re: Jake Crain said Kiffin was going to take the Auburn job but buyout talk killed it

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Auburn chews threw coaches and spits them out prematurely if they don’t compete for a NC every year.

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No, we just don’t put up with losing. Have a losing season, your arse is gone.

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but Freeze fits Auburn better.

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I agree. The AUbusers will welcome his scummy arse with open arms.

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Assuming Kiffin was first choice and that Auburn saw him as a better candidate than Freeze, we should have given it.

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I like your take on the whole thing.

The undercurrent of all this is that Auburn tried to hire away a fellow conference member's coach and the coach turned them down.

The optics of that aren't exactly great. If it had been UGA or Bama, you have to admit that the coach would likely take the position due to prestige.

It sends a message that Auburn isn't on par with those other schools (right now, anyway). Now, that might be a tough thing to admit to some Auburn folks, but some do understand that's the current situation. If Auburn had ponied up the money, it would've said -- we can get the coaches we want -- because we're Auburn and this is a destination job.

I think Auburn sold themselves short here. It wasn't a splash hire and they didn't go "big game" hunting. They hired a coach from Liberty with baggage. Hiring Lane would've been a bigger deal.

Of course, people will have their opinions about who is the better fit. But the optics of the whole thing aren't exactly great, irrespective of who's the best coach for Auburn.

Personally wanted to see y'all go after Dabo and really send a message that Auburn can get big time coaches. And what actually happened is that Ole Miss raised more money than they thought possible, which isn't good for anyone else but Ole Miss.

In a weird way, it actually strengthened Ole Miss and made Auburn appear weaker (than I believe it is). The handling of the hire was a complete misfire. It didn't live up to the hype, and it didn't send a message that Auburn is on par with the schools it believes it's on par with.

If money was "no object," as everyone said, it should've been no object.

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The overwhelming majority is paid through private donations

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That could be going towards many other things besides a shitty hire that pans out to just want your money and run.

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These buyouts need to stop.

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The shite is ridiculous.

Salaries are already ridiculous, the buy outs just add salt to the wound.

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What is Freeze's buyout?

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A lifetime supply of Yellawood discards, and a Toomer's Yeti...