but TBH, I was really talking about Kiffin
In the meantime, a really good friend of mine that comes from Old Money in Chatanooga played golf with an AU BOT a few weeks ago and said they were targeting Kiffin
Which turns out to be true based on news reports today. No surprise.
My take...I'm not sure Kiffin wants the AU job. I guess we will find out though.
Also, smoke screens are always part of this. I saw the LSU AD interviewed on Finebaum the other day and he said that a false rumor started about Gundy. He dug into it, and it was based on LSU shipping something to Stillwater using one of their planes, don't recall what was being shipped, but it had nothing to do with athletics. But the plane was spotted with the LSU on it, and the rumors started.
He said that there was zero chance they would go after Gundy, but it was "a useful distraction" so he actually fanned the rumors.
Who knows. We will find out when we find out. Would not be surprised if its Kiffin, but less surprised if its not. Frankly, to the extent that I could put myself in that joker's head, I would not do it. Just look at how Auburn has treated 3 of their last 4 coaches. Chizik is the one I am leaving out, as he deserved what he got IMO. But Tubberville, Malzahn, and now Harsin were all undermined in the worst way possible.
Again, Harsin I think has some responsibility for his own woes, what with the firing of the WR coach being bungled and Bo Nix for some reason transferring. But what Au did to him was still awful, and should give any coach pause.
Having said that, I would not mind seeing Lane of all people get screwed by Auburn the way they did those other coaches. There would be a great deal of karma in that.
