If Auburn elects to get rid of Tommy Tuberville after this season -- and after last week's highly-competitive game against a very good Georgia team, I'm beginning to think that will be a very big "if" -- Will Muschamp is one name that won't come into play.
According to ESPN.com's Tim Griffin, Muschamp, Auburn's former defensive coordinator, has been designated Texas' head coach-in waiting for 57-year-old Mack Brown. The 'Horns don't anticipate Brown to retire soon, but they want to avoid the transition period that comes with switching coaches.
Muschamp's getting quite a pay bump ($425,000 to $900,000) to stay as d-coordinator, and with the promise of taking over one of the elite programs in college football, won't be headed anywhere else.
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That's great news! Now some AU fans can get over their bro-mance with WM and realize that CTT will be our coach next year.
I see two problems with Texas hiring Muschamp as "the head coach in waiting"
1) I think Texas is acting a little rash here, Muschamp hasn't even completed a full season as the first year co-defensive coordinator at Texas. Do they really know him good enough to bestow this honor upon him? Seems ridiculous to me.
2) It might be 5 to 10 years before Mack brown retires, I doubt Muschamp will actually have the patience to wait that long. Mack Brown himself said he has no plans to retire anytime soon, and Texas doesn't expect him to either. Of course Muschamp accepts the offer though, he'd have been stupid not to, it makes his wallet heavier and makes his stock rise considerably. I think Muschamp will still bolt at the first "good" offer he gets, and he will get one before Brown retires. Contracts don't mean anything to coaches or schools, this has been proven a thousand times.
I agree with scott h. Say Mack Brown doesn't retire for another five or six years. That's a long time for someone who is already one of the hot coaching prospects to wait.
But you've got to realize that the opportunity to be the head coach at a school like Texas is rare in the college coaching world. Why risk failing at a school that's not quite on that level -- like Tennessee, Clemson and, yes, Auburn -- just to get the opportunity to get back to a spot he's already guaranteed?
When asked, Muschamp stated that the only way he was leaving Texas was 'in a pine box."
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