CTT was the only hire at Auburn in my lifetime that I was fairly hyped about. I had followed his time at Ole Miss and thought he did a great job there given the state of that program at the time. One of his first statements after taking over was that he had never seen so little talent at an SEC program. I went to a strength training seminar at AU during his second year and he said that weight training under Bowden wasn't even mandatory. At least not enforced. So, he did a great job to re-establish Auburn as an SEC power, if you will.
As Buzz mentioned, he took advantage of Bama while they were down. No apologies there. We've been on the other end of that one too many times. And, he also had some major head scratching losses.
To be fair, he did a great job putting AU back on the map. However, he sucked in equal fashion in allowing the program to slide back into the doldrums his last couple of years. Whether it was due to personal problems or not, he stopped recruiting. He stopped giving a shit. We paid the price.
Was he a good coach? Yes. B- in my book.
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