re: Where does Gus rank among SEC coaches?

For 2019 1st column national ranking by salary

..... SEC - sorted by buy out (plus listing annual salary)

4 Texas A&M SEC Jimbo Fisher $7,500,000 -- $60,625,000
2 Alabama SEC Nick Saban $8,857,000 -- $34,100,000
6 Auburn SEC Gus Malzahn $6,827,589 -- $27,050,000
5 Georgia SEC Kirby Smart $6,871,600 -- $24,239,584
19 Kentucky SEC Mark Stoops $4,763,600 -- $22,703,125
23 South Carolina SEC Will Muschamp $4,400,000 -- $19,437,500
10 Florida SEC Dan Mullen $6,070,000 -- $12,000,000
28 Arkansas SEC Chad Morris $4,000,000 -- -- $10,004,167
32 Tennessee SEC Jeremy Pruitt $3,846,000 -- $9,500,000
30 Louisiana State SEC Ed Orgeron $4,000,000 -- $7,750,000
47 Missouri SEC Barry Odom $3,050,000 -- $2,362,500

..... Nationally sorted by buyout

4 Texas A&M SEC Jimbo Fisher $60,625,000
1 Clemson ACC Dabo Swinney $50,000,000
2 Alabama SEC Nick Saban $34,100,000
8 Purdue Big Ten Jeff Brohm $27,650,000
6 Auburn SEC Gus Malzahn $27,050,000
5 Georgia SEC Kirby Smart $24,239,584
19 Kentucky SEC Mark Stoops $22,703,125
20 Washington Pac-12 Chris Petersen $21,770,833
18 Iowa Big Ten Kirk Ferentz $21,571,250
9 Oklahoma Big 12 Lincoln Riley $21,013,333
7 Texas Big 12 Tom Herman $20,416,667
14 Nebraska Big Ten Scott Frost $20,416,667
49 Georgia Tech ACC Geoff Collins $20,350,000
36 Iowa State Big 12 Matt Campbell $19,800,000
23 South Carolina SEC Will Muschamp $19,437,500

usatoday

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What does this mean? Auburn pays Gus too much money. . .

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. . . well not if you measure it by Jimbo

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Geez. i didn't realize you were so invested in your agenda

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It does get old.

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Difference is Coach O and LSU are capitalizing on their run via recruiting and we didn’t.

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Between Lousiana and Houston/East TX pipelines for LSU, they should have top 5 classes almost every season.


YawYaw is a great recruiter, but let's not pretend like it is apples to apples for Gus/AU