Link: Tom Dienhart reports on the Auburn/ Auburn hires Gene Chizik as new football coach

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Somewhere out there tonight, Tommy Tuberville is sipping bourbon and counting his money with an big ear to ear grin on his face.:bigear:
 

TexasBammer

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The obvious difference between Lane Kiffin and Nick Saban, of course, is the man at the top. Kiffin isn't even in Saban's universe, and there is no evidence to suggest otherwise. There is hope, but there is no evidence.

Secondary to that is that the defensive coordinator at Alabama is, for all practical purposes, Saban, and the defensive coordinator is now Kirby Smart, not Steele -- although Smart and Steele both have big roles in calling coverages, etc. Comparing Saban to Monte Kiffin, I would take Saban, and I imagine at least half of whatever sample set you want to interview -- fans, coaches, whoever -- would agree.

So at this point, to say the UT staff is better or even has the chance to be better than Alabama's is nothing more than biased hopefulness on the part of UT fans, which is to be expected. But there are no facts to support the hope, at least not yet.

In regards to the Chizik hire, I'll blog it later tonight but here's a short preview: This is a major cluster on Auburn's part and the news couldn't be better from an Alabama standpoint.
Jess, allow me to give you the name for your blog.

"AUBURN JUMPS THE SHARK"

How do you like it???
 

bmcklv

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Re: Gene Chizik will be the next Auburn coach

Here's another link...after you read article, scroll down and read the barners comments...

[url]http://blog.al.com/goldmine/2008/12/auburn_ready_to_announce_chizi.html[/URL]
Now that is what I call LOYAL fans.

Southside39 said:
I will no longer support Auburn (if this true). All I can say is ROLL TIDE!
Riptiderules said:
I'm done with AU...............Return my tickets, and bring back my kid,toss away my AU gear,etc,etc,etc.................I love all you great AU folks, but we must take a stand...........I can't be apart of Lowder's classless organization............When Lowder and JJ are gone........I may come back............
Best X-mas present I'm gonna get this year and I got it on 12/13/08. RTR:BigA:
 

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haiku make happy tigers
Join me if you will

Fear of Thumb subsides
Six square put on the tigers
Tubberville bows out

Money no object
3 million will only buy
five up nineteen down

Jay Jacobs makes hire
all barners believe strings pulled
by Bobby Lowder
 

silentsam74

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Anyone able to hear it? My audio quality is bad. If so, could you post a transcript?
Reporter: (Got your man?)
JayJacobs:"We're still in the process."

R: (Close to getting your man?)
JJ:"I think that if everyting continues to go well in the next few days, we'll have the process narrowed down pretty well. We'll just go from there. It's been good so far."

R: (In negotiations?)
JJ:"We're just still processing right now. A lot of things going on."

R: (Gene Chizik has agreed to be new coach: True or not true?)
JJ:"We're just still working through the deal, Evan. OK? See ya guys."

Whats funny is the guy booing and heckling him. 'Booooooo!' '5-19! 5-19 is not what we need!' 'We want a leader, not a loser!' 'Give us Gill, not Chizik!' 'I love Garner, I'll take Brady Hoke, heck Patrick Nix! Any of those guys! Any of those guys would be better! Any of them! ANY...OF...THEM!!!' 'Booo Chizik Booo!!' :rofl:
 

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The obvious difference between Lane Kiffin and Nick Saban, of course, is the man at the top. Kiffin isn't even in Saban's universe, and there is no evidence to suggest otherwise. There is hope, but there is no evidence.

Secondary to that is that the defensive coordinator at Alabama is, for all practical purposes, Saban, and the defensive coordinator is now Kirby Smart, not Steele -- although Smart and Steele both have big roles in calling coverages, etc. Comparing Saban to Monte Kiffin, I would take Saban, and I imagine at least half of whatever sample set you want to interview -- fans, coaches, whoever -- would agree.

So at this point, to say the UT staff is better or even has the chance to be better than Alabama's is nothing more than biased hopefulness on the part of UT fans, which is to be expected. But there are no facts to support the hope, at least not yet.

In regards to the Chizik hire, I'll blog it later tonight but here's a short preview: This is a major cluster on Auburn's part and the news couldn't be better from an Alabama standpoint.
Very nice post. Although discounting Monte seems a bit "biased" on your part....

No doubt, Saban is an awesome college HC! However, the only common coaching comparison between Monte and Saban is the NFL.... Only one of these gentleman was actually successful in the NFL, and it wasn't Saban.
 

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