HAMMER, FELL: TUBERVILLE OUT AT AUBURN

It’s Switzer. Don’t you people know anything?

Tony Franklin?

It’s because Strong is a [REDACTED]

Did he leave in a pinebox?
Wow, the Saban Effect™ has really worked wonders this year, almost Black Magic-like……..either the team crumbles after getting whooped by Saban, or Head Coaches or Asst Coaches get fired or “processed”

@ 4, It’s called “Gettin’ Processed,” MPP, “Processed.”

PROCESSED!

Jimmy Rane.**

He played for Auburn and is a member of the Board of Trustees, isn’t he?

• (a/k/a the Yella Wood guy)

It is hilarious to hear Bama fans claim that Saban got all of these coaches fired…delusional much?

Sure, Saban’s presence has raised the stakes in the SEC West, but coaches getting the axe has more to do with the overall landscape of football in the SEC than it does Saban’s presence.

You don’t see it yet, but the SEC is self-cannibalizing itself.

Be interesting to see where Tubby lands. If it’s an SEC West team, I won’t be shocked…MSU is open.

SEC football…getting more and more like Nascar every year.

Sarah Patterson would make Bela Karolyi her bitch.

The Birmingham News also reported RichRod officially to bama, so I am waiting for something from Auburn.

But, he’s probably out anyway. A big mistake.

I hope Saban Takes the Job.

Because if you don’t jump and down…. right, Orson? But seriously, Strong might be a good hire. I cannot imagine how utterly appropriate it would be (and utterly shameful) if Auburn approaches Don Petrino with a serious offer.

Does that make the Big10 the Craftsman Truck Series?

And did he hold up 7 fingers as he walked out?
Lucky bastard, he will get $3 million dollars within 30 days, then $3million dollars over the following year….all in Colonial stock….LOL just kiddin…
Now who do they get to compete with Saban? Who wants to play 2nd fiddle in Alabama?
Dooley, the coach at LA Tech?

I’m so tired about hearing about the Saban Effect. Saturday Alabama will find out that it wasn’t that all the teams they played went to the shitter after getting beat by Bama, but that they really just sucked all year and maybe played some cupcakes early, or early injuries, or whatever.
BUT- an injured Forida is still much better than anything Alabama can throw drag out on the field…

now, back to topic, not sad to see Tubby go except for the nervousness that is waiting to see who the Board will select. The overhead projector may not be far off…

There would be nothing more positively Sabanic than Nicky taking the Auburn job and razing Tuscaloosa to the ground while feasting on the innards small children and puppies.

Trucker Two-Times needs to coach this team.

Saban disapproves of cow colleges. He’s a rock star, not a tractor mechanic.

Mike Shula….now that would be funny.

Interestingly, the WWL still has nothing up on this story.

+1 BBS…..
I wonder if they got any video of him carrying his books out to his Hyundai Genesis….
Auburn really needs to hire someone that Alabama fans can automatically hate, right off the bat…they need to get it fixed quick if they are gonna get ANY recruits, right now they are 2 classes behind the eight ball…..Patrick Nix?

Yeah right, like Notre Dame would EVER let Weis get away from them!!!!! What a coach!

Too bad ND is keeping Weis. They could have made a play for Meyer again and then Florida could promote Charlie Strong to HC.

Everybody’d be happy.

I remember Strong mentioned in Tech’s HC search last year. On 680 or 790, forget which, one of the guys said he wasn’t too high on Strong because “I’ve heard he’s not the first into work in the morning.” Take it for what it’s worth.

If it’s Chuck Bass, does this mean that Blair Waldorf > Layla Kiffin?!?!

please don’t come to State, please don’t come to State, please don’t come to State

Sorry, the Ole Miss alum in me wants to puke at the thought.

Auburn needs to hire a woman coach. Equal opportunity, people (but a hot young coach, not someone, you know, Pat Summitt-ty).

Or how about Norm Chow — he’d be the first Asian coach, wouldn’t he? (The Navy coach is Polynesian, that’s not Asian, is it?)

PATRICK NIX FOR AUBURN COACH!!!

LETS SHOW SOME UNITY, LT. WINSLOW!!!

(Please lord, no Leach)

One step closer to Leach in the ESS EEE SEE….. wait, no!!!! NIX!!!! NIX WOULD BE A WONDERFUL COACH!!!!! LEACH IS ONE OF THEM CALEEFORNEEA PEOPLE!!! NIX NIX NIX!!!

