A lot of coaches in the SEC could be on the hot seat this upcoming season: Auburn's Gus Malzahn, Tennessee's Butch Jones, Ole Miss's Hugh Freeze... however, Paul Finebaum believe the man in the biggest trouble is Kevin Sumlin at Texas A&M, and Finebaum partially blames the school's own athletic director for currently thinking that.
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The one who is on the hottest seat thanks to his own boss is Kevin Sumlin at Texas A&M.
Four weeks ago at SEC spring meetings, Scott Woodward — the athletic director — answered a very pedestrian question from me, I thought. "What's the situation with Coach Sumlin?"
"He better win."
That might be worse than the old "dreaded vote of confidence".
Sumlin is 44-21 in five seasons at Texas A&M, which is a respectable record in a vacuum. However, the Aggies have gone 8-5 in each of the past three seasons, which is notable considering that all three of those Texas A&M teams started 5-0 or better in each of those seasons.
The SEC West schedule is difficult, but finishing three straight seasons by going 3-5 (or worse) isn't going to work for most SEC head coaches for very long.
Texas A&M will open the season with a rare Sunday college football game at UCLA on Sept. 3.
