Coach Candidates Thread (OP Updated 12/22)

[AuburnTiger4Life 2,225]

Love how everyone has already forgotten about MC and moved on to the lane train 😂

[DAG 33,995]

5 minutes ago, boisnumber1 said:

And how big of a genius would he have been without Joe Burrow. I mean Brady didnt complete 80% of his passes for 60 TDs in the SEC, Burrow did. It was the perfect storm. It shouldn't be looked at as the "norm" for sure. 

Correct . Again I am not hating on Joe Brady’s age lol. Or Joe Brady the man. I am just saying he was the pass specialist. Maybe he was the offensive coordinator and the Brains. I don’t know . But I will say he also had a lot of playmakers and support. Maybe he is this wiz of an offensive genius . But if he were to come here as HC, I would still prefer for him to have veteran leaders around him to support as well. I mean Gus is the prime example. Won a NC in 2010 as offensive coordinator . Had success at Arkansas as OC. 1 year head coach experience at the non power 5 conference level with a loaded Arkansas State team. Average to below average head coach at Auburn. 

[tbone1430 1,346]

2 minutes ago, Zeek said:

List of coaches in order of win percentage:

Nick Saban

Lincoln Riley

Dabo Swinney

Dan Mullen

Josh Heupel

Karl Darrell (Colorado only 4-1)

Kirby Smart

Bryan Harsin

Ed Orgeron

Jimmy Lake (Washington only 3-1)

Shawn Clark (App State only 9-3)

Paul Chryst

Hugh Freeze

Mario Cristobal

Luke Fickell

David Shaw

Billy Napier

Gary Patterson

Jimbo Fisher

Brian Kelly

Jim Harbaugh

James Franklin

Clay Helton

Mike Gundy

Kyle Whittingham

Jason Candle (Toledo)

Bill Clark

Tom Herman

PJ Fleck

Matt Campbell

Jamey Chadwell

Tom Allen

Lance Leipold

Lane Kiffin

Scott Satterfield

Neal Brown

Philip Montgomery (Tulsa)

 

Coordinators

Steve Sarkisian

Tony Elliott

Rhett Lashlee

Brent Venables

 

Crossed out names I don't think there's ANY chance we get for various reasons (buyouts, lateral move, etc.)

 

Let's find a list of 5 boys

 

My list in no particular order:

Napier, Sark, Lane, Elliot, Campbell. If we can’t get Cristobal I think these are our best and realistic options. I’d prefer Sark, Lane, or Campbell who’ve coached at power 5 jobs before and can recruit good. Napier and Elliot for the pedigree and ability to recruit. Just my two cents. 

[Brad_ATX 13,654]

2 minutes ago, AUBwins said:

Lafayette has its own regional airport. Could fly there directly if Napier unless purposely hiding it.  That would be a dead giveaway. 

Why fly to Lafayette?  They are playing in Conway, SC this weekend.

[Tiger Refuge 6,670]

1 minute ago, AUBwins said:

Lafayette has its own regional airport. Could fly there directly if Napier unless purposely hiding it.  That would be a dead giveaway. 

Yeah, plus now they are gonna have to haul boudin all the way from Scott back to New Orleans. 

[tbone1430 1,346]

1 minute ago, AuburnTiger4Life said:

Love how everyone has already forgotten about MC and moved on to the lane train 😂

I haven’t forgotten about him but if he’s staying at Oregon no need to keep beating a dead horse. 

[AUBwins 10,075]

Don't know if answered yet, but yes MC can still leave, even if he signed an extension.  Not ethical but coaching searches don't follow moral obligations.  Did the buyout increase? Oregon kinda forced his hand by offering today before the game. Not feeling confident he will leave now, but still possible. 

[NoALtiger 3,865]

1 minute ago, AuburnTiger4Life said:

Love how everyone has already forgotten about MC and moved on to the lane train 😂

Hey if ya gotta have a date for the prom, you gotta get a date for the prom. 😎

[AUFriction 1,179]

Just now, johnnyAU said:

6. Must be able to let go of his ego and actually evolve the offense or defense as needed to remain competitive. Cannot become stagnant and predictable.

