Zinzan

Hugh Freeze is a big step up from Harsin.

There will always be some on here that will get sanctimonious in judgment of a Head Coaching candidate at Auburn. Here are just a few gems from 2014 when we were considering Bruce Pearl to replace Barbee: And there are always some that are concerned about the "bad PR". *Extra points for the irony! 🙂

Good points, plus when people say "his mistakes pile up continually", I must have missed the continuous pile. Does he continue to send questionable DMs? What other mistakes have piled up since he was terminated at Ole Miss?

Spot on on both counts. True, too.

There's never satisfying the bama media. We certainly shouldn't make hiring decisions based on making them happy. They currently want us to retain Cadillac as HC. Those articles get clicks. But don't think they won't (typo fix) turn on him when he loses and that will get them clicks. And then they'll attack Auburn when we fire our first black HC.

Neither was Dabo, lol. Kiffin and Freeze were always the top two candidates. If we get one of the top two, that's fine for most of us (including me). There are even a couple second-tier candidates that most Auburn fans would be okay with. I think for some of ya'll screaming JABA, Just Auburn Being Auburn just means they hired someone that you didn't want.

Luke Fickell

Has it really been ugly? Maybe to the impatient amongst us that have been clicking refresh 24/7. For most, they know we fired Harsin, they hear the Lane Train buzz, maybe some other candidates, and most expect we won't announce anything until after the Iron Bowl. If you're paying attention, maybe you hear the Kiffin denials that aren't really denials, shrug your shoulders and say "well, I guess we'll find out soon". What part of this has been ugly?

No doubt they never asked out any pretty girls for fear a hottie would leave them for a better looking or richer dude.

To an extent… somehow, @MustardSeed has convinced himself that OM’s 8-3 record is more or less the same as AU’s 5-6 record, and that we fired Harsin for the same season that Lane is having. But even if we buy into that, there’s more to look at than the W/L record when evaluating the health of a football program. Auburn was clearly trending down with Harsin at the wheel, with no productivity from our best position groups. OM is trending up with Kiffin and always gets a lot from his best players.

2 or 3 of ya’ll on this thread are just preaching to your own small choir, 😂.

Yeah, it didn't happen. Fake news.

And that was on a failed 2-point conversion in the final 2 minutes of the game. Gotta like that aggression on the road.

No you didn't. You thought the AU Family was responsible, lol.

You know, we don't actually get a say in the decision, right? 🙂 We only have this forum to share thoughts. But half the time, our thoughts/ideas/questions are slapped down/taken out of context/poster is put-down. That's the AU Family.

That is a question.

You must be, because I only asked if Steele was burnt. I am not advocating for him. Ya'll so sensitive about a question. AU dysfunctional-Family, I guess. Haven't seen anything on Steele on Twitter. But no doubt, every possible name has been brought up on Twitter.

Uh, yeah, that's what I'm suggesting. 🙄 Of course, I am not suggesting otherwise. And what if they chose to bring back Steele? Would we really care if "the fans would be happy with that decision"? I don't care who is brought in as DC. I hope it's someone good.

I'd be happy with the same results, if the defense was as strong now as it was under most of Steele's Auburn teams. Do you think Steele's AU Ds were bad? I remember a lot of post-game complaints that Gus's offense once again wasted a great defensive game. On the other hand, I wasn't really advocating for him to be hired. Just thinking that the names on our HC short-list are more offensive minded (or in the case of Deion, ???), and finding a good DC will be a priority, so was wondering who we might be interested in. Not sure who Kiffin or Freeze or Grimes or Sanders would try to recruit.

If we’re bringing back a former OC, just hire Bobby P.

64? I’d think he’d still have several good years in front of him.

I wondered if his loyalties to Gus would prevent a return to Auburn in a lateral move, but forgot about the Big 12 invite. Good point. Maybe you’re right. I don’t know enough about it, and gave him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn’t the instigator of the coup attempt, just the horse they were backing. I do agree that many HCs would not trust him. I imagine Kiffin and Freeze know him better than we do.

I know he left under awkward circumstances. But is he forever burnt at Auburn as a coordinator, or could he coach the defense for Kiffin, Freeze, or Deion? I think he probably knows now he’s not getting that big HC opportunity any time soon, after Auburn and Tennessee passed on him. Alternative, has the shine worn off T Rob? And I’m sure many here would like to see T Will come home.

Possible HC candidates this year? The options seem promising. Possible HC candidates next year? Who knows?

You're a sharp one.