Gus Malzahn fired (and (laughable) coaching search...)

[theshow4jsu_13]

I understand that a lot of these guys are driven competitors and want to be the best, and to be the man, you have to beat the man. What I don't understand is that when you look at Aubren, and their history, why go there? It's the same when I'm in the job market, I look at the company and see how they are, how they treat their employees. If I'm interviewing, I always ask "why is this position open?" We know all these answers with them, so why would any desired coordinator or coach go there?

 

[14ennessee]

Ain't it just like Auburn to pull something like this as bama prepares for a championship game?

 

[TriCountyTider]

So, wonder if he will make the jump?

 

[B1GTide]

So, wonder if he will make the jump?

I would bet heavily against it.

 

[TriCountyTider]

I would bet heavily against it.

Me, along with every other Bama fan hope that is the right bet. I don't see it happening either. But, the chance of it actually happening is there now. What a distraction at the wrong freaking time!

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

Me, along with every other Bama fan hope that is the right bet. I don't see it happening either. But, the chance of it actually happening is there now. What a distraction at the wrong freaking time!

I think they are locked in and won’t let this distract them....... also don’t think Sark will leave for AU, if they lowballed Cristobal........ Bama should sweeten the pot and pay him to stay

 

[TideEngineer08]

I would hate to see him leave, especially if were to auburn, but he has to do what he believes is best for him in spite of what Alabama fans think. IMO, if he were to take the auburn HC job it would effectively end any chance he had to follow Coach Saban, but that is a risk he has to gauge.

Auburn is not best for him. Tennessee was not best for Jeremy Pruitt.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

Me, along with every other Bama fan hope that is the right bet. I don't see it happening either. But, the chance of it actually happening is there now. What a distraction at the wrong freaking time!

It’s only a distraction if we let it become one.

 

[Bama Lee]

I would hate to see him leave, especially if were to auburn, but he has to do what he believes is best for him in spite of what Alabama fans think. IMO, if he were to take the auburn HC job it would effectively end any chance he had to follow Coach Saban, but that is a risk he has to gauge.

I just wonder about any coach that thinks going to the Barn is a "good job" or even remotely good for them. Other than money, what benefit is there to going to Auburn. The University isn't loyal to their coaches. The fan base is fickle. And you will always be 2nd fiddle to Alabama. I think the Mississippi schools are on par with Auburn at the moment. Florida, Georgia and Texas A&M are at top just a notch below Alabama.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

What's absolutely hilarious is that the only reason, after less than two weeks, a coaching search with no official activity other than searching - e.g., publicly having a coach back out, announcing a potential hire and then backtracking (cough, Tennessee, cough), etc. - could be considered botched is because of the timing of Malzahn's firing.

Especially when they could have simply waited until next week to announce the firing and saved themselves $5.5 million as well as giving themselves at least a month to make a hire without looking foolish instead of a week and a half.

Seriously?!? If they had waited a week the buyout would have been reduced by ?5.5M? Those cats are even more stupid than I thought...

 

[TideEngineer08]

I just wonder about any coach that thinks going to the Barn is a "good job" or even remotely good for them. Other than money, what benefit is there to going to Auburn. The University isn't loyal to their coaches. The fan base is fickle. And you will always be 2nd fiddle to Alabama. I think the Mississippi schools are on par with Auburn at the moment. Florida, Georgia and Texas A&M are at top just a notch below Alabama.

Auburn is a top half of the SEC job. They've got an 85k seat stadium, which they can fill, even if it's mostly for the big games (which most conference games are). They've got enough big money boosters to fund the program. It's smack dab in the middle of the best recruiting territory in the country. I'm not up on their facilities, but I'm sure they are where they need to be.

No University is loyal to its coaches anymore, unless they win. Vanderbilt just fired theirs...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I doubt that Sark would go there.

Flowbie interviewed there and nothing happened.

Anyone that has studied under Saban knows that he accomplished what he did by not the PTB in the way. That is something that will not happen anytime soon down there...

