Make your predictions now...

[Tiger Wench]

So, in 2016, who will our new coach be?

 

[AWK]

So, in 2016, who will our new coach be?

 

Who fucking cares, we will be in the WAC at that point.

[bottomfeeder]

[Buzz Killington]

My money's on Kirby Smart...

[Snaggletiger]

We NEVER make a splash hire.  Ever.  In any sport.

[Townhallsavoy]

So, in 2016, who will our new coach be?

 

We don't know. 

It'll be some middle-ass hire like Dan Mullen to Miss State or Hugh Freeze to Ole Miss. 

We are the new 4th place team in the SEC West. 

[Townhallsavoy]

We NEVER make a splash hire.  Ever.  In any sport.

Hang on a second.  You're being a bit disingenuous. 

You're correct that we don't make a splash hire, however, we have usually made solid hires.  Pat Dye.  Terry Bowden (until 97).  Tommy Tuberville.  Nothing sexy about any of them, but they're good enough to get behind, support, and have faith in the future.

Gene Chizik was 5-19.  Five and fucking nineteen.  That's not just a failure on making a splash.  That's a facepalm hire to the nth degree. 

Gus Malzahn, who I do think is a good coach, is also a fail.  A big fat fail only because he's too connected to what happened under Chizik.  It's not that it's not a splash hire.  It's that it's really easy to see why this is going to fucking suck.

What's the common denominator here? 

Jay Jacobs. 

Fuck him. 

[Snaggletiger]

Hang on a second.  You're being a bit disingenuous. 

You're correct that we don't make a splash hire, however, we have usually made solid hires.  Pat Dye.  Terry Bowden (until 97).  Tommy Tuberville.  Nothing sexy about any of them, but they're good enough to get behind, support, and have faith in the future.

Gene Chizik was 5-19.  Five and fucking nineteen.  That's not just a failure on making a splash.  That's a facepalm hire to the nth degree. 

Gus Malzahn, who I do think is a good coach, is also a fail.  A big fat fail only because he's too connected to what happened under Chizik.  It's not that it's not a splash hire.  It's that it's really easy to see why this is going to fucking suck.

What's the common denominator here? 

Jay Jacobs. 

Fuck him.

A "Splash" hire is someone you know without a doubt has made a name for himself and proven he can do it at the highest level. That was Bobby Petrino.  Everyone in the country knew him, his reputation and what he would most likely do at Auburn.  Granted, Dye and Bowden and CTT turned out to be great in spots in their own right.  But the fact is, we stole Wyoming's, Samford's and Ole Miss' coach.  Then we got Iowa State's coach.  I say again...we never go after the big fish.

[bottomfeeder]

So, in 2016, who will our new coach be?

 

[bottomfeeder]

We NEVER make a splash hire.  Ever.  In any sport.

How do you define "splash"?

[chinook]

How do you define "splash"?

shit falling from the anus does make a splash. 

[Snaggletiger]

How do you define "splash"?

See two posts above yours.

[CCTAU]

shit falling from the anus does make a splash.

Or a splatter. Depending on how sick you are!


This hire is blah! I will get behind him and hope for the best. At least the offense should be exciting.

[noxin]

This hire is blah! I will get behind him and hope for the best. At least the offense should be exciting.

And it keeps you interested by never showing more than 3 plays in a row!

[The Six]

Or a splatter. Depending on how sick you are!


This hire is blah! I will get behind him and hope for the best. At least the offense should be exciting.

Exciting? You seen our quarterbacks thrown , check that, fuck with a football, Clark?

[jmar]

Exciting? You seen our quarterbacks thrown , check that, fuck with a football, Clark?

We might rustle up a conference win in a couple of years.

[WiregrassTiger]

We NEVER make a splash hire.  Ever.  In any sport.

Isn't this good in diving?

[jmar]

Isn't this good in diving?

JJ hates the swimming and diving program but yes you are correct.

[Jumbo]

We might rustle up a conference win in a couple of years.

IF

[boartitz]

I think Gus will do better in his first year than Chizik did in his fourth year.