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Question: Is AU's honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?/ Protest on the Plains

Re: Is Auburn.s honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?

The story below tells a different story than what has been reported. I don't know what the truth is but I know what I believe happened. I think Tubby was fired and given the honorable way out with his resignation. Now why they are paying the full buyout $5.1 million from athletic department funds brings up big questions in my mind. Either they are lying in the link below or they just wanted to be really nice and pay the full buyout out of the goodness of their hearts.

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3744885"]Auburn Tigers AD says Tommy Tuberville's resignation a surprise - ESPN[/ame]
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville's job was not in jeopardy when he decided to step down and he declined several requests from his bosses to reconsider, athletic director Jay Jacobs said Thursday.

Jacobs said Tuberville's departure after 10 mostly successful seasons was "completely his decision" and that the coach would be leading the Tigers next season if he had not chosen to leave.

"To say the least, I was a little shocked," the AD said. "But after three times of asking him would he change his mind, he convinced me that the best thing for him and his family and for this football program was for him to possibly take a year off and take a step back.
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Re: Is Auburn.s honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?

TiderInTally said:
No offense intended, but this thread is rather silly. If Tubs had really "quit" (voluntarily), like RichRod for example, the Aubs would be screaming bloody murder (and/or suing him like WVU did RichRod) if he tried to still get paid. No, this is more along the lines of the Great Pumpkin's "resignation" from Obknoxiousville: a firing in all but name.
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It's always dangerous to call a thread started by the owner of Tidefans.com "silly." :) Though in fairness, from the looks of the spelling, it appears he was "feeling pretty good" when he wrote this one. ;)
 
Re: Is Auburn.s honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?

Im_on_dsp said:
Well, unless those same aubies put a few dollars in the collection plate when Bobby Lowder passed it around then THEY didn't pay anything and neither did Auburn University. All that money is coming out of the booster's pockets. You could always say that if they wouldn't have had to put money in Bobby's collection plate then they would have given that money to the university but that's not a guarantee.

What I am really questioning is the "quit" idea. I know Bobby Lowder pretty well (I worked for him for almost 10 years back in the 80's) and he can be extremely petty and small-minded. If he had wanted Tubby to stay and Tubby quit on him then there wouldn't have been any buyout - PERIOD.
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Isn't this required of all good little aubies?? :biggrin:
 
Re: Is Auburn.s honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?

Leeroy said:
True. And that story doesn't add up when you take into account, the Coaches wives calling radio stations.




Roll Tide
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yep, and all the crap they said about the barn should have been directed at tubs, if he quit, and lost all their jobs. every coach that leaves the barn are paid hush money, thats why so many are still on the payroll
 
Re: Is Auburn's honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?

He was fired, plain and simple and anyone who believes otherwise probably has a double digit IQ or is extremely gullible.

If he wasn't fired, then why did he have assistants on the road with recruits and why were the wives of his assitants completely in the dark?

I suspect that Tony Franklin was forced on him and he was still PO over that and when they insisted that he make major staff changes, he refused, which led to basically the same situation as we had with Shula. Only difference is we didn't insult everyone's intelligence by trying to pass it off as Shula resigning.
 
Re: Is Auburn's honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?

He just didn't have the guts or want to to have to get off his tail and actually do some hard work to get it done. I think he got lazy and complacent. He thought he could just delegate the real work out to his assistants and set back and reap the rewards and accolades without actually getting his hands dirty.
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Bingo.

I just don't think he had it in him to try to match CNS' intensity.
 
Re: Is Auburn's honoring of buyout money tantamount to 'hush money'?

GulfCoastTider said:
Bingo.

I just don't think he had it in him to try to match CNS' intensity.
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AMEN to that! Hopefully they don't find anyone who can for a while though! I wanna see at least Victory On The Plains 5 before we're in any kind of "trouble" again at the Barn!
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

Riiight. That is just nuts. LOL, their fans don't seem to like it either.
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

What' sas stupid is that they said they told him if he wanted to take a job somewhere else he could - without paying his buyout. They were just in a "giving" mood, I guess. :)
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

Gee Whillikers, why would I ever be surprised at Auburn doing the right thing?:eek2:
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

Think about how they would look to prospective coaches if they hadn't payed him the money and the split was publicly a big dog fight. No coach in their right mind would go there if Auburn had tried to shaft him on the money, especially considering how well he has done their compared to other coaches in their history.

Fired, forced resignation or volunatry resignation, it really doesn't matter the reason.

Before all this stuff about Tubbs resigning came out, Tubbs was making out like gang busters in the national media. To a man, everyone of them defended him and blasted auburn. I think this was a smart move on Auburn's part. Now auburn can say to prospective coaches, "look we take care of our own". However empty that may sound to most of us, they did pay him the money and they give the appearance that this was Tubbs wanting to go and them giving him the money because he's "an Auburn man".
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

It sounds like we are working for the wrong employer. I'm sure we all wish we could quit our jobs and get 2x our annual salary "cause it's the right thing to do." Those buggers are dumber than I thought.
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

rolltidescott said:
What' sas stupid is that they said they told him if he wanted to take a job somewhere else he could - without paying his buyout. They were just in a "giving" mood, I guess. :)
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It is the holiday season. I guess they forgot about the recession.
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

I've never heard so much hot air as I heard from Jay Jacobs in his press conference yesterday. It got pretty comical when he said, "Tommy, if you want to take another job, there is no buyout..." :biggrin:

Also (from a reporter), "how much involvement did the BOT have in this process"?

JJ: "None whatsoever"

RIIIIIIIIIIGHT....

Spin Spin Spin...it's laughable....

Tubs wanted to keep his assistants on board and the rest of Booger Nation wanted them gone because they're not very good coaches...so they told Tubs to take a hike. Tubs said "gladly...hand over the dough and I'm out the door." Anything else you hear from them is pure hogwash...
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

I'll take Jacobs at his word on this when it is confirmed that there is also no confidentiality agreement or mutual release, for each of which there likely needs to be consideration, entered into along with this "voluntary" payment.

I would agree with a previous poster that it was smart of AU to pay the money, since it avoids a potential dogfight with Tubs and just doesn't make them look bad. But, as a wise man once told me, don't pee down my back and tell me it's raining.
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

rolltidescott said:
What' sas stupid is that they said they told him if he wanted to take a job somewhere else he could - without paying his buyout. They were just in a "giving" mood, I guess. :)
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Merry Christmas from the Barn.:PDTC_030:
 
Re: Auburn voluntarily paying Tuberville $5.2 million because it's the right thing to

How much do you think players get when they leave?
 
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