I’m going to pull out some of the salient comments from this article for people to read. This is scary stuff.

Here are some excerpts down below:

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What the hell Auburn is thinking is anybody’s guess.

And who cares. Because it just unburdened Iowa State of its most unprepared, overmatched and incompetent head coach of the modern era.

The red flags began popping up almost immediately. When Chizik said that winning is hard everywhere – that it was hard to win at Texas and Auburn, too – you knew he had no comprehension of the task at hand.

It’s not hard to win at Texas or Auburn; it’s hard to lose.

And when he made the players spend 20 minutes of the first spring practice of 2007 precisely lining up their helmets, you wondered if a real life Captain Queeg hadn’t taken over the ISU football program.

Chizik’s game day performance speaks for itself and his Saturday state of confusion was boderline comical, if you subscribe to the idea that it’s better to laugh than to cry. He might someday have the mental capacity to manage a game as head coach, but it’s not there yet. The next opposing coach that Chizik outsmarts will be the first. Without superior athletes, he was rendered impotent as a coach and when all three phases became his ultimate responsibility, he gagged on it. Chizik coordinated defenses at Auburn and Texas; but as a head coach, all he coordinated was disarray. The Cyclone sideline resembled a fire drill more often than not in crucial situations and the number of delay of game penalties and wasted time outs that could be attributed to him and his staff was a career’s worth, not two season’s worth.

But when you consider the games that his Iowa State teams choked away against very beatable opponents these last two autumns, even better players might not have mattered. Because the players he had at Iowa State were collectively good enough to go .500 or better in each of his two seasons in Ames. He and his coaching staff were the problem, not the players. Had the coaches been as good as the players, ISU would have won more games. Even if the players were horrible – say 5-19 horrible – that still means that Chizik and his staff generated a grand total of zero wins with their talent. The players, of course, were not 5-19 horrible, which means the reality is that Chizik and staff cost Iowa State victories as opposed to making them happen.

The real story of the last two days was the Chizik was not up to the task and he knew it. As did many of us. It’s nothing short of a blessing that Auburn took him off Iowa State’s hands. It was quick and painless and just gives ISU a one-year head start on cleaning up the mess that Chizik created. He never hesitated to let people know how much work there was to be done and what a bad situation he stepped into. Well, the next guy will have it a lot worse, thanks entirely to Chizik. But the next guy will probably be a lot better head coach, so it’s still a net gain for Iowa State.

It’s Auburn’s problem now. While he has a better chance of winning in general there – because he’ll have better players – he’ll be up against it in a job where so much is riding on one rivalry game a year. Beating Alabama trumps all else at Auburn and Nick Saban will probably floss with Gene Chizik on an annual basis. It’s a coaching mismatch of epic proportions. I mean, if Mike Sanford and Tom Amstutz and Doug Martin hand you your lunch with inferior talent, what’s Saban going to do with superior talent? When the clock ticks down to 0:00 on future Iron Bowls, there will be nothing left to do but I.D. the Auburn bodies.

Good luck, Auburn, you’ll need it.

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But, I wish you could take him back. I’d like to know how much we’re going to pay this loser.

with an email sent to Gogue today. He said he purposely said “Mr. Chizik” versus “Coach Chizik” because he doesn’t view Chizik worthy of being called a coach with regard to Auburn’s football team.
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Dr. Gogue’s,
 
I am writing this with great hopes that the reports of the hiring of Mr. Chizik are false. I had planned to write you to let you know of my extreme displeasure concerning the fact that Chizik was given the honor of being granted a interview. I was shocked that a man who made such negative comments about Auburn as he abruptly exited for Texas would actually be interviewed. Now it is being reported that he will be our next head coach. Until I know for sure I am going to believe that those in charge at the University I love so much could never be this moronic.
 
If this report is true I make a promise to you. I will turn in my season tickets, I will no longer support Auburn financially, and I will help in any efforts to assure that the ones responsible for this action are removed from Auburn forever.
 
In this time of financial trouble you will find many will discover other uses for their money rather than giving it to a University who couldn’t care less about their alumni.
 
Sincerely,
 
XXXXXXXX
 
Class of 1982

But Chizik has done little to earn the respect you so willingly want to give him. Just b/c you settle, doesn’t mean everyone else can’t be upset about the hire.

Saying doesn’t get it done. He has to run on his record as a head coach and it is pathetic to say the least. He is supposed to be a defensive genius and Iowa State gave up huge points. He played against horrible teams and lost big to them. He is supposed to be a good recruiter yet didn’t bring much to Iowa State, in fact, he has a reputation of being ice cold. That will win over Mom and Pop. No, this is a horrible choice. We are an Auburn family and our daughter is attending there now, but we call them as we see them.