He has supposedly been helping out at Mizzou with the QB's....But you didn't hear that from me.... ...

Not surprised, really. Figured he's been consulting or working as an "analyst" for someone.

Saw a story about Freeze last week and it said he'd been a consultant for Auburn and, I think, Alabama last year. Also not surprising. Having an outsider watching with different eyes and not in the spotlight probably isn't a bad thing, too.

Everyone knows they're coming for Saban.

We haven't seen the last of Bobby Petrino...

Does Bobby Lowder still have a jet? I'll take Gus over big choke Bob Stoops. The devil you know....

2nd and 26 anyone?

FSU should go after Kiffin.

Stoops isn't retired. He's head coach and GM of the Dallas Renegades franchise in the XFL to start the week after the Super Bowl in 2020. He was the leagues first coaching hire, Oliver Luck (Andrews dad) is league commissioner. Hal Mumme is his OC, which is also interesting.

I think the post above mentioning the wrong stoops is right. Bob's time is past and the Kentucky stoops isn't a bad hire, I mean look what he's done with Kentucky.... imagine what we could do with Auburn. If Auburn goes for a name rather than X's and O's they could miss out again. Also the post above mentioning they're the only school hunting for a coach whilst in the top 10 is also a sobering dose of reality. It reminds me of what happened with Tuberville.

I watched Cowturd yesterday and he was talking about having a number of wins for every school in college football. He said that Clemson, Alabama and Ohio State are the only three that should win 11 games every year. Then there's a second tier of teams that should win 8.5-9 games a year.... those being Michigan, USC, Texas, Penn State. He never mentioned Auburn but what is Auburn's number and is Gus meeting that number, under achieving or over achieving? Realistically, in the SEC with Georgia and Alabama being the juggernauts they are what is AU's number?

Auburn's a historic 7-9 wins a season school and honestly, without Saban, Bama is historically an 8-10 wins a season school. You only have 10+ win seasons on a regular basis when you've got the best in coaching, your program in place and operating, and a couple years under your belt to get your recruiting tree in place. 10+ win seasons are a anomaly on a regular basis. It happens but only when you've got a situation like Bama and Clemson are currently enjoying where the coach, ther program and the recruiting is basically running on cruise control. To think otherwise is ridiculous and you should just sit back and enjoy it when you're lucky enough for it to happen to your team. It's happening right now with both Bama and Clemson but it will come to an end at some point.

I agree except I put Bama at a historic 9-11 win game season because outside of Saban we’ve had Bear and Frank Thomas.

Stallings averaged 10

9+ wins per year is a good number for Auburn. They consistently recruit in the top 10-15 so they have the athletes. As an auburn fan I’m upset at the production on the field which is directly attributed to Gus. They have the athletes to compete st the highest level but don’t have a coach smart enough to get them prepared. When firing on all cylinders they can beat BAma or Clemson. It’s not gonna be every year though.

I don’t like Alabama simply because of the fans. They are for the most part VERY obnoxious. Eventually this GREAT run will come to an end and these same fans are gonna take it rough. With that being said I wish Gus was smart enough to act as a CEO and hire the RIGHT people to do the other jobs. That’s something Saban is great at. Historically good coaches follow this same model. It’s not that difficult but most college coaches have such a big ego they can’t help but stick their noses into things. At least that’s my opinion.

It’s funny how every fan base says the same thing about opposing fan-bases. A Tennessee fan that I work with said this same thing about Auburn fans, he also threw in the fact that most AU fans have a “elitists” mentality. I agreed with him and neither of us could explain why this mentality exists with MOST of them.

I agree with your assessment of Gus.. don’t hire great coaches and tell them what to do, hire great coaches and let them tell you what to do.

As Assholish as Saban could appear to be, I think Gus would be the nightmare to work for.

Not trolling on this one. I do not think Gus has the CEO mentality as you described. He believes his offensive scheme can and will work and no one else can run his offense better than he can. Saban often has the final say, but he does seem to let the coordinators coach.

They have done it at Auburn, 2 or 3 times in the past.

My comments and feelings is based on actual game day visits to other schools. Alabama fans can be awful. Part of it is the elitist attitude due to the run they are on.