Look, I know we hate this guy, but is the risk worth the reward? I fully expect Freeze to be in on this.
Trooper Taylor fired at AUB, should we hire him???
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Didn't just fire Trooper, he gutted the whole staff and is starting from scratch
Everyone is gone and he's hiring an entire new staff. Props to him for going in and cleaning house. As for hiring Trooper Taylor, how about not no but hell no. He's trouble and there is a reason Auburn pulled him and Luper off the recruiting trail. Don't want any part of him.
Everyone is gone and he's hiring an entire new staff. Props to him for going in and cleaning house. As for hiring Trooper Taylor, how about not no but hell no. He's trouble and there is a reason Auburn pulled him and Luper off the recruiting trail. Don't want any part of him.
It will certainly be interesting to see if he lands anywhere. Ole Miss would be a good bet if they have a spot open up. That would give me a reason to hate that towel waving bastard even more.
I dont understand how Mal can separate himself from the NCAA stuff that's coming down the chute (supposedly). Was he not the OC during at least some of the crap that has happened?
No doubt AU will pin all this **** on Troop and Chiz but for Mal to honestly say this stuff went on under his nose while he knew notta is complete BS.
Otherwise - I am happy to hear the Troop's sorry *** finally got fired.
No doubt AU will pin all this **** on Troop and Chiz but for Mal to honestly say this stuff went on under his nose while he knew notta is complete BS.
Otherwise - I am happy to hear the Troop's sorry *** finally got fired.
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If we were to hire Trooper Taylor I would give up sports! Not that any of yall would give a damn, but yeah.
Hey Farva, what's that restaurant you like so much with all the goofy **** on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?
This is what my Auburn people have come to the conclusion on. (Kinda long)
I will preface this by saying I know some of this may sound a bit farfetched. But up until this point, my Auburn information have been rock solid. I posted on here about the Dyer stuff about three days before it became public. I said 3 weeks before the end of the season Chizik was done. That wasn't a guess. That's when the decision was made. I was told the day before Gus was hired that he was going to be the new coach, and I was told two or three hours before the news Ellis Johnson was contacted to be the Auburn DC that he was already hired. I feel confident in my contacts.
From what I can tell, people don't know for sure about what went on with the whole Dyer thing because it has been very hush hush at the top, but they believe Malzahn was the "goat" for the Dyer cover up and that in fact Chizik and some of the staff were the ones involved in concealing Dyer's failed drug tests. The reason Dyer went with Malzahn to ASU was because he couldn't trust Auburn anymore because of how that situation played out. I'm not saying that is fact, but from the people I know close to the program, this is what they believe. Now obviously Dyer had bigger problems and got kicked off the team at ASU, but from what I've heard, Chizik and Company were the major players in that situation, not Malzahn.
They also believed Chizik was going to be gone at the end of the year almost regardless of how the season played out and they were led to believe this decision was made way before the season started. This goes back to the discipline problems, as well as the Dyer situation. There were a lot of higher ups that expected a season like this and from what I've heard, Malzahn was assured the job would be his once Chizik was fired. Malzahn was to save himself because people knew the NCAA was poking around and he was clean and that once the problem aka Chizik was gone, the HC job would be his. Didn't want him getting caught up in whatever came down from the NCAA, but they wanted him there to clean it up once it did go down.
All of this is why Malzahn is able to get rid of everyone. He's got some institutional power because of what he knows and promises made to him by Jay Jacobs. He's not going to be a talking puppet like Chizik was. He's going to have a lot more power to do things he wants. He's actually going to be given some leeway to do things his way because he built a good relationship with the Athletic Department. They trust him and the fans really like him. Malzahn has totally gutted the program and Auburn is going to start from scratch. They don't like the NCAA stuff and they know Trooper and Luper are no longer worth the risk because those high profile recruits aren't producing on the field.
Like I said, a lot of this might sound farfetched, but this is what I have been told. Take it for what you want, but I feel confident in what I've been told. Auburn is a damn complicated program and there are so many hands in so many different places. It will be very interesting to see how the Auburn program looks and feels going forward.
I will preface this by saying I know some of this may sound a bit farfetched. But up until this point, my Auburn information have been rock solid. I posted on here about the Dyer stuff about three days before it became public. I said 3 weeks before the end of the season Chizik was done. That wasn't a guess. That's when the decision was made. I was told the day before Gus was hired that he was going to be the new coach, and I was told two or three hours before the news Ellis Johnson was contacted to be the Auburn DC that he was already hired. I feel confident in my contacts.
From what I can tell, people don't know for sure about what went on with the whole Dyer thing because it has been very hush hush at the top, but they believe Malzahn was the "goat" for the Dyer cover up and that in fact Chizik and some of the staff were the ones involved in concealing Dyer's failed drug tests. The reason Dyer went with Malzahn to ASU was because he couldn't trust Auburn anymore because of how that situation played out. I'm not saying that is fact, but from the people I know close to the program, this is what they believe. Now obviously Dyer had bigger problems and got kicked off the team at ASU, but from what I've heard, Chizik and Company were the major players in that situation, not Malzahn.
They also believed Chizik was going to be gone at the end of the year almost regardless of how the season played out and they were led to believe this decision was made way before the season started. This goes back to the discipline problems, as well as the Dyer situation. There were a lot of higher ups that expected a season like this and from what I've heard, Malzahn was assured the job would be his once Chizik was fired. Malzahn was to save himself because people knew the NCAA was poking around and he was clean and that once the problem aka Chizik was gone, the HC job would be his. Didn't want him getting caught up in whatever came down from the NCAA, but they wanted him there to clean it up once it did go down.
All of this is why Malzahn is able to get rid of everyone. He's got some institutional power because of what he knows and promises made to him by Jay Jacobs. He's not going to be a talking puppet like Chizik was. He's going to have a lot more power to do things he wants. He's actually going to be given some leeway to do things his way because he built a good relationship with the Athletic Department. They trust him and the fans really like him. Malzahn has totally gutted the program and Auburn is going to start from scratch. They don't like the NCAA stuff and they know Trooper and Luper are no longer worth the risk because those high profile recruits aren't producing on the field.
Like I said, a lot of this might sound farfetched, but this is what I have been told. Take it for what you want, but I feel confident in what I've been told. Auburn is a damn complicated program and there are so many hands in so many different places. It will be very interesting to see how the Auburn program looks and feels going forward.