re: Coaching Changes Discussion - Chief locked up, what about rest?

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Sumlin has their undivided support.

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Sure tmc95, I can see that. I wasn't really thinking that a lack of support is a problem, everyone I talked to loves the idea of Boom. If it came down to a million or two all it would take is one email and a hat passed around to cover the gap. I don't think we can be outbid.

With that said, I think we have what I call the "Texas Problem." Namely, that Texas's philosophy of "we can pay whoever we want whatever we want" isn't true at all because no matter your AD budget you are part of a community both in the sport and outside it. In the sport if you pay too much for a coach and really move that bar of salaries for everyone you can quickly become a villain. That is what happened to Texas somewhat IMHO. Outside the sport these coaches quickly become some of the highest paid public employees in the state, which invites criticism both inside academia and outside of it when you are blowing millions a year on a guy who isn't the head coach.

I think there is a ceiling of how much we would pay an assistant coach politically, and I think thanks to SEC Network money any SEC team could hit that same ceiling too if they wanted to. That means we have to stand out on intangibles, which works against us right now.

First choices aren't always best choices, and it should all work out. But if Boom takes the Auburn job over ours and that is pretty public that will really hurt fan confidence in Sumlin's regime.