PMarsh: Jay Jacobs Should NOT Be Considered Failure

[War Eagle!!!]

To be fair, the new basketball arena and indoor foosballz facility have to go as a feather in his cap since we're pointing out the things that have happened under his tenure.  Probably would have happened anyway but they are in fact, a couple of very positive things. 

However, using Palowaloalski and Barbee to prop up Jacobs is laughable at best.  So, Polaski had one decent season.  That was 09'.  And since then....?  Do I think Barbee is an upgrade from Lebo?  Yes.  I also think the stray tabby cat that took up at our house would be an upgrade.  IMO, Barbee will do some good things at Auburn but so far....?  Um, not so much.

The fact is, he single handedly hired Chizik, which is an absolute cluster fuck to the most profitable organization on campus. In addition to his fuck up hire, which is costing millions and millions in revenue by having a shitty program, he also gave him a $10M buy-out for no fucking reason...which is going to cost the University millions of more dollars.

So you can say what you want about him, but he has single handedly fucked Auburn out of millions. If I fucked up my biggest account, and cost the company a couple of million dollars in a 1 year time frame, they wouldn't give two flying fucks at how good of a job I did with my $50k accounts...I would be out yesterday.

[AWK]

Ok, this is way more than coincidence now... Jacob's is calling in favors to friends to help him save his job.

[GH2001]

The fact is, he single handedly hired Chizik, which is an absolute cluster fuck to the most profitable organization on campus. In addition to his fuck up hire, which is costing millions and millions in revenue by having a shitty program, he also gave him a $10M buy-out for no fucking reason...which is going to cost the University millions of more dollars.

So you can say what you want about him, but he has single handedly fucked Auburn out of millions. If I fucked up my biggest account, and cost the company a couple of million dollars in a 1 year time frame, they wouldn't give two flying fucks at how good of a job I did with my $50k accounts...I would be out yesterday.

THIS guy ^^^ gets it

[AUChizad]

Never to Yield just posted this link.

Godspeed.

[Godfather]

GF is on teh rolls lately

Getting back to my roots motherfucker.

Just trying to keep everyone entertained.  Nothing else to speak of.

[Townhallsavoy]

Ok, this is way more than coincidence now... Jacob's is calling in favors to friends to help him save his job.

Exactly right. 

Marshall.  Tim Jackson pandering to boosters.  Lee.

Even Chizik's being a douchebag and pandering for support.  Last week in his press conference, he said that he and Auburn were just two years ago in Georgia's exact same position needing to win and go to the SECCG.  Then a few weeks ago, he mentioned how difficult and challenging it is to have a season like this two years removed from a BCS championship. 

Pathetic. 

[dallaswareagle]

Never to Yield just posted this link.

Godspeed.

I signed up. 

[RWS]

The fact is, he single handedly hired Chizik, which is an absolute cluster fuck to the most profitable organization on campus. In addition to his fuck up hire, which is costing millions and millions in revenue by having a shitty program, he also gave him a $10M buy-out for no fucking reason...which is going to cost the University millions of more dollars.

So you can say what you want about him, but he has single handedly fucked Auburn out of millions. If I fucked up my biggest account, and cost the company a couple of million dollars in a 1 year time frame, they wouldn't give two flying fucks at how good of a job I did with my $50k accounts...I would be out yesterday.

And in that sense, that is where a few of the "but what about 2010?" people lose their footing.  Auburn is now in a position where 2010 doesn't even matter anymore.  Any good derived from 2010, monetary or image wise, is now in the shitter.  Your comparison is also dead on.  I understand that Chizik deserved some sort of reward for 2010, but you don't mortgage the farm to make it happen.  That buyout was insane.  I don't even think anybody was beating the door down to hire Chizik either.  Why the fuck would you make that kind of deal?  I think that is the most ridiculous part of it.  What in the world made them think "Oh hey, this is a GREAT idea!"?  Maybe they are just as blinded by reality as Chizik is.

[AWK]

And in that sense, that is where a few of the "but what about 2010?" people lose their footing.  Auburn is now in a position where 2010 doesn't even matter anymore.  Any good derived from 2010, monetary or image wise, is now in the shitter.  Your comparison is also dead on.  I understand that Chizik deserved some sort of reward for 2010, but you don't mortgage the farm to make it happen.  That buyout was insane.  I don't even think anybody was beating the door down to hire Chizik either.  Why the fuck would you make that kind of deal?  I think that is the most ridiculous part of it.  What in the world made them think "Oh hey, this is a GREAT idea!"?  Maybe they are just as blinded by reality as Chizik is.

In the words of one of your most famous football players, stupid is as stupid does. 

[Snaggletiger]

I'm just not real stoked about the PTB doing anything that resembles the right thing. History says we'll all be scratching our heads in a few weeks wondering how they could have possibly arrived at the decisions they made.  As I've said before, just look at the coaches since Shug Jordan and realize that not once did Auburn people go, "Hell yes...we got Samford's coach".  "Suck it Wyoming".  Granted, we got some good results from some of the hires, but at the time....

