How did the administration cut him off at the knees? By paying him too many millions each year? By paying his assistants out the ass? The man simply was NOT recruiting well for whatever the reason the last couple of years. I fully understand that anything Saban does, from taking a shit to clipping his big toenail, gets hyped more than a Tiger Woods fender bender. But the fact was, the mijit was busting his ass hitting up every school where a prospect was, every home, every Friday night football game where a 4-5* was playing. Tuberville wasn't. He just wasn't.
Remember all the hoopla over the signing of Caddy? How did they close the deal? By Tuberville taking every coach he had and camping out on the kids door. That's how he used to work it. I can't recall one time we got a commit in his last two years because he personally took the time to fly to Miami or South Carolina or Mobile for that matter, and close the deal in person. If he did we didn't hear much if anything about it. And if that's what he was doing, he should have had the damn press with him. Saban did.
I'm not dogging Tommy Tuberville's overall body of work at Auburn. Loved the man and wanted him to succeed like no other. But, he dropped the ball big time the last couple of years. You get paid $$$$ as the head Corch to handle that shit. He didn't.