Funny....
But you know those situations are polar opposites.
Tubs left under different reasons than Davis. At The U, the staff stayed intact. It was no rebuilding effort. They were loaded to the gills. At Auburn there was a regime change and rebuilding of culture in the fb program. It's pretty apparent Gene worked his ass off. 70 scholarship players last year to a nc in one year. Give credit where its due. The fact is these players did something under Chiz that is special. I would more liken Coker to Tater Tot.
Didn't say he didn't do a good job. Said it plenty of times. It was a special season and one where everything bounced the right way.
There are a lot of guys who found the magic one time. McCartney, Fulmer, Stallings, Bobby Ross, Don James, Spurrier (yep, just one), Lavell Edwards, Schnellenberger, Dooley (yep, just one), Jimmy Johnson, Dan Devine, Danny Ford...
Some of those guys are legends. Others just meh.
But if you're going to give credit, stop with the bullshit "cupboards was bare" noise that Prowler lives by. Chizik made it happen. Or if you prefer, the convergence of Malzahn and Newton made it happen. But most of the major contributors were brought to AU while Tuberville was here. You've seen the list. No need to rehash that. And no need to pretend that Fairley was a Chizik recruit. Or that Lutz or Onterrio were either. Tuberville had them, Chizik reconfirmed. It wasn't like he had to go out and discover them. Due credick.