Is Auburn serious?

[Babs]

He was their D-coordinator for the 2004 team that went undefeated, he was also Texas D-coordinator when teams played Defense in the Big 12. For some reason Auburn thinks he didnt have a lot to work with up in Ames, so they are going to give him a shot with real talent.

Right, but Les Miles and Urban Meyer and others have shown that a good coach should be able to improve a struggling team immediately, even with sub-par talent. Aside from previous affiliation with the school, I can't see any justification for this hire. It reminds me a little of A&M's hire last year.

[RockyBalboa]

So they're doing this because he's an "Auburn Guy"?

This is a head scratching hire to say the least.

Then again, Ames, Iowa is probably the Logan, Utah of Big 12 Football, in that no one can really win there.

[Surfah]

Auburn is just like so many teams in college and the pros who fire their coach without anybody in line to take over. The firing of Tuberville is one of the worst management decisions in sports in recent memory.

[Coach McGuirk]

Auburn is just like so many teams in college and the pros who fire their coach without anybody in line to take over. The firing of Tuberville is one of the worst management decisions in sports in recent memory.

Tuberville quit. At least from everything I have read. They tried to convince him to stay.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3744885

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

[CJF]

Tuberville quit. At least from everything I have read. They tried to convince him to stay.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3744885

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

That's the public story, but who pays over $5 million to someone who quits? Auburn was not obligated to give him a penny if he quit. He was forced out and everyone knows it.

[Babs]

That's the public story, but who pays over $5 million to someone who quits? Auburn was not obligated to give him a penny if he quit. He was forced out and everyone knows it.

yeah. I've read repeatedly that he was fired. I don't have a problem with that if you're going to bring in somebody better, but this is a step backward, if you ask me.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

So they're doing this because he's an "Auburn Guy"?

This is a head scratching hire to say the least.

Then again, Ames, Iowa is probably the Logan, Utah of Big 12 Football, in that no one can really win there.

Iowa State was at least competitive under the last coach most years, why did they fire him?

[SteelBlue]

Whatever happened to that kid? WHat a weird story that was.

SI recently did an update on him. He's playing at a JC right now. They said it's not out of the question that he'll make a DI roster somewhere when he's done at the JC level but that he has a lot of work to do. They mentioned that he was very embarrassed and hoped to resurrect his dignity by making it to the next level.

[New Mexican Disaster]

As a Bama fan I applaud the hiring of Gene Chizik, perhaps he will prove us wrong, but when I hear his name it sounds an awful lot like Mike Shula and Mike DuBose.

I have heard that Turner Gill was discounted because he didn't have SEC experience. The whole conference needs to get over itself.

[RockyBalboa]

Iowa State was at least competitive under the last coach most years, why did they fire him?

If by competitive you mean winning 6 or 7 games and once in a blue moon upsetting a Top 25 team, then okay.

[MartyFunkhouser]

As a Bama fan I applaud the hiring of Gene Chizik, perhaps he will prove us wrong, but when I hear his name it sounds an awful lot like Mike Shula and Mike DuBose.

I have heard that Turner Gill was discounted because he didn't have SEC experience. The whole conference needs to get over itself.

Auburn is absolutely correct. No way you can be a successful coach in the SEC without SEC experience.

Signed,

Urban Meyer

[Donuthole]

If by competitive you mean winning 6 or 7 games and once in a blue moon upsetting a Top 25 team, then okay.

Competitive is relative. Compared to what they've been doing the last 2 years, calling 6-7 wins "competitive" is almost an understatement.

[CJF]

As a Bama fan I applaud the hiring of Gene Chizik, perhaps he will prove us wrong, but when I hear his name it sounds an awful lot like Mike Shula and Mike DuBose.

I have heard that Turner Gill was discounted because he didn't have SEC experience. The whole conference needs to get over itself.

Translation......Auburn doesn't want a non-white head coach.

[Babs]

The whole conference needs to get over itself.

No kidding.

What's the over under on this guy? If it's anything more than two years, I'll take the under.

[Surfah]

This is Jacobs arriving back home after signing Chizik.

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