I agree 100%. I don’t blame Tuberville for leaving. Auburn has treated him like crap since he arrived.

As I watch the articles roll in about the immediate crumble of a stellar recruiting class, I have to wonder if Jacobs is just that stupid not to already have someone in mind. Can he seriously thinks he knows what’s better for this program than his head coach did?

Each season he put respectable players on the field and put us in contention. All except this one season. How can a man be so short sighted? In that position as much as any at the University you represent so much more than the kids on the field and the BOT. You put yourself in the middle of a huge show every fall that is College Football. This happens and immediately the pundits are out blasting Auburn. We all take it personally.

The more and more I think about it the more absurd it seems. Look at this man’s record. Look at the GPA’s of the kids, and their ability to stay out of trouble, and (oh by the way) their success on the field.

Don’t tell me you’re going to roll the dice with a guy like Mike Leach who has done a stellar job but just now has built his program. Don’t tell me you’re considering Petrino after the bitter taste we all have and his ridiculous resume. Don’t tell me we’re going to Cincinnati to take a flyer on someone else new.

So my question to our fearless leader Jacobs is: Find me a coach with a better resume than Tuberville. At that point I still will hate the way you have shaped Auburn in the media, and the poor way you handled this.

But at least if you find someone clearly better, I’ll know you’re at the very least minimally competent to handle this job. You at least had a plan. You at least had foresight. To be an AD, you aren’t waking up wondering who your coach will be next season.

Show me that, otherwise I’d ask you to kindly take your bloated paycheck and retire.

I had the same thoughts about Tuberville for AD last year when they ran off Muschamp, who should have been named coach in waiting at Auburn rather than Texas. The correct move would have been to promote Muschamp to head coach in a few years, boot Jacobs, and put Tuberville in as AD. He runs the football team like a CEO, he would make a great AD, and I believe the Vince Dooley days of holding both positions at the same time are probably gone. Leach would be the exciting choice, which may or may not work out. Talk about an identity crisis, going from Defense oriented to defense not needed….a Petrino hire could prompt an all out revolt…I have always been a big supporter of Tuberville, but it may be time for a change, regardless, the situation was completely mishandled as usual and it leaves you thinking – why would a coach willingly subject themselves to this, who would want to come here now? sure there are lots of coaches who want a job in the SEC, but are we being set up as a stepping stone for bigger and better jobs by doing this. I know it’s hard to admit, but despite our success in recent years, there are a lot of other schools that historically speaking have a better track record than Auburn. This debacle is an embarrasment to the loyal fans of Auburn University, but as they say, this too shall pass.

War Eagle Anyway, good riddance 2008 bring on 2009!

I just cannot believe that Jay Jacobs and Auburn would treat CTT this way. After all that he has done for this program this is the way he is treated. I dont blame CTT for leaving. I wish him the best and I just pray that we can find someone as good as him, but I doubt it. I also think it is funny that CTT wanted to go to the spread and tried to, but it blew up in his face. So what is Jay Jacob’s answer for our program ? Lets go hire another spread guru. Good thinking Jay.

A buddy of mine who’s wife teaches with a niece of the coaching staff said that Jacobs asked him to fire his entire staff and start over. Since tuberville has a soul, he couldnt do that, nor did he want to start from scratch after ten years of the plains.

I think it’s time for another one.

We (unfortunately, Jacobs and the board represent the Auburn family of which I am a scholarship donor alum) made a terrible decision to remove Tubs. I always have believed Auburn football was much more than wins and losses. Tubs has run a quality program, recruited good people who have gone to class and achieved, and the players have not put themselves in the police blotter. Try to find that success story at most other SEC football programs.

Sure, Tubs appears to have made mistakes, as we all do. He probably did not brown nose the power brokers and Jacobs enough, gambled on too many coordinators, and kept his non-coordinator assistants too long. He deserved a chance to rectify that problem – our decision to fire him sends the wrong message about what college athletics should be – that being competing honestly and shaping young people’s lives by giving them an opportunity. Unfortunately, the deed is done and I thank OUR Coach Tubs for 10 great years.

As far as OUR future coach, let’s be honest. We do not have enough info about each person to decide. My 2 cents worth is that merely from wins and losses, we should consider Brian Kelly, regardless of his comments about staying @ Cincinnati. He has been a winner everywhere he has been. Also, Turner Gill would be a fallback in my eyes. Hopefully they both are quality people, like Tubs. Lastly, Leach from Texas Tech would be a disaster – running a pass happy, gimmick offense and a strange personality – a LOUSY fit on the Plains. We already failed this year with a gimmick offense; let’s not go down that same road with Leach.

I can only hope that Jacobs makes a quality choice (Brian Kelly) – his job is on the line with this hire. May our wounded spirits heal.

War Damn Eagle !!!!!!!!

Here are some recent words from Tuberville, posted in an ariticle by Charles Goldberg at:

http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2008/12/tuberville_says_he_has_no_anom.html

On Auburn and a family life:

``I’m not in any hurry to do anything. I want to stay in Auburn. My kids love it here, so does my wife. We have a lot of friends. Eventually, I’ll have to get a job, go back to work. I’ll look at several different options. I’m not saying what it will be and what it’s going to be. I’m going to turn back into a husband and father, which I haven’t been much of the last 15 years. This is going to give me a chance to go to a lot of high school basketball games. Suzanne and I can travel a little bit, go out to dinner. Again, I’m not in a hurry to do anything.’’

On staying in Auburn:

``I’m going to work a little bit with Dr. Gogue and see if there’s anything he wants me to do. I’m an Auburn person and I believe in this school. They’ve done a lot more for me than I’ve done for them, so I’m going to try to give back as much as I can as long as I’m not really doing anything. But I’m not going to be in the way. You’re not going to hear from me much publicly.’’

On his future:

``This will be a good time for me to sit back and count my blessings for what we’ve had and look to the future and do as much as I can for the people here, and make a plan for the next 10-15 years.

``I fully intend to coach. I’m not going to jump into any situation. I want to do what’s best for family, and for opportunites. I’ll sit back and evaluate, probably through the holidays, to see the direction I need to go. Right now, I want to help the healing process, if there needs to be, with me leaving. I’m not saying people are disappointed I’m leaving, but anytime there’s a change, there could be a division. We’ve had huge support. We’re fortunate, very blessed, to have been here 10 years.’’

War Eagle!

I have heard that 4 recruits have already decommitted…will y’all put up an article about the state of our (previously) 26 verbals?