filed solely against the state or any state agency is void from the beginning, and any action taken by a court against the state agency, other than dismissal, is void.

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