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Happy trails, Gustavo

Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:11 am
Posted by TheJones
Member since Nov 2009
34582 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:11 am
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
70459 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:19 am to
If he feels its time to stop then so be it. Congrats to him for a great career and good luck to whatever he does next. Cant see him just sitting around. I am sure he has some kind of plan already.


Gave us some great moments at Auburn.


Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12388 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:43 am to
I wish him nothing but the best. I would tak the cash an go get out of the current rat race with nil.

I wouldn’t be shocked if he popped back up coaching high school somewhere in a few years to scratch the itch.
Posted by wareaglepete
Union of Soviet Auburn Republics
Member since Dec 2012
17873 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:45 am to
Congrats Gus! Wish him well. When you sit back and look at the highlights of his HS and college coaching, he had a heck of a career. He should be proud.
Posted by plazadweller
South Georgia
Member since Jul 2011
12321 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:47 am to
He’s got some medical issues going on. One of the hs coaches I know that’s very well connected at FSU told me over a month ago he was retiring. He said Gus was forgetting what plays he was calling in the middle of the game. I’m not speculating past that because I have no idea what’s going on
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19707 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 8:52 am to
quote:

He said Gus was forgetting what plays he was calling in the middle of the game.
damn

he always seemed on the neurodivergent side to me, maybe its advancing

he’s earned the right to hang up the clipboard, despite how it ended here he gave us some great moments
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
45189 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 9:02 am to
Could be as simple as cholesterol meds.
Posted by wartiger2004
9X National Champions WDE RIP CK
Member since Aug 2011
20117 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 9:13 am to
Happy retirement Gustav, didn’t his wife have some medical issues a few years ago?
Posted by CorchJay
Member since Nov 2018
21213 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 9:21 am to
Crazy to think we are 3 coaches removed from Gus and he’s the last to win an SEC title, beat Bama or UGa.

Great Coach and probably a better human.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
51744 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 9:26 am to
Okay coach. Better Human.

Posted by FlyDownTheField
Member since Dec 2013
3154 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 9:56 am to
He was more responsible for our 2010 NC than Chizik was too. Great Auburn coach that was in the spot of coaching at Auburn when Saban was active so he didnt get the credit he deserved
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
51744 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 10:13 am to
His high points were amazing but overall in his 8 years he was an above average coach. He had two championship-level seasons, and 4 or 5 five loss seasons.

If he figured out a way to move past the rules changes that paralyzed his offense, or figured out a way to keep dual threat QBs active in his vision, or was able to get pocket passers more dynamic then the scoreboard would have looked a bit different in the handful of mediocre seasons as the offense more often than not could not put up points against the teams just as talented as we were.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
13735 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 10:55 am to
quote:

He was more responsible for our 2010 NC than Chizik
quote:

was in the spot of coaching at Auburn when Saban
cried enough to get the rules changed... because Gus figured out you beat a team of giants by running them into the ground... and not allowing them to utilize their incredible abundance of (bought and paid for) 5* players... (ie: by signing players that could go strong all day long)


after which
quote:

he didn't get the credit he deserved


An I'm certainly glad he had a chance to excel here and then do it again somewhere else.
This post was edited on 2/2/26 at 10:57 am
Posted by CharlieTiger
ATL
Member since Jun 2014
942 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:39 am to
quote:

His high points were amazing but overall in his 8 years he was an above average coach.


He was definitely meant to be an OC and not a head coach, imo. Similar to the Muschamps of the world. Hell of a DC. Not a great head coach.

Now he gets to eat Waffle House whenever he wants.
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
30920 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:44 am to
Gus Bus riding off into the sunset.
Posted by higgs_boson
State College, PA
Member since Sep 2014
23538 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:20 pm to
Good luck to coach, 2010 and 2013 will always be with us!
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
13202 posts
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:34 pm to
Man when he had it going, we were unstoppable. That 2013 team after the Mississippi State game was a juggernaut. Every opponent knew exactly what we were going to do, and we did it anyway. Happy trails to Gus. He’s a good man.
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