Auburn and Iowa

[NeilDiamond]

This could be a real case study on many, many levels. The most obvious being that you have a coach at AU that is going to get canned 2 (TWO) years after winning a NC, a feat that had not been accomplished in forever on The Plains. The message is pretty simple there. We pay you to win every year. If you don't, you are gone. Buyouts be damned.

Then you have the situation in Iowa City where the coach is in the midst of three years of ineptitude, with each year worse than the last. Yet, its pretty much a foregone conclusion that short of being charged with a felony or quitting, the guy is going to continue to just plod along, cashing checks and coaching like its an unfortunate obligation to his decedents.

I suppose arguments can be made for either side: Loyalty and stablity vs. The desire to win and hold coaches accountable. While I think Auburn is a cesspool, I do envy their willingness to pull the trigger in these situations, as will be done shortly.

 

[GhostofBTT]

I do envy their willingness to pull the trigger in these situations, as will be done shortly.

That's messed up. The fact that they're stupid and impulsive is nothing to envy.

 

[NeilDiamond]

That's messed up. The fact that they're stupid and impulsive is nothing to envy.

Well, they did win it all a few years back and have had quite a bit of success over the years so I guess I will sign up for stupidity and impulsiveness please. Ethical issues aside of course, it that is even possible with Auburn.

 

[KnightHawk9]

It should be pretty obvious to anybody that Chizik did nothing to put Auburn in position to win the NC (unless we find out that he helped with the payments to Newton's dad). Alternatively, Kirk took a program that was flailing, and every win in 2002 thru today can be credited to him. Even in the down years, he is exceeding the program's all-time win % of 53%.

Nobody is happy about 2010, 11 or 12, but count me among those who still think we have the right guy for the job.

 

[homes]

That's messed up. The fact that they're stupid and impulsive is nothing to envy.

Maybe so. But Iowa doesn't have Alabama looming over everything, and being compared to on an hourly basis (sorry to disappoint those Cyclone fans, but it's not the same, you're viewed as an annoyance, not a threat). That's also why Iowa wouldn't/shouldn't do the same.

 

[ICHawk24]

The lesson to be learned is that if Kirk starts buying quarterbacks for $180k, he'd be more successful.

 

[theboat]

The lesson to be learned is that if Kirk starts buying quarterbacks for $180k, he'd be more successful.

At this point we should pay 180K for someone to take Vandenberg.

 

[MCHawk]

Auburn has much more money involved than we do, its not even close. Their big booster is the CEO of APPLE. This is an apples and oranges argument, just from that fact alone no pun intended.

 

[AdamHawk]

Auburn has much more money involved than we do, its not even close. Their big booster is the CEO of APPLE. This is an apples and oranges argument, just from that fact alone no pun intended.

There's the understatement of the century.