Auburn Fans Confront the AD
As most of you probably know, Auburn's apparently hired Gene Chizik, a man that went 5-19 in two seasons at Iowa State. The link below is of the Auburn fans letting Jacobs know how they feel, the second his private jet touches down. Classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7TxIMAwc1k
December 13th, 2008 at 11:17 PM ^
i have no idea y u would hire him. 5-19 ouch.
December 13th, 2008 at 11:19 PM ^
can't say i disagree with anything that guy was saying. any of those people would be better candidates than gene "i went 5-19 in two years at ISU" chizik. IMO of course.
December 14th, 2008 at 12:24 AM ^
That's so classic.
December 14th, 2008 at 12:32 AM ^
at first i was dissapointed it was only one guy instead of like 100 but then i decided its really funny that one auburn fan was so angry that he went and heckled his own AD by himself
December 14th, 2008 at 2:35 AM ^
30 years out the door. How do we feel? This is a stupid hire. How far are we from the muck and the mire. Curb your enthusiam.
December 14th, 2008 at 8:55 AM ^
Hey Herby says its an excellent hire so that has to count for something doesn't it? We all know what excellent insider sources he has....
December 14th, 2008 at 11:11 AM ^
you're kidding right?
December 14th, 2008 at 3:20 PM ^
Look at the link for yourself on espn. He was talking about how he is great for the next face of the program and how he played a big part of their 12-0 season as their d-coordinator. Also, they are good friends so Herby is being wayyy biased.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:04 PM ^
I think I was more referring to the "insider sources" joke. Which I was assuming was a joke. Unless it's not. I don't know anymore.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:09 PM ^
My bad I hate talking in type. But yea I was joking.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:59 PM ^
No Herbie really said it was a good hire last night. Raved about it actually.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:15 PM ^
I'm sort of sad. I like Auburn, because they (on good days) strangle the life out of opposing offenses and didn't seem to overly subscribe to "ESS EEE SEE SPEED" or "the SEC is and always has been the greatest conference period" myths. Plus they've been such sinister season-destroyers for promising SEC teams in the past. Personally, I hope Auburn finds some success with Chizik, at least so Ed Pastilong at WVU maintains his stranglehold on the position of "worst hire under pressure".
December 14th, 2008 at 3:15 PM ^
Alright though, let's be honest, if you take away his career at ISU and only looked at his experience/success as a defensive coordinator, then we'd likely say it is a much better hire. The guy DID do a good job at Auburn/Texas in regards to defense, and so maybe it's just the fact that NO ONE will have success at ISU. Certainly there were probably better choices, but it's not inconceivable that they did this.
December 14th, 2008 at 4:23 PM ^
Yes, I think the backlash has been a little too biased... Iowa State has long been a backwater and an aberration under Mccarney doesn't change that. This guy has serious upside, and did win a national championship as a DC.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:36 PM ^
Iowa State has had 10 winning seasons in 40 years
lol @ video. Auburn's AD clearly had his feathers ruffled. props to random yelling dude
December 14th, 2008 at 4:06 PM ^
That's a little misleading. ISU had actually had something like five winning seasons in the previous six years under McCarney. (Why they forced McCarney out is a real mystery.) They regularly beat Iowa head-to-head. Their program was in respectable enough shape to attract Chizik - who, at the time, was one of the hottest assistants in the country. No one saw a 5-19 collapse coming.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:57 PM ^
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
December 14th, 2008 at 10:04 PM ^
That's the spirit. Boo him until he's good!
December 14th, 2008 at 10:10 PM ^
AND THEN TURN AROUND AND EXCLAIM "I ALWAYS KNEW HE'D BE A GOOD COACH!"
December 15th, 2008 at 2:06 PM ^
I wonder if Chizik is the only guy who took the job because the coach has to put up with so much shit from that one infamous booster.
December 15th, 2008 at 3:41 PM ^
I keep hearing about how there's "booster interference" at Auburn. I don't get it. What exactly do the boosters want from the coach? Lots of access to the players? Or input in actual coaching decisions?