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Re: If we hire Petrino, we are no better than Bammer

If we are going to morally justify hiring Petrino, why not just hire Saban away from uat?

I can guarantee you that they would be far more worried about that than us hiring Petrino.  Just go offer him 7 or 8 (or 10 or 12) million to switch to Auburn.  Even if it fails it will end up costing uat a whole lot more after the bidding war smoke cleared to retain him...which would at least hurt their pocketbook a little.

Petrino is a dumb idea.  He's dooked in the punch bowl everywhere he's been. There is NO reason to believe that he wouldn't do it again here.

If we feel like we can't get along with Chizik it makes no sense to me for us to hire anyone less than the best available (or the best that we can make available, starting with Saban), and that's not Petrino.  Pay them whatever it costs.  If we're not willing to do that I suggest we stick with Chizik.

If we were willing to double his salary he would start packing right now.  Cause that's how he rolls.  But that's not what would happen.  We would offer, uat would counter, and in the end they would end up contracted to him for 10 or 12 million per year.  The downside of that is that we would never be able to get rid of him there.

I'm with you zone. Unless we are getting a guaranteed proven head coach ie. Fisher, Saban, Carroll. (I don't think any of them would even consider it). We are better off standing pat for the next couple years.

I definitely don't think Petrino is the answer at all. I didn't think that before he got fired and definitely not now.

I went off yesterday after a few drinks but I do believe Chizik can turn it around. It's just that 3 plus years of this effort on defense really makes you question that belief.

Some of you guys are as bad as georgia fans. Chizik may be a good Christian man, but that doesn't mean squat if multiple players are getting arrested every year. If we're competing for the Fulmer cup every year, I at least want us winning some football games.

you boys wash ya'll hands real good after going over there , ok

:lol:
I went over there and read about as much of it as I could stand.  A lot of it was so delusional that it was hilarious, but it eventually degraded to the inevitable internet tough guy nonsense.  I stopped reading at the "let's meet somewhere and see who is hiding" comments.

:eyeroll:

Are you saying the "Fambly" are turning on each other??

Well, oh no!   :lol: ;)

Folks, the only way any of this could have been avoided was to have hired a coach who had a well documented track record of winning and recruiting.

We got a coach who was an assistant for years, his first real gig at Auburn, and even then our defense had a ton of CTT influence. He moves to U of Tex and by the grace of God they have a freak named Vince Young. That defense didn't even come close to stopping USC the year they won the BCS. Their defense looked a ton like ours did in 2010. Then that coach goes to ISU and flounders there, then he comes to Auburn.

He seems to recruit well and in 2010 we won it all, but again we had our own freak named Cam Newton.  Again the recruiting seemed to be there but discipline issues seem to crop up, plus there are other questions about recruiting "ethics".

LSU hired Les Miles who was a solid coach at OSU and learned how to coach at Michigan. Bama hired Nick Saban. Florida hired Urban Meyer. Ark hired Petrino. All of these guys were winners wherever they were except maybe the NFL.

We hired an untested guy whose only successes were 2004 undefeated season as DC and BCS title as DC. He wins a BCS title with a freak on offense and a monster on the DL but nothing else.

I'm not saying he should go yet, but if we do not improve, I would start "searching" for another coach before the end of the season.

This one is fun:

This one is fun:

This can't be a real Auburn fan.  He makes too much sense.

Saban has worked no miracles there, he has just recruited the very best talent and shored up their fundamentals. There is no innovation, no real strategy, but he is a great coach for his recruiting, his preparation, and his reliance on fundamentals.

He recruits guys more polished than others so he has to do less work. Physically they are already very solid, mentally already better developed, but all he does is add some more strength and some refinement and they look like all world. Few true Freshman start at Bama because they are so deep. They are slowly integrated unless they are a great talent already. We do not have the more polished guys because these guys are not abundant.

Is this more like what you expect from morons (just posted)?

Yes, fire Chizik.

Fire up the jet, go get mr. humble pie in arkansas.

I say we install stripper poles all over the concourses in JH and show porn on the closed circuit tv's pre & post game.

Change our mascot to a motorcycle

I won't flame you because I agree with you.  I haven't made a post in a while and sure I will be called a troll but I guess I can come up with excuses just like everyone has for this team.  Remember we are young as we seem to be almost every year.  Wait we have new coaches thats the reason and we are rebuilding.  Funny thing is there are teams all across the USA in the same or worse shape and they can actually pull off a win.  Its one thing to loose but have -2 yards passing in the first half against a lower level sec team.   Chizik sounds go on TV but so does the President.  He just is not getting the job done.  He did not do anything where he came from and has not done anything since he got here.  Agree or disagree I don't care but Cam Newton won the NC Trophy.  He would have won with Doug Barfield or I as the coach.  Chizik just got to go along for the ride.  Therefore we are stuck with our Mike Shula for a few more years.  I like the man as a person but that does not make him a coach. 

More good stuff.................



Mirror mirror om the wall, who's the lowest team of all?

This may sound a little cliché (because it is) but:
Saban can fix a broken program
Saban can fix a broken defense
Saban can fix off-field problems
Saban can fix a bad offense
But, even Saban can’t fix stupid!!!
And barners are about as........well, you know.
 ;)