The Natives Are Getting Restless In Auburn
AwfulAnnouncing —
The reaction of the Auburn faithful to the hiring of Gene Chizik as head coach has been nothing short of an overwhelming tide of bile directed at athletic director Jay Jacobs. Track 'Em Tigers has been in shock and the c ...
Merry Chizikmas!
Roll 'Bama Roll —
... hopefully i'll have killed so many braincells that i'll forget how much i care about Auburn football when i wake up and i'll be able to move on with my life without ever worrying about silly sh*t like national titles and respect and winning football games.
And, for a far more detailed and passionate examination into the reaction of those damned to haunt the plains I offer the following links to relevant comment threads on the hire.
The Auburner
Track Em Tigers
The Hottest Auburn Blog on the Net
Every Day Should Be ...
Everybody Hates Gene Chizik
FanHouse —
by Brian Cook Filed under: Auburn, Iowa StateRight: Track 'Em Tigers reacts to the Chizik hire. It's been clear that the people running Auburn's athletic department were kind of petulant little babies for a while now -- ever since the Petrino planegate fiasco -- but the extent was unknown until Tommy Tubberville was fired or forced out or resigned or whatever and Auburn didn't immediately hire Brian Kelly or Paul Johnson. Submitted as a rule: if you're Auburn and you're going to can a guy who's won six of seven ...
Iowa State Players React to L'Affair Chizik Not Unlike Auburn Fans
The Sporting Blog —
Once Auburn named Mean Gene Chizik head coach, Tigers fans went ballistic. Via Sports By Brooks, we learn that two Chizik recruits at Iowa State responded in a similar fashion. The Iowa State Daily reports that Cyclone freshman Darius Darks posted two videos on his Facebook Saturday ripping into Chizik once news of his Auburn flight leaked out.
"A lot of people asking me what I'm going to do with coach Chizik leaving. I understand business is business, but this man lied," Darks said in the video. "At a ...
Turner Gill to Iowa State? The All-To-Real Possibility
Double Extra Point —
... where Gill wouldn't be making a lateral move if he was to take another head coaching job for next season. His time is now. It would not be hard to be excited for Gill if this scenario was to happen. On the other hand, it would be hard to watch him succeed. Hypothetically speaking, if he was to pull off a Buffaloesque success story at Iowa State, it would be at Nebraska's expense. On a related sidenote, Gene Chizek autographed portraits are not selling very well down in Alabama. Read here for the backlash he is taking from the not so enthused Auburn fans. ...
The uglier side of the coaching carousel…
Gate 21 —
... Over at Track ‘em Tigers, the reaction was enough to induce vomiting (you simply have to read through some of the comments), and I am pretty certain that a few of the commenters have since committed suicide. In particular, the guy who wrote this letter:
Mr. Jacobs
I have no words to express how I feel about the hiring of Chizik as the head football coach at Auburn University. How can anyone be this ...
2009 College Football Preview: The SEC
Major League Jerk —
... Auburn is going through a rough period. Gone is capable coach Tommy Tuberville and his replacement, Gene Chizik, was greeted with fanfare like this from around the SEC. Gotta love that, right? Well, Chizik was a successful DC at both Auburn and Texas, and while his head coaching stint was just fucking terrible, there are a lot of good defenders in Auburn. The biggest problems? Nick Saban, Nick Saban and the fact that the offense will be even MORE brutal to watch than last year’s. If it wasn’t for the fact that this is Auburn, they’d be in ...
