tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post7602263123298335244..comments2023-10-31T09:54:02.360-05:00Comments on WAR EAGLE EXTRA: Is Vanderbilt serious about Gus Malzahn?Andy Bitterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653266257744434147noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-412452175635970832010-12-13T01:17:37.622-06:002010-12-13T01:17:37.622-06:00Anyone who is saying he won't go because it...Anyone who is saying he won't go because it's Vandy is kidding themselves. It's simple, Anyone would take just about any job for 3 million dollars when they currently make 500K. Coaches are no different from businessmen or whoever else in that respect, but it amazes me that fans always seem to think coaches have some overwhelming loyalty or love for a place that would make them not take an enormous raise and set their family up for life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-85170962517043214882010-12-11T08:20:31.043-06:002010-12-11T08:20:31.043-06:00I think the idea that Vandy would pay $3 million t...I think the idea that Vandy would pay $3 million to hire an unproven guy as a head coach is absurd. Nobody would, and Vandy people are supposed to be smart.<br /><br />Auburn will give all the assistants a nice raise this year, but Auburn nor anybody else will pay an assistant anything that approaches a head coaches' salary.<br /><br />Sooner or later, Coach Malzahn will get an offer to be the head coach in a situation that he likes and he'll take it.<br />When that happens, we'll wish him good luck and Coach Chizik will go out and hire another good Offensive Coordinator. It won't be the end of the world.MikePnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-13557854160048182842010-12-10T23:14:15.108-06:002010-12-10T23:14:15.108-06:00Heard from someone on ITAT it was more like 1.6 mi...Heard from someone on ITAT it was more like 1.6 mil. NO WAY Vandy would pay 3 mil for a coach! No way on earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-10312632312138441232010-12-10T18:23:37.416-06:002010-12-10T18:23:37.416-06:00$3M for 1 coach is the wrong answer for any school...$3M for 1 coach is the wrong answer for any school trying to move up. <br /><br />You need to do it the way Gene did it at Auburn; a reasonable salary for the HC but $'s for very good coaching staff. A great coaching staff is going to turn around a program because they can get more out average talent. <br /><br />Paying 1 person a $3M/yr salary and peanuts for the others nets a disaster on the field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-88128634744891864852010-12-10T16:41:05.316-06:002010-12-10T16:41:05.316-06:00A long term stay at Auburn is worth more han a sho...A long term stay at Auburn is worth more han a short term stint as a head coach at a location that can't succeed. The same is true if he takes a position before he is ready. His college experience is still very limited. Being the CEO of an elite program anywhere will be a challengeAndynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-4445366589390241882010-12-10T12:03:09.783-06:002010-12-10T12:03:09.783-06:00Just yesterday I wondered about whether or not Mal...Just yesterday I wondered about whether or not Malzahn has enough experience around big time college football just yet to run a program and do all the things entailed to head coach. And now here's the Vanderbilt offer, where he would have to do even more than that, because they don't have an Athletic Director.<br /><br />If he wants to know how a job like this can go about killing a career, he just needs to ask Ted Roof about his stay at Duke.<br /><br />But then again, it might just be worth the risk for $3 million.Justinhttp://www.thewareaglereader.com/author/justin-lee/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-33463126269729688002010-12-10T11:42:20.300-06:002010-12-10T11:42:20.300-06:00Malzahn won't go to Vanderbilt. It's like...Malzahn won't go to Vanderbilt. It's like Duke football, career suicide if you want to be a head coach.<br /><br />And Vandy just can't get enough talent unless they decide to lower their academic standards.<br /><br />Not gonna happen...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-42033939894382409642010-12-10T08:02:52.415-06:002010-12-10T08:02:52.415-06:00No way will AU pay an OC $3M. Vandy would be a cha...No way will AU pay an OC $3M. Vandy would be a challenging gig, but maybe Malzahn could pull it off. I turned them into a national powerhouse on NCAA2009, haha. Surely he can do it better than I can.<br /><br />At least we wouldn't play them every year like we do Arkansas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-56821974070406107222010-12-10T07:32:48.367-06:002010-12-10T07:32:48.367-06:00I say Auburn matches their offer so he'll stay...I say Auburn matches their offer so he'll stay. Malzahn is one of the biggest reasons Auburn is where they are today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-35493090043897303562010-12-10T07:24:46.777-06:002010-12-10T07:24:46.777-06:00Mr. Anonymous seems to know all! Watch out or ESP...Mr. Anonymous seems to know all! Watch out or ESPN will be citing you as a source soon.RWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-33523308577673385082010-12-10T06:11:16.578-06:002010-12-10T06:11:16.578-06:00I think GUS will stay just like Mullen sticks with...I think GUS will stay just like Mullen sticks with Miss State. Nice try. Even last season gus with louisiana tech rumor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607864319113145554.post-51824729928927487192010-12-10T05:48:33.468-06:002010-12-10T05:48:33.468-06:00Johnson made $1.2 his final year at Vanderbilt and...Johnson made $1.2 his final year at Vanderbilt and yes, VU is serious about Malzahn. They are prepared to pay him that much because they want him as their head coach and know that other schools will likely come after if other coaches within the SEC go to Florida. People doubting that VU is willing to pay him a high salary are obviously not understanding that this coaching search for Vanderbilt has included more than just the university, it has included some big supporters who are willing to put their money behind the support in order to get the coach they want. Vanderbilt has always had resources to spend more, both as a university and in it's support system. They started off with a working number of $2 million a year during this search, for the right coach. This week, they knew that if they want to get their top man (which has been Malzahn all along), they needed to try to offer him something they thought he couldn't say no to. The media reported this "no interest" stuff without ever getting it from Malzahn himself and the media had no idea he was in Nashville on Wednesday night, and the media also probably doesn't know that was actually his second interview with Vanderbilt in the past 4 days. Will he take Vanderbilt up on their offer, who's to say. A friend and former co-worker of his is currently working at Vanderbilt, and they're other ties between Malzahn and Vanderbilt that the media either doesn't know about or doesn't care to dive into because they have been so conditioned to not expect anything out of the university's football program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com