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Why would he switch? Is Auburn firing him?
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The SEC is HARD, man!
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Podge91 wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:47 am The SEC is HARD, man!
I see what you did there! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I wasn't all that impressed with Harsen. Maybe Mason wasn't either.
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The job security in Stillwater--with an alumnus head coach who just had one of the best seasons in school history and in a league which is soon to lose the program's primary nemesis--is vastly superior to the Plains, where it would surprise no one if Harsin was canned after two seasons.
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Auburn is an unstable program.
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Would be a smart move for him, as someone mentioned above the league is about to get much easier for OSU & Auburn is a dumpster fire. Mason was one of the few bright spots this year for Auburn as the Mike Bobo experiment on offense panned out about as bad as most thought it would & plus now many of their players are hoping back on the Gus Bus down at UCF.
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Reports this morning are saying it's a done deal.
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I hope that he remembers to bring his book with him......Actually, I root for him and think that he is good man and good DC.....just can't believe that he made that statement......
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AuricGoldfinger wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:24 am Reports this morning are saying it's a done deal.
Potentially interesting wrinkle to this is that it appears that Mason is indeed leaving Auburn, but there's no confirmation that he's headed to Stillwater and may sit out a season: https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... tor-auburn
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AuricGoldfinger wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:35 am
AuricGoldfinger wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:24 am Reports this morning are saying it's a done deal.
Potentially interesting wrinkle to this is that it appears that Mason is indeed leaving Auburn, but there's no confirmation that he's headed to Stillwater and may sit out a season: https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... tor-auburn
Reports are he's now getting some NFL interest.
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In either case, Vanderbilt is probably paying his salary.
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A podcaster compared Auburn to people who date mentally unstable people because they're addicted to drama.
It is an apt comparison.
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DeefromAtlanta wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:58 pm Auburn is an unstable program.
Auburn is the Vincent Van Gogh of college football.
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Auburn officially announced today that Mason has stepped down.

Also, this photo was making the rounds on Twitter yesterday. You are looking live...at Stillwater, OK:

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Looks as though Derek is ready to lace ‘‘em up.
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Is that coach Mullet he's with in Stillwater?
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I'm going to take a guess here and say that 1) Vandy is under an obligation to continue to pay DM's salary but 2) DM is also under an obligation to try to find work and that if he does, his new salary counts against what Vandy should pay him. At least that's how I would have structured it. I don't know if most fired HCs are earning double salaries when they take jobs as coordinators or not. That would be ridiculous but in college sports I wouldn't say that it would surprise me. If I quit my lease I might still owe the future rents, but the amount due is probably also reduced by what the landlord can rent the place for in the meantime. Does that not apply to coaching contracts?

But if that's all true then it seems like he couldn't just quit and sit on his thumbs, or quit and risk having no job at all.
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I think every coaching contract I have read about (emphasis on "about") has a set-off provision that reduces what is owed by say Vandy to CDM by what he earns coaching elsewhere.
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