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The difference between selling family and being family
Posted on 1/18/11 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 1/18/11 at 3:40 pm
The Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers are fierce rivals. I don’t think there is any possible way to find a pair of teams who hate each other more than these two. The two teams are constantly locked in a battle for in-state supremacy. In 2007, that battle reached another level when Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa to become the head coach of the Crimson Tide. Almost immediately Auburn, who had been ahead of their rival for several years, found themselves once again on the back burner. So what do they do? They fire their coach and hire a new one.
And then the Auburn Tigers decide to try a new tactic. I’m not talking about the reported rumors of negative recruiting and pay-for-play schemes that have been spreading since the arrival of Gene Chizik, I’m talking about the idea of the “Family.” Since Gene Chizik’s arrival in 2008, Auburn fans have been using this term more and more often. They are just one, big happy family down there on the Plains.
This, however, is nothing more than a charade. That football team is most certainly not a “family.” All thuggish/brutish behavior exhibited by Auburn players aside, let’s talk about a far more recent event that has convinced me more than ever of how bogus this “Family” concept is when it comes to the Auburn football team. Both the University of Alabama and Auburn University had players declare for the NFL draft this past week. Julio Jones, Marcell Dareus, Mark Ingram, and Dont’a Hightower showed up for a press conference hosted by their coach, Nick Saban. Ingram, Dareus, and Jones all declared for the draft while Hightower announced his intentions to return to play at Alabama. Nick Saban applauded each of their decisions and strongly endorsed their intentions.
Switching gears to the other side of the state, Cam Newton, Nick Fairley, and Darvin Adams all declared themselves eligible for the draft. Instead of a press conference, however, Newton declared his intentions in an ESPN interview that looked like it was done in absolute secrecy inside his bedroom closet. Nick Fairley, showing how much he loved Auburn University, decided to announce his decision to enter the draft via a press conference at his old high school. So much for keeping it all in the family. And then there is Darvin Adams. Hell, no one from Auburn even bothered to tell the press that Adams had declared himself eligible until a couple days after he had done so.
Compare Auburn’s approach to that of Alabama’s and decide who the real family is. There was Nick Saban, at a live press conference featuring some of the best players from his team, strongly endorsing their intentions to enter the NFL draft. He gave off the impression that he genuinely cared about the future of his players. Now contrast that with Gene Chizik and the Auburn Tigers. There was no press conference, there was no strong endorsement from their head coach. Hell, all three of them seemed to announce in absolute secrecy out of fear of repercussions from their so-called family.
In the case of family, Nick Saban was the one man who acted more like a father. Instead of encouraging them to do what was best for the family, he told them to do what was best for them. Based on the silence from Gene Chizik, I will have to assume the opposite with him is true. The Auburn Family is nothing more than a cult with one purpose in mind: to win no matter what the cost.
And then the Auburn Tigers decide to try a new tactic. I’m not talking about the reported rumors of negative recruiting and pay-for-play schemes that have been spreading since the arrival of Gene Chizik, I’m talking about the idea of the “Family.” Since Gene Chizik’s arrival in 2008, Auburn fans have been using this term more and more often. They are just one, big happy family down there on the Plains.
This, however, is nothing more than a charade. That football team is most certainly not a “family.” All thuggish/brutish behavior exhibited by Auburn players aside, let’s talk about a far more recent event that has convinced me more than ever of how bogus this “Family” concept is when it comes to the Auburn football team. Both the University of Alabama and Auburn University had players declare for the NFL draft this past week. Julio Jones, Marcell Dareus, Mark Ingram, and Dont’a Hightower showed up for a press conference hosted by their coach, Nick Saban. Ingram, Dareus, and Jones all declared for the draft while Hightower announced his intentions to return to play at Alabama. Nick Saban applauded each of their decisions and strongly endorsed their intentions.
