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Title: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 04:05:32 PM
GOD HELP US.

Auburn.rivals.com

Anyone interested in having an NFL get together next year?  I'm done.  With the BCS shit, the Bama shit, the Auburn shit, I'm done. 

Good thing I've got my Saints.

FUCK!
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 04:07:55 PM
I'm not trying to use hyperbole, but does anyone else realize how bad this is? 

Seriously.  We've lost on all accounts.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 04:13:24 PM
I need someone else to respond right now.  I can't get the words out.  There is TOO MUCH to say about this.  We got rid of Tuberville for a coach who couldn't win more than 5 games in his entire tenure at a Big 12 school. 
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Libertyhog on December 13, 2008, 04:36:02 PM
At least ya'll are only paying him $3 million a year, though.  There is that. 


You guys got pwnt. 

sry.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 04:38:20 PM
I'm...at a loss for words too....

FUCK Auburn. FUCK Jay Jacobs. FUCK Jay Gogue. FUCK that entire university. I'm mailing my diploma back.

I'm seriously thinking of driving to Auburn tonight to riot. Starting on the president's lawn.

Did they seriously just fucking fire Tommy fucking Tuberville for Gene motherfucking Chizik??? Someone who pulled off the damn near impossible task of making Iowa State WORSE?

This is the end of Auburn. The Auburn Apocalypse. Congrats, Bama. You won. We are no more.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 04:39:25 PM
At least ya'll are only paying him $3 million a year, though.  There is that. 


You guys got pwnt. 

sry.

I can't figure this out.  What happened to 2008?  We went from being nationally respected, top recruiting classes, tremendous SEC success, annual top 15 preseason rankings, 7-3 over our rival to a debacle in recruiting, a 5-7 season, a debacle on our coaching staff, the loss of a decent coach (with hopes for a BETTER one), and finally, the icing on the cake, the hiring of Gene Chizik.  
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 04:40:05 PM
My letter to Jay Gogue. 

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If he's the defensive coordinator, I commend you for an excellent hire, and I await the announce of the head coach.  There's your case.

Gene Chizik is not "unproven."  He has PROVEN that he cannot run a successful football program.  At Auburn, we don't desire excuses hence why there was an outcry for Tuberville's position to be terminated.  Why his team was 0-8 in the Big 12 North has no merit and should not be taken into consideration.  The fact is that he couldn't cut it.  As a high school educator, I promote the philosophy held by innovators such as Ralph Waldo Emerson that one can't expect to succeed by waiting on the perfect situation.  Those who are successful fight through adversity.  My students who accept that notion end the school year with grades to post on the refridgerator.  Those who don't succeed often have outside reasons such as "my 9th grade English teacher didn't go over that kind of stuff" or "You gave me too much homework, which put me in a difficult situation to succeed" and etc. 
 
Gene Chizik had the opportunity to prove himself as a head coach of a big time football program.  He failed.  He did not fight through adversity.  Even IF he was dealt a 2-7 (worst hand in Texas Hold Em Poker), he could have salvaged something.  Winning ZERO games is not what anybody wants. 
 
If Tuberville indeed did not want to be the coach here anymore, it was YOUR responsibility to change his mind.  If Tuberville indeed was fired, then it was YOUR responsibility to have someone BETTER to replace him.  You've chosen a coach who has failed at an FBS school. 
 
Sincerely,
 
An Auburn Alum, A former Tiger Host, A current teacher, A current and always supporter of Auburn football.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Kaos on December 13, 2008, 05:05:11 PM
I just left a store in a mall where an Alabama fan announced the hiring in a loud and gleeful voice. Most didn't understand his happiness, but the few who did expressed shock or they laughed out loud. I had nothing to say.

I am sitting in my truck in the parking lot now on the verge of tears. Tears of anger and tears of frustration.

I love Auburn. I loved Auburn through the Barfield years. I cannot love the joke this motherfucking FOOL Jay Jacobs and this RETARD Jay Gouge are allowing Auburn to become. Even in our darkest days I've been proud to wear the colors. Not now. I am ashamed and embarrassed.

