I didn't read everyone's posts, so I'm not sure if this has been stated...
The year after LSU won the '07 BCSNC...check their record (8-5), how bad they were beaten in their loses (#12 UF 51-21, #9 UGA 52-38, #1 uat 27-21, Ole Miss 31-13, Arkansas 31-30), notice their Bowl game (Chic Fil-a Bowl against GT). LSU didn't have to replace nearly every starter across the board, some of their backups, play one of the toughest schedules in the Country and have to go against "the machine" during that season.
Where are they now?
I'm not saying that in a few years Auburn will back in the NC Game (12/21/12 could end that thought), but what I'm saying is that Coach Chizik needs to have all of his focus on the OC & DC hires, fuck recruiting for now....make the best hire possible, then blaze a path through the prospects that are still on board with Auburn, still on the "Hotboard" or committed elsewhere. Build for the future, fuck everything else.
Let the coaches do what they do and Auburn fans stop fucking worrying about every damn thing. Let the Head Man make the OC/DC hires and let him show the recruits that Auburn isn't going anywhere, but up.
$5 says that whomever Coach Chizik brings in as OC or DC, there will be Auburn fans that have a problem with them.
"Perception is a powerful tool." - The Prowler