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Let me get this straight.
Dameyune Craig, former Auburn player, quarterback, star, is leaving his assistant coaching position at Auburn in what appears to be a lateral move at best to SEC West rival LSU.
Craig's title at Auburn: Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.
His title at LSU, according to the school's Sunday release: Wide receivers coach.
Hmmm. Guess everything wasn't Gucci for Craig at Auburn after all.
Of course, Craig said nothing but positive things about Auburn in a prepared statement, and Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said nothing but positive things about Craig in his prepared statement - with one exception.
Craig's statement didn't say anything about Malzahn. Didn't even mention him. An oversight? Or an intentional slight?
Craig's statement did say this: "My decision to make this career move is in no way a reflection of Auburn or the Auburn family. It is strictly a professional decision. It's about growing as a coach and, hopefully, one day becoming a head coach."
On the surface at least, Craig leaving Auburn for LSU isn't a good look for his old school. He's leaving for essentially the same job so it's hard to see how this move helps him grow as a coach.
He's going to work for an offensive coordinator in Cam Cameron who isn't known for lighting up SEC scoreboards with innovative schemes. He's going to work for a head coach in Les Miles who almost got fired and has to be considered on the hot seat for the coming season.
Craig's also going to a state where the governor has suggested the budget crisis is so dire, it could create a domino effect that would keep LSU from playing football this fall. That's probably not going to happen, but at the moment, LSU doesn't seem like the most stable program in the SEC West.
Of course, you could say the same for Auburn. Craig's the fifth assistant coach to leave since the Iron Bowl, and only two of them left for what would be considered promotions. Will Muschamp went from Auburn defensive coordinator to South Carolina head coach, and Travaris Robinson went along from Auburn secondary coach to South Carolina defensive coordinator.
Lance Thompson (South Carolina), J.B. Grimes (Cincinnati) and Craig were position coaches at Auburn, and they'll be position coaches at their new schools.
Auburn hired quality coaches as replacements in Kevin Steele, Wesley McGriff, Travis Williams and Herb Hand. If Kodi Burns is the replacement for Craig, he'll fit that mold, too. Craig was known at Auburn as a terrific recruiter, not as an especially strong developer of wide receiver talent.
All in all, though opinions can change, it's impossible to say Auburn has a stronger staff now than it did when last season began. And that staff went 7-6.
So there's no way to know where the Malzahn era is headed. Will this new staff mesh in ways the previous staff didn't and lead a return to the program's 2013 glory? Or will this staff have no more success than the last two groups, who failed to turn top-10 recruiting classes into even top-25 teams?
Stay tuned, but we do know one thing for sure. The Auburn-LSU game just got a lot more interesting. It could come down to loser leaves town.
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