It doesn’t matter to you. It doesn’t matter to them. It does to me.
I don’t want Carnell as head coach. It’s not about that either. I don’t think fans should decide or call plays. I do think we have the the right to express our opinions and reservations.
You don’t see a major difference in Freeze and Pearl. I do. They’re miles apart. Not on the same planet. The type of transgressions and their reactions to them aren’t in the same universe in my opinion. Running a red light isn’t the same as burning a house down. Turning another program in for cheating kind of has a nostalgic whiff of honor to it. Bryant turned Auburn in once a week. Cheating your entire ass off, paying players, lying to them, their parents and everybody else while challenging anyone to come at him - while simultaneously climbing up on the cross? Not the same.
We don’t have to agree. That’s cool. But I’m not giving you any more back rubs. Drawing the line there.
Two things I will challenge you on. First, it does matter to me. Second, you owe me like, five back rubs, and I'll be damned if you're going to get out of them that easy. What's the 7:00 p.m. Hallmark Christmas movie tonight?
What I'm getting at is, at the end of the day, the one and only thing they cared about with Freeze, is whether or not he can win, and win big at Auburn. All the other shit is moot to them as long as they feel comfortable he won't be texting dick picks to co-eds. If he does, or if he actually is Gus Lite, and loses 4-6 games a season, he won't be our coach, and Cohen won't be AD. Not sure what Anthony Davis has to do with anything, but whatever.
I've become a lot more cynical about it all in recent years. I still love every chance I get to go to Auburn, and to the games. Love the tailgating, Tiger Walk, the bird etc. But, I was sitting in JHS at last year's Ole Miss game. They started flashing those colored, strobey lights thingies. Everyone had their cell phones lit. The Jaytron 6,000 was blasting away at 750,000 decibels. Part of me thought this was pretty neato-keen. Like a Mustang. The other part was saying we ain't in Kansas anymore, Toto.
90% of the tailgating has been pushed way off campus. More and more each year. Part of it, I'm sure is to keep people from fucking up the grounds. But, it's more about making more room for the hundreds of white, corporate tents. More money. The press box gets moved to the corner. Odd move? Not really, when you realize it was only to use the space for some kind of corporate lounge. More money. The parking lot at the entrance of the baseball field is turned into an admission only, food truck, beer area. More money. Ticket prices have shut the average Joe out, but who cares? There's plenty of folks standing in line, cash in hand, wanting to pay a fee just for the privilege of getting season tix.
The non-stop construction of bigger, better, more bad ass, both on campus and down town, have made the place barely recognizable. Takes money. Students and their parents are getting raped over the colds in tuition, books and rent. A 3 bedroom apartment or condo may be $1,500.00 a month....for EACH student living there.
I love Auburn. But, it's going to keep on changing. That won't stop. And so much of it centers around the foosballz program and winning. More winning, more money. That's why they hired Hugh Freeze.
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