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Charlie Strong DC

That would be huge. I am officially anxious since the news has broke in Austin.

look, it's a competitive world. hopefully, we have some buy out in his contract as he has a 3 yr deal (I think). aranda's stock has gone thru the roof by virtue of his coming to LSU with the athletes we have. he would be crazy to leave at this point. we tripled his pay and he's getting ready to get another large bump.

in all likelihood we're good with him staying but if he leaves so be it. I doubt it would be for money.

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Charlie Strong DC

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yeah, i wouldnt mind fisher running the offense with strong running the defense

Pruitt ain't getting a HC gig. At least not at a school that does background checks.

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LINKAranda, hired away from Wisconsin three weeks ago to replaceKevin Steele, is set to make $1.2 million this year. His salary increases by $50,000 each year – $1.25 million in 2017 and $1.3 million in 2018. ... Aranda’s deal ends on March 31, 2019, giving him the longest contract of any current LSU assistant. He’s the only one with a contract that spans more than two years. As FoxSports.com reported three weeks ago, Aranda’s contract does not include a clause tying him to head coach Les Miles. Every other assistant’s contract would end six months after Miles was terminated or left his job. Aranda does not have to pay a buyout if he leaves for a head coaching job. He must pay 50 percent of his remaining salary if he leaves for a non-head coaching job in the Southeastern Conference or “a Football Bowl Subdivision football program within a 500 miles radius of LSU,” the contract reads. He must pay 20 percent of his remaining salary if her were to leave for any other non-head coaching job.

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So Aranda/Texas will owe us $1.275 million

Aranda's best shot at a constant upswing of success leading to a P5 head coaching offer in the next 1-2 years is staying here with a talented defense that already knows his system. If that's what he wants, I think he stays. If he wants to be a career DC, then I would be worried, but we don't know that.

As good as he is, Texas' defense is a total overhaul in a league that will pile up numbers on him while he gets them going. It could be mid-way through year two before they start to look like what he built here in half that time. Again, it comes down to what his career trajectory is, but I most of these guys who can want to lead a program at some point. The safest and fastest path to that is staying right where he is.

What makes you think that?

Of course they can, I'm just sayin we're not left completely empty-handed... If he leaves we've got an extra $1 million to throw at our next DC.

I don't think he'd leave though.. His best/quickest Route to a HC spot is through a Championship team, and he's got a much better shot at getting a championship of some sort faster at LSU than at Texas.