The long Tuberville nightmare is finally over . . .

by wey on Dec 14, 2008 4:06 PM CST Comment 9 comments

And I don't mean for Alabama. The joke was always on Auburn with that guy.

First, in 03, after a poor coaching job, he uses his relentless media whoring against his own employer and creates such a media storm that he gets the University president fired, the AD fired, Lowder tarred, and the school on academic probation. (No coach in college football courts the media like Tuberville -- and it was always for his own personal benefit and not the school.)

Second, he cynically uses the Auburn fanbases's obsession with Alabama to extort one of the largest salaries in college football and routinely uses this leverage to get more money despite a very mediocre record outside of one year in ten. His success was always primarily a function of the disarray caused by the NCAA and the Franchione/Price debacles. Everytime he laid an egg, he would either fire a defenseless coordinator (with no remorse) or create a diversion in the press (remember the little diversion he created in 04 right after he lost to LSU about ESPN not being fair to the SEC -- he wasn't really serious since he basically retracted it when challenged by Dan Patrick but it changed the subject from the LSU game). And remember all those schools that supposedly courted him through the years -- was there even anything to that or was that just Tuberville planting rumors? I have a hunch on that.

Third, he gets $5.1MM to leave but the university is tarred on the way out despite his turning the program into a joke and losing the Iron Bowl by the worst margin in 40 years. And yet, he walks away smelling like a rose in the media (his weekly calls to Herbstreit have really paid off) and students are protesting his departure.

Finally, the school has trouble hiring a successor (in part because of the disarray of the program he left and the fact he showed he wasn't capable of competing against Alabama with Saban) and becomes the laughingstock of the nation.

That guy just raped and pillaged the administration down there. Its really been pretty amazing to watch. I bet Bobby Lowder, the Board, Jacobs, et al, rue the day they ever heard the name Tommy Tuberville.

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nah

by bamainexile on Dec 14, 2008 5:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He did average over 8 wins a season...

Won 70% of his games against his archrival, and won over half of his games against top 10s. Not at all pedestrian, IMHO

"penis fish"…google that, and the candiru is the first thing that pops up

by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 15, 2008 7:51 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

But...

…he had progressively less wins in the SEC since 2004.
2004: 8, 2005: 7, 2006: 6, 2007: 5, 2008: 2

"I hate everything orange"
It's all about Crimson - ROLL TIDE!!!

by bamavicki on Dec 15, 2008 1:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

2009: 0

by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 15, 2008 2:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Do they award negative wins?

"penis fish"…google that, and the candiru is the first thing that pops up

by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 15, 2008 5:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

sadly

As an Auburn fan, i am really starting to come to this realization myself too. With every controversy in the past 10 years only three things stayed the same, Tommy Tuberville was in the center, Bobby Lowder appeared to be the bad guy and Auburn looks bad.

No Auburn fans seem to understand that Tuberville has gotten unlimited passes for poor performances for about 6 or 7 of the seasons. A handful of games in his 10 years, he has outcoached his opponent. I don’t enjoy saying these things but reality hurts. I was talking to some Auburn fans today and they brought up the 2004 season and then it dawned on me, our 2004 offense, if under any well coached team, would have put up 50 to 60 points a game. There were only 1 or 2 starters on that offense who aren’t starting on an NFL team right now. If under Stoops or Carroll, this offense puts up 80 a game. But under Tuberville we were lucky to escape a few games and it took a great defense to hang on.

My main issue with Tuberville leaving this year is the timing. Having had a poor season adn then he leaves, makes Auburn look bad again, adn guess who hasn’t said anything to the media? Good ole’ Tubs. He could come out and squash all the rumors about his dismissal or at least come forth with the truth. He has been a plague at Auburn for the past few years and somehow he comes out clean. It makes no sense.

by Mattco on Dec 15, 2008 11:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I have never seen a coach develop/work . . .

the media like Tuberville. He works it like a savvy Washington politician (he practically was Scarbinsky’s ghost writer for years.) My theory is that a coach with the media on his side can buy himself one extra year. Tuberville in 03 used his media contracts (you know he was on the phone to Finebaum every hour fanning the false “jet gate” controversy and then used the pr leverage to get the president/AD fired. Contrast that to Mike Shula — no coach came in with more obstacles and bad luck — the injuries he faced, coming in without a full spring, the Tiffin meltdown in Fayetteville — but he did not work the media and the media trashed him in 06 rather than pointing out all the obstacles he had to overcome to buy him an extra year. (Hey, I am glad — I said Saban was the best post-Bear coach to come through the SEC when he was still at LSU.) And what was the scandal of jet gate anyway? That AU was negotiating with another coach before firing Tuberville? Or that they were doing it clandestinely? Well Tuberville hired Franklin before firing Borges. And as far as being clandestine, now a lot of folks are saying AU couldn’t get a good coach this time because Jacobs insisted on doing everything “by the book” and out in the open. Well — why did he do that? Jet gate. Tuberville strikes again. This is not to say Tuberville is a bad coach — he is a solid coach without question — but he sure leveraged the chaos at Alabama for his own personal gain. None of this bothers me any of course — it has been fun to watch Tuberville run roughshod over the place.

by wey on Dec 16, 2008 10:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like McCain...(NOT POLITICAL)

Back in the heyday when he massaged the media, and vice-versa. Kleph made a related point on a similar thread: It is about perception, esp when the mic is in your face. Tubs was a master, Chizik is not.

"penis fish"…google that, and the candiru is the first thing that pops up

by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 16, 2008 11:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No One seemed to notice that

last year he wanted to leave and AU wouldn’t let him go without Arky paying them 6 mil. This year, he gets to leave and AU pays him 5.1 mil. Not bad, Tubs. Way to turn those tables!!! Don’t need Jimmy Sexton to help you!!

marycontrary

by adeleswims on Dec 16, 2008 7:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs