re: Chips are down: Did Auburn frick up hiring Hugh Freeze?

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You guys still paying Dubose, Fran, Shula, Price, Perkins, Curry, Kines?

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Let's walk through this:

Dubose was fired for cause, no buyout.
Franchione quit and took the TAMU job, no buyout.
Shula had a $4M buyout, as far as I can tell.
Price was fired for cause, no buyout.
Perkins quit and took a job with the Tampa Bay Bucs, no buyout.
Curry quit and took the UK job, no buyout.
Kines was an interim head coach after Shula's firing, no buyout.

ETA: Now do Auburn.

ETA2: Just to complete the circle: Stallings resigned, no buyout.

So that's a total of $4M in buyouts paid by Bama since Bear Bryant, who we all know died almost immediately after retiring as head coach. Are you sure you want to play the comparison game here?