Gus did evolve the offense. His evolutions just didn't work. Around the Lashlee years, he really had a limited passing playbook. Most of his plays involved deep post routes, vertical routes, and the TE/HB on a wheel route. At that time, every first down play was pretty much always the inside zone. There wasn't really much of a short to intermediate game at this time either. Around the time he hired Lindsey, the offense started incorporating more short and intermediate throws like slants, screen passes, and crossing routes. There were also new looks for the RPOs we ran after we hired Lindsey. This past year under Morris, we used the perimeter in unique ways that we hadn't previously done. 

I did think he was stubborn about changing the offense in his first four years. It was when he parted ways with Lashlee the yes man that Gus finally started adapting his playbook. After that, he actually did make changes. Those changes just didn't work for whatever reason. Some of it was even though he had more diverse plays, he started telegraphing when he was calling certain things, partially through personnel changes. But, this criticism that he did not adapt is a lingering criticism from earlier in his tenure that he actually fixed. 

[TigerTaz 109]

37 minutes ago, Auhud08 said:

Lane kiffin-

can coach quarterbacks and offense, hates saban, is hated by saban, brings energy, enthusiasm, and entertainment. 
 

Come on everybody...

Or Steve Sarkisian. I’ll take either one! 

[PigskinPat 2,579]

7 minutes ago, AUFriction said:

Why would we hire an twitter troll to be our head coach?

If you think that that’s all he is then there’s no use in me trying to give you an answer.

[WarEagleHunter1221 1,690]

After looking into Tony Elliott more, I could get behind the guy. I’m also not scared for us to take a chance on a coordinator. His recruiting resume is impressive, plus he’ll have south contacts, and with him being a coordinator we could offer an equal friendly contract. That way if it goes bad we can cut our losses for cheap and we probably wouldn’t step too far back since the guy can really recruit. 

[AUBwins 10,075]

2 minutes ago, Brad_ATX said:

Why fly to Lafayette?  They are playing in Conway, SC this weekend.

Way to think outside the box.  Lol.  Forgot they had a game. I, for a moment,  was thinking since our season sucked, everyone else was done as well. 

[boisnumber1 2,819]

2 minutes ago, DAG said:

Correct . Again I am not hating on Joe Brady’s age lol. Or Joe Brady the man. I am just saying he was the pass specialist. Maybe he was the offensive coordinator and the Brains. I don’t know . But I will say he also had a lot of playmakers and support. Maybe he is this wiz of an offensive genius . But if he were to come here as HC, I would still prefer for him to have veteran leaders around him to support as well. I mean Gus is the prime example. Won a NC in 2010 as offensive coordinator . Had success at Arkansas as OC. 1 year head coach experience at the non power 5 conference level with a loaded Arkansas State team. Average to below average head coach at Auburn. 

Yeah, I would rather take the chance on a coordinator like Elliott tbh. 

[WarTim 3,456]

9 minutes ago, AUFriction said:

Why would we hire an twitter troll to be our head coach?

To save us from Steele. 

[BigBlueWDE 1,136]

1 minute ago, AUBwins said:

Don't know if answered yet, but yes MC can still leave, even if he signed an extension.  Not ethical but coaching searches don't follow moral obligations.  Did the buyout increase? Oregon kinda forced his hand by offering today before the game. Not feeling confident he will leave now, but still possible. 

<1% chance. Doubt he has signed the new deal already, so buyout would still be $8M. Technically possible, but extremely unlikely considering he had a quote in the official press release.

[AUFriction 1,179]

2 minutes ago, tbone1430 said:

My list in no particular order:

Napier, Sark, Lane, Elliot, Campbell. If we can’t get Cristobal I think these are our best and realistic options. I’d prefer Sark, Lane, or Campbell who’ve coached at power 5 jobs before and can recruit good. Napier and Elliot for the pedigree and ability to recruit. Just my two cents. 

