Nutt to Auburn?...
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The last thing we need is for Nutt to leave Oxford. What we need to is to hire a dynamic coach who can win and knows how to recruit. Nutt is will not do a good job of recruiting at OM, I have already heard that he has been talking about how hard it is to recruit to OM. If OM and MSU are open, the perception will be its easier to win at OM than MSU, whether you belive it or not, and I do not, that is what people think. If Nutt leaves, OM and MSU will be competeing for the same coaches.
If we make the right hire we could dominate the state.
If we make the right hire we could dominate the state.
I swear, if that happened, the Rebs would put on their gay red pants and bowties and march on Auburn. It would be a complete meltdown.
name and one with some cred for slinging the ball around. At best, that is an equal trade for Auburn.
I agree. Auburn will be trying to make a big time hire. If they hire Nutt, it'll be perceived as a lateral move for them to make. Tubberville and Nutt have very comparable resumes over the years. You don't fire Tubberville in their situation to hire Nutt.
That said, I don't think Nutt would go anyway. I know he's had issues with Boone, but I still don't think he leaves now.
Reason I say that is because UT did contact him about their opening (not to offer necessarily, but to at least discuss it), and Nutt told them he wasn't interested due to the fact that he'd just moved his entire family to Oxford, including his twins transferring to Ole Miss. He wasn't looking to pick up and leave a year later for UT, so I don't see why he'd change his mind for Auburn.
That said, I don't think Nutt would go anyway. I know he's had issues with Boone, but I still don't think he leaves now.
Reason I say that is because UT did contact him about their opening (not to offer necessarily, but to at least discuss it), and Nutt told them he wasn't interested due to the fact that he'd just moved his entire family to Oxford, including his twins transferring to Ole Miss. He wasn't looking to pick up and leave a year later for UT, so I don't see why he'd change his mind for Auburn.
He's coaching at an SEC school. There's pressure. Hell... 3 years before he got there his employer fired a coach that was a year removed from a 10 win season and the #1 overall NFL pick.
He's being paid well?... yeah.. but you can always be paid better. Like 25 mil over 5 years which is what I bet Auburn is ready to throw down.
And unless Boone is able to make a phone call to the pokey, I don't think they'd match that offer.
He's being paid well?... yeah.. but you can always be paid better. Like 25 mil over 5 years which is what I bet Auburn is ready to throw down.
And unless Boone is able to make a phone call to the pokey, I don't think they'd match that offer.
but it's not happening. Nutt just left a school with unrealistic expectations, and he's settled pretty good in oxford. Both daughters transferred to OM I think, and another in high school. Big *** farm too. He's apparently pretty content.
pay raise was being discussed. This is pure Sexton. He is probably the single biggest beneficiary of the SEC coaching arms race.
If you're Nutt and you compare your situation at Ole Miss to the situation at Auburn, it's a no brainer.
At Auburn, you have Bobby Lowder all but controlling the university. You have to compete directly with Nick Saban and Mark Richt in your two rivalry games and also in most of your recruiting battles. And on top of that, they're going to expect you to win and win big immediately, along with the expectation that you have to beat Alabama more than not. They fired a coach that won an average of 10+ games a year for 4 years because he had one 5-7 season.
At Ole Miss, you have a school that's going to its first bowl in 5 years (and you are the one that led them to that bowl). Yes, we fired a coach after one losing season, but you could argue that we've been humbled by the Orgeron tenure. Your in state rival is in flux right now between coaches, and you just beat them 45-0. The fans have chanted your name multiple times after wins, and you just bought a bid farm and transplanted your entire family a year ago. The downside at Ole Miss is Pete Boone, and I'd argue that the administrative situation at Auburn would be as bad, maybe worse, for different reasons. Sure they could probably pony up more money, but why would they pay big bucks for another Tubberville? And even if they did pony up major money, it's not exactly like Nutt is starving. He's been making great money for a while now.
I'm also pretty sure that Nutt and Tubberville are decent friends, so I'm sure they talk. If Nutt would even consider Auburn, I'm sure he'd talk to Tubby first to get an idea of what the situation is really like.
At Auburn, you have Bobby Lowder all but controlling the university. You have to compete directly with Nick Saban and Mark Richt in your two rivalry games and also in most of your recruiting battles. And on top of that, they're going to expect you to win and win big immediately, along with the expectation that you have to beat Alabama more than not. They fired a coach that won an average of 10+ games a year for 4 years because he had one 5-7 season.
