Retain or Recruit? Alex Golesh has to get to work FAST! #auburnfootball @thewarrapport @CeasearWalker

A second independent source has told @thewarrapport that Jon Sumrall soured on the Auburn job after being presented with a series of discouraging narratives about what coaching on the Plains would entail. Those accounts ranged from stories of overreaching boosters to allegations of staffers embedded within the program for the purpose of monitoring and reporting on the head coach. In short, virtually every familiar negative trope about coaching at Auburn was repackaged and relayed to him until he ultimately backed away from the opportunity. The source states financials had no impact on his decision; Auburn’s offer to Sumrall was equal to Florida’s, with a stronger incentive structure. @thewarrapport