The Blue Board

It will be Petrino. If not there will be a barner revolt.

Who does Jacobs want?

Phillip Marshall saying this morning that it's down to Smart and Gus and will be over by tonight. Wow

lulz @ not hiring Petrino. SMH @ Jay Jacobs. People talk mad shat about AU anyway. Quit worrying about AU's image, and make the best hire.

NO, let's hire the man with the crazy, big mouthed wife or the pumpkin pie haircutted freak.

at least we will have hot 1st daughters

This is the main reason

Kind of funny that Auburn fans hate Bama, but are strongly considering hiring their paper DC. I am not a bama or auburn fan, fwiw.

I don't mind hiring waterhead

Petrino was never going to be the coach at Auburn.

I agree with you. Gus would not be a good hire IMO. It seems like it's between Patterson, Smart, and Malzahn though.

Please god don't give Auburn Kirby!!!! They don't deserve him!! I would have to start rooting for Auburn except against Bama if that were to happen.. I think if Auburn was to get Smart they would be happy they did get him in about 3 years from now.. He will be a great coach that I was hoping would stay at Bama until Saban retired so he could take over..

If I was an Auburn fan I would be begging for smart over any other coach.

Think about it.'.
Great recruiter he could hang with Saban in recruiting.
Great with coaching defense
Great at half time adjustments

THIS IS HUGE!!!!
Learned under Saban and didn't stop anywhere in between. Like muschamp and Texas or fisher and Florida State. Saban philosophy is still fresh on his mind..

He would own the state of Georgia in recruiting.
He would toughen up your team and kick the weak links off your team.
He would tell pat dye and the other boosters to get the F away form the football team or else.

He would win a MNC within 5 years at Auburn!!!!!! I would bet lots of money on this!!

The Bama Auburn rivalry would be awesome for years to come until Saban retired then Smart would win most of the time unles we found another coach that could match Kirby!!

God I am happy for Kirby but I don't know if I want Auburn to have a great coach..

FWIW our guys think it's Gus not Kirby. TIFWIW

The only negative I could think about hiring Smart (outside of the hiring a Bama guy you guys keep talking about) is him switching to a 3-4. It will take a complete overhaul of your defense to do that. 2 years at least of recruiting before he could get his players in there. Your DE's will have to move to OLB and learn how to play in space. Your DT's will have to move to DE and learn to rush the passer. You will need to go get a 320+ pound NG that is ready to play next year. And your DB's will need to be upgraded so they can play man-to-man because he will blitz a lot. Like I said, it will take a complete overhaul...

I know he didn't have a ton of success at UT this season, but Kirby would be smart to go get Sal Sunseri as his DC. He's available, has experience running that system, is a good recruiter, and they have worked well together in the past. He failed this year like I think Smarts defense might fail next year at AU because he did not have the players for his system. Like I said above, it will take a few years to get said players in there and you guys will have to be patient with him. He's a great defensive mind but he's not a miracle worker. You run a 3-4 if your school is capable of recruiting amazing athletes This is especially true at the JACK, Mike, and NG position. You can't run one if you have sub par talent and LB's and DL who are undersized won't get it done.