Now That We Have a Small Sample Size: Golesh or Sumrall?

They are both doing well. There is no vs

It's too early to know anything. Sample size is still minuscule but I want to see if there is serious energy around the program in the offseason.

The way things appear now can be drastically different in a few years.

I thought lil Beamer killed it his first two years at South Carolina and he fell apart. So that's why I am waiting and seeing

LOL doesn't matter because Auburn will always deserve better in decision making than to consider a coach 2 years removed from Troy (yeah I'm sure the best option just happens to have existed in the backyard of some big booster).

When it comes to rivalry wins, we'll see when Georgia plays Florida, I'm giving the edge to Golesh though either way, the way he's doing things is really moving his value pretty high. He talked about moving away from being so result driven to making it a process recently on someone's interview to where Sunday is already planned out for each week, MTWThF and Sat all have a preset schedule varied by time and location so all players and coaches know what to expect each week, and there is no lingering heavily on the result. That sounds a lot like Dye

I think you nailed it for me.

I think Sumrall is a great coach. I think he is really good at identifying good coordinators and letting them do their job.

I could never really put my finger on what irked me about him until I just read your sentence about "having too much Dabo in him." And that is 100% what it is for me. That is exactly what I dont like about him.

None of this to say that I think Golesh is perfect, because nobody is. I dont like how he seems emotional and dramatic sometimes. Like some of his interview on the field after the UGA win just seemed a bit dramatic. But the presser afterwards was fantastic. He is a refreshing change in how he holds himself and the rest of the staff accountable instead of throwing players under the bus every week.

I think UF got the right guy for them and I think Auburn got the right guy for them. I think it will be fun to watch both bring back some life into the respective programs. It will be fun watching Auburn and Florida renew the old rivalry and have it be for SEC bragging rights sometimes.

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Golesh is smart. But he is married to his own offense. If that offense tanks it's hard to imagine he suddenly doesn't want to be involved in the offense.

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Not sure where it was, maybe the film guy network dude (UGA homer btw), but he was very impressed with how creative and multiple Auburn has been within the wide choice offense… unlike huepel at UT, who’s all but abandoned it now.

We're barely halfway through chapter one of the Book of Comrade Golesh. I still believe he could be The Guy.

Obviously, we've seen some good and some bad. I want to see progress this year and substantial progress next.

I suspect he may have felt (and may have been right) that the best available short-term solution was bringing a bunch of USF guys with him. Those kids were at USF and not an SEC or Big10 schools for a reason so we shouldn't be surprised if some are overmatched/out of their depth in bigger games. Now if he's not bringing in SEC caliber talent for '27 and '28, we have a problem.