I will no longer wear my Auburn gear. I am removing the AU stickers from my vehicles. I will not replace them until Jacobs is fired. I have attended my last Auburn game until Jacobs is fired.

I won't be posting here much longer either.  I simply cannot deal with this. What had Auburn done for God to punish us so? 

This is the worst feeling I have ever had as an Auburn fan. 
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 05:13:15 PM
Iowa St was 0-8 in conference play WITHOUT PLAYING TEX, TEX TECH, OR OKLAHOMA. 
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 05:16:27 PM
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1212/174/83/7008041/n7008041_39622561_3335.jpg)
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Godfather on December 13, 2008, 05:28:16 PM
Pretty fucking pitiful
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 05:28:37 PM
My letter to Jay Gogue. 
 
What's his e-mail? I think he (and Jacobs) needs a flood of e-mails from the likes of which they've never seen.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 05:30:08 PM
What's his e-mail? I think he (and Jacobs) needs a flood of e-mails from the likes of which they've never seen.

Gogue is JGogue@auburn.edu. 

I don't know about JJ. 
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Talon on December 13, 2008, 05:30:40 PM
Well...to say I'm shocked would be an understatement. On the plus side he was good at AU and Tex as the DC. That's about the only positive thing I can seem to say about this hire. Damn...damn...damn...
It still isn't official yet, so there may be a little hope left. Just a little though.
I'll still support AU with all my heart and soul, perhaps just not as loudly now.
 :flag:
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Godfather on December 13, 2008, 05:31:08 PM
What's his e-mail? I think he (and Jacobs) needs a flood of e-mails from the likes of which they've never seen.
I just put a deposit in for firegenechizik.com  and firejayjacobs.com anyone want to throw in some money?
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Godfather on December 13, 2008, 05:33:45 PM
I just put a deposit in for firegenechizik.com  and firejayjacobs.com anyone want to throw in some money?
Actually both already are taken and there is a http://firejayjacobs.com (http://firejayjacobs.com) site
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 05:35:19 PM
Well...to say I'm shocked would be an understatement. On the plus side he was good at AU and Tex as the DC. That's about the only positive thing I can seem to say about this hire. Damn...damn...damn...
It still isn't official yet, so there may be a little hope left. Just a little though.
I'll still support AU with all my heart and soul, perhaps just not as loudly now.
 :flag:

Support academics.  Fuck football.  Those assholes make too much god damn money off of people to pull this kind of stunt.  Gene Chizik?  

Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Godfather on December 13, 2008, 05:36:47 PM
Read this. What a joke!!!!!!!!

http://blog.al.com/auburnbeat/2008/12/auburn_ad_jay_jacobs_declines.html (http://blog.al.com/auburnbeat/2008/12/auburn_ad_jay_jacobs_declines.html)
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 06:03:59 PM
Gogue is JGogue@auburn.edu. 

I don't know about JJ. 
I have also seen where his e-mail is listed as gjg0002@auburn.edu.

I sent the e-mail to both.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 06:07:26 PM
Athldir@auburn.edu
jacobjo@auburn.edu
jgogue@auburn.edu
trustees@auburn.edu
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Rancid Milk on December 13, 2008, 06:08:36 PM
In the words of a famous Auburn man, "that's terbul."

Completely and totally frustrated...the guy made a lateral move and left us in the lurch after the 2004 season and now we're hiring him as the head coach after he won an Ears Whitworth-esque 20.8% of his games.  

I'll just keep sending my $150/$200 to the College of Science and Mathematics.

Our leadership is revoltingly bad.

This sucks.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Talon on December 13, 2008, 06:19:36 PM
You know guys, if Oliver & Hardy weren't in charge of the search committee I say this could be the ultimate smoke screen....unfortunately, with them, I don't think this is the case. Please God, please let me be wrong!!!!
Can you imagine what's gonna happen with recruiting now?!?!? The trickle we've seen cancel since Tubs left is about to become a raging torrent! SHIT!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 06:31:01 PM
There is nothing positive to spin from this.
We are paying this guy over $3 mil....

