next head coach be? Our fate is in his hands. Its a scary to think about what could happen to the program now.

1. Butch Davis
2. Brian Kelly
3. Turner Gill
4. Charlie Strong
5. Bobby Petrino (OK, not really, but I figured I needed a fifth)

It IS a sad day for all Auburn fans that Tubbs is not going to get his chance to turn things around. I am really surprised that this happened, for as critical as I have been about the way he handled the season, I really thought he would be back. I really don’t think it was the intention of Jacobs to fire Tubs if it took this long to make a decision. I can only surmise Tubs was not willing to make the changes on the coaching staff that Jacobs wanted and that led to him being shown the door.

That being said I don’t see a reason for all the handwringing. Who would want to coach at Auburn? Oh, just about any good up and coming coach looking for an opportunity to prove himself in the toughest conference in America. Auburn isn’t the best job out there but its pretty damn good all the same. I don’t understand why everyone thinks this is such a no win situation. Who was Nich Saban before he went to LSU? Les Miles? Mark Richt? Pete Carrol for gosh sakes was considered a shaky choice at USC when he took over. Is Bill Cowher chomping at the bit to come to the Plains? No, but there are several good coaches that would love to be a Tiger.

Mike Leach has said he is interested if the job is open….well it is now.

I just hope they don’t try to hire a glamour coach for the sake of getting a name. We have been awful lucky with our past few hires to get guys who were very successful during their tenure. Whoever they bring in needs to be a strong organizational guy who brings discipline and a strong work ethic to the team, not just a fancy offensive style.

That’s not entirely accurate, but it’s the answer most like how I feel. I feel on the fence. I see both sides of the issue. I don’t really have an opinion.

I really wish we could yank Muschamp back from Texas and name him head coach. I think he has the excitement in the energy we need at the moment. I know this is wishful thinking, but does anyone else agree?

Also, Petrino is NOT the answer. AT ALL. I will be extremely unhappy if he gets hired.

It is days like this that make me want to take my diploma off my office wall and stick it in a drawer somewhere…

bought the firejayjacobs.com site yet?

His wife came on sports call and said that Steve was out of town recruiting and just happened to be sitting in Raymond Cotton’s living room when she texted him that tommy got fired. What do you think that Raymond’s family had to say about that as Ensminger was leaving their house? Idiots! Who the hell made this decision knowing how it was going to reflect on these recruits. Especially considering that you firing people that are sitting in living rooms when you do it. Morons! Please God hit Jay Jacobs with lightning.

UNBELIEVABLE! Who in their right mind would coach at Auburn after the way Tubberville was treated?!!!! One bad season and he is out! Give me a break! Get ready for several more bad seasons as someone tries to come in and salvage the program after this. The AD and certain AU trustees need a reality check. Tommy Tubberville has done great things at Auburn and would continue to do so. This has been a witch hunt for years. I hope those folks making these decisions are happy. He’ll have a job tonight and that University will be lucky to have him! Other than DABO SWINNEY, I can’t think of one coach that could fill Tubberville’s shoes. God Bless HIM and his family!

I have defended him most of the year but this is for the best… as long as we don’t have this “is our coach going to stay or go” situation after every year during heavy recruiting periods. Tubberville was just apparently not a guy that the BOT liked and they were bound and determined to fight with him. THAT was not good for the university.

I wish Tubs all the best and I hope he ends up at Clemson loaded up with a ton of talent and some more fire under his ass to succeed. Good luck Tubs.

I’m ready to hear your thoughts .

…I find this shocking. A bad year this year, certainly, but after all the good he’s done he doesn’t even get the benefit of one bad year? Am I missing something? Is there more to this story?

Good luck with the hire. I’m now kind of wishing that our administration hadn’t been in such a hurry to name a coach, as I would be thrilled to have Tuberville in Manhattan. Alas, our administration is incompetent right now, thus the only thing we get that even resembles a “coaching search” is our good ol’ boy admins calling up Bill Snyder and begging him to come back.

Consider this: Jeff Lebo has not turned the basketball Tigers around like we had hoped. We will be paying Tuberville $6 million over the course of the next year, on top of whatever we pay our next coach and his staff. Will it be too expensive to buy out Lebo and hire a new coach?

Tubs is a defensive guy and has had so many different defensive coordinators over the yearsand still his defenses have been consistently good if not great. I have to give him credit for that. Not scoring points has been a big problem, but I still think he deserved another year to fix the offense.

Amy Ensminger told Inside the Auburn Tigers Radio this afternoon that, “she was afraid that some Auburn people aren’t going to be happy until the Tigers start recruiting like Nick Saban does at Alabama by putting money into the hands of recruits.”

Is she publicly accusing Saban of recruiting players with money? I hope Saban’s attorney gets a hold of that statement and sues her blind. I can’t believe she would be dumb enough to defame a public figure on a radio show.

[/ducks and runs for cover]

Has anyone given serious thought that he might have wanted to be fired/forced to resign?
Hey, $6 million isn’t chump change. Maybe he just wanted the money and retire and take life easy. MOST people would be VERY comfortable with that amount! Yes, he has been a great coach for AU. BUT, what has he done for us lately? Hello! We’ve gone steadily downhill since 2004. Problem is who will replace him. Don’t know. BUT, don’t think he had it in his heart to bring us back. Just my opinion. More I think about it, more I think he wanted to be fired/forced to resign. Oh, the article I read said that neither state or University funds would be used for his “buyout”. Hmmmm., wonder what deep pockets are responsible for that. This is supposedly from the new conference:
“The buyout portion of Tuberville’s contract will be fulfilled, from which no state or university funds will be used. All assistant and contractual staff will be paid according to their respective contracts.”

Oh well, may be the same sources would like to bailout GM, Ford and Chrysler!

Damn, didn’t know Colonial was doing good enough to foot this bill!

WAR EAGLE!!!

…..is one of the WORST choices. Tell me, Auburn folks, how you’re going to feel when LSU, Bama, Georgia, and any other top echelon teams are putting up 60 points on us?

…..Jimmy Rane sells wood. Construction supplies. How much stuff do you think he’s selling after the housing/banking collapse? Drive into Auburn through Shug Jordan Parkway, and you’ll see abandoned development after abandoned development. They all have “for sale” signs up, and no work being done.

And die-hard SEC fans were convinced that his spread offense could not work against their vaunted defenses. Well, a National Title and a couple of SEC titles later, I think its safe to say that a spread offense can be very successful in the SEC. I watched several Auburn games this year, and the one thing I couldn’t believe was how horrendous your quarterback play was. I couldn’t believe that a program with as much history and tradition as Auburn couldn’t do better at the most important position on the field.

If you guys want a guy who can implement a successful spread offense and develop talent at the offensive skill positions, Mike Leach is the way to go. As a Texas fan, I’ll say that every season I hate playing Texas Tech. The guy is a great coach that has never been able to get enough talent in Lubbock to become a dominant program. That isn’t a knock on his recruiting, it’s a knock on Lubbock. That program has a ceiling, and Leach has hit it. At Auburn, I feel that he would be incredibly successful. You guys would suffer for one year, as he put in his system, but he would have you guys in contention in his second year.

I can’t believe how much some people on here seem to dislike him and feel that his offensive success is some kind of fluke because Big 12 defenses aren’t that great. Look at Florida. How many times did they hang 50+ on an SEC team this year? To say Leach’s offense won’t succeed in the SEC because of one poor showing in a Cotton Bowl is ridiculous. His offense has finished in the Top 6 in the nation in total offense every year for 9 straight years and he has done it against some stellar defenses (Nebraska before the collapse, OU, Texas, etc.).