There are some actual Aubies on Twitter COMPLAINING - I repeat, COMPLAINING - that somehow Alabama fans think Saban got all the coaches in the SEC fired. I'd never go that far (Saban surely had nothing to do with Bobby Petrino getting canned, and we didn't get Urban Meyer fired, we just gave him a heart attack, no big deal).
But it was coming across like they actually wanted Auburn to get CREDIT for Miles getting canned. It's kind of ludicrous. Miles is being fired for a complex tapestry of reasons that include his own ineptitude, his continuing inability to learn how to manage a game clock, his lack of offensive output, and losing to Alabama.
I mean, Miles didn't get fired for going 8-4 against Auburn, I'm sure of that. My goodness, he was the only team to beat Auburn prior to FSU in the SEC title year.
But I suspect there's some chess strategy going on here. The insanity of the end of last night's game might well backfire on Auburn long-term. What if Auburn only loses to Ole Miss and Alabama the rest of the way? I think Gus would survive an 8-4 year or especially a 9-3 year. But I don't think he's the long-term solution. LSU now has it out there, "We are pretty much giving up this year but will try, however, Herman-Petrino-Briles-Kiffin all need to know there's an opening in Baton Rouge." Then, they get to pick one of them and bring him to Red Stick.
What if Malzahn gets to come back and Auburn is another .500 team next year with none of those names available? They would have won the battle but lost the war.
I think there's another element here. With a new OC, maybe, just maybe LSU can get some offense besides Leonard Fournette. He doesn't want to get hurt with that big NFL check on its way, and I can't blame him. And that's more likely when you're all they've got. So maybe it's also a way to keep things together. Orgeron has actually done this before and done it well at USC.
Just my two pennies.