And the end is drawing near.....

[AUownsU]

Atleast thats what Will Collier is saying on twitter....


Will Collier‏ @willcollier

 Hearing reports of media trucks swarming around AU athletic complex. Again, no official (or credible unofficial) word.

Will Collier‏ @willcollier

 No official word yet, but lots of rumbling out of Auburn that Gene Chizik has just been fired, press conference coming later today.
 
TIFWIW.

[Townhallsavoy]

 

[bottomfeeder]

Will Collier ‏@willcollier

Auburn's regular Sunday team meeting (last of the year) has been moved up from 4PM CST to 1PM, little over an hour from now.

[noxin]

It's official now.

If you can call an al.com article official.....

[bottomfeeder]

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2012/11/auburn_fires_gene_chizik_after.html

I can't see CGC getting too depressed, $10 million.

[RWS]

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2012/11/auburn_fires_gene_chizik_after.html

I can't see CGC getting too depressed, $10 million.

I doubt Chizik will end up as anything more than a coordinator for the forseeable future, so AU will probably pay a good bit of that buyout.

Ten.  Million.  Dollars.  Jesus.....

AU has also fired all assistant coaches as well and has told them they may apply with whoever the new head coach will be.  Do the assistants also have buyouts?

[noxin]

AU has also fired all assistant coaches as well and has told them they may apply with whoever the new head coach will be.  Do the assistants also have buyouts?

I hear we owe Trooper 750,000 towels

[The Six]

I doubt Chizik will end up as anything more than a coordinator for the forseeable future, so AU will probably pay a good bit of that buyout.

Ten.  Million.  Dollars.  Jesus.....

AU has also fired all assistant coaches as well and has told them they may apply with whoever the new head coach will be.  Do the assistants also have buyouts?

Not to nit pick but where did you read the $10 million bit? I thought it went down monthly?

[The Six]

A Word From Jay Jacobs:

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112512aab.html

Nov. 25, 2012

Dear Auburn Family,

First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to thank those of you who have reached out to me in recent days and weeks to express your concerns about our football program. You are the best fans in the country, and I appreciate your passion and love for Auburn University.

We have talked a lot in recent years about building the foundation it takes to consistently compete at a high level in the nation's toughest conference. Despite substantial investment in personnel and facilities made possible by your support, the football program did not live up to our expectations. The results of the 2012 football season are simply unacceptable at Auburn.

After suffering some tough losses in a transition year in 2011, we had hoped our team would show improvement this season. Unfortunately, it has not. The competition in our league is fierce and is currently at an all-time high, and we cannot risk falling further behind by waiting another year and hoping for improvement.

That is why after careful consideration and a thorough evaluation of our football program, I have recommended that Coach Gene Chizik not be retained. President Gogue has accepted my recommendation. Earlier this morning, I informed Coach Chizik that he will not return as head coach.

My primary consideration in making this recommendation was doing what is in the best interests of our current student-athletes and the future of our football program. That has always been my top priority, and it always will be.

While I am disappointed that Coach Chizik's career here has come to an end we will long cherish the memories of our first National Championship in 53 years. Gene and his staff will always be a part of the Auburn Family, and we wish them and their families the best.

This season demonstrated that we need a different direction to get where we want to go. We will move as quickly as possible in our search for a new Head Coach, guided by the benchmarks President Gogue and I expect. Those benchmarks are a track record as a proven winner, a commitment to playing within the rules and student-athlete academic success.

 am pleased to announce that we have put together an outstanding search committee to find our next head coach. The committee consists of several great Auburn leaders who share our commitment to competing at the highest level and who understand what it takes to succeed at Auburn. I am honored that Mac Crawford, Bo Jackson and Pat Sullivan have agreed to join our efforts to find the best coach possible for our student-athletes, the students of Auburn University and the Auburn Family. I'm proud to be part of this distinguished group.

