Excellent points on the outsider's tainted view. Too often, we get our collective thongs in a tight little bunch when anyone outside this State would dare question a decision or any issue with Auburn. The world sees CTT as one of the great coaches in the game today. Possibly. Closer inspection shows a program on the decline, with little talent and little fire and constant turnover and disarray on the staff.
We pass over Turner Gill and it's just the typical, good ole' boy, racist network doing business as usual. Bone headed hire, for sure. But let's not discuss the interviews with Gary Patterson, Rodney Garner, possibly Will Muschamp, Pat Nix etc. It must be racist from the outside looking in.
I would at least take some notice and try to dig a little deeper into why UT fans dislike a guy who on paper, appears to be a damn good OC.