The only 4 head coaches to take multiple schools to BCS bowls

And two other coaches have led their current teams to multiple BCS bowls...

Chris Petersen and Gary Patterson.

You already screwed it up once in '08, JJ. Don't do it again. Anything other than one of the P's is unacceptable.

Two years ago, sure didn't look like a screw up.

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but it's pretty evident that most of our success came from a once-in-a-generation QB and the largest senior class in Auburn history.

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Didnt say it was not.

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Chizik was a bad hire. Plain and simple.

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Maybe, but he did win a NC. That is a fact.

I still say Chizik's issue is that he cannot scout.

Chizik hire? Bad

Did it work out? Yes

Was the 10.5 million buyout justifiable? Yes

Was Chizik ever a threat to leave Auburn? No

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Would you make that hire again if you could? I would. Truth is he got that people in Auburn that were necessary for the Title. I'm glad he is gone but appreciate what he did.

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And he had to be talked into going after the biggest person responsible for making winning a NC possible here to Auburn. You can talk about Gus all you want, and he deserves a lot of credit, but without Cam, we're an 8-4 team that year if not worse. And our HC wasn't even going to recruit the guy until our offensive assistants urged him to.

Like I said, I'm also appreciative of Gene's efforts and the coaches he surrounded himself with, but these last two years were Gene's teams. No once-in-a-generation talents. Hardly any holdover players from the Tuberville regime. And it was an absolute disaster.

It's easy to say you'd hire him again now that we did win a national title with him.

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And he had to be talked into going after the biggest person responsible for making winning a NC possible here to Auburn. You can talk about Gus all you want, and he deserves a lot of credit, but without Cam, we're an 8-4 team that year if not worse. And our HC wasn't even going to recruit the guy until our offensive assistants urged him to.

Like I said, I'm also appreciative of Gene's efforts and the coaches he surrounded himself with, but these last two years were Gene's teams. No once-in-a-generation talents. Hardly any holdover players from the Tuberville regime. And it was an absolute disaster.

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Agree 100%.

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It's easy to say you'd hire him again now that we did win a national title with him.

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That's my point. In my book, if you would hire him again, knowing what you know now, it can't really be classified as a bad hire.

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That's my point. In my book, if you would hire him again, knowing what you know now, it can't really be classified as a bad hire.

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I gotcha. Yeah, if I knew we'd win a national title, I'd hire him again. Sure.

My whole point is hire the best coach. Forget about the last four years. Jacobs passed on Patterson four years ago, and now we're looking for another coach. He would have to be an absolute idiot to not zero in on Patterson or Petrino this time around.

You want a proven winner?

Patterson: 116-34 overall record, 2 BCS bowls

Petrino: 75-26 overall record, 2 BCS bowls

You want a clean track record?

Patterson: Never been sniffed by the NCAA

Petrino: Never been sniffed by the NCAA

I've picked these two out because they're the most realistic candidates who have shown to be proven winners. Any other hire (barring some miracle) is going to be a gamble. That's a fact.

Pretty simple decision if I'm JJ. Don't know how much more clear cut it can be.

I agree. Can't go wrong with either of those two. Hopefully Jacobs will get it done.

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And he had to be talked into going after the biggest person responsible for making winning a NC possible here to Auburn. You can talk about Gus all you want, and he deserves a lot of credit, but without Cam, we're an 8-4 team that year if not worse. And our HC wasn't even going to recruit the guy until our offensive assistants urged him to.

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This is such a goddamn stupid point.

Whether he wanted to initially or not, was Chizik "talked into" going after Cam? YES.

Did the Auburn program under Chizik recruit Cam? YES.

Did the Auburn program under Chizik sign Cam? YES.

Whether he had to be "talked into it" or not, the fact is he AGREED with his assistants to recruit and sign Cam. He, as the head coach, could have said no any time he wanted.

He didn't.

Of those 4 only 1 took two schools to their FIRST BCS Bowl...