Auburn's clownish coaching search continues to spiral towards the abyss. After Will Muschamp publicly rejected them once again, another qualified candidate has apparently exited the process. ESPN.com's Chris Low is reporting that TCU's Gary Patterson is no longer a candidate at Auburn.
Patterson is 71-27 at TCU with two conference titles. His team enters their bowl with a shot at four 11 win seasons in 8 years with the Horned Frogs, and I think he has a winning record vs. Big 12 teams. (Bumper Sticker Image: Charles Goldberg)
Instead of hiring Patterson, Auburn is having serious conversations with Gene Chizik. In fact AuburnUnderCover.com's Phillip Marshall suggests that he's now the front runner. Chizik is best known for driving the Iowa State Cyclone program into the ocean...which is no small undertaking given Iowa's proximity to the coast.
In his two years with the Cyclones, Chizik is a blistering 5-19 as head coach. He is currently 2-10 while riding a 10 game losing streak, and his team hasn't beaten a BCS conference member since Nov. 10, 2007.
If this hire were to happen, the movie would be called Zooked on the Plains.
See Also:
-- Derek Dooley withdraws from consideration - AL.com
-- Search is full of hot air - Huntsville Times
-- Finding Coaches isn't Easy - Tuscloosa News
-- No News is News - Florence Times
-- What do you think of Chizik - The Goldmine
PWD
13 comments:
Does anyone have Andy McCollum's phone number
Zook still beat the Dawgs so there's still hope for Chizik. At least he's got that going for him.
espn.com is reporting that Chizik has been hired
Per ESPN, it's official...Chizik. This should be fun. Well done, Lowder and Co...
i think i'll go interview at auburn. i have played a lot of college football on playstion.
After a big 2-10 season (0-8 in the Big12) by the Iowa State Cyclones, AU decided it was a good idea to hire their head coach. Wow what an... interesting? hire.
Baffling.
This is unbelievable. How do you possibly spin this to the alumni to get them excited?
Oh, they're excited all right.
Thank Jesus Auburn is our permanent western division opponent. Now if some other school will just hire Charlie Strong.
I've got to wonder what it is about Gene Chizik that swayed the Auburn Athletic Department into the hire. Was it the 2-10 he masterminded this year, or the scintillating 3-9 last year?
In other news, holidays at my house just got ever so much more fun, as half of the spousal-unit's relatives are All-barners...
i work with an auburn d-line alum. he loves the hire. says he's a bad ass. we'll see how he feels after uga has reeled off 6 straight.
Check out this video of an Auburn fan heckling Jay Jacobs for the hire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7TxIMAwc1k
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