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They know he stinks also...they just want him to keep his job at Auburn. Gives them a guaranteed win every year...
Auburn will be (IS) a first class wreck
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They know he stinks also...they just want him to keep his job at Auburn. Gives them a guaranteed win every year...
Here's a new angle. I had lunch today with some of the same folks who tipped me off on the Malzahn to Arkansas State deal last year.
1. They think Rich Rod emerges as a leading candidate if Auburn fires Frank.
2. Jacobs may save his job by firing the only football coach he's ever hired.
3. If Jacobs goes, Chizik stays and gets a chance to show his new boss he can turn it around.
1. They think Rich Rod emerges as a leading candidate if Auburn fires Frank.
2. Jacobs may save his job by firing the only football coach he's ever hired.
3. If Jacobs goes, Chizik stays and gets a chance to show his new boss he can turn it around.
The RR twist has a strange internal logic. The present players were recruited to run a spread and they've only spent one year trying unsuccessfully to convert themselves into a pro set team. However, all I've heard indicates Petrino as the first choice. Counter that, friends are really close to our BOT indicate there's entrenched resistance to BP among the AU power structure...
Dude... Were you at lunch with us today, or do you have spies that I don't know about???
Wait, don't answer that. :biggrin2:
That is exactly the same story line I got today. Some want Petrino but there's enough "moral terpitude" types to prevent it from happening. And the PTB down there think RichRod could win (almost) right away with the talent base that they have on the roster.
The friend who told me that there was enough weight against Petrino on their BOT is someone I really pay attention to when he says something. He's well plugged into both our power structure and AU's. Sometimes, there's more than just big bucks involved, even in an institution desperate enough to win to do almost anything...
FWIW, I'd love to see Auburn hire Petrino (though not that I think that will happen) if only because it would show their whole creed nonsense is about as valuable as twice-used used toilet paper (which it is regardless of who they hire, but I digress).
OTOH, Petrino could possibly be a legitimate foe at Auburn. He might not last that long for a variety of reasons, but he would recruit better there than he did at Arkansas (maybe not by a lot, by at least by some), and in terms of raw coaching ability he could run marathons around Chizik. There isn't a better coach in the country than Saban, and I would take him head-to-head over anyone without any further consideration, but you're kidding yourselves if you don't believe Auburn is a lot stronger program with Petrino at the helm than they are now.
OTOH, Petrino could possibly be a legitimate foe at Auburn. He might not last that long for a variety of reasons, but he would recruit better there than he did at Arkansas (maybe not by a lot, by at least by some), and in terms of raw coaching ability he could run marathons around Chizik. There isn't a better coach in the country than Saban, and I would take him head-to-head over anyone without any further consideration, but you're kidding yourselves if you don't believe Auburn is a lot stronger program with Petrino at the helm than they are now.
DT_popc1: on TideFans.comSo will the barn hire RR and then roll the trees in celebration because he's "the one that got away" from BAMA?
They'd be a lot stronger program with the airport heckler's grandmother at the helm than they are now.
Isn't this the same thing that got them in trouble with Petrino the first time when they were trying to hire him while Tubbs was still coach. Going down the same rabbit hole again maybe.
C'mon barney, do it! Hire Petrino! Chizik had the advantage of a whole bunch of Tub's defensive players in his first 2 years. Petrino will inherit a terrible defense and has not shown that he can or will improve it. His defenses actually got worse every year from '09 - '11 and this year would have been his worst yet if he was still there. There's no doubt AU would be stronger with CBP than they are now, but he would be no threat to us. Bring him on down!
Let them hire Petrino, they deserve each other. He is a pretty good offensive mind but they will play no D. He is lazy and will get killed in recruiting. CNS has a pretty good record against him too LOL
Something I just realized about that tweet. It says "AU personnel." Does that mean AD/boosters/BoT members like many would think? Or does it mean football coaches looking for advice? Petrino was OC for a year when Chiz was DC.
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