Just listening to Jacobs yesterday on the OD (along with Joe Theismann) one gets the feeling that he can do as he pleases and has no intention of making any such radical change.
Kelly isn't folksy enough to deal with Auburn nor can he fake it for any kind of money.
It's a tidier transition to:
A)slog through Birmingham,
B)find a DC,
C)create an atmosphere that encourages Johnson and/or White to transfer ASAP or during Spring practice as the situation necessitates.
We will find a DC, replace a few coaches, reintroduce the read option and revisit the option of replacing Malzahn, only with a smaller buyout this time next season. And I have very little confidence we will be any better off by January, 2017.