My Super Secret Inside Sources

[AUChizad]

Say Tubs is gone.

Maybe a rumor, so take it FWIW….

Doug Amos is reporting over the radio air waves here in Montgomery that his contacts are telling him that CTT and AU have agreed to part ways and that for now they are working out the details. I know Doug very well and he is a guy with a tremendous amount of integrity. He wouldn't report that lightly.

[Godfather]

Say Tubs is gone.

Not on you Chadskins, but I just don't see it. I really don't

[AUChizad]

Not on you Chadskins, but I just don't see it. I really don't

No offense taken, and I hope not...I think...I'm just conflicted right now.

My Super Secret inside source is some lady I work with who sent it to me in an e-mail. She does have some sort of Auburn connection though, so I dunno.

Canning him now would kind of be like filing for divorce after 10 years of a wonderful marriage as a knee-jerk reaction to your spouse SERIOUSLY fucking up. But maybe mulling it over and thinking of a way to work it out would be best (i.e. hiring a top notch O.C. and allow him to bring HIS own staff with him).

[ssgaufan]

I heard the same thing on D and B just a while ago.  They went on to say, that it could happen before the season ends.  I sure as hell hope that it doesn't. 

[AUChizad]

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I am hearing it is a done deal. CTT and AU in the process of arranging for a fair buyout. CTT will coach to the end of year. CTT is tired and has had enough. I was told by a coach and confirmed from a board member this a.m.

[ssgaufan]

WELL FUCK ME RUNNING

[Tiger Six]

I would wager that the buyout includes a clause that all his core group of assistants get to stay employed through January timeframe so they are vested in the state of Alabama retirement system. 

If true, I am not devastated.

[Godfather]

Stranger things have happened. As with the industry I am in, I will never say it can't happen, however I would be VERY surprised.

[wesfau2]

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Well, fuck.

Let's assume this is true.  Who is up to replace Tubs?

High Profile:
Lane Kiffin

Mid-Level:
Bobby Johnson
Jim Grobe
Mike Gundy

Rising Stars:
Graham/Malzahn (Tulsa)
Kyle Whittingham (Utah)
Chris Peterson


Thoughts?

[Tiger Wench]

You forget Will Muschamp - or do you think the cat fight with Jay Jacobs has ended any hopes of his return to the Plains?

He would be my first choice...

Mike Gundy?  Seriously?

[Hogwally]

     IMO, the best coach out there that isn't already locked into a fat contract is Dan Hawkins.  I don't know if he wants to come to the South, he seems to kind of be a West Coast guy, but he is an outstanding coach and only making a little over a million a year at Colorado.  I was really hoping Arkansas would go after him last year, although I'm ok with Petrino.  With the kind of money Auburn can offer, maybe they could get him before he finally gets Colorado turned around.

[Ogre]

I pray like hell that it's true, and I hope he steps aside in a gracious manner.  However, I'm not beating that horse again.

Here is my list, in order of preference:

Bronco Mendenhall
Will Muschamp
Chris Peterson

There are more, but I'd be happy with any of these.

With regards to JJ vs. Muschamp, supposedly Muschamp called JJ a couple of weeks after he went to Texas and apologized to him for blowing up.  I don't think there is any long-term bad blood there.

[wesfau2]

You forget Will Muschamp - or do you think the cat fight with Jay Jacobs has ended any hopes of his return to the Plains?

He would be my first choice...

I like Muschamp, but I don't think he is nearly ready/qualified to be HC.  He's a little too fiery and emotional....perhaps even a bit irrational and unstable.

Mike Gundy?  Seriously?

Yes.  Have you seen his offense?  Nice.  Plus he's a man.

[wesfau2]

    IMO, the best coach out there that isn't already locked into a fat contract is Dan Hawkins.  I don't know if he wants to come to the South, he seems to kind of be a West Coast guy, but he is an outstanding coach and only making a little over a million a year at Colorado.  I was really hoping Arkansas would go after him last year, although I'm ok with Petrino.  With the kind of money Auburn can offer, maybe they could get him before he finally gets Colorado turned around.

I thought I saw where Colorado just gave Hawkins an extension/raise.

I forgot Mendenhall...I like that guy.

[AUChizad]

Well, fuck.

Let's assume this is true.  Who is up to replace Tubs?

High Profile:
Lane Kiffin

Mid-Level:
Bobby Johnson
Jim Grobe
Mike Gundy

Rising Stars:
Graham/Malzahn (Tulsa)
Kyle Whittingham (Utah)
Chris Peterson


Thoughts?

You forget Will Muschamp - or do you think the cat fight with Jay Jacobs has ended any hopes of his return to the Plains?

None of these will do it for me. Another not mentioned, although he wouldn't quite do it for me either, is Skip Holtz.

Spurrier tired of losing at SC yet? Bill Cowher's pretty young, maybe he'd come out of retirement...

[AUTailgatingRules]

Seems we have spent the last 4 years continually talking about Tubs either leaving or getting fired.  As much as I appreciate the job he does, I think it may be time for a change.  It seems that we get more press over Tubs than we do for our team.  As I stated last year during the Tubby love fest over at AU Nation, no one is bigger than Auburn and we will be fine whether we have Tubs or he goes on his merry way.  Hell I would not even mind if we made him AD and hired a new coach.  Either way I think it is time for a new era of Auburn football.

[The Prowler]

Mr. Phillip Marshall has stated that a "Buyout Meeting" is simply untrue.

Now, saying that, I have gotten the same type emails.  This might be the same ordeal that former Coach Mike Shula went through with being made to either bring in a New OC and an Entirely New Offensive Staff....Or....he's going to be let go.
As for Bronco Mendenhall as a possible replacement, Not Gonna Happen.  He's Mormon and a BYU Alumni.

I'd like to see one of the following as a possible replacement, if this is all true...Which I really don't think is:

Steve Petersen, Boise State HC
Brady Hoke, Ball State HC
Jeff Tedford, California HC
Randy Edsall, UCONN HC
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State HC
Mike Gundy, OK State HC
Butch Davis, UNC HC
Kyle Whittingham, Utah HC
Jim Grobe, Wake Forest HC
Steve Sarkisian, USC OC
Lane Kiffin, Ex-Oakland HC/Ex-USC OC

I, of course, Do Not think that this would be a wise choice, to let CTT go at the end of the season.....Unless, CTT decides that he wants to be too loyal to his assistance coaches, if that's the case, then yes....Thank him for the job that he's done, then help him pack his boxes ($1 to Jumbo).  War Mutha Fuckin' Eagle anyway.

[Godfather]

#1 Butch Davis

I would not want Muschamp

[Ogre]

As for Bronco Mendenhall as a possible replacement, Not Gonna Happen.  He's Mormon and a BYU Alumni.

Mendenhall received his bachelors and masters degrees from Oregon State University.  I'm not sure about his religion, but he was born and raised in Utah, so there is a good possibility that he's a Mormon.

Mormon or not, if we offered him a few million dollars and a chance to coach on college football's highest level, he'd show up in a heartbeat.

[Townhallsavoy]

Chris Peterson is supposedly a Scientologist.  I don't think he'd fit in too well in Auburn, AL.