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Great sales pitch:
”come to Auburn and recruit against Alabama... and be treated like a secondhand citizen in your home state... but you get to say W.D.E. And watch an bald eagle fly every home game...”
-Auburn AD
Yeah, don’t see any position coach going straight to a major D1 Head Coach job.
If the best that Mel Tucker, an experienced DC for a team that played in a natty and who had a player drafted in the 1st round, could do was Colorado, then I don't see a program with the $ and big head of the Barn hiring a position coach for HC.
Could they throw at ton of $$ at Dell with a wink about the future..sure. But he still needs to take the steps. Love Dell but he's not bringing some crazy new uber successful scheme to a job like even Gus did back in the day.
Does anyone even know what Dell's ambitions are? I'd hope we'd try to keep him around but hopefully it's not a UT/Chaney situation where someone throws $ at him for at lateral move. Seems like a smart guy and to enjoy his job so I hope he waits it out for the right opportunity.
Tucker was in talks for a few other higher profile jobs. It may sound weird but Colorado racks in money because of their actual school and the medical facilities that they have.
I don't think Dell stays after this class. Personal opinion is he doesnt have anything left to prove on this field or at this job. He can at least get a OC job based off recruiting but he does also have HC experience.
I think Colorado is actually a decent job..but it ain't an SEC program with perennial national title expectations, deserved or not lol.
True... So far Tucker is the first Kirby tree to leave. Should be more very soon (next 3 years)
There are certain common stress points or challenges to maintaining a program at an elite level. Coaching turnover is very high on that list. The ability to develop coaches and then identify others to eventually take their place is huge, not unlike with players/recruiting. This type of "process", no pun intended, is another thing that separates Saban as an all-time great coach. It remains to be seen if Kirby can do the same.
All of that said, hard to imagine Dell at the Barn. I can definitely see him getting a bump to OC soon, though. Generally more of track record for QB coaches getting bumped to OC but that doesn't mean Dell can't be successful. Someone looking for a big recruiting bump will give him a shot I bet.
I love Dell, but can you imagine being an Auburn fan and your AD hires a running backs coach to jump all the way to a D1 head coach?
Auburn is more likely to try to take Muschamp and make everyone mad at Auburn than they are to take Dell next year
now for Dell to go be someone’s offensive coordinator I could understand, but not a D1 SEC head coach
Not taking anything away from McGee, but Pittman makes recruiting of rb's alot easier for him. Hope he thinks that way and they both stay. For several NC's anyway
Gus has a history of pulling out a great year when his back is against the wall. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if it’s 9 or 10 wins and they can’t justify firing him till after 2020’s 7 and 5 campaign. I have high hopes that Mullet is flerduhs Gus
I don't think he would want to start off his HC career there with Saban still at Bama anyways. Maybe if he's ready to leave, he goes to a smaller school and becomes HC and when Saban leaves/when the timing becomes right, tries for that Auburn HC position. Just my humble opinion though
Gus has a strong D. Deep at RB. QB could well emerge. Contract buy out decreases each year. AU hard to predict. Could go either way. I hope they have a frustrating loss like UT last year, lose to us, and Gus hangs on another dubious year.
Wouldn't put it past Auburn to bring Petrino in.
Im being serious.
Bobby Lowder and other big donors have always wanted Petrino.
Not sure how much pull Lowder has anymore though.
In all seriousness, who does Auburn bring in right now to consistently beat: Alabama, Georgia and LSU?
Bill Belichick?
Short of that I dont see anyone beating those three teams "consistently"