Hey Auburn.....SHUT UP!!!!

OK, I have just a small bone to pick with some of the Auburn fans that might not be "Chizzing" themselves over the hiring of Iowa St. coach Gene Chizik, my response.....SHUT UP!!! Did no one decide to read the guy's resume......2 undefeated seasons as a Defensive Coordinator (one on your team!!!!) the other being the 2005 Texas National Championship team.

He has struggled as the head coach at Iowa St., but let's be honest, you could put a team of coaches from Bear Bryant to Lou Holtzzzzz and they would struggle to get Iowa St. to 6-6. So don't crucify the guy for jumping to a higher paying job that just so happened to be a very bad situation, I would look at the hiring of a guy who coached some great defenses instead of a bad Iowa St.


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I will make one comment against the coaching decision and that is the fact that ANOTHER major program has passed on Buffalo head coach Turner Gill. While I always try to see the best in everybody, I can not find another reason for him to not have a big job other than the fact that he is African American. In a year where we elected an African American President, it is still an issue when it comes to head coaches in the BCS, which remains at 1(Randy Shannan of The U)

What makes it worse is that self proclaimed legend/Dwayne Wade's father, Charles Barkley, has come out and stated that Auburn approached him for his advice on a new basketball coach 3 years ago, and ignored his recommendation of Mike Davis. This is one of the most startling things I have ever heard come out of Charles Barkley's mouth in awhile, yes, that is correct, the guy who came out and said his gambling debt was more than what 78% of Americans will make in a lifetime.

Yes....more startling than this

I wish the Turner Gill situation was an isolated incident, but sad to say, it isn't. Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong has been a finalist for many of the coaching jobs around the country and many people attribute the fact that he is part of an inter-racial marriage as the reason he has not received any job offers. Again, I am not accusing, I am just stating the fact,but you all know the saying....if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, odds are, its a duck.

When guys like Strong and Gill go through another season without a BCS conference coaching jobs, it just dumbfounds me. I hope that there are other reasons surrounding these 2 not having head coaching jobs and wish these coaches the best of luck with their on-going search.


Just to break the tension a little