No. He had already committed the next few years to building a new "Boise State" type team.

Seriously though, I don't believe Gus ever wanted to coach at Arkansas anyway. He's ALL Auburn. And he's by far not a bad coach. But I don't think he's as great as some tend to believe either. I do believe he planned on returning to Auburn all along, even when he accepted the Arkansas State job. We'll never know but I think he wanted Gene Chizik to fail and I think that's one reason he left Auburn in the first place. It just happened sooner than he thought it would. JMHO.

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Posted by DuncanIdaho

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Posted on 7/5/15 at 12:54 am to Porky

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Seriously though, I don't believe Gus ever wanted to coach at Arkansas anyway. He's ALL Auburn. And he's by far not a bad coach. But I don't think he's as great as some tend to believe either. I do believe he planned on returning to Auburn all along, even when he accepted the Arkansas State job. We'll never know but I think he wanted Gene Chizik to fail and I think that's one reason he left Auburn in the first place. It just happened sooner than he thought it would. JMHO. This post was edited on 7/5 at 12:32 am

I actually agree with most of that.

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Posted by DropKick70

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Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:35 am to Porky

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No. He had already committed the next few years to building a new "Boise State" type team.

Seriously though, I don't believe Gus ever wanted to coach at Arkansas anyway. He's ALL Auburn. And he's by far not a bad coach. But I don't think he's as great as some tend to believe either. I do believe he planned on returning to Auburn all along, even when he accepted the Arkansas State job. We'll never know but I think he wanted Gene Chizik to fail and I think that's one reason he left Auburn in the first place. It just happened sooner than he thought it would. JMHO.

I would love to know the details of what was going on behind the scenes at Auburn. Had the impression that after the NC, Chizik was getting even goofier by the minute so Gus bailed. Some of the power people, Bo, Sullivan, Dye and others, asked Gus, as he was walking out the door, if he would be interested in the position if it came open. Part of the reason I say this is because after he accepted the job he said that he wanted to come back to Auburn but just didn't expect it to be this soon.

Sounds good in my head