Re #24: Orson already covered that with the reference to Allison Goldfrapp. (Shirley Manson would work, too, but that’s just me showing my age.)

No offense, but just who in the fuck does Auburn think they are? Imagine this:

Mark Dantonio @ Michigan State

Beats Michigan 6 times in a row.
Has an undefeated 13-0 season.
Beats a bunch of top 5 teams.
Never has a recruiting scandal.
Never placed on probation.
Runs a clean program w/minimal fulmer cup points.

Yet gets the axe.

Granted Tubberville != Dantonio, but damn…does Auburn really think they can do better?

Side Note Dept.

Tuberville is getting SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN COLD HARD CASH for his troubles…are we really supposed to feel bad for the guy.

I would love to see Tommy come up to Big Ten Country and show us all his wonderful coaching skills – How about swapping with Name Redacted at Illinois?

hey, i hate to “threadjack” or whatever (for the record i completely agree that Auburn is not correctly answering the question “who the fuck do we think we are?” by firing tuberville)…but i was wondering about last night’s EDSBS live: namely, did it occur, or was it trainwrecked? i usually listen on iTunes b/c i’m a left-coaster and still at work when it airs live.

FUCK!!!!

First Fat Phil, now Big Ears. Weis better not get the axe…

(reaches for bowl with party mix of Zoloft, Prozac, Paxil, Celexa, and Lexapro)

TAFKastOSUB
It is 100% Saban,
If Alabama is 8-4 with losses to Clemson, AU & UT,
 at least 3 less coaching searches would have occurred.
You know it,
I know it,
 & the American people know it.

Auburn’s rolodex should be limited to two people—Ellis Johnson and Charlie Strong.

Likewise, if Mississippi State is not calling Tubbs, then something is amiss and a Buford Pusser club-to-the-head is called for.

There again, what do I know? I called for Bama to hire Mike Shula in 1997! (Hangs head in shame and slams aforementioned head with a Buford Pusser club.)

Auburn deserves 3 or 4 years in hell for firing Tubbs. May I suggest the milquetoast, Chan Gailey.

Question: If Tony Franklin’s offense was unsatisfactory to Auburn fans, what makes them think they will like Leach? Not all that familar with the place but I get the feeling that they are conservative in all manners (including playcalling) and I am not sure how they will feel the first time Leach misses on 4th down at his own 30 and uses over exposure to oxygen as the reason why.

http://www.barkingcarnival.com/dedfischer/leach-quote-of-the-week

Auburn AD to coaching applicants: Seven in a row over ‘Bama, or you’re gone.

West Tex—it wasn’t that Franklin’s O was too “librul”—it was that it did not work as advertised.

Bama fan here, so I please do not question my pure unadulterated hatred of all things Auburn — but…there is more to the Tuberville situation than meets the eye. That has been a dysfunctional relationship since 2003, like a marriage gone bad, between Tuberville and certain powers that be. They’ve been hating each other silently for years now. Just needed a reason to call it quits.

RIP Logan Young – didn’t Auburn’s president and/or athletic director resign after that little fiasco? I figured all parties put that incident behind them already.

@37,

Yes, both the AD and President resigned, but that most certainly didn’t result in the matter being “put behind” the respective parties.

If it couldnt get any worse for Peter Bean…..AU is gonna make a STRONG offer for Will Muschamp for HC…..3 mill to 3.5 mill per year……which is more than the 900k for the coach in waiting salary he is getting….Many want Leech, more want Muschamp…..but Petrino? Really? I mean can the guy really stay more than 9 months at any program???
Couldnt have happened to a “classier” guy…..36-0, ouch……lets see, that Opelika Weekly Reader Mythical National Championship looks good on his mantle, I’m sure…..December Coaching Chase Fever!! Catch IT!!!

By the way, Tuberville comes out of this looking like a damn genius. He bided his time after Jet-Gate to give Auburn the big “fuck you.” Last offseason, he leveraged recent success, flirtation with other jobs, and implicit threats to sabotage recruiting into a contract extension and a $6 million buyout. Less than one year later, he’s collecting on the $6 mil and looking like a martyr who not only went 7-3 against AU’s hated in-state rival but also was fired for refusing to can his longtime offensive assistants.

I’m sure Auburn will hire the person most qualified for the position

The Golden Flake reference wasn’t far off. Welcome to Tuberville.

http://www.tuberville.org/

Bill Snyder nominates Pat Dye for the job.

