Not for nothing, but the Auburn situation looks incredibly bad.
It looks like from the outside that a single booster, Bobby Lowder, is calling the shots and hellfire shall be rained down on the plains because of it.
It is, from a sportswriter viewpoint, an incredibly easy story to write.
Does this booster have a bad reputation? Check.
Has this booster tried to get the coach fired before? Check.
Does this booster talk to the press? Nope and therefore check.
Does he complain about what is written about him? Nope and therefore check.
Does this booster have detractors inside the athletic department who will say anything about him as long as you don't put their name to it? Yep and check.
Does this booster like the new hire? Yep and check.
Does the incoming coach have a less than stellar record as a head coach? Yep and check.
Are various relatives connected to the outgoing staff, singing like songbirds? Yep and check.
Does this university have outspoken, celebrity minorities who will talk to the press about anything at anytime? Yep and check.
Lordy, it doesn't get much better than that.
Taste the hellfire, enjoy the hellfire, it will be coming for as long as Chizik has losing teams. And that could be for a couple of years. The cupboard isn't exactly full at Auburn. Offense is in flux.
He could make some moves to stem the tide, hah!, hire the right assistant coaches. Land a couple big name recruits such as beating hated rivals for some four-star player out of Dothan or Hoover or some such high school hellhole and some fans will become convinced and the press will begin to let up.
But, in a state with Paul Finebaum ruling the roost, it will be ugly. Like Bobby Knight once said about rape, if it is going to happen, you might as well as lay back and enjoy it.
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