Switching gears to the other side of the state, Cam Newton, Nick Fairley, and Darvin Adams all declared themselves eligible for the draft. Instead of a press conference, however, Newton declared his intentions in an ESPN interview that looked like it was done in absolute secrecy inside his bedroom closet. Nick Fairley, showing how much he loved Auburn University, decided to announce his decision to enter the draft via a press conference at his old high school. So much for keeping it all in the family. And then there is Darvin Adams. Hell, no one from Auburn even bothered to tell the press that Adams had declared himself eligible until a couple days after he had done so.
Compare Auburn’s approach to that of Alabama’s and decide who the real family is. There was Nick Saban, at a live press conference featuring some of the best players from his team, strongly endorsing their intentions to enter the NFL draft. He gave off the impression that he genuinely cared about the future of his players. Now contrast that with Gene Chizik and the Auburn Tigers. There was no press conference, there was no strong endorsement from their head coach. Hell, all three of them seemed to announce in absolute secrecy out of fear of repercussions from their so-called family.
In the case of family, Nick Saban was the one man who acted more like a father. Instead of encouraging them to do what was best for the family, he told them to do what was best for them. Based on the silence from Gene Chizik, I will have to assume the opposite with him is true. The Auburn Family is nothing more than a cult with one purpose in mind: to win no matter what the cost.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 3:41 pm to RollTide1987
TLDNR, go back to ATPB.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 3:42 pm to RollTide1987
This thread should end well
Posted on 1/18/11 at 3:48 pm to RollTide1987
gota remember
fans=family
players and coaches=$
fans=family
players and coaches=$
Posted on 1/18/11 at 3:49 pm to RollTide1987
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I’m not talking about the reported rumors of negative recruiting and pay-for-play schemes
Ok, please explain something to me...if you're just talking about the "family atmosphere" at each college and not the p4p scheme...WTH is the title of this thread not different?
epic fail dude
Posted on 1/18/11 at 3:57 pm to RollTide1987
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There was no press conference
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Nick Fairley... decided to announce his decision to enter the draft via a press conference at his old high school
Posted on 1/18/11 at 4:01 pm to RollTide1987
Jesus...get off your knees.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 4:10 pm to RollTide1987
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RollTide1987
you're catching an unreasonable amount of hate for this thread... it IS the off-season and I've always smirked at the "family" concept of auburn. it would have been better if you left how Alabama is more of a family team and posed it in a question format about why the announced differently...
but anyway, I think the "all in / family" thing is silly too.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 4:19 pm to RollTide1987
Saban openly cheats on his wife and his kids are known frickups. I wouldn't want to be in his family in any form.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 5:02 pm to RollTide1987
RollTide1987, what you've just said... is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 5:25 pm to RollTide1987
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Nick Fairley, showing how much he loved Auburn
Signed with CTT and is now the #1 PICK IN THE DRAFT
NEVERMIND HE SHOULD STAY AND GET INJURED OR DROP TO MID 1ST
YOU CAN DRESS THEM UP AND TAKE THEM OUT
YOU WILL STILL be left with a GUMP
Posted on 1/18/11 at 5:58 pm to RollTide1987
They have to be all in because they know they're all fricked.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 7:21 pm to RollTide1987
What a stretch for a moral victory, but hey you gotta do what you gotta do I guess.
Posted on 1/18/11 at 7:25 pm to RollTide1987
Who cares if Saban was at a stupid press conference. Chizik doesn't micro-manage his football team either. The Auburn players going pro wasn't about Chizik it was the players moment. Cam announced in the Auburn locker room and maybe Fairley announced at his high school because he wanted to inspire kids there...Saban on the other hand has to get face time to fulfill his ego.
This post was edited on 1/18/11 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 1/18/11 at 9:07 pm to RollTide1987
Dude get a hobby...and while you are out, go to Wal Mart and snap a photo of Auburn's MNC trophy.
Congrats to Auburn from this LSU Tiger!
Congrats to Auburn from this LSU Tiger!
Posted on 1/18/11 at 9:07 pm to RollTide1987
This is a terrible thread. The OP should be ashamed
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