Auburn better get Leach or this move will make no sense whatsoever.

Hey Brosef, I was totally into Goldfrapp before they were cool.

I will only be satisfied if we get Butch Davis or Brian Kelly. Jimbo Fisher and Charlie Strong would be ok, let’s wait and see. Will Muschamp or Mike Leach? DO NOT WANT.

please please please let this be as humourous as Alabama’s coaching search that inspired the “Raise Your Hand If You Turned Down the Alabama Job” thread over at TigerDroppings.com…

So Tubby says he’s staying in Auburn? Interesting. It wouldn’t surprise me because he’s loaded and doesn’t need to work. More importantly it’s the only home his sons have ever really known. This could get awkward.

http://blog.al.com/auburnbeat/2008/12/official_word_tuberville_resig.html

I really think Auburn would fall in love with a strict machine. Make the fans go Ooh La La.

Bobby Johnson to Auburn. Charlie Strong to Vanderbilt. We get a kick-ass defense, they get a nice solid 5 wins a year, Florida’s defense crumples…everybody wins!

(sticks head back in LSUFreek’s bowl of party mix)

Smooth move, Auburn. Two years removed from 11-2, four years removed from 13-0, six consecutive Iron Bowl wins before this year … but what have you done for me lately?

i gotta admit, one of the most satisfying things about alabama’s undefeated season is knowing how much it sits in the craw of folks like TAFKastOSUB. keep up the hate, sweetheart, every post is a delightful bon bon of schadenfrued.

I’m in the Process of placing the windshield sticker of “D” the dismissal next to the “S” the streak sticker on my Aub bro-in-law’s car…hehehe

Someone pointed out that this makes Mark Richt the senior SEC coach (obviously at the current school). Hard to believe.

Merry Kwanzi, Motherfuckers!

This is indeed joyous news. I’m sure the Golden Flake Executive Team is scrambling for another high-profile spokesmodel.

RIP, DJ Screw, Tommy Tubs, and the ever-so subtle freshman missed assignement chop block.

This is absolute horseshit. Tuberville’s Auburn was a model of consistency and to fire him for having one losing season shows how deranged the SEC has become.

I hope Miss State hires Tubs and Auburn loses to them 45-2.

As much as I hate the sonofabitch, I think he got a raw deal. 3 days of meetings, and he stepped down? C’mon…

Auburn’s SEC Records over the last 5 years
2004 8-0
2005 7-1
2006 6-2
2007 5-3
2008 2-6
Not a trend in the right direction. That’s why you make a move now instead of waiting.

Well, everyone laughed at Bama when we told everyone we were getting Saban. Then Rich Rod turns us down(praise Jesus) and Auburn laughed, pointed,, snickered….then we hired Saban, Auburn began to get a little worried…even though they wouldnt admit it, even after they beat us last year, once the wheels were set in motion on the recruiting trail and the number one ranking made mostly of in state talent, mainly Mobile and Baldwin County talent that, in past years on probation, WOULD have went to Auburn…looks of concern and fears about Tubbs duck hunting while Saban is working on the best Class in school history, Tubbs throws barbs at Saban that Auburn “dont need 5 stars, we get character players we develop”…..and that “character” got your ass handed to you all season long, 7 losses and a blowout in the Iron Bowl that should have been at least 55-0. Now maybe he can go to Texas A/M….or Miss St, and Derek Dooley can take over at Auburn..whoever does is got their work cut out for them, they are at least 3 yrs behind now…..Shoulda kept Franklin and you would be 8-4, but still losing to Saban for along time to come….and after we shock Florida, somehow, someway, maybe off a late turnover or a fumble for a last second field goal, Sabans return to Miami should be interesting…..

Bile does not become you, Mr. Pants.

Having a couple extra cocktails tonight?

(no dog in this fight)

On another subject, it sure is interesting what those fellas out in Kansas did hiring their former coach and all.

Hey,
Do any of you guys know anyone at Auburn? My dad said now might be a good time to see about a job in the athletic department.
Skip

Cold blooded. This is why you can’t get mad a coach for looking at the bigger, better deal, as Tubbs did a few years back.

wow. chuck bass would be a winner. he’d pay off the SEC for the title every year.

