Comments on: Gene Chizik Fired by Auburn; Tom O’Brien Fired by NC State

By: Milk Steak To Go

Milk Steak To Go — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:17:56 +0000

Apparently Chad Morris (OC for Clemson) is the target, and that would be a pretty decent hire.

Is Debbie Yow gonna pay him? At MD, she wasn’t know for opening the pocketbook? Clemson gave him a pretty big raise when Urban came sniffing this past winter, too.

By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo

AssaultWithAConcreteDildo — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:03:25 +0000

Yes, and if he stays with the Rams he gets to return to LA if they move. But, again, he did not say no.

By: FKU

FKU — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:59:58 +0000

Fisher makes $7M per year with full control of an organization. Auburn would be a laughable move.

By: ms621

ms621 — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:54:28 +0000

If Kevin Sumlin and Kliff Kingsbury can beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa then Saban is not invincible. Tommy Tuberville beat Saban 4 times while he was at Auburn. It’s a strong program and with the right coach can challenge Saban in the long term.

By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo

AssaultWithAConcreteDildo — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:48:10 +0000

Yes, Dye is twisting arms in support of Kirby Smart. There’s enough of a power vacuum at Auburn right now that it could make a difference.

I’m not saying that Jeff Fisher will be the coach; in fact any window for that has likely closed. But when initially asked he did not say no.

Auburn’s the best job opening, assuming Chip Kelly does not leave the Phil Knight Chair of Football Studies for the NFL. The NCAA stuff is secondary type violation stuff, and while Saban is tough, Chizik showed it was possible to win a title and recruit well at Auburn. If it turns out to be a Sonny Dykes hire, it will be because certain folks at Auburn don’t want a strong, independent coach.

By: ms621

ms621 — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:47:00 +0000

It’s still Auburn Jason. The NCAA was poking around North Carolina and if I’m not mistaken they found nothing to go after the program for. Whether you think that legitimate or not Auburn will still draw a lot of compelling names regardless of what the NCAA is sniffing at.

By: wahoowa

wahoowa — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:44:43 +0000

They’ve won less than half of the games they’ve played all time.

I didn’t say that their fans’ beliefs were rational. I just calls ‘em likes I sees ‘em.

By: starkweather

starkweather — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:40:27 +0000

we have historically been nationally competitive in football

They’ve won less than half of the games they’ve played all time.

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:39:06 +0000

they’ll get an up-and-comer from a mid-major

Sonny Dykes fits the profile, but I wouldn’t touch that style of play with a ten foot pole at Auburn.

By: wahoowa

wahoowa — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:36:20 +0000

NC State views itself as an athletic power. Their belief is “we’ve won two national championships in basketball and we have historically been nationally competitive in football, why won’t anybody give us the respect we deserve?” They can’t understand why they are always the state’s unwanted stepchild when compared to UNC.

//I note that Carolina fans generally chant “not our rival” during basketball games and that the famed UNC fight song that used to always end with “go to hell, State!” now ends with “go to hell, Duke!”

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:33:17 +0000

the Auburn opening is not a good one. Is Nick Saban leaving the state?

NCAA poking around.

they’ll get an up-and-comer from a mid-major

By: FKU

FKU — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:31:34 +0000

Jeff Fisher to Auburn? The comments on this post have jumped the shark.

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:30:12 +0000

You think Dye is not so secretly pulling the strings in the hiring process like a lot of people theorize? I’ve heard his whole “I’m just a dopey, insignificant ex-coach” routine on Finebaum, etc., but that was about as believable as his public support of Chizik.

By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo

AssaultWithAConcreteDildo — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:27:48 +0000

Jimbo’s name out there could just be his agent trying to get him more money, but consider that Auburn’s probably got better facilities and can pay him more. He “supposedly” is not happy with some of the old guard boosters who think that the team should be playing for a title this year. He also is playing in a conference that may be a sinking ship. He’s also got an Auburn background and is friends with a couple of influential Auburn boosters.

By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo

AssaultWithAConcreteDildo — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:23:53 +0000

I agree that there is little chance Jeff Fisher leaves the NFL at this time, though the argument is that his son is on the team and he’s had another kid graduate from Auburn. I think there is/was some interest, but the major holdup was Fisher demanding a lot of independence, perhaps even bringing in his own choice for athletic director.

Smart would be a strange hire – a UGA grad with a background as a Bama assistant. Last time Auburn went that route, they hired Pat Dye… who supports Smart.

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:20:27 +0000

Jimbo? Is there something I don’t know about him and FSU because he already has a better job?

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:18:39 +0000

No chance they get Jeff Fisher. If he wanted to go to college he’d wait another year and take the SC job. I don’t know the Auburn-Alabama dynamic. Would they stoop to hiring Saban’s protege?

By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo

AssaultWithAConcreteDildo — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:12:14 +0000

Roof rarely got to run his own D while at Auburn. Van Gorder had been given more control.

Aside from Petrino, others getting a look will be Jimbo Fisher, Malzahn, and Kirby Smart. Also, Jeff Fisher.

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:05:54 +0000

love how the first 2 comments are in complete contrast.

By: NittanyGolfer

NittanyGolfer — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:04:52 +0000

When he got hired at PSU the Google Machine told me that no one at Auburn or UCF was sad to see him go.