…..has more lives than a cat! This time last year, he was dead in the water with embarrassing losses non-con. What followed was inspired SEC play with an undermanned squad, and a near-miss on the NCAA tourney.

…..After Saturday’s shocker, I wonder if this season will be any different? My god. How do you go from being a brick-throwing cadre of clowns, to shooting 70+ percent against KY in the second half? I’d love to see Lebo do this BEFORE the chips are down, please!

and not done anything? I know our facilitys suck but thats going to change but will lebo be there or are we scouting a new coach

to be proactive with the raises and not wait until another school comes calling. Jay Jacobs stated after Tubs departure that hiring a new coach wouldn’t be a money problem. Well, let’s spend some now and keep the staff intact. Just my two cents.

I wouldn’t cry too much if he took off. I like CGM’s off the wall approach and willingness to try risky plays to catch the defense off guard….HOOOWWWEEEVVVAAA…..CGM made some really questionable play calls at the end of several games last year (Kentucky comes immediately to mind) and I absolutely hate the hurry up/Meercat offense when we have a lead or our defense just got off the field against a long drive. He needs to use his head when running the hurry up. We have to give our defense time to catch their breath and burn clock sometimes and the Meercat does us no favors in that regard. I would like to see CGM change things up and run the hurry up off a pass completion, a long run, or when going from 2nd to 3rd down, not EVERY play. I would like to see us get a 1st down at least before they start pushing up tempo so that we don’t go three and out and use up 1:07 on the clock.
If we DO lose Malzhan, I am sure that with the weapons we have on the ground at Auburn we will get a talented OC….. and to be quite honest I think with the talent we have and talent coming to Auburn that it might be better served in a more traditional offense. I know that recruits like the run’n gun of the spread offense and that you can stack up some gaudy stats, but if you have the talent you CAN NOT BEAT A TRADITIONAL offense. For evidence, see our hated rivals to the north and the 2004 Tigers. Cameron Newton, with our stable of running backs and maturing wide receivers has a chance to be better than Jason Campbell was in ’04. Lord knows he has the arm strength.
Whoever our OC in in 2010, he is going to have a good time on game day I suspect.

Oh, and Lebo needs to go. I like him, he’s a good guy but if we want to be anything more than average we’re going to have to take a chance on a new hire. You know what you are getting with Lebo, spurts of exiciting inspired play surrounded by lengthy periods or uninspired mediocrity. I don’t think anybody at Auburn thinks that is worth wasting another season on. But if the administration kept him I wouldn’t blame them. I do think he might be able to build a stable program EVENTUALLY. But the problem is how much longer do we have to wait.

Terry Bowden considered for LA Tech

I still say we don’t lose anything by giving him one more year to coach his first good recruiting class. Let’s see what he can do with recruits and the new arena.

Your defense of Lebo is “getting a little stale.” Haha, just kidding with you man. I too find it hard to oust him this year, though the more games we lose the more difficult it becomes to defend his job performance. If we win 4 or fewer SEC games this year, I think Auburn will be hard pressed to keep him on board no matter what the circumstances are right now.

the days of moral victories are over for Lebo. He has had 6 seasons to get Auburn into a respectable position, and our only postseason run in all 6 seasons ended with a loss to Baylor in the NIT quarterfinals — and that was in arguably the most down season in recent memory for the SEC. And I’m sorry, but he cannot use the excuse of poor facilities. Nell Fortner has been able to recruit just fine to Beard-Eaves. I say new arena, new coach. Our men’s team needs someone who has a drive to win, much like Fortner.

we can give Lebo one more with the only recruiting class that has any resemblence to an improvement to the program. And let’s not forget that Tommy Joe Eagles was successful everywhere but AU and was on probation for his first 3 seasons at AU due to the mess that Sonny Smith left us with (not that it was all Smith’s fault but he shouldered the blame). And also don’t forget that if we change coaches that the recruiting class that Lebo has already signed dissolves on the spot. Lebo’s excuse has been recruiting due to facilities all I am saying is give him one year to see if he’s right. And there is no way you can compare the success of the womens team to the men’s…….the womens teams are not competing for NBA talent and the University has more to do with their choice. The NBA has made it tougher on Universities to recruit……most want to go to University to be seen and evaluated for the NBA draft as soon as possible and an education is the last worry (sad but true). Give Lebo one more year with his good recruiting class.