re: Auburn Fans Question regarding Gene Chizik

I remember it, and I agree it seemed that he had lost the team, and was not willing to change his ways. On Saturday when they showed him on SEC network during the post game show. They showed his achievements, when I saw his record at Auburn, I didn’t think it was to horrible..

Thst is true with any team. How would Bama have done without Henry or Tua or LSU without Burrow? Maybe not 8 games, but one play makes a difference every year.

if you believe message board rumors there was internal fighting not only within the roster but also within the coaching staff

trooper and chizik both were reportedly getting on non-speaking terms with each other as both had separate coaching camps set up

one of the players spoke publicly about it during a press conference in 2012 i believe it was ricardo louis i dont really remember but i do know he publicly said in a press conference in mid october of 2012 that "This team has no leadership everybody talks about they want to win but no ones showing it on the field"

lutzy came to the defense of the team trying to hush it up. but it didnt work

i remember reading alot of posts on auburn boards most notably aufamily folks saying they saw coaches and players jawing with each other on sidelines during games

one guy on aufamily said he sat right behind the sidelines of the auburn coaching staff during the ulm game and that he saw several coaches and players jawing back and forth

i was at the ulm game i didnt see anything like that but then again i wasnt sitting behind the coaches sideline

it also didnt help that chizik had his own personal watchdog spying on van-gorder and lefty during practice

chizik was actually caught on tv during the lsu game that year shouting something in leftys year during the final minutes if you can read lips then it was "I needed the yards for the field goal." and lefty just nodded his head and said "Yeah"

I was a sophomore that year and was walking by Village Dining one night when two FB players (idk who, but they had the top-to-bottom Under Armour get-up) randomly walked up to me, asked if I though Chizik should be fired, and then went off to “poll” other folks

I was like a deer in headlights “Uhhhh idk”

One thing Chiz does deserve credit for is keeping team focused during 2010 national championship run. Regardless of your feelings about Cam Newton, Chiz managed that “crisis” successfully and kept the team focused.

From Auburn's 2010 team there wasn't another offensive skill player other than Cam to take a snap in the NFL. We had a few linemen that did and one tailback that was converted to cornerback. Quite a few defensive players, some of which are still playing, made the NFL. We also had one receiver that had a great CFL career. There just wasn't much NFL talent on that offense (that could stay out of trouble enough to get drafted) except for Newton.

i was at the ulm game. lsu game texas a&m game and new mexico state game that year

at the a&m game most in my section were only there for the halftime show one guy sitting beside me said " I wish Lowder was still here" i said "Why" he said "Because Lowder was one of the only folks that tried to stop us from hiring chizik, if he were still here chizik would still be relying on popcorn and hotdog sales at iowa state"

i left the game late in the 2nd quarter and thought to myself "Wow if im chizik and i knew some are praying for Bobby Lowder then id walk up to jacobs and gouge tomorrow and say gimme my pink slip now please"

Had some bad apples in the bunch, players and asst coaches.