At Least We Aren't Auburn - Irish Envy

dre1919 · 12-15-2008, 04:20 PM

We may be stuck with Charlie Weis for one more (probably) inept season...but at least we aren't Auburn! After showing Tuberville the door, Auburn masterfully searched for his replacement. They proudly hired...Gene Chizik? Niiice. Way to go Tigers. Chizik not only was one of the worst head coaches in the Big XII (which is the second hardest conference in the FBS), they hired a man who was 5-19 in two seasons at Iowa State, including a 10 game losing skid to conclude this season. Nothing says confidence and possible championships like taking a crappy Big XII team, nosediving it, then stepping up in competition to the FBS's hardest conference! I was pretty unhappy about the Irish keeping Weis for another year, but at least I'm not an Auburn fan. I think if I was, I'd feel like a kid who bought a box of cereal for the cool toy at the bottom only to find there isn't anything in it but the bottom of the box.

chyrspchuck · 12-15-2008, 04:26 PM

very true....

**phork** · 12-15-2008, 05:48 PM

Turned away Brady Hoke for this clown?

**jfjkd01** · 12-15-2008, 07:45 PM

Agreed..............

**NDinL.A.** · 12-15-2008, 09:37 PM

Did you hear Kirk Herbstreit's reply to the hiring. I'm a huge Herbstreit guy, so his take floored me. In case you missed it, he admittted that he knows Chizik very well, and then went on to say that he LOVED the hire, and that Chizik would do an amazing job and that Auburn would love him. I was shocked. My perception was that he is very good friends with the guy and had his buddy's back. It was almost Mark May-ish. 5-19 and it was a great hire? I mean, he may well turn out to be a great coach who was just stuck in a bad situation at Iowa St (and he was a great d-coordinator for Auburn), but Auburn dropped the ball here big-time IMO. There were better candidates...

5_the_magic# · 12-15-2008, 09:46 PM

i can't defend his head coaching work at iowa state, that was just awful, but he was the DC at Auburn a few years back. i believe he was DC there from '02 til '04 and those were some fearsome defenses. i think they should've hired turner gill (but don't believe there was a racial component like barkley), however, this is a common routine for schools when there are no big names out there. they go for an assistant that was around during the good times. it makes some sense, but not enough to be proud of AU's AD.

~~**NeuteredDoomer**~~ · 12-15-2008, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dre1919

... I'd feel like a kid who bought a box of cereal for the cool toy at the bottom only to find there isn't anything in it but the bottom of the box.

Friggen lol. I HATE it when that happens.

Oops. I mean I USED to hate it when that happened.

12-15-2008, 04:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
dre1919 www.andrewsloan.com Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Lee's Summit, MO Posts: 790 Cash: 4,016.76 Bank: 2,691,587.31 Total Bankroll: 2,695,604.08 Donate	At Least We Aren't Auburn We may be stuck with Charlie Weis for one more (probably) inept season...but at least we aren't Auburn! After showing Tuberville the door, Auburn masterfully searched for his replacement. They proudly hired...Gene Chizik? Niiice. Way to go Tigers. Chizik not only was one of the worst head coaches in the Big XII (which is the second hardest conference in the FBS), they hired a man who was 5-19 in two seasons at Iowa State, including a 10 game losing skid to conclude this season. Nothing says confidence and possible championships like taking a crappy Big XII team, nosediving it, then stepping up in competition to the FBS's hardest conference! I was pretty unhappy about the Irish keeping Weis for another year, but at least I'm not an Auburn fan. I think if I was, I'd feel like a kid who bought a box of cereal for the cool toy at the bottom only to find there isn't anything in it but the bottom of the box.

12-15-2008, 07:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
jfjkd01 Blue Chip Recruit Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Dakota Posts: 323 Cash: 2,274.31 Bank: 3,723,251.05 Total Bankroll: 3,725,525.36 Donate	Agreed.............. __________________ *"Notre Dame* *is College Football"*

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5_the_magic# Freshman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 514 Cash: 808.40 Bank: 365,153.84 Total Bankroll: 365,962.24 Donate	i can't defend his head coaching work at iowa state, that was just awful, but he was the DC at Auburn a few years back. i believe he was DC there from '02 til '04 and those were some fearsome defenses. i think they should've hired turner gill (but don't believe there was a racial component like barkley), however, this is a common routine for schools when there are no big names out there. they go for an assistant that was around during the good times. it makes some sense, but not enough to be proud of AU's AD. __________________ GIFSoup

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12-15-2008, 04:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
chyrspchuck Internet Bad Ass Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: California Posts: 1,229 Cash: 1,321.75 Bank: 1,673,418,114.35 Total Bankroll: 1,673,419,436.10 Donate	very true....

12-15-2008, 05:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
phork Raining On Your Parade Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6,411 Cash: 49,638.48 Bank: 6,876,142,992.69 Total Bankroll: 6,876,192,631.16 Donate	Turned away Brady Hoke for this clown?

12-15-2008, 09:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
NDinL.A. Normal Guy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: South Bend via L.A. Posts: 5,963 Cash: 1,099,211,361.77 Bank: 3,281,030.79 Total Bankroll: 1,102,492,392.56 Donate	Did you hear Kirk Herbstreit's reply to the hiring. I'm a huge Herbstreit guy, so his take floored me. In case you missed it, he admittted that he knows Chizik very well, and then went on to say that he LOVED the hire, and that Chizik would do an amazing job and that Auburn would love him. I was shocked. My perception was that he is very good friends with the guy and had his buddy's back. It was almost Mark May-ish. 5-19 and it was a great hire? I mean, he may well turn out to be a great coach who was just stuck in a bad situation at Iowa St (and he was a great d-coordinator for Auburn), but Auburn dropped the ball here big-time IMO. There were better candidates...

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