Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Malzahn to Remain Coach?

Phillip Marshall of Auburn Undercover is reporting that Gus Malzahn is likely to accept a reduction in the financial terms of his contract to remain head football coach at Auburn for another season.

His current buyout is ridiculous, and leaves Auburn with little flexibility when it comes to making changes at the top, if and when it becomes necessary.  With the reduced buyout, it sounds like Auburn better show up in 2019.


Early Candidates for Vols OC

Blake Toppmeyer and Mike Wilson of the Knoxville News Sentinel break down the latest on the Vols search for an offensive coordinator here.

The pros and cons of several candidates are discussed, including:

  • Will Friend, OL coach for the Vols
  • Freddie Kitchens, OC for the Cleveland Browns
  • Dan Enos, QB coach for Alabama
  • Bryan McClendon, OC for South Carolina
  • Chip Lindsey, OC for Auburn

and a couple of unemployed former head coaches:

  • Hugh Freeze
  • Kliff Kingsbury.

While Freeze or Kingsbury would be the "hot" choice, I'd think stability in the program would be of importance right now, and both of those coaches are going to be looking to return to the head coaching ranks ASAP.

Kitchens, McClendon, and Lindsey would be looking at lateral moves if they were to take the job, and those don't happen a lot.  So, does it boil down to Friend or Enos?

In the beginning ...

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