:hulk:
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 07:28:10 PM
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/firejayjacobs (http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/firejayjacobs)
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUChizad on December 13, 2008, 07:50:30 PM
Jay Jacobs: (334) 844-9891

I just called and left a message expressing my disapproval.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Tiger Wench on December 13, 2008, 08:45:21 PM
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I am writing to express my disgust, disappointment and total dissatisfaction with the horrible head coaching hire you boneheads just made.  I am so upset right now that I am near tears.  Auburn is now officially a laughing stock.  This makes the Alabama coaching disasters look like CHILD’S PLAY.  At least in the end, Alabama got a decent coach out of it.  You idiots have just condemned Auburn to at least three more years of mediocrity.  This is the worst possible hire you could have made.  You fired Tommy Tuberville for CHIZIK?  Unreal.  UNREAL.  I just cannot wrap my mind around this.  Right now I am just SO GRATEFUL that I live in Texas and do not have to go to work Monday and face the hordes of bammer fans that are laughing their collective asses off at Auburn right now.  So much for winning any Iron Bowls as long as Saban continues to stalk the sidelines at Tuscaloser.

Everyone from the state to national media said we needed a big hire – a splashy, energetic, gutsy coach that would fire up recruits, win games and re-unite the fan base.  Someone without baggage, someone that is a proven success as a head coach, even if it is at a lower tier school.  Turner Gill was the right choice – on so many levels even the goobers at ESPN could see it. 

But you idiots hire Gene Chizik – a coach who made an already awful Big 12 team WORSE during his tenure there – oh, yeah, let’s hurry and hire him before someone else does!!!  Please.  You jerks hired him because of his connection to the 2004 season.  In other words, you have done something that we Auburn folks traditionally make fun of bammer for – we hired from the “family”, we hired from our “Past”.  Nice move, morons.  Now we are just like bammer. 

I am a proud Auburn fan, but you will not see me in a seat at JHS, nor will you see my money in any other area of Auburn University, until Jay Jacobs is FIRED and Chizik scurries back to whatever waste of space school will take him.  I realize I am no Bobby Lowder when it comes to getting my way at Auburn by threatening to withhold my money and my support, but let me just say that there are a large number of my friends and fellow alums who feel just like I do.  It may take a lot of us to equal Bobby Lowder, but when push comes to shove, Bobby Lowder’s ass (the one with all of your lip prints all over it) will only fill one seat at a time.  Unless he buys a lot of tickets, it will be hard for him to equal us in sheer numbers.

So, what do you do now?  You lay in the bed of rotten meat and empty seats you just made.  And while you do, enjoy the taste of losing games.  Enjoy the roars of laughter coming from our toothless brethren that wear the crimson and white.  Enjoy the headshaking and the “WTF?” coming from the media and the many fan based websites out there. 

Enjoy mediocrity, boys.  Thanks to this incredibly stupid and shortsighted hire, that’s just what you gave us Auburn fans for Christmas.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUTiger1 on December 13, 2008, 08:49:37 PM
Holy shit!!!  I don't know what to say or think.  GENE CHIZIK???!!!?????  I was not a staunch Tuberville supporter, always thought he was a good coach but not a great coach.  In saying that I have to ask, we gave up Tuberville for this shit?   What the fuck happened to Turner Gill, Paul Johnson, Gary Patterson, Jim Grobe, who ever else we wanted to talk to?  For Christ sake I would have rather had Brady Freaking Hoke than the shit we have just hired.  Damn, damn, damn you Jay Jacobs!  Thank you for making us the laughing stock of college football, you ignorant piece of shit.   Well I will still root for my Tigers, always have and always will, but you can bet your sweet ass that the money that I sent every year will stop and I will not be buying season tickets and attending games, until that ass pirate of an AD we have is fired.   
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Tiger Wench on December 13, 2008, 08:59:46 PM
My stomach hurts - does anyone else's stomach hurt?  Mine does.  It hurts.  Bad.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUTiger1 on December 13, 2008, 09:12:21 PM
My stomach hurts - does anyone else's stomach hurt?  Mine does.  It hurts.  Bad.

