When Auburn coach Gus Malzahn hired Chip Lindsey, he made it clear that the new offensive coordinator would have more control than his predecessor Rhett Lashlee. Apparently, that applies to more than just X’s and O’s and play-calling.

According to Tom Green of AL.com, Lindsey will allow Auburn quarterbacks to work with outside quarterback coaches, a reversal of a Malzahn policy.

“I don’t have a problem with it, and most of the guys they work with, or the few that they do, I know them anyway and I communicate with them,” Lindsey said. “I don’t have a problem with them trying to go and get better.”

Lindsey noted that at Arizona State his quarterbacks worked with private coaches. A couple quarterback gurus may be expecting to get calls from Auburn quarterbacks in the offseason.

As Green notes, multiple Tigers signal-callers have previous relationships with private coaches. Sean White worked with Ken Mastrole from eighth grade through his senior year of high school. Jarrett Stidham previously worked with Trenton Kirklin, the co-founder of Dynasty Mechanics. One sign of the policy was that freshman Malik Willis has been training with private quarterback coach Sean McEvoy of Premier Quarterback Training since August.

John Franklin III trained with private quarterback coach Oliver Boseman last summer. Malzahn allowed it since Boseman was not getting paid.