Welcome Back, Gus!

Thanks for keeping the seat warm for me, bro.

Auburn has their man, and it appears to be our old offensive coordinator genius...aka Gus Malzahn.

Nothing but positive vibes from me on this hire. When Kirby Smart became the hot name yesterday I was filled with dread but when news hit the twitterverse that Auburn had chosen to bring back Malzahn I felt instant excitement. Sure I have my worries about the Tigers ability to stop anyone on defense with Gus in full control of the program...but fuck it dude! if Auburn drop 40 points a game then we can give up 35 for all I care. The Urban Meyer Florida teams, 2010 Auburn ,and 2012 Texas A&M showed us that having an uptempo offense can win and win big in the SEC. There's just no reason not to think that without a defensive minded head coach meddling with his offense, that Malzahn can turn Auburn into Oregon of the South. Will he be able to recruit talent on defense? not sure, but the real question will be can he find a QB who can actually run his scheme...because that's what really matters if the Tigers are gonna compete in the SEC again. All these questions are for much later. Right now I'm just gonna be happy.

Welcome back, Gus! War Damn Eagle!

Keep Your Fucking Hands Off My Mad Genius!

When we hired Gus Malzahn i had two thoughts immediately: 1. FUCKING AWESOME!!! and 2. Man i hope Auburn isn't TOO good next season or someone is gonna steal him away. well apparently the quest for Auburn's Spread Eagle 2 Guru got an early start when Memphis sacked their headcoach and decided they wanted to make a splash. early reports are that the Tigers Who Only Play Basketball are interested in both Malzahn and Auburn coach Trooper Taylor.

Auburn By Beaver has this quote (via some other Auburn blog that i don't read) about Gustav not being interested in any headcoaching jobs and being committed to doing something special at Auburn...which is just coachspeak for "you motherfuckers better be willing to pay me a shit ton of money to keep my ass here, yo!" i am all for Malzahn being made the highest paid assistant in the SEC. whatever it takes to keep him for at least 2 more years, at which time this ship should be up to full steam and then either we slide in one of the other assistants or pillage another Tulsa offensive coordinator to come run our War Eagle Offense of Speedy Doom!

but yeah, for serious...Keep Away Motherfuckers! he's ours!