It would be crazy for Auburn to offer its head coaching job to a position coach who has never even been a coordinator at any level before being named interim head coach at midseason. Right?
I don’t know. Was it really that crazy when Clemson did just that with Dabo Swinney? Is there any reason why Auburn couldn’t go the same route with Carnell “Cadillac” Williams?
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