I need the opinion of both AU and non-AU fans...

I'd really like to think the coaching staff had nothing to do with it, and I truly believe Chizik had no idea. IF they did, I don't see how Auburn will avoid the death penalty if everything that has been posted comes to fruition.

If money was paid I think at least one member of the coaching staff probably knew... and the others were kept intentionally peripheral if they didn't know

The extent of the involvement would be pretty speculative... whether it was a tator-tot situation where he wanted to get rid of it as much as possible... or a Pat Dye situation where he probably fully approved

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Will it be found out that the AU coaching staff was involved?

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some, not all

Trooper is probably in the know... I doubt Chiz is.

I thought when you brought Pat Dye back in, who was a Lowder guy, that you were going to have problems.

I personally think Chiz will have plausible deniability but it will ruin his career, nonetheless. (I’m not saying he knows either but this will not be good for him.)

Malzhan has now been front and center for two program wrecking fiascos, he's not going to get a big time shot, like everyone had him lined up for a month ago; too much baggage.

Trooper is probably the key figure if any coaches were involved and it will be easy to offer him up for sacrifice. He's done.

Other than that, I think the scandal stays with the boosters, who happen to be tied to the AD so AUBURN is screwed but the coaching staff (in general) will not be the culprit.

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What all of this wasn't made up on the sec rant?

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then I'd want to know what other mystical powers the SEC Rant has... and ask Rummy how much he wants to be his flunky

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Will it be found out that the AU coaching staff was involved?

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If..if this is found to affect Auburn, there probably is at least one assistant coach that new what was going on. If you look at most of these types of cases, there is usually at least one assistant coach that was in the know.

Trooper Taylor is on your coaching staff, so hell yes they knew something about it. A lot of people think it'd be better if the coaches didn't know about it, but that's not exactly the case. The lack of institutional control tag is getting applied either way.

This whole thing is unreal. To me if one player is getting paid, I could see the coach not knowing. But, if a few players every year are getting those benefits, would be really tough in my opinion to not know something.