Coach Candidates Thread (OP Updated 12/22)

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[BigBlueWDE 1,136]

Steele smoke screen and search committee announcement are designed to buy Auburn a few days until our top candidate(s) coach on Fri (Sat). Best case scenario is that we hear a lot of rumors and make it to Friday's PAC12 championship w/o Oregon announcing an extension for Super Mario. 

[Zeek 16,660]

5 minutes ago, Tony4AU said:

Don’t believe anyone has mentioned this coach

 

 

Jim McElwain 

For good reason. Absolutely not. 

[gr82be 14,472]

6 minutes ago, Tony4AU said:

Don’t believe anyone has mentioned this coach

 

 

Jim McElwain 

He's still in hiding from death threats isn't he? I was embarrassed for him on that one. 

[Zeek 16,660]

12 minutes ago, weagl1 said:

I think with this committee crap everything is starting over from scratch.  There is no favorite anymore and who is ultimately hired is someone who is not on any list we have seen to date.  

Nah, it's pretty universally expected the committee means jack.

[WarDamn2010 183]

2 minutes ago, fasttimes said:

 

This should be pinned to the top of every page of this thread.

[Tony4AU 386]

1 minute ago, gr82be said:

He's still in hiding from death threats isn't he? I was embarrassed for him on that one. 

Yeah in Mount Pleasant MI lol

[Zeek 16,660]

Okay, so I know the "I'm hearing" thing is a meme but there's apparently some actual traction with Kiffin.

[gr82be 14,472]

2 minutes ago, Tony4AU said:

Yeah in Mount Pleasant MI lol

Didn't know Central Michigan was where he was. That should be safe enough for him. 

[Auburn Tiger 1,340]

1 minute ago, PigskinPat said:

Pros: coaches from a hospital bed

Cons: Doesn’t burn his burner phones 

🤣🤣🤣

Too funny!

[AuburnTiger4Life 2,225]

From the reddit thread I posted earlier. Jazzmaurder is the Oregon poster that seems to have some good info 

[Brad_ATX 13,654]

1 hour ago, cole256 said:

I live in Fort worth now tell me every spot you can think. I'm still trying to learn the area

Cattle-ack is arguably the best I've ever had.  Only open two days a week for lunch though.

Lockhart Smokehouse and Terry Black's are both quality and probably the closest you'll come to central Texas style without making the drive down here.

If you want something a little different, 18th and Vine does KC style BBQ.  Damn good.

Pecan Lodge in Dallas is arguably the city's most famous spot.

Heim in Fort Worth is pretty good if you want to save on gas.

Also, now that you're here, make it a point to go to Perry's Steakhouse for lunch on a Friday sometime.  You'll need reservations, but every Friday they do a pork chop special for about $15.  It's unreal.  Pic below.

If you're around Austin, hit me up.  Would be happy to take you to a few spots for BBQ and tacos.

[USATiger 741]

As much as I'd love to hire Cristobal, no way is he deserving of 7.1/year unless that includes all incentives like winning a Natty.   No way he gets this kind of contract off the bat.

[BHDAU1 240]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but with the info I have read on this thread regarding recruits being told the defensive coaches are staying makes me think that the coach they are bringing in is a young guy or at least not very established.  I don't think you could tell MC or some other coach that has run a big program before that you want to hire them but only on the condition they keep Steele and the defensive coaches together.  Highly unlikely you hire someone like that with those terms that already has an established group of assistants around them at their current program.  A conditional hire would be something more likely to happen if Auburn was going after Napier or one of the other "smaller" program guys that haven't been with their assistants for a long time.  I think Napier or Clark or the Coastal Carolina coach would be far more likely to be agreeable with keeping Steele, especially with his recruiting prowess and the successful defenses he has fielded.  Im also of the opinion that if Steele were a serious candidate the deal would already be done.    

[Brad_ATX 13,654]

15 minutes ago, Tony4AU said:

Yeah in Mount Pleasant MI lol

Man I have gotten drunk a time or 7 in that town and lost some serious money at the casino.  Fun times.

[drewzums343 76]

I said I thought the program needs a culture change, that means Gus and any coach who directly worked under him needed to go. Steele as HC would be an extension of the Gus Era 

[Tony4AU 386]

5 minutes ago, USATiger said:

As much as I'd love to hire Cristobal, no way is he deserving of 7.1/year unless that includes all incentives like winning a Natty.   No way he gets this kind of contract off the bat.

Could be regular pay.  Looks like some coaches do not have incentives.  Would put him right above Lincoln Riley.  