A press conference will be held later today to formally announce this change. In the days ahead, you can expect rumors to swirl and inaccurate reports to surface about who is under consideration to be our next Head Coach. That is the nature of coaching searches at this level. I will not respond to rumors or speculative reports during the search process, but I do look forward to announcing our new Head Coach once the search is complete.

I regret that the Auburn Family, and especially our season ticket holders and Tigers Unlimited donors, have had to endure a frustrating and difficult season. You expect and deserve better.

It is time to heal and turn the page to the next chapter of Auburn football. It is time to pull together and forge ahead to the brighter future that awaits us.

We have endured tough times before, and we have always emerged stronger. I have no doubt that will be our course once again.

God Bless and War Eagle!

Jay

[RWS]

Not to nit pick but where did you read the $10 million bit? I thought it went down monthly?

I'm not really sure, simply going off of what bottomfeeder said.

[AWK]

A Word From Jay Jacobs:

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112512aab.html

I can think of 10 million reasons why your dumbass should be fired too...

[Tiger Wench]

Just saw the crawl across the bottom of the screen on ESUCKPN.

Should have Jay Motherfucker Jacobs' name on that crawl too.

[The Six]

I regret that the Auburn Family, and especially our season ticket holders and Tigers Unlimited donors, have had to endure a frustrating and difficult season. You expect and deserve better.

Translation: Ticket and vending prices are about to go way the fuck up, suckers.

[AUJarhead]

Translation: Ticket and vending prices are about to go way the fuck up, suckers.

And as long as that cock smoker is the AD, donations to TUF are going to go waaaaay down.

[Tiger Wench]

And as long as that cock smoker is the AD, donations to TUF are going to go waaaaay down.

This x 1000.  SOmeone needs to write that MF another letter - that they came in as a package deal and they need to GTFO as a package deal.

[bottomfeeder]

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2012/10/gene_chiziks_auburn_buyout_not.html

The buyout started at a whopping $10 million, but only if Auburn would fire Chizik "without cause." In the bizarro world of coaching contracts, without cause means for losing games, which Auburn has done nine times in 18 starts since winning the national title. "For cause" would mean for something like breaking NCAA rules.

As is standard, Chizik’s buyout decreases over time, but it decreases monthly. Here are the annual round figures for the buyout:

Dec. 1, 2011: $10 million.
Dec. 1, 2012: $7.5 million.
Dec. 1, 2013: $5 million.
Dec. 1, 2014: $3.5 million.

Those are just snapshots because the buyout decreases monthly on a prorated basis. According to the contract, this year and next year it drops by $208,334 a month.

He was fired Saturday night after the bloodletting.

[RWS]

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2012/11/auburn_on_the_hook_for_1109_mi.html

AUBURN, Alabama -- It's going to cost Auburn $11.09 million to get rid of football coach Gene Chizik and his nine assistant coaches, though that figure will drop when they get other jobs.


Chizik is set to get a $7.5 million buyout on Dec. 1. He and his assistant coaches were fired Sunday.


Chizik’s buyout will be paid in monthly installments through four fiscal years concluding in 2015-16.


All buyout figures could decrease if coaches get other jobs in or out of coaching.


Auburn said six assistant coaches will be paid the remainder of their 2012-13 contracts in equal monthly installments until its conclusion on June 30, 2013.


Three coaches – Brian VanGorder, Scot Loeffler and Trooper Taylor – have contracts that expire on June 30, 2014. They will be paid in equal installments over the next 18 months.

[dallaswareagle]

All buyout figures could decrease if coaches get other jobs in or out of coaching.


Gene better save up his big ass payout.  Can't see him getting another job.

[JR4AU]

All buyout figures could decrease if coaches get other jobs in or out of coaching.


Gene better save up his big ass payout.  Can't see him getting another job.

He'll work again, just probably not as a HC at the D1 level. 

[dallaswareagle]

He'll work again, just probably not as a HC at the D1 level.

Who would want a team (defense) to get progressively worst year end and year out?  I don't think even Div III would take that???????