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Firing Gus isn't on the table right now.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:28 am
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:28 am
Why, exactly would that be a great idea financially?
Auburn won the SEC West last year.
He also has a 45-22 record on the Plains.
Not great, but not a reason to fire in 2018 or 2019.
Auburn has gone through worse contracts in the past.
What is the problem?
Auburn won the SEC West last year.
He also has a 45-22 record on the Plains.
Not great, but not a reason to fire in 2018 or 2019.
Auburn has gone through worse contracts in the past.
What is the problem?
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Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:29 am to jawjaTiger
It’s not the fact he’s losing....it’s HOW he’s losing. How he’s lost in quite a few big games. At the end of the day, you have to come through at the right time. He isn’t.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:30 am to jawjaTiger
But to answer the $ part...it’s not a smart decision. It’s God awful but it seems like some of our boosters/alum may have more $ than smart decisions.
This post was edited on 10/17/18 at 12:31 am
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:34 am to jawjaTiger
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What is the problem?
Losing all your SEC games...
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:43 am to jawjaTiger
Firing Malzahn is not an act of passion....it's an act of reason!
Posted on 10/17/18 at 1:11 am to jawjaTiger
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45-22 record on the Plains
yikes
Posted on 10/17/18 at 1:24 am to Skippy_
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yikes
Yeah and that includes going 12-2 in year 1.
2013 12-2
2014 8-5
2015 7-6
2016 8-5
2017 10-4
2018 between 5-7 and 7-5
Gus is always gonna #ButGus
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Posted on 10/17/18 at 1:52 am to jawjaTiger
Bowl games record?
Posted on 10/17/18 at 4:32 am to jawjaTiger
He got that contract because he beat UGA and Bama last year and Arkansas was knocking at his door. The pigs would have loved to have Gus. I don't think you had a choice but to offer him a big deal like you did but this is the downside. His teams have shown to be very inconsistent. You just have to live with it.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 5:04 am to jawjaTiger
I don't see any way we fire him this year. It's probably a $75M proposition. Gus and all his staff will be close to a $50M buy out, plus the year-one cost of hiring a new staff. We're fricked for at least 2 more years. Who knows… the guy might turn it around at some point. It'd be a miracle I know, but we're not going to fire him, so thats our only hope.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 5:09 am to TailbackU
$75 million PLUS the new contract for the new coach makes this impossible financially.
Who wants to go coach Auburn knowing you have to beat Saban every other year. Plus one bad season and the locals are ready to send you off.
Who wants to go coach Auburn knowing you have to beat Saban every other year. Plus one bad season and the locals are ready to send you off.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 5:44 am to jawjaTiger
The problem is Alabama. Auburn will never be Alabama. Auburn will never be at the same sustained level of success. Even though they think they deserve to be.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 5:59 am to TailbackU
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He got that contract because he beat UGA and Bama last year and Arkansas was knocking at his door. The pigs would have loved to have Gus. I don't think you had a choice but to offer him a big deal like you did but this is the downside. His teams have shown to be very inconsistent. You just have to live with it.
This. Rumor at the time was Malzahn's wife wanted to get back closer to home because her parents are elderly, etc.
With the 7 figure salaries coaches make now, being in a state retirement system is no big deal. That might have played a part years ago with all the time Malzahn had with the Arkansas state system. (retirement,etc).
I understand these guys have ego's and think they can get it done, no matter what, and in the words of Pat Dye, hind-sight is 50/50. I told my Auburn friends last year, that I thought he should have taken the Arkansas job. You have 4-5 years of "grace" to get the team built and can please the Arkansas folks with a really good season every 3 years. Also you're the only game going in the state of Arkansas, with no big brother to have to compare yourself to.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 6:00 am to jawjaTiger
Yeah, it is on the table if you do a little research.
He loses to OM, we won't make a bowl game and he's gone.
He loses to OM, we won't make a bowl game and he's gone.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 6:02 am to habanos
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$75 million
Where the frick did you get this number?
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Who wants to go coach Auburn knowing you have to beat Saban every other year.
NOBODY expects us to beat Alabama everywhere. Don't be stupid. He is expected to be at least close to .500 with our biggest rivals UGA, LSU and Alabama.
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Plus one bad season and the locals are ready to send you off.
One bad season? First of all it's not one bad season. But $7 million a year doesn't miss a bowl game. It's unacceptable for that kind of money.
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Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:10 am to jawjaTiger
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Auburn has gone through worse contracts in the past.
I don't think so buddy
Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:14 am to jawjaTiger
Ok Christy.
Gus is your man.
Orbit motion from Cox Cat with a double reverse flip pass on the first hupp
Gus is your man.
Orbit motion from Cox Cat with a double reverse flip pass on the first hupp
Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:41 am to bama1959
I don't think Arkansas wanted Gus any more than they wanted Miles in 2012. I think they played Auburn to lock then into an unfavorable contract.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:43 am to jawjaTiger
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Why, exactly would that be a great idea financially? o
So now y'all are worried about good financial ideas
Posted on 10/17/18 at 7:50 am to Bolivar Shagnasty
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I understand these guys have ego's and think they can get it done, no matter what, and in the words of Pat Dye, hind-sight is 50/50. I told my Auburn friends last year, that I thought he should have taken the Arkansas job. You have 4-5 years of "grace" to get the team built and can please the Arkansas folks with a really good season every 3 years. Also you're the only game going in the state of Arkansas, with no big brother to have to compare yourself to
Agreed. I think Gus was a little closer to taking that job than some may realize if not for that ego. I think he really wants that title he came so close to in 2013, but realizes that will never happen in Arkansas.
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