re: New Head Coach Thread: Officially Official 2020

CFB Central (@central_cfb) Tweeted:
Hearing reports that Lincoln Riley flew into Dothan, Alabama and met with Auburn booster Jimmy Rane today.

CFB Central (@central_cfb) Tweeted:
Source says it was yesterday, not today. So not on the Eve of Big 12 title game.

https://twitter.com/central_cfb/status/1340116017863864320?s=20

He wouldn’t...

Some of you guys have zero sense of humor

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Why the shite would riley leave oklahoma

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Decided he was tired of getting beat up by the SEC and wants to have an SEC team of his own?

Im hearing Hugh Freeze

Which Petrino?

I don’t think you can hire a coach virtually. I couldn’t. Not for this big of a job.

That’s why info hasn’t come out at this point and it seems like forever, but its only been a few days. Imagine if one of our coordinators had it leak he was interviewing elsewhere the weekend before early signing day. We would tar and feather his arse out of town. Some coaches want to complete this years commitment to the young men they recruited, the university that gave them their shot and coach the games this weekend. If our university ruined that for them in some way, they might have to deny it publicly. Then we’ve got a Saban situation and honestly, that stink has never really left Saban even though he’s been successful. Or worse yet, they decide to go elsewhere. It isn’t professional and honestly, our fans should expect more out of Greene and his department.

Waiting past this weekend for a playoff/championship game or bowl game which would happen 3 weeks Monday next is too long. A lot of the good candidates are playing this weekend, so I expect them to interview sometime next week with a decision likely coming middle to end of next week.

Lincoln Riley is prepping for a championship tomorrow. He’s not swinging through Alabama to hang out with Jimmy Rane.

Per Auburn247

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Those invited for to interview via Zoom are Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, Louisiana head coach Billy Napier, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott, Auburn Undercover has learned.

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Per Auburn247

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Those invited for to interview via Zoom are Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, Louisiana head coach Billy Napier, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott, Auburn Undercover has learned.

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So AU people (Ranes Harbert and the rest) believe you can treat the HC job like it’s Indeed.com?

I’m close to being done.

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I love that we have Garner, Kodi, TWill, and Caddy on staff from a fan nostalgia perspective.

But being realistic and wanting to win championships, Garner is the only one with any business coaching at AU.

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Just getting caught up, but respectfully I disagree with this. You'll get no argument from me about Kodi.. I think he's ok, but thats it.

TWill is one of the top recruiters at the position in the country and completely rebuilt our LB room. Anyone remember the Jake Holland days? He's had Tre Williams, Deshaun Davis, Darrell Williams, KJ Britt, Chandler Wooten, Owen Pappoe, Zakoby McClain with Wesley Steiner and Cam Riley as freshman this year. Speaking of Pappoe and Zakoby.. they both finished in the top 10 in the country in tackles this year despite both having to play out of position. And just to top everything off, despite all the will he be fired/won't he TWill was still is position to land a 5* LB and one of the top rising LB prospects in the country.

Caddy has only been here a couple a years..in that time he's recruited Tank Bigsys, had Armoni Goodwin wrapped up until Gus got fired, and had us in very good position for top RB Emmanuel Henderson next year. He was in the process of turning it into one of the most stacked RB rooms in the country.

You left off McGriff, but he's helped get Carlton Davis, Jamel Dean, Iggy, Daniel Thomas and soon to be McCreary into the league.. Pritchett, Simpson and Sherwood look like they could be next, and again before recruiting took a dive with Gus getting fired he had us in the running for some of the top DB prospects in the country.

If we had any kind of stability around them then those 3 would be cleaning up on the recruiting trail and all of them have proven they are good coaches. If you think a new coach should clean house that's fine and a completely reasonable take, but those guys are as legit as it gets.