Lane Kiffin spurns Auburn, signs extension

[fischerwood]

The thing is I think Kiffin actually wants to coach and be successful. He doesn't strike me as a guy just trying to trick a team into a payday only to kickback and wait to be bought out. I mean he made some pretty big money at usc already and did a lot at the low levels after to get back to the bigs. That doesn't scream just give me money so I can chill.

perhaps some of his Dad is rubbing off on him...

 

[78]

Yes, I’m sure Kiffin wouldn’t be dishonest about anything. No sir, no way.

Hell, I viewed that meeting as confirmation that he was leaving for certain.

I never cease to be amazed at the extent to which athletes and coaches will go to lie and deceive about their intentions. This would take it to an almost new level even for Kiffin. He deserves whatever bad comes from it if he lied to his players in a meeting just before their biggest rivalry game.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Even doubling his salary, AUB boosters dominate every decision made. I'd have waited for another school with more freedom. If he sputters, where else can he go?

Does Ole Miss go after Sanders? The guy can recruit.

Fact is stranger than fiction.

 

[oxrageous]

Does Ole Miss go after Sanders? The guy can recruit.

Is this stupid myth still based on that one RB recruit he got from FSU?

There's no real evidence that Sanders can either coach or recruit. He's pretty much at a high school, and any big names he gets is due to $$$, not him. It would be lunacy for any SEC team to hire him, even Vandy.

 

[soflagator]

He met with his players yesterday and told them he wasn't leaving. You have to think it isn't happening and that Freeze will get the tab.

It’s going to be Cadillac.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Is this stupid myth still based on that one RB recruit he got from FSU?

There's no real evidence that Sanders can either coach or recruit. He's pretty much at a high school, and any big names he gets is due to $$$, not him. It would be lunacy for any SEC team to hire him, even Vandy.

I’m hoping that after NorveLLL proves to be a dud, the clowns hire Sanders.

 

[oxrageous]

It’s going to be Cadillac.

That would also be a better choice than Kiffy.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Is this stupid myth still based on that one RB recruit he got from FSU?

There's no real evidence that Sanders can either coach or recruit. He's pretty much at a high school, and any big names he gets is due to $$$, not him. It would be lunacy for any SEC team to hire him, even Vandy.

I heard AUB was looking.
Deon is everything I dislike in a coach or celebrity.
I just heard it on a podcast. There is also talk FSU is interested in Sanders.

 

[SGG]

Is this stupid myth still based on that one RB recruit he got from FSU?

There's no real evidence that Sanders can either coach or recruit. He's pretty much at a high school, and any big names he gets is due to $$$, not him. It would be lunacy for any SEC team to hire him, even Vandy.

Which is why I fully expect it to be the Vols after Heupel leaves them in the dust

 

[AlexDaGator]

According to the report, Kiffin told his players that he had not accepted any job offers at a different school.

"He told the players his focus was on Mississippi State and nothing else and that any reports out there about his accepting another offer were totally false," sources told ESPN.

Have you people learned NOTHING from Bill Clinton???

He told the players he has not ACCEPTED a job offer at a different school.

Where's the lie?

Doesn't mean there isn't an offer on the table. Doesn't mean his agent hasn't been in contact with their administration. Doesn't mean there isn't an agreement in principle.

All it means is that he hasn't officially signed on the dotted line. Yet.

If he really is going to Auburn, he's not doing it until after the Egg Bowl. Duh. So why officially accept the offer before that?

This is classic coach-speak. His statement is utterly meaningless.

Alex.

 

[kepler]

Have you people learned NOTHING from Bill Clinton???

He told the players he has not ACCEPTED a job offer at a different school.

Where's the lie?

Doesn't mean there isn't an offer on the table. Doesn't mean his agent hasn't been in contact with their administration. Doesn't mean there isn't an agreement in principle.

All it means is that he hasn't officially signed on the dotted line. Yet.

If he really is going to Auburn, he's not doing it until after the Egg Bowl. Duh. So why officially accept the offer before that?

This is classic coach-speak. His statement is utterly meaningless.

Alex.

To be honest this sounds very much like a coach moving on. Or at least undecided.

 

[williston_gator]

Hard to do with no coach.....

@On3Recruits: BREAKING 4-star DL Darron Reed has flipped his commitment from LSU to Auburn #WarEagle

More from @ChadSimmons_: BREAKING: Four-star defensive lineman flips to Auburn Tigers from LSU

 

[aka]

The Kiff did not look happy last night and his team stumbled through the end of the season. Hmm...

 

[AuggieDosta]

Hard to do with no coach.....

@On3Recruits: BREAKING 4-star DL Darron Reed has flipped his commitment from LSU to Auburn #WarEagle

More from @ChadSimmons_: BREAKING: Four-star defensive lineman flips to Auburn Tigers from LSU

This flip makes zero sense UNLESS a prospective new coach has made it known that Auburn is a landing spot. So, what coach would be familiar to this recruit?

 

[soflagator]

Hard to do with no coach.....

@On3Recruits: BREAKING 4-star DL Darron Reed has flipped his commitment from LSU to Auburn #WarEagle

More from @ChadSimmons_: BREAKING: Four-star defensive lineman flips to Auburn Tigers from LSU

That’s a kid who was about to be pushed out “flipping” to a school that had also previously offered him.

 

[FireFoley]

Sources: Auburn, Freeze in talks on coaching job

Auburn is not expected to make a formal offer to Hugh Freeze until after Saturday's Iron Bowl game, sources told ESPN, but the sides have informally discussed a contract for weeks.

www.espn.com

 

[williston_gator]

Sources: Auburn, Freeze in talks on coaching job

Auburn is not expected to make a formal offer to Hugh Freeze until after Saturday's Iron Bowl game, sources told ESPN, but the sides have informally discussed a contract for weeks.

www.espn.com

Very interesting. He signed a big extension a month ago.
"Hugh Freeze has reportedly agreed to an eight-year contract extension at Liberty that would keep him with the Flames through 2030, pending a buyout. It would also pay him $40 million, fully guaranteed, over the course of those eight years, which shakes out to $5 million per year.Oct 30, 2022."
But, "The buyout is not hefty enough to keep a certain SEC team in, say, Alabama from potentially poaching him."

 

[soflagator]

While I do not really wish to see Freeze at Auburn, it will be a healthy counter to uga and will also be one more chink in Saban’s armor which may speed up his calling it quits.

 

[williston_gator]

 

[t-gator]

Sources: Auburn, Freeze in talks on coaching job

Auburn is not expected to make a formal offer to Hugh Freeze until after Saturday's Iron Bowl game, sources told ESPN, but the sides have informally discussed a contract for weeks.

www.espn.com

This breaks my heart. Was hoping he'd be around at the end of next year. Auburn is about to be really competitive