Gus 7 years 49 million @ AU. LOL
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Glad he will stay at the barn. Gus is a good coach when he has the right players, but so is any other coach.
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
In 2014, Auburn was the defending SEC champion and returned almost the entire offense....including quarterback Nick Marshall.
Even losing those two standouts, the worst-case scenario for Auburn looks like nine starters back (note: on offense)
They went 8-5.
In 2017, Auburn returned SEVENTEEN starters.
They're losing FOUR offensive linemen.
The flip side to your argument is that every single time Auburn comes into the year with hype, they implode. Every. Single. Time.
Doesn't even matter who's coaching them. Every. Single. Time.
And now they have a guy who is guaranteed rich and has no incentive whatsoever to actually achieve and has demonstrated little more than the ability to run a track meet. He's demonstrated ZERO ability to actually recruit a QB out of high school, all 3 guys (and I'll include Gus with Cam since GM was the OC on that team) transferred in after controversies at their original schools.
In the last four years, Malzahn IN THE SEC is 18-14....Dan Mullen with less talent and a much tougher job at MSU is only one game behind at 17-15 and surely nobody will argue the talent assembled is even in the same universe.
Let's see the guy put together two consecutive stellar seasons.
Is history a guide? No, but the same guy with the same "I can't beat you playing regular football so I'm going to have a track meet" offense is still there.
In 2014, Auburn was the defending SEC champion and returned almost the entire offense....including quarterback Nick Marshall.
Even losing those two standouts, the worst-case scenario for Auburn looks like nine starters back (note: on offense)
They went 8-5.
In 2017, Auburn returned SEVENTEEN starters.
They're losing FOUR offensive linemen.
The flip side to your argument is that every single time Auburn comes into the year with hype, they implode. Every. Single. Time.
Doesn't even matter who's coaching them. Every. Single. Time.
And now they have a guy who is guaranteed rich and has no incentive whatsoever to actually achieve and has demonstrated little more than the ability to run a track meet. He's demonstrated ZERO ability to actually recruit a QB out of high school, all 3 guys (and I'll include Gus with Cam since GM was the OC on that team) transferred in after controversies at their original schools.
In the last four years, Malzahn IN THE SEC is 18-14....Dan Mullen with less talent and a much tougher job at MSU is only one game behind at 17-15 and surely nobody will argue the talent assembled is even in the same universe.
Let's see the guy put together two consecutive stellar seasons.
Is history a guide? No, but the same guy with the same "I can't beat you playing regular football so I'm going to have a track meet" offense is still there.
With the bipolar feelings for Gus there's a more than fair chance they'll be paying his buyout next year. Would say about 80% chance two years from now.
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
Well after making him a 7 million a yr coach and then losing 4th game, and missing playoff, I assume some will start to rumble if UCF beats them. UCF has good record but they are not SEC caliber team in my opinion. I think some will realize that 7 mil for 7 yrs was a bit much.
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
Nope, not really. Gus has done more than enough this year. He`s on automatic pilot and has been since the IB, IMO.
Isn't this the same joker they wanted to run off all season?!?
They are stuck with him for a very loooooong time... LOL
This is so freaking funny!!!!!!!
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
If so then more power to them. I am now a UCF fan for a while though LOL
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
We can criticize Auburn all we want for overpaying Gus, but the only care about one game and he won that one...
We can criticize Auburn all we want for overpaying Gus, but the only care about one game and he won that one...
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
Is Gus worth $7 million? Probably not.
On the flip side, what was Auburn going to do? Who could they have hired with no AD in place? This isn't a great year to find a coach. Gus had all the leverage, so Auburn did what they had to do.
Is Gus worth $7 million? Probably not.
On the flip side, what was Auburn going to do? Who could they have hired with no AD in place? This isn't a great year to find a coach. Gus had all the leverage, so Auburn did what they had to do.
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
I think an interesting question is if they were stable in the AD position and there wasn`t such a flood of open HC positions to soak up all the decent replacement candidates out there, would Gus still be at the barn today? IMO, yes.
Well, "Graduating" is probably a bit of a euphemism....
But yea, "not returning", regardless of whether they hand them a meaningless "diploma" on the way out.......
Gus should be okay next year:
Here’s a look at the 2018 Auburn football schedule:
3 or 4 potential losses on the schedule.
Here’s a look at the 2018 Auburn football schedule:
- Sept. 1 — Washington (at Atlanta)
- Sept. 8 — Alabama State
- Sept. 15 — LSU
- Sept. 22 — Arkansas
- Sept. 29 — Southern Miss
- Oct. 6 — at Mississippi State
- Oct. 13 — Tennessee
- Oct. 20 — at Ole Miss
- Oct. 27 — Bye
- Nov. 3 — Texas A&M
- Nov. 10 — at Georgia
- Nov. 17 — Liberty
- Nov. 24 — at Alabama
3 or 4 potential losses on the schedule.
Potentially one in the opener. I have no clue who or what Peterson has returning. But you can guarantee his team will be a hard out, regardless. If he's got above average talent at a few skilled positions. It could be even tougher for the barners.
Washington's QB (Browning) will be back since he slipped a great deal in NFL ratings this year.
Right now, the bolded games are the ones I could see Auburn losing.
Jake Browning isn't getting the NFL hype was getting last year. His backup has announced he's transferring as a grad-transfer, so he very well could be back in 2018.
LSU is always going to be tough solely based on talent.
The State game depends on Fitzgerald's recovery and how Moorhead translates to the SEC.
Re: Gus 7 years 49 million. Lol
Tubberville had not even purchased his pine box at Ole Miss when Pat Dye won 10 games at Auburn in 1988 and 1989. He was still an assistant at Miami.
Many times with Auburn there's "that game" in which no one predicted they would lose (before the season) and then they do. "That game" for me in 2018 will be aTm. Keep an eye on that game.
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