Tuberville Agrees to 6-year Extension with Auburn
Tommy Tuberville agrees to stay at Auburn.
It is being reported that Tommy Tuberville has agreed to a contract extension with the Auburn Tigers. The extension is reportedly for six years guaranteeing a $200,000 raise yearly. The contract buyout has increased to $6 million going down with time to $4 million in the final four years of the contract.
Money aside, I think this is obviously very good news for Auburn in the long-term. Tuberville has been the single reason why Auburn has been so good in the past five years or so and with him locked up they should continue to be just as good if not better in the next six years.
On the flip side, there are some mixed feelings about this from Auburn fans. There was the brief flirtation with Texas A&M, and then the reports that Tuberville had a secret interview with Arkansas for their head coaching vacancy. After all Tuberville is an Arkansas native and would’ve been a natural fit had he gone there. Though Tuberville denies being in contact with Arkansas, there is no doubt that Arkansas did meet and did offer him something. Alot of fans feel that Tuberville has given his current job enough attention that it should and has instead been sniffing out jobs with more money. Especially since most head coaches are busy visiting and talking to potential recruits as the February signing day approaches.
But with the contract extension out of the way, the feelings will ease. Auburn fans will eventually forget this whole debacle and Tuberville will go back to doing what he does best, win football games.
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