Then, you look at some of the decisions they've made.  Before the 97' season, Housel said publically that Bowden had better show marked improvement that year. He was two kneel downs away from losing to a bad Bama team at home and being fired.  Then....Bama had one of the all-time brain farts in college football...AU wins and what do they do?  They give Bowden more money and an extension.  How'd that work out less than a year later?

After we stole Ole Miss' corch, a few years later, they're taking ill-fated flights to Kentucky.  From then on, CTT proceeds to play the PTB like a fiddle every year with rumors of other suitors and Tommy ca$he$ in.  Oh yeah, let's give him a cool $5.1 bazwillion and call it a day.  Enter 5-19 leader/loser.  He captures lightning in a bottle and less than 2 years later, the program is at an all-time low and AU owes Mr. Chizik about $7 skwaspillion just to leave. 

Do I have any faith in this bunch?   

[The Six]

I'm just not real stoked about the PTB doing anything that resembles the right thing. History says we'll all be scratching our heads in a few weeks wondering how they could have possibly arrived at the decisions they made.  As I've said before, just look at the coaches since Shug Jordan and realize that not once did Auburn people go, "Hell yes...we got Samford's coach".  "Suck it Wyoming".  Granted, we got some good results from some of the hires, but at the time....

Then, you look at some of the decisions they've made.  Before the 97' season, Housel said publically that Bowden had better show marked improvement that year. He was two kneel downs away from losing to a bad Bama team at home and being fired.  Then....Bama had one of the all-time brain farts in college football...AU wins and what do they do?  They give Bowden more money and an extension.  How'd that work out less than a year later?

After we stole Ole Miss' corch, a few years later, they're taking ill-fated flights to Kentucky.  From then on, CTT proceeds to play the PTB like a fiddle every year with rumors of other suitors and Tommy ca$he$ in.  Oh yeah, let's give him a cool $5.1 bazwillion and call it a day.  Enter 5-19 leader/loser.  He captures lightning in a bottle and less than 2 years later, the program is at an all-time low and AU owes Mr. Chizik about $7 skwaspillion just to leave. 

Do I have any faith in this bunch?

All of this. 

[AUJarhead]

Oh yeah, let's give him a cool $5.1 bazwillion and call it a day. 

This was another thing that really pissed me off about Jacobs.  Yeah, Tubs resigned, but you gave him the exact amount, down to the penny, of his buy out, because "it's the right thing to do."  Yeah, it's the right thing to do, because you fired his ass, and his contract said if you fired him, you'd owe him that money.

You want a new coach, fine, but at least come out and say you fired him.  Don't be a fucking pussy and ask him to resign, with the agreement you'll still give him his buyout.

[AUChizad]

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2SYN9FR

[bottomfeeder]

http://auburn.247sports.com/Article/PMARSHONAU-On-athletics-director-Jay-Jacobs--101269

PM got reamed by his subscribers so he made the following statement.

PhillipMarshall said...

I will not deny being puzzled and saddened by much of what I've read here. It's amazing how many people seem to know why I wrote what I wrote, who "told me" to write it, etc.. I tried to add some perspective to a current situation and that resulted in my professionalism, my honesty and my integrity being questioned. I never expected that. My honest opinion is that anyone who believes that, after 43 years, I am taking orders about what to write, taking a stance because someone is a friend of mine, "spinning" for someone in the athletic department, well, I really don't why you are here. I have damaged relationships in the past 4-6 weeks with some of the things I have written. Yet, now I'm accused of being a "sellout" and a "mouthpiece." Wow. For me, personally, it's a very sad day.

[Townhallsavoy]

http://auburn.247sports.com/Article/PMARSHONAU-On-athletics-director-Jay-Jacobs--101269

PM got reamed by his subscribers so he made the following statement.

His subscribers should send another message.

"Don't get your feelings hurt.  You sincerely believe you're telling the truth?  So do we.  Jay Jacobs is that bad and we see no reason for you to write an article promoting him as a successful - even in a minuscule way - athletic director."   

[Tiger Wench]

Hey, Phil, show me some professionalism in that article and maybe we won't challenge yours.

Good gravy, I never thought I would want Woodturdy back, but I am not sure which is worse - getting ass raped because our beat writer fucking hates us, or just being fondled to death because he loves us.

[djsimp]

Hey, Phil, show me some professionalism in that article and maybe we won't challenge yours.

Good gravy, I never thought I would want Woodturdy back, but I am not sure which is worse - getting ass raped because our beat writer fucking hates us, or just being fondled to death because he loves us.

Thats going a little bit too far.

[AWK]

Sounds like someone got called out for their bullshit and doesn't like it.  Mark my words, he will start banning people. 

[wesfau2]

I'd like to throw a name tag on Marshall that reads "Piggy" and throw a conch shell to the unwashed masses.

We might as well go totally tribal on this shit.  It can't possibly get worse than that.

[bottomfeeder]

I'd like to throw a name tag on Marshall that reads "Piggy" and throw a conch shell to the unwashed masses.

We might as well go totally tribal on this shit.  It can't possibly get worse than that.

"Turd polisher" or "dumpster fireman".