It is "since Colonial's collapse" during financial crisis after Jetgate. A lot of big donors had axes to grind against Lowder/Rane. When the dynamic duo lost one guy, they lost their influence quickly. Rane now is also dealing with the fallout of the Mike Hubbard situaction.

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GOB's influence

I'll start this by saying I don't like Jacobs and prefer a new AD. I know the reaction it will get

So I have it on pretty good authority, that Jacobs contrary to popular belief is not some big GOB. All I'll say is that a ton of major hires in the AD were clearly anti GOB / not GOB candidates

Jacobs is very very far from being a puppet AD for the good ol boys. He has an incredible amount of power compared to say Housel to make moves

Jacobs has a base of power be is beholden to, it just isn't the GOBs people think of like Pat Dye/Lowder/Rane

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However, I don't know how powerful Dye is since he made it clear he wanted Kirby hired over Gus.

A few donors value his opinion, but otherwise he has no real influence. Even those donors though rarely take his word as gospel

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we need a dictator as HC, but the PTB at AU just don't want to give up their control.

From my understanding this isn't true. They want a Saban/Meyer/Harbaugh. The problem is they can't find one / agree on who that guy should be

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Posted by AUNashville

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Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:52 pm to GenesChin

Great post and I appreciate your insight.

If JJ goes, do you trust that the people who make the decision on the new guy will bring in a top-notch candidate?

And when you say the GOB wants a Saban, Harbaugh, Meyer type... Are they essentially indicating they desire to move on from Gus if the right candidate is available?

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Posted by Blizzard of Chizz

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Posted on 9/17/17 at 10:43 pm to GenesChin

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From my understanding this isn't true. They want a Saban/Meyer/Harbaugh. The problem is they can't find one / agree on who that guy should be

No the problem is that there is only one Nick Saban, Urban Meyer or Jim Harbaugh. Every school in the country would love to have one of those guys, but let's be realistic. The other issue is that even if one of those 3 were available, they aren't coming to Auburn. I'd say you could probably count on 1 hand the schools they would seriously be interested in if they were available. So that leaves a couple of alternatives. Either go out and hire a young up and coming guy and let him have free reign to build a program or hire a solid coach that has a history of success. Either way be realistic and don't kid yourself that you're gonna go out and lure the top echelon of coaches to Auburn.

One other thing. If you want a winner, you better be prepared to hire someone with a tremendous amount of ego. You don't reach the heights of Saban or Meyer without one.

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Posted by taylorkeeton

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Posted on 9/17/17 at 11:06 pm to GenesChin

Chip Kelly...?

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