Sark and Lane are no goes for me. Lane is a bad fit for Auburn's culture. If we hire Kiffin, I really will not watch Auburn football. That guy has no business as the face of Auburn after his childish behavior on and off the field. For Sark, there have been pages and pages of people debating him. I just haven't seen enough to believe Sark can get us anywhere close to elite. He built Washington's program up, but was never able to get them to round the corner. His time at USC was a straight disaster. Plus, I just kind of don't like the idea of hiring a guy who was basically fired from a previous job for being a drunk. Again, not exactly the best image for Auburn.

[AuburnTiger4Life 2,225]

1 minute ago, WarEagleHunter1221 said:

After looking into Tony Elliott more, I could get behind the guy. I’m also not scared for us to take a chance on a coordinator. His recruiting resume is impressive, plus he’ll have south contacts, and with him being a coordinator we could offer an equal friendly contract. That way if it goes bad we can cut our losses for cheap and we probably wouldn’t step too far back since the guy can really recruit. 

Yep if we miss on Lane and Sark he’s next man up for me. 

[TigerTaz 109]

Just now, boisnumber1 said:

Yeah, I would rather take the chance on a coordinator like Elliott tbh. 

Yes far better option than Steele. 

[DAG 33,995]

Just now, boisnumber1 said:

Yeah, I would rather take the chance on a coordinator like Elliott tbh. 

I like Elliot as well. But even him, I would hope he would be smart enough to surround himself with veteran guys as well. Nothing wrong with hiring less experience guys but I do prioritize having appropriate support around you too. I believe that was one of Gus’s major issues in terms of offense . Majority of his guys were his disciples.

[boisnumber1 2,819]

Just now, DAG said:

I like Elliot as well. But even him, I would hope he would be smart enough to surround himself with veteran guys as well. Nothing wrong with hiring less experience guys but I do prioritize having appropriate support around you too. I believe that was one of Gus’s major issues in terms of offense . Majority of his guys were his disciples.

Absolutely. Someone like Elliott with a killer staff behind him.

[tbone1430 1,346]

1 minute ago, AUFriction said:

Sark and Lane are no goes for me. Lane is a bad fit for Auburn's culture. If we hire Kiffin, I really will not watch Auburn football. That guy has no business as the face of Auburn after his childish behavior on and off the field. For Sark, there have been pages and pages of people debating him. I just haven't seen enough to believe Sark can get us anywhere close to elite. He built Washington's program up, but was never able to get them to round the corner. His time at USC was a straight disaster. Plus, I just kind of don't like the idea of hiring a guy who was basically fired from a previous job for being a drunk. Again, not exactly the best image for Auburn.

Auburn is one of the most penalized schools when it comes to NCAA infractions. Our image outside of Lee County is that Auburn is a cheating school anyways. I’ve heard this from friends and family who are fans of other universities (SEC, BIG 10, BIG 12). Don’t think Lane or Sark would make it any worse than what people already think of us. 

[AUBwins 10,075]

So what happens when we hit 200 on a coach thread? I mean we already seem to have lost #1.

[AUGunsmith 666]

4 minutes ago, AUFriction said:

Sark and Lane are no goes for me. Lane is a bad fit for Auburn's culture. If we hire Kiffin, I really will not watch Auburn football. That guy has no business as the face of Auburn after his childish behavior on and off the field. For Sark, there have been pages and pages of people debating him. I just haven't seen enough to believe Sark can get us anywhere close to elite. He built Washington's program up, but was never able to get them to round the corner. His time at USC was a straight disaster. Plus, I just kind of don't like the idea of hiring a guy who was basically fired from a previous job for being a drunk. Again, not exactly the best image for Auburn.

This response exemplifies the Auburn choir boy bull**** that will never allow us to have a coach with the balls needed to be successful. 

[AUFriction 1,179]

3 minutes ago, tbone1430 said:

Auburn is one of the most penalized schools when it comes to NCAA infractions. Our image outside of Lee County is that Auburn is a cheating school anyways. I’ve heard this from friends and family who are fans of other universities (SEC, BIG 10, BIG 12). Don’t think Lane or Sark would make it any worse than what people already think of us. 

Just because others have a bad image of us doesn't mean we should embrace that bad image. If anything, we should be trying to change that image.