[Husker] Gene Chizik to...Auburn? HUH??

[Scott Stewart]

Chizik may do fine, but the Auburn fans down here are not impressed. Chizik
was not on the short list of people they were looking at when Tubbie was
fired.

I think Auburn had a SP experience where they fired a coach and could not
find anyone interested...and it serves them right.

I can say I am not anit-Auburn. In fact I am an alum and fan. But they have
problems with a big booster running that program.

By the way, the backstory on this one is really interesting.

1) Publicly Tubberville resigned, but was given his severance out of
respect. However, Tubberville's mother has now gone on record saying that he
told her he was fired.

*Warning- this one is rumor
2) Someone in administration told me that Mark Richt IGA's coach and
personal friend of Tubberville) contacted Tubberville the week prior to the
AU game and told him that someone had contacted GA and told them the play
signals that Auburn was using.

3) The students at Auburn had a sit-in protest on the University President's
lawn last week protesting the firing of Tubbie.



Scott

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Steve Gomez <stevegomez6571 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On the other hand, Chizik did coach (Defensive Coordinator) at Auburn from
> 2002~2004 and led the team to some impressive rankings.  Then he moved to
> Texas before accepting his first Head Coach position in Ames.
>
> -----Scoring----Total Def-----Team Record
>         PPG          YPG
> 2002      13           26         9- 4
> 2003       9            5         8- 5
> 2004       1            5        13- 0
>
> while at Texas...
> 2005       8           10        13- 0
> 2006      26           23         9- 3
>
> fast forward to Ames...
> 2007     111          102         3- 9
> 2008      63           42         2-10
>
>
> I can see where some think the Gator-alum might be a good fit for Auburn.
> One would think that he knows what the expectations are in Auburn.
>
> Chizik certainly had good stock appreciation after 2004 and 2005 seasons.
> His HC leadership at Iowa State did not help his appeal.
>
> Not all 'great' DC tend to have what it takes to make a 'great' HC.   We
> have a similar experiment going on in Lincoln...sure hope that Bo continues
> to improve his HC skills.
>
> Go Big Red!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Gomez
> (deep behind enemy lines in Big TelEveN country)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com On Behalf Of Steve Stone
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:14 PM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Gene Chizik to...Auburn? HUH??
>
> Pat wrote:
>
> >http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=496642
> >
> >In possibly the dumbest coaching change of all time, Auburn is going
> >to hire Iowa State's Gene Chizik as their next head football coach.
> >Chizik went 5-19 in his tenure at Iowa State and only won two Big 12
> >conference games.
> >And yes, I feel comfortable in calling this the dumbest coaching
> >change of all time, even at this point in time.  There were a lot
> >better choices out there (including Turner Gill), and I don't see
> >how Chizik can even hold a candle to the coach they fired (Tommy
> >Tubberville).
>
> Pat may be entirely correct, but I feel obliged to say that in his
> first two years at ISU Chizek had little chance to prove his coaching
> prowess one way or the other.
>
> Steve Stone
>
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