Yes, my stomach, head, heart and soul........they all hurt   :sad:
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Talon on December 13, 2008, 09:17:02 PM
Damn! Guess it's pretty much official now. SHIT. I went to bed Thursday night thinking we'd have Coach Boom...and now tonight we end up with Chizik. WTF went wrong?!!? I'm telling you guys, God is paying us back for treating Tubbs so shitty.
I've read on a couple other boards a rumor that Gill turned down the job. Anyone else hear this?
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on December 13, 2008, 09:36:16 PM
Been too sick at my stomach to visit here today.  I'm hanging on the last thread that at least there hasn't been a presser scheduled that I know of yet.   I actually called Kaos earlier just to talk to him about it and vent... I could tell he was shaken also...  Even though I'm still proud enough to not have to look up at any bammer, I'm still embarrassed to be an Auburn Tiger today.  Sad.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Snaggletiger on December 13, 2008, 09:38:12 PM
I finished a big supper a while ago.  It's had time to run it's course.  Now, I have to go take a big Chizik.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AUJarhead on December 13, 2008, 11:55:47 PM
I've been a member of Tigers Unlimited for 11 years.  That donation stops this year.  Why the fuck should I pay 440 bucks to watch a dysfunctional office run a program into the ground, when it would take me a 10 hour drive each way to watch that team, when I can watch the St Louis Rams front office do the same thing, but only 20 minutes away, at a fraction of the cost.  And I fucking hate the Rams.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Townhallsavoy on December 13, 2008, 11:58:27 PM
I've been a member of Tigers Unlimited for 11 years.  That donation stops this year.  Why the fuck should I pay 440 bucks to watch a dysfunctional office run a program into the ground, when it would take me a 10 hour drive each way to watch that team, when I can watch the St Louis Rams front office do the same thing, but only 20 minutes away, at a fraction of the cost.  And I fucking hate the Rams.

Make sure you tell them the reason why you stop giving money.  Don't blame it all on Chizik.  I can't blame the guy for accepting the job.  Make sure it's the Jays who get pointed at. 
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on December 14, 2008, 12:03:07 AM
Presser at 1pm on Monday.  Sigh.   Closed to the public.... I can't imagine why.....
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Rancid Milk on December 14, 2008, 12:49:51 AM
A serious suggestion for those of you who are completely disgusted with the asswipery that is our athletic department...direct your current AU-budgeted money to academic departments if you decide to drop season tickets or reduce athletic donations.

Better yet, pledge $0.25...kind of like leaving a dime for a tip for a waitress who gives you shitty service.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: stjaxn on December 14, 2008, 03:04:51 AM
Awful...just awful.  I'm a Hog fan but feel sorry for you guys.  Last year when we were looking for a new coach (thank God) it was a time of nervousness, wondering who they were going to get...then wondering who they were going to be ABLE to get.  Worried about the future of the program, worried about everything.  We as fans got lucky.  You guys as fans got screwed.

I didn't understand Tuberville's firing, but I really don't understand this hire.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Thrilla on December 14, 2008, 08:49:20 AM
I can't believe I'm physically witnessing and eventually enduring one of the most monumental fuck-ups that has EVER come out of our Athletic Department.  I think of how, when I'm telling my grandchildren about Auburn football, I'm going to have to refer to this time as "The time of the Jays", and how it will always pain me to tell them about the firing of Coach Tuberville for this proven loser (as a head coach), CGC.
 
The one thing that is absolutely unexplainable is how our program has FAILED to hire a coach that was better than CTT.  It was an absolute abomination, an embarrassment, and as said before, all monetary donations should be redirected to academics.

