One problem for auburn is, from what I have read here on CRS, is they spend to much money on players and not enough on good coaching. RTR!
While I do believe this is true with the players......I think they spend too much on coaches. Auburn has always had the little man syndrome, that's part of their problem. Bama pays the best coach in America the highest salary in America. The barn pays a high school coach 4 mil and calls him the best. In actuality they have a high school coach with championship expectations. While Bama has on of the best proven DC coaches in the country and they pay him accordingly. The barn hires a damaged coach as DC and immediately calls him the best DC in ALL of football, and pays him way too much.
So the difference is, Bama is paying coaches according to their worth while the barn wants to keep up with Bama pay according to the Bama scale, not the coaches worth.
Kiffin is a good contrast to Muschamp, Bama hired a damaged OC, got a great deal because of CLK's USCw buyout. No hupla about how great an offensive mind he is, just come in and do your job. It's worked great for both parties. But Gussy hurt Muschamp by labeling him king of the world.
While I'm rambling on about this, Gussy is setting Muschamp up for the fall too. The article noted:
"Auburn is on its fourth defensive coordinator in five years."
This just tells me who Malzoom rolls under the Gus Bus to save his own hide.
I'm sorry, what were we talking about?