
I don’t know if my agent is being contacted and I talk to him every single day. “This is what I can say: I can say that I haven’t been contacted, OK. “We seem to get a lot of rumors at this time of year,” Cristobal said when asked about the Auburn job. Malzahn - who was fired Sunday after posting a 68-35 record with six bowl games and an appearance in the 2013 BCS national title game at Auburn - will reportedly be paid a buyout of $21.45 million. However, money doesn’t seem to be an issue in the SEC, despite the losses in athletic department revenue during the pandemic. “And we had our entire team in Las Vegas trying to prepare for a really good opponent.”Ĭristobal, who has a $2.7 million salary this season but took a 10% pay cut due to the pandemic, would owe Oregon an $8 million buyout if he leaves for another job before Jan. Your operational staff … you didn’t know who was doing what. Not only did you have to pull that class together, half the staff was in, half the staff was out. “I don’t think it’s any comparison, even though this does have its challenges,” Cristobal said of comparing 2017 to 2020 before Monday night’s practice. The coaching staff is also trying to close on what could be the best recruiting class in program history ahead of signing day on Wednesday.Ĭristobal has been mentioned by various national media outlets as a possible replacement for Gus Malzahn at Auburn Cristobal is negotiating a new contract at Oregon. 13 USC after having the regular-season finale against Washington canceled and throwing the original game plan to play Colorado on Saturday in the wastebasket. This year Cristobal is preparing for Friday’s Pac-12 championship game against No. That’s when Cristobal was elevated to replace head coach Willie Taggart - who left Oregon after one season for a lucrative contract at Florida State - before attempting to prepare the team for the Las Vegas Bowl while also trying to salvage a promising recruiting class. The good news, perhaps, for nervous Duck fans is Mario Cristobal says it does not compare to the situation three years ago. This is a pretty chaotic week for the Oregon football program.
