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OT: AUBURN BASKETBALL

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I think Bruce won the battle against McGlynn and that included support from the president. And it sounds like Wiley was cleared last week by the FBI and will play this week.
Praise GOD. Man being a boog bball fan is exhausting. So used to our pathetic football program that I don't care about. What a roller coaster ride and the season hasn't even started.
 
I think Bruce won the battle against McGlynn and that included support from the president. And it sounds like Wiley was cleared last week by the FBI and will play this week.

How Bruce has the heart or will to fight so hard for what could be the worst job/program in all of major cbb I'll never know.

But I am thankful he does.
 
No talk of it in the AD. No talk of it from people on staff. I was in the arena earlier and no talk of it there. I doubt it. We're not dumb enough to let Bruce walk unless there's no other choice.

Oh, so you are like an actual insider. DM me some juicy gibblets and I'll post the exact opposite of them with my AGGL account on the mongo board.
 
Good thing I’m not on the bunker anymore. ;)

I’ve been convinced to not want the lady though.
I would guess that the UConn AD and Iowa St. AD are the favorites. That’s with not a whole lot of information though. I don’t know how BMatt came up with TCU’s AD as a candidate, but that would be the slam dunk hire of them all to me
 
I would guess that the UConn AD and Iowa St. AD are the favorites. That’s with not a whole lot of information though. I don’t know how BMatt came up with TCU’s AD as a candidate, but that would be the slam dunk hire of them all to me
I really wouldn't know what a good AD looks like. They all look like a gigantic upgrade from JJ though. UConn guy doesn't do a lot for me I guess as a former JJ lackey. Rather have the chick or Iowa St guy.
 
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How Bruce has the heart or will to fight so hard for what could be the worst job/program in all of major cbb I'll never know.

But I am thankful he does.

BRUCE has talked openly about the fulfillment he got from building a program at Tennessee that rivaled their football and women’s basketball programs... he enjoys the challenge, and, he knows that Auburn - and schools like Tennessee, etc - that are non traditional powers but have proven they can sustain and support a winning culture in other sports, will support his basketball team with the same passion and energy provided he wins... he has enough confidence that he’s going to win to take those challenges

he also knows that by building a program where one didn’t previously exist - or by reaching and sustaining new heights, that he’s creating a legacy that will live far beyond his actual corching tenure... he can’t get that at a blue blood...

combine all of that with his appreciation for Auburn giving him a shot to finish what he wasn’t able to finish at Tennessee, and I truly think he’s in it for the long haul - and he’s in it for dumbasses like us - and he truly appreciates our support...

he’s not the best corch in the world... but for our program, he legitimately is the best corch we could possibly hire... he’s everything we need - and I think the little people have given him enough love that he’s willing to fight any resistance he gets from people who don’t have the purest of intentions...

that’s my story and I refuse to believe otherwise until proven wrong
 
Is the Iowa st Guy the same dude that hired Chiz? Kind of a red flag if so. But Chiz was also untested and a really hot commodity then so I can see it as a “good hire” for Iowa St at the time
 
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I really wouldn't know what a good AD looks like. They all look like a gigantic upgrade from JJ though. UConn guy doesn't do a lot for me I guess as a former JJ lackey. Rather have the chick or Iowa St guy.
Same. One of those jobs where it's seem like you get too much blame and too much credit. Just hire a great football and basketball coach and forget about the rest
 
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I would guess that the UConn AD and Iowa St. AD are the favorites. That’s with not a whole lot of information though. I don’t know how BMatt came up with TCU’s AD as a candidate, but that would be the slam dunk hire of them all to me

I almost hyperventilated when I saw his name on the list... it allowed me a 90 second daydream of...

JJ leaves...
Del Conte is hired...
Gus goes to Arky...
Gary Patterson comes to AU...
BRUCE wins the power struggle and plays Austin and Danjel full season while we make our Seeet 16 or Elite 8 run...

I was giddy like a naive middle school barner when Tot ran off 20 in a row... or Tubs was waving his thumbs around and BAMA was hiring a new corch every other year...
 
Is the Iowa st Guy the same dude that hired Chiz? Kind of a red flag if so. But Chiz was also untested and a really hot commodity then so I can see it as a “good hire” for Iowa St at the time
Yeah but I don't think that was terrible considering Iowa St. Then they pawn him off on boogville. Current guy is doing well and he's made some great bball hires. Bio looks fine. My only issue really is he looks like a dork.

TCU guy seems like a beast. Like he's probably the best AD in the country and not sure who's close. Don't think we could get him though.
 
even if the Iowa State guy hired Chiz, he also hired Campbell...

and he hired Fred Hoiberg... and then hired Steve Prohm...

did he hire Eustachy as well? either way, their basketball program has WAY overachieved the last 15-20 years, so anything he’s done to contribute to that is good with me
 
Is the Iowa st Guy the same dude that hired Chiz? Kind of a red flag if so. But Chiz was also untested and a really hot commodity then so I can see it as a “good hire” for Iowa St at the time

Im not faulting an Iowa St for hiring the hot named coordinator and it failing. Hiring a football coach at Iowa St would literally be one of the toughest hires to make in all of college athletics.

What I do like about the ISU AD is him being around a winning basketball program (non-blue blood).
 
Is Tom Jurich too toxic to pursue right now? Dude built Louisville into a super house with top of the facilities for both major sports
I'm guessing but that would certainly be a wolf move to hire him. Only other dude who took a mid major, got them into a P5 conference and national power in football/bball. Think UL and TCU are really good at baseball too.
 
Im not faulting an Iowa St for hiring the hot named coordinator and it failing. Hiring a football coach at Iowa St would literally be one of the toughest hires to make in all of college athletics.

What I do like about the ISU AD is him being around a winning basketball program (non-blue blood).
This combined with being smart enough to pawn Chizik off on a yokel like Jacobs put him pretty high on my board. Think about it for a minute, he helped convince a Top 15 All Time program to hire a 5-19 Head Corch. That's damned near super-human.
 
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