Will it be Hugh Freeze or Lane Kiffin? TSUN nervious. Or maybe great friend Don Mullin? Kiffin and Mullin never beat bammer. Freeze had the ball bounce right a few times. Caddy wants the job so badly, run crazy and has energized the program to Super Bowl level heights (LOL) according the "family". Beating TA$MU was a monumental achievement. Western KY is coming. Then the Iron Bowl awaits. auburn wants they're man soon as early signing day is nearing. Fan base is pumped, off the charts. auburn is 4-6.
So Cohen Has His Man?
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Feels like if it's Kiffin or Freeze, Cohen had absolutely no input and was told who to get.
In 2018 Gary Henderson had us one win away from the championship series in Omaha. Currently he coaches at Utah.
Cohen isn't hiring Cadillac.
Cohen isn't hiring Cadillac.
He may not, but our fan base didn’t react to Henderson the way Auburn is losing their mind over Caddy right now.
My sources, some dude on this site, say it's Kiffin with absolute certainty.
Don't say that you have sources... The podcast hipsters get their panties in a wad when they get beat on a story, 'because they have to have journalistic integrity and hold the story, even though they knew about it 5 days ago...
I was hanging out at the Pony after the game Saturday …guy came in looked pretty haggard sat down by me up front. Said his name was Joey Freshwater and he had a long day..something about his old boss keeps messing with him. Long story short he had nice time with the ladies but seemed a little aloof, said he was heading to south Alabama for a quick meeting. I walked out with him and he climbed in a Home Depot rental loaded with pressure treated fence post. Kinda of odd but each to his own
Cohen always has his man, until he doesn't.
Can you imagine aubure turning to Mississippi connections to hire the next football coach? If Mullins is the man, Cam will be very pleased. auburn has a Target too.
What’s Kiffen’s IQ? Is Caddy a savant? Was Rosebowl wrong about Freeze? Find the correct answer and there’s your new coach.
Could you imagine if they pull off the upset in Tuscaloosa? They haven't won there since they had Cam in 2010.
If Cohen does hire Kiff.... Is there a homecoming revival in Oxford?
I thought Dart transferred from USC to the 'Sip? Doesn't the rules say you can only transfer 1 time?
Yes but if there is a coach change they can transfer again without sitting out a year.
Yeah I don't think you get a free transfer after the first, so he'd have to sit a year. I'll believe it's Kiffin when I see it. It'd be too much fun for it to be him, for State that is, so I'm skeptical. We don't get nice things.
The fan base isn't a consideration. Much like when Aubbie hired Gene Chizik.
I’m gonna say that moderator doesn’t know anything. That’s a huge difference in negotiations and no way either side would be discussing that publicly. This sounds like more of OM spin for when Kiffen doesn’t get hired. “Kiffen turns down $100mil to stay on the square for $30mil because it’s so nice.”
How much does the 4 year limit come into play here? If Ole Miss offers Kiffin a raise to 10 a year, but Auburn offers 11 a year but guaranteed for 8 years, then Kiffin would have to turn down a guaranteed 48 million dollars. That's a lot to turn down.
The 4 year limit hurts them, but it also keeps the MS schools from a Jimbo situation. Cant decide which is better.
The 4 year limit hurts them, but it also keeps the MS schools from a Jimbo situation. Cant decide which is better.
Cohen didn't have anything. He ain't the one making the hire. He might type up the contract and print it and put his signature on it, but he ain't doing the real hiring.
I don't know how to break it to you guys, BUT... Kiffin is staying put in Oxford. He has been contacted - over a month ago - there were negotiations. And agreement was not reached.
Not sure who Aubie gets, but it will not be Kiffin.
And I am sad about it.
Kiffin may not ever leave Oxford. We need to prepare.
Not sure who Aubie gets, but it will not be Kiffin.
And I am sad about it.
Kiffin may not ever leave Oxford. We need to prepare.
Wait, so according to you, the hottest name in coaching right now is going to leave tens of millions of dollars on the table to stay at Ole Miss?
I'm not saying you're wrong, but that seems rather unlikely.
I hope Kiffin stays. I don't want any excuses when we start beating them on a regular basis. Amazing the amount of people that want him to leave so they are down instead of us stepping up our game.
I don't think it's that big of an issue. The $40M guaranteed may as well be $50M because he'd pretty much be guaranteed an extension at least the 1st year. If it turns into a pure bidding war with no other considerations, Mississippi can't match Auburn anyway (and in your scenario, they don't match the annual salary). I think it's more a question of does he want to leave for Auburn, or does he want to leave for a bigger job (A&M, Texas, Florida, FSU, Alabama, etc.?).
Doubtful that it's Kiffin. He's probably thinking Saban is close to hanging it up or eyeing the OU or Texas job. Yeah, AU might throw him a ton of money, but Kiffin is going to be able to be very picky and won't exactly go poor being patient while in Oxford.
Auburn athletic dept. = Jimmy Ranes and Bobby Lowder. Who's this Cohen guy that keeps hanging out in the coffee room?
I agree with that statement. I figure he will wait for Bama or something just as elite. Not Auburn. Too much drama and not that much better than OM. He has no pressure currently.
I believed every word of this story until I got to the south Alabama part. Everyone knows it is called L.A.
Burt those who said something about Freshwater a couple weeks ago were told we were idiots he was never going to leave Ole Miss. What changed?
90s/00s- A professor in the College of Business used to tell the class she was from LA and then smile. It was dumb the first time and it was still dumb the 15th time.
They're just trying to get their fans on edge so that when he doesn't get the job, they can say "Lane loves OM! He'll never leave us."
I tell you it is already done. Lane's not leaving. If he does, something quite significant would have changed. It has not been about money. Lane's got more control and more options in Oxford.
If he goes to Auburn, he will have no where left to go --- but down.
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