re: Auburn Fans Question regarding Gene Chizik

He's a solid football coach, but I think Coach Chizik got a little arrogant after the NC. Even in 2011, you could smell something was wrong. We went 8-5 that year, but all the losses were blowouts, which pissed off a lot of the fans. Then 2012 started, and the team completely quit on him about midway through the season (if I had to pick a point, I would say the Arkansas game). Unacceptable failure of leadership. He got fired because there didn't appear to be any way for him to climb out of the hole he had dug for himself.

Bad thing about it was that the talent was there, which became obvious the following year. Coach Chizik is a good example of the phrase "pride goeth before the fall." Still like him and am proud of him for the NC, but he really didn't give the Auburn admins any choice but to fire him. I do wish he would try to coach somewhere again, but I also really like him on the SEC Network!