So I am Auburn's Athletic Director Jay Jacobs, I ran out Tommy Tuberville who averages 8.5 wins a year in 10 years at Aubrn and I go with Gene Chizik whose won 5 games in two years!
Chizik is the classic definition of a great coordinator (won a national championship with Texas and had an unbeaten year with Auburn) but he is not a good coach. I bet the fans of Iowa State are thanking the Tigers for getting this guy away from the program. How on earth could you hire this guy over Brady Hoke, or Turner Gill who seem like the wiser choices.
Granted, this was a job that no big name wanted because he would have to compete in-state with Nick Saban and the SEC has recently been a firing range if you have one bad season- Hard to believe people are pissed about Les Miles after winning a National Championship last year! But still, these two MAC guys would have took this job any day of the week.
Now Auburn alum Charles Barkley thinks its all about race because Turner Gill is an African-American. I really hate when race is brought into the whole mix but you really do have to wonder why Gill wasnt the obvious choice for the job. He rebuilt a non-existent Buffalo program, enough said.
I dont if its about race, its just whoever the boosters want.
-Charlie.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Auburn Makes a Big Mistake
Why on earth did you fire Tommy Tuberville?
Auburn just made a drastic move that will come with them not succeeding for a couple years because I really dont see a coach that can make it better than what Tuberville did at Auburn. Lets take a look... 85 wins in 10 years, 7-3 against Alabama, 5-5 against Georgia/LSU which are two other big rivals of Auburn. He also has been very successful in bowl games so its not like he is slacking there neither. He was a pretty solid recruiter bringing in guys like Cadillac Williams, Ronnie Brown, and Marcus McNeil. Where learning doesnt happen (the SEC) he had 2o players with at least 3.0s and had a pretty good graduation rate. You never heard about the Tigers getting into much trouble because Tuberville held them to a high standard.
Auburn has always seemed to not be the fondest of Coach Tuberville as they set up meetings with Bobby Petrino in 2003 with the chance that Tuberville was getting the axed. Every year it seems like you hear Auburn or Clemson's coaches are on the hot seat and would you look at that, both go this year. The boosters want a "Nick Saban" hiring and I am sorry you will not get that Auburn, they arent tops in the SEC for coaching jobs see Bama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia.
The SEC is a big revolving door because if I was Mississippi State, I would already have a job offer ready for Tuberville. Do what the other team in Mississippi did, clean up the mistakes of your rivals. Look at Ole Miss, hired Houston Nutt and got them to a bowl game (First time since 2003). This coaching pattern in the SEC will drive some coaches away, I will guarantee that.
Best of luck to Tuberville and for Auburn better hope someone has some NFL connections.
-Charlie.
Auburn just made a drastic move that will come with them not succeeding for a couple years because I really dont see a coach that can make it better than what Tuberville did at Auburn. Lets take a look... 85 wins in 10 years, 7-3 against Alabama, 5-5 against Georgia/LSU which are two other big rivals of Auburn. He also has been very successful in bowl games so its not like he is slacking there neither. He was a pretty solid recruiter bringing in guys like Cadillac Williams, Ronnie Brown, and Marcus McNeil. Where learning doesnt happen (the SEC) he had 2o players with at least 3.0s and had a pretty good graduation rate. You never heard about the Tigers getting into much trouble because Tuberville held them to a high standard.
Auburn has always seemed to not be the fondest of Coach Tuberville as they set up meetings with Bobby Petrino in 2003 with the chance that Tuberville was getting the axed. Every year it seems like you hear Auburn or Clemson's coaches are on the hot seat and would you look at that, both go this year. The boosters want a "Nick Saban" hiring and I am sorry you will not get that Auburn, they arent tops in the SEC for coaching jobs see Bama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia.
The SEC is a big revolving door because if I was Mississippi State, I would already have a job offer ready for Tuberville. Do what the other team in Mississippi did, clean up the mistakes of your rivals. Look at Ole Miss, hired Houston Nutt and got them to a bowl game (First time since 2003). This coaching pattern in the SEC will drive some coaches away, I will guarantee that.
Best of luck to Tuberville and for Auburn better hope someone has some NFL connections.
-Charlie.
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