[Auburn]

We can't be overly surprised Greer left this late. Ensures that the hire will have to be from within or rushed, and that the team will likely have a worse year than they did last year. Now Tom looks like a guru and a great coach, and everyone can stroke his ego. All about the big C!

If they were to have a worse year than last year, it's likely to come down to nothing more than players and talent level. Nothing more. That's not just for Corbin, but practically everybody. This isn't near the first, nor close, job to come open at the "end of the year" (a time frame that I've always considered, for what it's worth, after Spring Break in April until Dead Period).  

I, as have others, have seen jobs come open late coming off not so good years, only to have a really good year and then ones coming off great years only to fall off some in the coming fall.  The vast majority of the time, with very few exceptions, the season(s) and games come down to schedule and players.

I don't think anything more illustrated that better than the '24 Corbin team. Did they win it all? No, obviously. Despite that, were they the 2nd best team in the state, regardless of class? I think that's a resounding yes. Did they have some big time players? No doubt. Did Boyle? Likewise.  Fact of the matter is, FWIW & it's a complete hypothetical, but if those two played 10 times with last year's squads? That series is likely split 5/5.