Put yourself in Tubby's shoes................ Would you stay if someone covertly tried to replace you behind your back??????????? I would leave after the bowl game. He still gets the buyout payment and can coach somewhere else. There will be enough vacancy's. Heck, he could wind up coaching at Nebraska. If I remember right no one has taken the Miss st job yet either. Maybe even Notre Dame in a year or two, I don't see the ND coach lasting to much longer as bad as they are.
This is just my honest opinion, but I really think he will stay. I think hes really happy in Auburn and with the players he has on the team. I might eat my words in 3 weeks, but I dont think so. JMO WAR DAMN EAGLE!!
Brettstah, He would get the Buyout because Auburn violated the contract by interviewing people for his job behind his back I believe....
I think he would have a very easy lawsuit if they didn't give him the buyout money ... Auburn f'd up and got caught!
I guess if his contract says that Auburn won't secretly talk to potential coaches he has a case, but otherwise, what case does he have? They didn't fire him, so he still has the same job. No damages for a lawsuit, other than making the Auburn bigwigs look like idiots.
Trust me, in a court of law, that could be considered a breach of contract by the University. And no, I'm not a lawyer, but I did sleep in a Holiday Express recently!
But what did they breach? They didn't fire the guy, they just talked to a potential replacement coach. Breach of contract usually means one side claims that there is some sort of damages to be recovered from the other side. What are his damages?
Well, I'm sure a good attorney could prove that the University has undermined Tubberville's ability to coach and lead this program by their actions. Think about how hard it will be for him to convince a recruit he'll be at Auburn in the near future. I'm sure they could argue the ethics issue. It was certainly unethical for the University to do what they did. Contracts are a two way street ... both parties have an obligation to live up to their end of the bargain. And lastly, Auburn knows they screwed up and would not want any part of a potential lawsuit, so they would settle with Tubby.
