re: Jimbo to Auburn?

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There is a better than 50% chance that Jimbo could be successful at Auburn.

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Unless you define success as 8-4, there’s nothing in Jimbo‘s entire coaching history that suggests he would be successful anywhere.

He’s been a head coach for 14 seasons. In his 12 years without Jameis Winston at QB, he had exactly 2 seasons with fewer than three losses. One was the year after Winston and the other was 2020-the Covid year when they only played 10 games.

Three to four losses a year in the Charmin soft ACC and unlimited resources Texas A&M.

Georgia, Alabama, LSU, and the other SEC powers won’t quiver if Auburn hires Jimbo. They’ll celebrate.

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Not true. He recruited top 5-7 classes throughout his tenure at A&M and FSU before that.

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Jimbo recruited well at A&M.

But is that a reflection of him or their NIL program when they're recruiting at roughly the same level now based on rankings that they did when he was there?

I personally hope he gets the Auburn job so we're in agreement on that point.

Again, even if he tops at 8-4, you just fire after year 3 and find a better option which will be more likely than finding one now.

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But is that a reflection of him or their NIL program when they're recruiting at roughly the same level now based on rankings that they did when he was there?

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He signed top 5 classes at A&M before the NIL era.

Theyre signing top 5-10 classes now. Is Elko a top recruiter nationally too?

Thats a baseline for A&M because they have lots of money to spread around whether NIL or otherwise.

Jimbo got the talent. He just had no idea what to do with it. Constant turmoil within the program. Plus, he demonstrated he's a poor offensive schemer and medicore play caller. In short, he needed top 10 talent to go 8-4.

Rodo

And pay another big buyout for the sane success you could probably have with a good G5 coach.

Also, I think 8-4 would be optimistic. Auburn is a good job with a good history but they don’t play in the ACC of 15 years ago, they don’t have aTm resources, and they’re in an almost 10-year-old slump. I very seriously doubt he could get to 8–4. He’s just not that good of a coach.

Id never met an A&M Jimbo diehard until this morning.

Cheers to you and I hope he gets the offer for Auburn.

To be clear, I was ready for him to go. He failed at A&M. It was time.

But that’s not going to prevent me from recognizing how elite he was as a recruiter.

If he can adapt, and I’m not saying he can, the dude can be successful. Getting the dudes is the biggest part of winning in CFB. Again, it’s not everything. And as Jimbo proves if you can’t adapt or maintain a culture of discipline, you will crash and burn even with a roster of blue chippers.

All I’m saying is that in this specific environment, Auburn would be wise to give it some real thought.

He was doing some talking head stuff on an ACC game that was on my multiview this weekend.

Wasn’t about to move the audio to that corner, though. I’m pretty sure I still have PTSD from that motor mouth.