Tubberville to UGA as the new DC and surpasses Muschamp to become the highest paid Coordinator in college football. Martinez stays on staff but is told to focus on the DB’s… Please Lord, Please!

well, in the SEC, I guess you better win and keeping winning

War Orgeron, er, Orgeron Eagle, er, you know what I mean.

And just where is Bobby Lowder in all of this? I can’t believe he watched this with no participation.

Seriously, who does Auburn think they’re going to get that will do better? Muschamp is probably under 24/7 lockdown in Austin, despite the fact there’s no way Auburn wins a bidding war with the REAL UT.

Another Bama fan sorta taking up (begrudgingly) for the Aubs:

Tubby kicked our ass in recruiting from 2000-2003. And it showed on the field. Then he recruited at an even level with us from 2003-2007. His superior coaching and conditioning won the day and they continued to play at a high level.

Then,,, about a year ago, he basically quit, hired Franklin and everything started going to shit. I think Tubs stopped caring and felt very protected by his big buyout. Everything was reactive at that point.

In other words, it wasn’t just that he lost once to us or that he had a down year. He was just mailing it in. And kind of had been mailing it in for awhile.

I wish he had stayed another year because, for whatever reason, he lost the fire in the belly. I’ve met Tuberville a few times and he’s a nice guy, but he’s a well-adjusted human being and football has lost its importance to him. Well adjusted human beings don’t thrive in the SEC unless you are at program like many that are content with a few losses every year.

He is a good coach, no doubt. He certainly whipped our ass for a long time. But he has some health issues with his back, and there are some other issues not worth going into. Plus he made some enemies on the board that he never sought to fix. It was kind of a perfect storm for a firing.

Also, I imagine he wasn’t willing to get rid of some of his long-time assistants, which lead to his firing/“resignation.”

It looks worse from a distance, but they probably did the right thing, depending on who they have lined up.

Tubby would be great for a program like Miss. State. I think they probably sweetened his buyout so he doesn’t go elsewhere. Plus, his kids are happy in Auburn.

My opinion is that Leach would be a disaster there. You Big 12 folks don’t understand the microscope he would be under. This is a bloodsport down here. There will be freaking PI’s following him around his first six months. He wouldn’t make it to the fall without being run out of town. And being “eccentric” in Lubbock won’t be the same here.

Of course Butch Davis is a homerun hire, but I don’t think he would come to Auburn. If he was leaving, he would have gone to UT, which is a better job.

They will want Muschamp, but Gill at Buffalo is the best hire. I don’t think they’d hire him. Paul Johnson would also be good, but they are a year too late. Petrino would love to come, but its just too many moves. Even Petrino knows he can’t be that schizo.

Muschamp is like Tiffin: lots of risk, and potential upside, but fire-in-the-belly only takes you so far. We don’t know what kind of CEO he’d be. It could be a disaster.

I think if they go mid-major or assistant coach, they’ll spend a long time coming back.

Don’t get me wrong. I hope they hire Syracuse’s coach or Weiss or Dubose.

But I think if you are a little closer to the situation, Tubby’s “resignation” makes more sense.

I’m going to shower after defending the Aubs.

Can you imagine Mike Leach doing Golden Flake commercials?

Hmm, gameday tastes like Golden Flake? How did they manage to get the taste of beer, jager shots and undergrad vajayjay all into one potato chip? Genius!

As a non-SEC fan who follows Auburn as his proxy-SEC-team-but-really-couldn’t-care-less-about-them-in-all-honesty, I want a hire that makes zero sense to perk my waning interest! Patrick Nix (the thought is enough to get me happy)! Hal Mumme! Larry Coker! Name Redacted! Marvin Lewis! All three Bowden sons! Baby Mangino! (literally the best coaching mind on this list). Please Santa Jesus make this happen…

I have good inside info that Bobby Bowden is coming to auburn… time for a little vengence for not hiring me 10 yrs ago bama bitches!!!!

his contract includes unlimited depends and pudding

You forgot to mention George W. Bush. He’ll soon also be looking for work.

Hopefully, the next coach at Auburn won’t be as successful against the Gators. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass, Tubs!! :D

Bobby Lowder was running around collecting money to pay off Tubs, It took him until Wed. to get it committed.

Al Borges was on CSS last night – campaigning for the job….

Yes, if Auburn was smart they would consider a guy like Charlie Strong. Charlie won’t get an interview, nor will Ellis.

Auburn is in for three or four years of purgatory. They are not recriuiting well of late, and firing Tubbs just burned the next crop.