Tubberville out!

FizzyLifter (12/3/2008)

Joe Scarborough? Paul Finebaum!? That explains it right there. No credibility in any information concerning Auburn that comes from either of them.

You won't find a finer and more humble person than CTT. The first time I met him was the day after Auburn lost to Alabama for the first time in Jordan-Hare stadium. I ran in to him at Wal Mart. The head coach was at the podump Wal Mart in Auburn after losing to his biggest rival. He had the wife and kids, I didn't want to bother him but I just said "War Eagle coach, you did a good job this year" and kept walking out. Pushing the buggy with his son, he followed me out and says, "well, we aren't even close yet but we're going to get there." Then over the next 15-20 minutes he continues to break down the playcalling from the game. "What did you think of that 3rd and short call." Also talked about how good Shuan Alexander was. I just tried to go on because I didn't want to keep him but he just kept going on and on like we were just two big Auburn fans breaking down the game. After that chance meeting I was sold. He wins, he wins with class. Auburn now has an FCA program that teams from around the nation come to learn (Alabama did last summer) how to get football players involved. When Tuberville was hired he hired an offensive coordinator, a defensive coordinator. Then he called the team chaplin and said, his team needed a spiritual coordinator. He knows life is more important than football. Players graduate, they don't continiously make the paper for arrests and if they do, he disciplines them. Pro scouts over the last few years have said when you get an Auburn player, you are getting more than a football player. If they played under CTT you know you are getting a quality individual that is going to work hard and never cause trouble. Those are the things that make up a "class act" in my opinion.

BTW, the Tuberville "pine box" comment happened 10 years ago and CTT himself has said he didn't handle it correctly and he learned from his mistakes. I agree, that was stupid but that and him holding up fingers to his own crowd are VERY weak arguments. The only thing he has done that an Alabama fan can consider classless is he beat them 7 times.

But regardless of the above, the name of the game is winning.

Hey Wharf, do you really worry about Paul Johnson? Personally, I love his offense because I have a soft spot for the option/veer but do you really think that would strike fear in the hearts of SEC coaches on a week by week basis??

Let me get this straight.....so because he shops at Wal Mart after a loss to a rival and stops to talk to you about it, he has class?? You start your argument with credibility yet you fail to support any of your statement with any credibility. Also, he I was there in the Alabama student section when he held up 5 fingers towards us. I was right behind the guy who responded by throwing a gatorade bottle and struck one of Auburn's key players in the face. The guy who threw the bottle was in no way correct in his actions but I know for a fact they were provoked by Tommy Tubberville's classless gesture. Maybe he went to Wal Mart the next day.....if so then the classless actions that night were negated.