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Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:21 pm
Posted by TigerProwl24
Gulf Coast
Member since May 2015
4102 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:21 pm
The players want Durkin. This is important. The real question is who is going to run the offense AND recruit at a high level.
Posted by AU_251
Your dads room
Member since Feb 2013
12101 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:35 pm to
Ahh yes this needed a thread
Posted by metafour
Member since Feb 2007
4213 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:35 pm to
quote:

The players want Durkin. This is important.


Its not. The players always want the most well liked coach on the staff.
Posted by jvilletiger25
jacksonville, fl
Member since Jan 2014
20027 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:38 pm to
quote:

The players want Durkin. This is important.


The players loved Freeze too. The players loved Gus. The players love every coach not named Byron Haskins.
Posted by metafour
Member since Feb 2007
4213 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:45 pm to
Never forget that LSU's players carried Les freaking Miles off the filed and saved his job that one year when he was going to get fired.

He inevitably got fired anyway like a year later.
Posted by DyeHardDylan
Member since Nov 2011
9031 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:53 pm to
The players wanted Cadillac and fortunately that didn’t happen. Saved the university even more embarrassment.
Posted by auburnnyc94
Member since Nov 2017
9773 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 8:54 pm to
Not sure I could possibly care less about who the players want
Posted by AU86
Member since Aug 2009
25963 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 9:14 pm to
quote:

The players want Durkin.


Is that going to make them block better?
Posted by FahQGump
Auburn, Al
Member since Dec 2021
1291 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 9:21 pm to
Buying in on a coach is important but we definitely do NOT need to hitch our wagon to who the team likes considering none of these teenagers are loyal to a school anymore. Sure there are outliers, but most are following the $
Posted by wareaglepete
Lumon Industries
Member since Dec 2012
17068 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 10:51 pm to
quote:

The players want Durkin.


Players always want the interim guy.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
23441 posts
Posted on 11/5/25 at 11:05 pm to
The players wanted Cadillac last go-round.

Had Auburn's PTB caved to the players then we would, somehow, be in an even worse spot than we already are now.

Durkin may get the job. But hiring him "for the players" shouldn't even be a factor in calculus.
This post was edited on 11/5/25 at 11:08 pm
Posted by TheJones
Member since Nov 2009
34369 posts
Posted on 11/6/25 at 6:50 am to
I like Durkin and I think there was a time this was more important, but these players are gonna mostly be gone in a year with how things work nowadays

I don't think that's a good reason anymore
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
85718 posts
Posted on 11/6/25 at 9:37 am to
quote:

This is important.


This is like 19th of the 20th most important things in a coaching search btw
Posted by wareaglepete
Lumon Industries
Member since Dec 2012
17068 posts
Posted on 11/6/25 at 10:40 am to
If the players really want him, there is something they can do. Win out. That would really help him towards getting the job. They've got the ball.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
13015 posts
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:18 pm to
quote:

If the players really want him,
. . . come end of the year.
This post was edited on 11/6/25 at 2:19 pm
Posted by TemperdTiger
Montgomery, AL
Member since Oct 2013
2208 posts
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:26 pm to
Offense and Defense practiced together most of this week, they are really doing what they can to make this a full team again.

Posted by Hussss
Helena, AL
Member since Oct 2016
7672 posts
Posted on 11/6/25 at 2:29 pm to
Smirkin’ Durkin - loving the energy

Sure is a breath of fresh air after the scowl and frowning non stop
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
13380 posts
Posted on 11/6/25 at 6:11 pm to
Players wanting Durkin is not the most important thing but it’s a point in his favor.


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