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Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:18 pm to AU86
Didn't he basically cancel an interview with them? I can't imagine it sitting well with him that he's essentially a back up plan.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:23 pm to AUveritas
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Didn't he basically cancel an interview with them? I can't imagine it sitting well with him that he's essentially a back up plan.
I'd bet money that he did interview and it simply wasn't supposed to get out, hence the backtracking.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:25 pm to metafour
Trending towards us getting what will be viewed as the 4th or maybe 5th best hire (depending on Lane/Ole Miss) out of the SEC job openings, even behind Arky. Doesn't mean the hires will play out that way (they basically never do), but maybe a reality check in terms of our perception
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:27 pm to auburnnyc94
Remember when people here didn’t want James Franklin?
Good times.
Good times.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:28 pm to TTsTowel
We tried to tell them
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:32 pm to auburnnyc94
I think people are just freaking out over nothing. Our search has been over for a while and waiting to announce Durkin makes zero sense
Nathan King 247
ESPN reporting he will make his coaching decision Sunday morning. That lines up with Auburn's expected timeline from him; Auburn reps were expecting that, if he were to be hired, it would be Sunday. Auburn people have been talking around campus about setting up a press conference Monday. We believe that was with the expectation Sumrall would be hired.
Nathan King 247
ESPN reporting he will make his coaching decision Sunday morning. That lines up with Auburn's expected timeline from him; Auburn reps were expecting that, if he were to be hired, it would be Sunday. Auburn people have been talking around campus about setting up a press conference Monday. We believe that was with the expectation Sumrall would be hired.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:34 pm to marshallcotiger
Waiting to announce Durkin at least gives Cohen the cover to say he conducted a real coaching search.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:35 pm to auburnnyc94
What are you on about? This is just completely baseless speculation and humbugism.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:35 pm to marshallcotiger
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marshallcotigerI think people are just freaking out over nothing.
You don’t say
That Low article is kind of a no duh. If Florida is out of the Kiffen war, they’d have to put together a deal for Sumerall quickly if they wanted him. Low really going out on a limb there.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:36 pm to metafour
Lea and Drink would end up just like the last few, more bad hires and payouts.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:38 pm to marshallcotiger
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I think people are just freaking out over nothing. Our search has been over for a while and waiting to announce Durkin makes zero sense
If the national media guys are all reporting that Sumrall and Florida are working towards a deal, then that is likely what is happening. Those guys don't drum up nonsense for clicks, they don't have a particular fanbase to appease to.
Why would that report leak today if Sumrall has some super-secret deal in place with Auburn already?
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:41 pm to metafour
And FWIW the Florida beat is reporting the same
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:41 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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Lea and Drink would end up just like the last few, more bad hires and payouts.
You're right, two guys who have or will have won 10 games in the SEC at garbage bottom-feeder programs will obviously never succeed at Auburn with 3x more resources. We'll take DJ Durkin instead - the guy who got fired at Maryland in two seasons and who literally nobody else in the country wants as their HC
.Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:43 pm to metafour
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You're right
I know
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:44 pm to auburnnyc94
They also got played by LSU beat writers.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:45 pm to metafour
I would rather have Durkin than Drink, but I would take Lea over Durkin.
Drink sucks.
Both just got extended though, and don't seem to be AU candidates at all.
Drink sucks.
Both just got extended though, and don't seem to be AU candidates at all.
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:46 pm to AUCE05
You don't have to convince me that beat writers everywhere suck at the infowars lol I have been on that train for decades
Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:46 pm to metafour
meta, while i generally have agreed with most of your takes during this search, i contend that ‘winning 10 games at garbage bottom feeder programs means they will succeed at AU with 3x more resources’ is the same logic that stuck us with Freezus
i do concur with your second point though - although i like DJ, nothing in his career leads me to think he’s the right guy for AU now
i do concur with your second point though - although i like DJ, nothing in his career leads me to think he’s the right guy for AU now
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Posted on 11/28/25 at 12:47 pm to TTsTowel
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Remember when people here didn’t want James Franklin?
When he took VaTech they were 116th recruiting class. They are now about to be in the top 25 with the addition of a 4* that’s visiting this weekend
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