At Ole Miss, you have a school that's going to its first bowl in 5 years (and you are the one that led them to that bowl). Yes, we fired a coach after one losing season, but you could argue that we've been humbled by the Orgeron tenure. Your in state rival is in flux right now between coaches, and you just beat them 45-0. The fans have chanted your name multiple times after wins, and you just bought a bid farm and transplanted your entire family a year ago. The downside at Ole Miss is Pete Boone, and I'd argue that the administrative situation at Auburn would be as bad, maybe worse, for different reasons. Sure they could probably pony up more money, but why would they pay big bucks for another Tubberville? And even if they did pony up major money, it's not exactly like Nutt is starving. He's been making great money for a while now.
I'm also pretty sure that Nutt and Tubberville are decent friends, so I'm sure they talk. If Nutt would even consider Auburn, I'm sure he'd talk to Tubby first to get an idea of what the situation is really like.
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to see clearly. A good coach will be able to beat Nutt. And Nutt is known for recruiting lesser players and coaching them up. I'd rather him stay at Oxford. Even though Orgeron sucked on gameday, he was VERY tough to recruit against.
I don't think we realize how terrible of a coach we've had the past 5 years. On Saturdays, anyway.
I don't think we realize how terrible of a coach we've had the past 5 years. On Saturdays, anyway.
Then Ole Miss would say that Auburn is their true rival and really has been all along. They'll make up some stupid bowl name for their annual meeting like the Iron Butterfly Bowl. The rival order would then be Auburn, LSU, and then MSU.
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Nutt says it's easier to recruit here. More talent, plus the Jucos.dawgfan77 said:
As for this blurb.....does anyone actually think Auburn would pay Tubs $6 million and then hire Nutt?
assured me Nutt was going to Clemson for 3.5 million a year. I'm sure he wouldn't have made that up.
/snicker
/snicker
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The reason he hasn't won it all, or at least been named up there with the big boys is because he's never had one of the top gigs. He needs to go somewhere that recruits itself. I think Nutt would do very well at Florida, Notre Dame, USC or Texas. Arkansas and Ole Miss just don't have the players that those others do. But then again, Nutt has shown that he can't handle too many primadonna egos at once, and that's what he'd have at a big job.
And good grief, haven't we went through this enough times? It's easier to recruit at Arkansas. Unless you're a moron, you can get every Arkansas HS player just about. He got REALLY REALLY lucky at Ole Miss, where he got to reap the rewards of Orgeron's work. You better enjoy this year and the next, because it drops off after that. Guaranteed.
And good grief, haven't we went through this enough times? It's easier to recruit at Arkansas. Unless you're a moron, you can get every Arkansas HS player just about. He got REALLY REALLY lucky at Ole Miss, where he got to reap the rewards of Orgeron's work. You better enjoy this year and the next, because it drops off after that. Guaranteed.
Supposedly straight from Nutt's mouth at the Eggbowl - "They really like me here. They didn't like me over there, but here.... it's different.... we've got a good thing going. They really like me."
I say, let him have a 4 win season & see how much that like him then.</p>
I say, let him have a 4 win season & see how much that like him then.</p>
...I don't keep up with OM football, but if Snead is a sr. then Nutt is gone.
If Nutt has another year or 2 of Snead, then it will be much harder to pull Nutt out of Oxford.
If Nutt has another year or 2 of Snead, then it will be much harder to pull Nutt out of Oxford.
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I don't disagree with that, just stating what he has said.
As for your comments on the future, it's his belief that if he wins now....it'll take care of itself.
That's why he's having to turn down some right now that are committed elsewhere.
As for your comments on the future, it's his belief that if he wins now....it'll take care of itself.
That's why he's having to turn down some right now that are committed elsewhere.
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and please, spare me your next rationalization. I know, I know, Ole Miss is the mecca of everything good, and no one could turn them down. We all know it deep down, just can't admit it.
Man, here I was thinking a coach with a career 21-38 record and one Liberty Bowl appearance was better than a coach with multiple SEC West titles. I'm sure glad you straightened us out.
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believe that a MSU fan on a MSU board would have full knowledge of a coaching move by a Ole Miss coach to a ACC school. I admit it. I believe everything I read here. I do.
Don't give yourself so much credit George. Really, don't.
Don't give yourself so much credit George. Really, don't.
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Which lie?
I said weeks ago Tubs would not be your coach.
I said yesterday or the day before if two particular coaches were hired, Hudspeth would be your OC.
So far, I'm batting a 1000%.
Of course, GB could always bring in a knuckleballer and I may end up striking out swinging.
I said weeks ago Tubs would not be your coach.
I said yesterday or the day before if two particular coaches were hired, Hudspeth would be your OC.
So far, I'm batting a 1000%.
Of course, GB could always bring in a knuckleballer and I may end up striking out swinging.