In Defense Of Jay Jacobs

[Snaggletiger]

Paramore is our local sports talk guy down here in Dothan.  I thought the article was a bit of a suck up piece but spot on in several areas.  Paramore spent some time with Jacobs earlier this year and did an interview with him, so I didn't expect anything different from him.  He's not the Finebaum type in that he schlobs the knob in person and then bends someone over after the interview is over and he's not face to face.

Anywho, the one place he's dead on is Lebo's failure to promote this program.  The numbers and overall history of the Auburn basketball program speak for themselves.  No history, no tradition.  Never once did I see Lebo any where near my area of the State talking Auburn basketball.  I never saw him doing anything that you would remotely consider as promoting his club.  Anyone see the ESPN piece on Bruce Pearl?  The guy is up on a chair in the cafeteria holding pep rallies.  As corny as it may have seemed at the time, did Tiger Prowl not help jump start the interest in Auburn football again? How many times did we hear of Trooper or Luper or Snooper or whoever, doing crazy stuff at Haley Center and other places to get people fired up.

Whoever comes in has to understand they are starting at the bottom in a program with few players, no tradition and very little support.  They have a new arena.  They are going to have to build a whole new fan base and work their ass off to sell this program to recruits and Auburn people. 

[Kaos]

7-9 is a significant improvement on 4-12 which was his SEC record the previous two years. Was he lighting the world on fire? Absolutely not. But did he appear to be turning the corner? Yes. Almost doubling the in-conference wins and going from 5th to 3rd in the SEC west is progress, no matter the Eeyore spin you try to apply.
It makes you negative because you're wrong in your "clueless AD" accusations, especially as they pertain to this situation. It's always raining poop in Kaosland. Of course the timing of this firing was epic failure to you. Everything is. If he had done it three years ago, you would be bitching about wasting his buyout. If you had any sense you'd be bitching that you don't fire someone after a season that improved on the last. You've made it quite evident that you will bitch completely regardless of any circumstances. You'd find a way to bitch about receiving a blowjob, steak dinner, and $50,000 check simultaneously because the steak was a little too well done.

You're a loon. 

You don't know what bitching is. 

I'm consistent in what I say.  You can pretend that a lame ass record in his third year was reason to celebrate, but the fact remains that it was his THIRD season and he still floundered.  He floundered down the stretch. Everybody but you and the blind mole Jacobs could see it plainly.  There are other things to consider beyond the won-loss record and he was flopping at virtually all.   Yes, I knew he had to go then.  I've said it all along and haven't wavered.  That's not negative, you sunshine pumping pollyanna, that's simple reality.  Take a dose. 

[The Prowler]

I'm consistently wrong in what I say. 

Fixed that for ya

[Kaos]

Fixed that for ya

Did your mother have any children that lived?

[AUChizad]

It is now solidly my position that Jay Jacobs is a hell of an AD.

Chizik has thus far been a success. Staff, recruiting, creating excitement around the program, getting the Auburn name out there, etc.

Then there was us landing the Outback Bowl against all odds.

Pawlowski is kicking ass in baseball now.

And now we get the hottest "up and coming" NCAA basketball coach to coach in our brand new basketball arena.

phuk the naysayers, I'm on the Jacobs train. I don't get what there is to bitch about.

[Kaos]

Yes.  We're aware that you're a reed bending in the breeze. 

You should change your name to "Knee-Jerkad" 

[AUChizad]

Yes.  We're aware that you're a reed bending in the breeze. 

You should change your name to "Knee-Jerkad" 

Good one...

[GH2001]

It is now solidly my position that Jay Jacobs is a hell of an AD.

Chizik has thus far been a success. Staff, recruiting, creating excitement around the program, getting the Auburn name out there, etc.

Then there was us landing the Outback Bowl against all odds.

Pawlowski is kicking ass in baseball now.

And now we get the hottest "up and coming" NCAA basketball coach to coach in our brand new basketball arena.

phuk the naysayers, I'm on the Jacobs train. I don't get what there is to bitch about.

I'd say my perception is BETTER of him but still not great. He looks to be at least somewhat learning now. He also learned from the FB coaching search that there's a right way to do it. This one was much smoother. He's improved though - I agree.

Chizik
Barbee
Pawlowski
Hawke
Fortner

Thats a decent 5 for our 5 big money sports. The big 3 coaches are his now - so let's see what happens. Ive been impressed with Pawlowski this year so far. Lets hope we can keep it up in SEC play. So far so good.

[AUChizad]

I'd say my perception is BETTER of him but still not great. He looks to be at least somewhat learning now. He also learned from the FB coaching search that there's a right way to do it. This one was much smoother. He's improved though - I agree.

Chizik
Barbee
Pawlowski
Hawke
Fortner

Thats a decent 5 for our 5 big money sports. The big 3 coaches are his now - so let's see what happens. Ive been impressed with Pawlowski this year so far. Lets hope we can keep it up in SEC play. So far so good.

He also hired Richard Quick to first replace Marsh, but unfortunately he passed away after his second season here (in which he won us a NC).

So that's 6/6 outstanding hires, IMO.

[jmar]

The man's unconscious, they are already planning a shrine in his honor. Barbee's Funhouse will be renamed for Jacobs. Boulevards will carry his name. Adoring fans will name their children Jay and whatever the female version is. There will be books written about the man, a museum even I tell you there are just endless possibilities and oh! nevermind.

[The Prowler]

He also hired Richard Quick to first replace Marsh, but unfortunately he passed away after his second season here (in which he won us a NC).

So that's 6/6 outstanding hires, IMO.

Bingo.  That's what I don't get about why some people are hatin' on Jay Jacobs...sure he looks like a water head, but so what....sure he sounds like he needs to take speech classes, but, again, so what.  Let the phukin' retarded bammers make fun of the Honest Way to hire a coach...through the front door.  I don't care, just as long as JJ can continue to make hires, if need be, like the ones that he has made thusfar.

[jadennis]

[GH2001]

He also hired Richard Quick to first replace Marsh, but unfortunately he passed away after his second season here (in which he won us a NC).

So that's 6/6 outstanding hires, IMO.

Good one. I had forgotten he hired Quick. And yes - he was a good one.

[jmar]

I sense Person has other irons in the fire or just isn't quite ready to leave his current situation. I don't think he "lost" the job as some put it. He might actually enjoy being around pro ball more than the college game.

[AUChizad]

I just wanted to bump this thread.

Since Barbee has made room for two recruits and filled those spots with the best player in the state and the 11th best power forward in the nation.

Also since yesterday's baseball victory gives Auburn one more win than all of last season with 10 regular season games remaining. And we went from a trying to end a 7 year SEC tournament drought to talking about winning the whole thing in the same season. We're also looking good to get to host the NCAA regional. Last year Auburn had a record 102 homeruns. This year, we're on pace to break that record at 92 with 10 games left in regular season.

Baseball is back. I think it's safe to officially add it to the list of sports Jacobs hires have turned around completely.