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.

his contract includes unlimited depends and pudding

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.

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.