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I miss Jay Jacobs.

Posted on 2/10/26 at 6:57 pm
Posted by TTsTowel
RIP Bow9den/Coastie
Member since Feb 2010
92753 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 6:57 pm
I said it. I'll admit I was very wrong about him. He never should've been fired, and Auburn would be better off now if he had stayed.

Gene Chizik
Gus Malzahn
Butch Thompson
Bruce Pearl

Show me an Auburn AD that made better hires than him.

Now we have an AD that thinks he the smartest dude in the room (remember the recruiting blunder of last year), and a guy that sells our home games in the name of NIL. Just a joke.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
51926 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 7:01 pm to
I remember he was hated so bad here and I liked him.

When he gave Gus Malzahn a blank check and said go get Muschamp that got my dick hAUrd.

I think baseball guys mainly hated Jay Jacobs.
Posted by Luke
1113 Chartres Street, NOLA
Member since Nov 2004
14190 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 7:36 pm to
The entire athletic department reeks of complacency as little bro… milk the alumni and keep those paychecks coming
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
6706 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 7:43 pm to
His AD was as often a mess as not and he corporatized Auburn to a painful level.

That said, we've been far worse with AD selections since he left.
Posted by TheJones
Member since Nov 2009
34584 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 7:45 pm to
He did his best. I think I miss that era more than Jacobs himself, but he deserves a lot of credit for those hires
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 7:45 pm
Posted by SECdragonmaster
Order of the Dragons
Member since Dec 2013
17384 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 7:48 pm to
I don’t hate the Stephen Pearl hire - I just hate the results.

With all that Bruce did for our pathetic basketball program - it would be an insult to pass his son over. His leash should be short.

He is a young coach but he is as seasoned as he can possibly be.

We are going to find out a lot about the seriousness of our AD in the next two years. Because this year and next will be the worst results in the modern era of Auburn basketball.

What are we gonna do next? How soon are we going to do it?
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
14642 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

I don’t hate the Stephen Pearl hire - I just hate the results.
We lack a big man and team chemistry. Total rebuild year. If Stephen can go out and get a dominant center, and give these guys some to time to gel, we are looking at this a whole different way.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
51926 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:07 pm to
"We are close."
Posted by tiggerfan02 2021
HSV
Member since Jan 2021
4047 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 9:27 pm to
quote:

We lack a big man and team chemistry. Total rebuild year. If Stephen can go out and get a dominant center, and give these guys some to time to gel, we are looking at this a whole different way.


We don't have a reliable consistent PG either.
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
45210 posts
Posted on 2/10/26 at 10:38 pm to
He also hired Tony Barbee and Sonny Galloway
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