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(12-20-2020 12:23 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  It had to come sooner or later. I could not blame him if he took the job. It's an upper half SEC job in his home state. They could triple his salary and it would still be at the bottom of the SEC pay scale. They have everything he could ask for.

That said, it's also the home of unrealistic expectations. There are a lot of their boosters who are not going to like hiring a guy with no P5 experience. There will inevitably be some "We paid $21m to hire UAB's coach?" He's from Alabama, he's well aware of how they have treated head coaches before.

I've said for some time now that he wasn't likely to leave before coaching at least one season in the stadium he helped design... but I also said that when he leaves it will likely be for an SEC team in the top half of the conference, a team with a legit path to a national championship shot. Auburn fits the bill.

We'll see, I guess. If he takes it, I have nothing but good wishes for his future. He has carried himself well, and it is impossible to overstate the difference he has made to UAB football since he was hired here. I just hope they turn up their noses at him and we get to keep him a bit longer.

Auburn is a mid-tier SEC west school. Year in and out, they will be below UAT, Texas A&M and LSU.
Their path to the 2010 NC was by cheating and got caught but dodged bullet one time due to that weird NCAA ruling.

If Clark leaves, its chasing greed which I wouldn't blame him.
I'd leave my job in a heart beat for a very similar job making 3x or 4x the salary, immense football budget and personalized captain's chair on Jimmy Ranes' jet.