I'm no barn fan, but if I was I would be livid about 2 things: Why in the world would they give Gussie that contract, and why in the world would we be talking about spending over $32M to have someone NOT coach? The barners have shown throughout the years an incredible lack of leadership from an AD and President perspective. This is a circular route they do every 7-10 years: hire a decent coach and put unrealistic expectations on him. One year he will slip up and have a great year, beating Bama and/or Georgia and then the powers that be think, we can't let this guy go and pay out the nose for an extension. Then he slips back down to mediocrity (which is really the norm for the barn). Gotta get rid of him, pay a buyout, then the whole party starts all over again. Meanwhile they are hemmoraging millions of dollars. If any barn fan doubts that winning against Bama is not the ultimate, they are either stupid or lying to themselves. They are in a mess, and I don't see a good way out for them.
And I could not be more tickled...