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Auburn is a top half of the SEC job. They've got an 85k seat stadium, which they can fill, even if it's mostly for the big games (which most conference games are). They've got enough big money boosters to fund the program. It's smack dab in the middle of the best recruiting territory in the country. I'm not up on their facilities, but I'm sure they are where they need to be.

No University is loyal to its coaches anymore, unless they win. Vanderbilt just fired theirs...

Skimmed one of their boards this morning and saw that they see themselves as an "Elite" program. I spewed coffee all over my shirt...

 

[OSUTideFan]

No University is loyal to its coaches anymore, unless they win. Vanderbilt just fired theirs...

 

[Ole Man Dan]

Why do you fell the need to apologize for telling the truth, even if it's via a meme?

People thought I was joking when I said
'I was drunk when I got to college'
'I was drunk all the way thru college'
'and I was drunk when I graduated'.
BUT...
I was telling the truth. I played in a number of clubs and booze was my thing. I was a functioning drunk, I studied drunk, and I tested well while I was drunk. I never planned to quit drinking, I just quit cold turkey.
Years later I spent 41 years as a LEO.
I apologize for a misspent, drunken youth.
Hell, I seldom recognize people from my youth.
I regret a lot of those early years.

 

[Ole Man Dan]

I think they are locked in and won’t let this distract them....... also don’t think Sark will leave for AU, if they lowballed Cristobal........ Bama should sweeten the pot and pay him to stay

Sark was a good coach with a problem. Sark has cleaned up his act at Alabama. Now Sark is a very good coach.
I hope if Sark considers going to Auburn, that he remembers one thing.
S.N.A.S.S.

 

[seebell]

You and me both, Ole Man Dan. Sometimes in the night, I wonder what might have been.

 

[Bama9001]

We had a year with no spring practice, a very messed up off-season and pre-season practice, an all-sec schedule, rescheduled games, postponed games, cancelled games...uncertainty everywhere. Against that backdrop, four SEC schools are firing their coaches (if the rumors at UTe are correct).

Do you really want to work for a school that made a $50 million decision under those circumstances? Auburn making the move when they did, how they did, without a plan in place should tell prospective coaches everything they need to know about the culture there. Still trying to understand the thought process of firing your coach before signing day with no replacement ready to announce. These types of decisions will be forced on whoever decides to take that job.

 

[bamafan1966]

Coach Sark is being interviewed to put some credibility in the process for when they hire Steele....

 

[CB4]

Sark was a good coach with a problem. Sark has cleaned up his act at Alabama. Now Sark is a very good coach.
I hope if Sark considers going to Auburn, that he remembers one thing.
S.N.A.S.S.

I’ll say something at the risk of making a few mad. First, I sure as heck don’t want Sark at Auburn. I think he deserves better, especially with an apparent struggle among the old guard and other factions down there. I see it as a potential “viper pit”.

That said, Sark deserves the opportunity to move on with his career if he so chooses. He needs to be mindful, however, of what that opportunity may become. Recovery IS a lifelong process. You don’t just suddenly say “I’’m good” and everything is puppy dogs and rainbows. Sark needs a personal support system around him. It is the reason he has thrived at Alabama. Saban recognized how to give Sark the chance to heal personally and professionally.

But after fives years, Steve Sarkisian deserves that chance if so desires, keeping in mind his sobriety must be his very first priority, not football. If not, everything comes crashing down.

This is coming from a guy that fought his own addiction issues (not alcohol) more than 20 years ago that nearly destroyed my family, my career and my life. Today I’m fine, but I’m not promised tomorrow. It’s the people around me that keep me grounded. But when I started to rebuild my life, my family and my relationships, the ones around me that loved and cared about me realized for me to move forward, they had to begin trusting in me again at some point.

I also believe that Steve Sarkisian places a lot of faith and trust in Nick Saban. And I believe that Coach Saban will counsel him against taking any job that would jeopardize his continued recovery. But in the end it will be Sark’s decision.

I have a friend who is a recovering alcoholic and an Auburn graduate. He made the comment that “he didn’t know if he could trust Sark”. I reminded him, just like the two of us, if you change your life and show people you can do “the next right thing” then you deserve another chance.