his leverage is that if he's not extended recruiting goes to shit and the new guy has nothing. that being said i fully expect him to be fired.
If Currie gives him an extension for anything other than an SEC Championship, then he needs to be shit canned right along with Butch.
We gave a hell of a raise/extension to Fulmer mere weeks after being blown apart by Bama and Florida. Honestly, if you looked at his year by year record and then at the contract, we pretty much gave him a lifetime contract.