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Bring him on, Im pumped.

No way Cohen would make that hire. Period.

Lets see how this plays out. If its neither guy, hes hung out to dry. If it is Kiffin, he may have jumped the gun but hed still have the right guy. If its Freeze hes one of the few who seems to think hes still in play.

Sokoloff is doubling down it appears. Auburn side has Freeze with no chance while he says hes the first backup. Someones wrong but Im not sure who it is.

Not a damn thing. Addition by subtraction with Harsin nowhere around the building.

Im looking for a chain gang member with a secret AU patch somewhere on his clothing

Has any coach ever gotten his wife AND babysitter hit with a show cause penalty?

The hand wringing over his salary befuddles me. Mark Stoops just got a 9 mil a year extension. If youre serious about getting a top coach, 9.5-10 is the market rate. I dont care any more about that than I do players getting NIL money. Who deserves it more than them? The TV money is exploding.

Your other 379 posts tipped us off already

Kiffins went from slinging it around to pounding teams with the run. He adapts to his personnel unlike the two coaches you named. And the quote was “ notice the lack of championships”. What realistic candidate do we have who has won championships?

Jimbos got a career record of 120-44, 3 ACC championships and a National Championship. I guess youd be thrilled with him

Id be pumped for him as well. From the beginning I wanted Deion, Kiffin or Freeze. Looks like weve got a real shot at one of those guys at least. Its not just about one guy for me.

So who do you want?

So we “overpay” for a very good coach. Why are people so hung up on his salary? As a percentage of future FB revenue its just not that big of a deal. And our last 3 HCs were brought in on lower end of the conference salaries. We then got lower end of the conference results. Auburns going big for once. Imagine Kiffin vs Smart or Kiffin vs Saban with a competitive roster for the first time in his career. Auburn with Kiffin will make us one of the most hated teams in the conference. Think about the buzz when we go on the road. Itll be awesome. Well be relavent again for the fist time in years. Well have one of the best offensive minds in football calling plays. Recruits will take notice when he visits. Is he a risky hire? Any coach is, but I think hes a great choice.

You loved Harsin.

No agent worth a salary would even discuss that deal with his client.

I dont understand fans worried about a bidding war. Auburn has the resources(thankfully), and weve tried going cheap the last 3 hires. I dont believe Cohen was brought in to hire a 2nd tier coach.

Who said the reality is that none of those three is interested? Silence doesnt mean theres no interest and Freeze has been pretty straightforward that he d love to have this job.

Id be happy with any of these three

Hell no

This program made mediocore coaches look great for short periods of time. Their pre and post Auburn careers are telling.

As a percentage of the budget it really doesnt matter. The Mel Tucker contract blew up the scale for top level coaches and there just arent that many of them out there. The perception this time is Auburn is ready to pay top dollar for a name coach after so many dud hires. Hopefully this is the case.

Low hanging fruit, but if we need pictures on the outside of the stadium can they at least look respectable? The current ones have faded and look half assed, a common theme with a stadium that has a hideous planet sized scoreboard, a recruiting lounge bolted on because we couldnt afford a real renovation and a press box that reporters cant see the game from. We are light years behind in stadium improvements.

Only downside is there will be 138 posts telling everyone hes turned in his fan card

Nobody even knew Cohen was a candidate til a day or so before he was hired. Also made a run at Arkansas AD without a peep. Id say everybodys speculating at this point.