[PigskinPat 2,579]

1 hour ago, AUFriction said:

Michigan State was a nothing program when Saban went there. His win totals were low because the program was bad. USC is a program that gives you every advantage. He should have been able to win there, and he didn’t.

Did you research the program Sark took over at Washington? Because if you had, you would have found that if Saban took over a nothing program at Michigan State, then Sark took over an absolute dumpster fire at Washington. Their seasons leading up to Sark taking over were: 1-10, 2-9, 5-7, 4-9, and the season before he got there? 0-12. In just two years, he took them from winless to a 7-6 record and won the first bowl they'd been in in 8 seasons. So I guess if Saban's totals were low because the program was bad, what does that say about the job Sark did at Washington that was absolutely abysmal?

You said he should have won at USC. Do you know how many acting head coaches USC had the season before Sark got there? THREE (Kiffin, Helton, and Orgeron). It was not the USC of days past, and he stepped into a less than ideal situation yet he went 9-4 his first season. His personal demons got the best of him in his second season and he was let go five games into the season posting a 3-2 record. I don't think a sample size of a year and a half can definitively tell us whether or not he could've won big at USC.

[JBiGGiE 2,488]

4 minutes ago, AuburnTiger4Life said:

From the reddit thread I posted earlier. Jazzmaurder is the Oregon poster that seems to have some good info 

 

1 minute ago, USATiger said:

As much as I'd love to hire Cristobal, no way is he deserving of 7.1/year unless that includes all incentives like winning a Natty.   No way he gets this kind of contract off the bat.

Yeah that's a ludicrous deal and I think Cristobal could be worth that in due time, but that would be contingent on Saban finally retiring too.

Something smells off about that rumor. Unless that proposal includes a dirt cheap buyout and I don't know any rational person who would agree to that...

[PoetTiger 1,900]

9 minutes ago, Brad_ATX said:

Cattle-ack is arguably the best I've ever had.  Only open two days a week for lunch though.

Lockhart Smokehouse and Terry Black's are both quality and probably the closest you'll come to central Texas style without making the drive down here.

If you want something a little different, 18th and Vine does KC style BBQ.  Damn good.

Pecan Lodge in Dallas is arguably the city's most famous spot.

Heim in Fort Worth is pretty good if you want to save on gas.

Also, now that you're here, make it a point to go to Perry's Steakhouse for lunch on a Friday sometime.  You'll need reservations, but every Friday they do a pork chop special for about $15.  It's unreal.  Pic below.

If you're around Austin, hit me up.  Would be happy to take you to a few spots for BBQ and tacos.

Spot on about Pecan Lodge and Perry’s.

[Tigerpro2a 5,650]

Legit question guys and gals....Has Kevin Steele been involved with some Tom-Foolery behind the scenes the last couple of years? I ask because I remember his name being brought up in 2018 to take over for Gus. I also have heard rumors there were tensions between the 2 throughout last season and this season? Now he is supposed to be one of the top candidates to replace him. To me ....that seems a bit shady. I mean..I do not want him anyway...but am I the only one that sees that as shady? Fill me in please!

[Zeek 16,660]

1 minute ago, JBiGGiE said:

 

Yeah that's a ludicrous deal and I think Cristobal could be worth that in due time, but that would be contingent on Saban finally retiring too.

Something smells off about that rumor. Unless that proposal includes a dirt cheap buyout and I don't know any rational person who would agree to that...

Last sentence is spot on. Auburn is looking to build a sustainable program to pounce once Saban is retired.

[Zeek 16,660]

Just now, Tigerpro2a said:

Legit question guys and gals....Has Kevin Steele been involved with some Tom-Foolery behind the scenes the last couple of years? I ask because I remember his name being brought up in 2018 to take over for Gus. I also have heard rumors there were tensions between the 2 throughout last season and this season? Now he is supposed to be one of the top candidates to replace him. To me ....that seems a bit shady. I mean..I do not want him anyway...but am I the only one that sees that as shady? Fill me in please!

As a younger guy in charge of people a lot older than me and more "experienced" resentment from older people who think they know better is quite real.

[AUFriction 1,179]

34 minutes ago, Tony4AU said:

Don’t believe anyone has mentioned this coach

 

 

Jim McElwain 

This has to be a joke. 

[Tigerpro2a 5,650]

17 minutes ago, AuburnTiger4Life said:

From the reddit thread I posted earlier. Jazzmaurder is the Oregon poster that seems to have some good info 

So the rumor is AU offered him 7.1MM to leave? Am I reading this right?