These are the dark days of our program, and you're fortunate to be alive to enjoy them.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Jumbo on December 14, 2008, 04:56:15 PM
I can't believe I'm physically witnessing and eventually enduring one of the most monumental fuck-ups that has EVER come out of our Athletic Department.  I think of how, when I'm telling my grandchildren about Auburn football, I'm going to have to refer to this time as "The time of the Jays", and how it will always pain me to tell them about the firing of Coach Tuberville for this proven loser (as a head coach), CGC.
 
The one thing that is absolutely unexplainable is how our program has FAILED to hire a coach that was better than CTT.  It was an absolute abomination, an embarrassment, and as said before, all monetary donations should be redirected to academics.

These are the dark days of our program, and you're fortunate to be alive to enjoy them.  :thumbsup:

very well said and I 100% agree.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: tiger88 on December 14, 2008, 05:36:18 PM
If things go south next year, season ticket holders and others should stage a protest where they all stay home for an sec game that is on TV. It would speak volumes.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Snaggletiger on December 14, 2008, 05:39:16 PM
As was said earlier, we need to direct our venom at the Jays.  Can't blame Chizik for accepting a winning lottery ticket.  You know, I kept thinking all this time that the hatred and BS that's been flung Jacobs' way, was over the top.  I kept thinking that people are just disagreeing because he doesn't always handle things the way they thought he should.  He has to have Auburn's best interest at heart and he's gonna' show us all with this hire.  Right?  I mean, this hire is absolutely critical...right?  He can't fuck this up.  There's 4-5 up and coming coaches out there he can choose from that certainly would get the job done.  Even theough there are no BIG name coaches supposedly on the market, $3-$4 million could lure a Butch Davis, Steve Spurrier, Paul Johnson etc. to Auburn.  Without a doubt, this is a HUGE opportunity for JJ to turn us back around and send Auburn into a new era of success.

Nope, he really is a dumbass.  

I sincerely hope for all our sakes that there's something about CGC that's a perfect fit that they saw.  I hope the guy comes in and tears the SEC a new one.  But, on paper, this was the worst candidate of ANY even mentioned.  This is inexplicable and in my mind, seals the deal.  Jacobs and whoever else was behind this hire, is a complete dumbass.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on December 14, 2008, 05:48:32 PM
Lowder and Jacobs have put a huge scar on this university.  They are the ultimate inside bammer job.

Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: cotte on December 14, 2008, 05:58:58 PM
I truly am sorry for my Auburn brothers to hear about this hire.

It seriously does not make any sense, IMO.

GHG!
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Razorhawk on December 14, 2008, 06:12:32 PM
Would everyone have felt equally as pissed had Boom Muthfucka had been hired? 

Remember, Iowa St is a miserable job and tough place to win.  I still don't understand the Cyclones firing Dan McCarney.

Hopefully, this will not turn out as badly as everyone thinks.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: cotte on December 14, 2008, 06:15:34 PM
Would everyone have felt equally as pissed had Boom Muthfucka had been hired? 

Remember, Iowa St is a miserable job and tough place to win.  I still don't understand the Cyclones firing Dan McCarney.

Hopefully, this will not turn out as badly as everyone thinks.

Not a bad point. But, Muschamp hasn't been given the head reins for two years and failed miserably.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Razorhawk on December 14, 2008, 06:18:22 PM
Not a bad point. But, Muschamp hasn't been given the head reins for two years and failed miserably.
Chizik was advised by many to not take the job at Iowa St as it could be a career ruining stop. 
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: cotte on December 14, 2008, 06:25:52 PM
Chizik was advised by many to not take the job at Iowa St as it could be a career ruining stop. 

That was obviously incorrect advise.
Title: Re: Official I've Given Up On Auburn Thread - Chizik is the new coach.
Post by: Pell City Tiger on December 14, 2008, 06:31:22 PM
Chizik was advised by many to not take the job at Iowa St as it could be a career ruining stop. 
Ames is a tough sell, but Jacobs has put Chizik in a very uncomfortable situation. If CGC wasn't securing a top notch OC when the wheels touched down at Auburn International, he's already behind the power curve. This dude has some hard work ahead of him.