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Guess I posted too early.
So we don't get to hear about the daddy-daughter dance?
I'll bet cash money that Jay G. had a great time until the "Roll Tide Roll" version of Sweet Home Alabama played at the dance.
Then it became annoying.
Good morning all. I'm sure this was discussed last night, but that basketball game sucked. our half court offense at the end of the 2nd half and in OT was terrrible. I would bench D. Reed for the entire next game.
furlough sick
or furloughs Suck..
which ever form of ringlish works for you today
Thanks Ari for the update. Can't believe JGT and his princess had to listen to that trash.
I know JGT isn't a homer, but I wonder if his daughter is an Auburn fan.
I think she actually likes Alabama over Auburn because her BFF Lily feels that way. You know how these girls operate.
Kentucky probably remains No. 1, though.
Great agents always have info.
My goodness, the company JGT is letting his daughter keep??? She needs to educate her BFF!
Late goodmorning Hotties!
Enjoyed the company last night but not the game.
Saw the remnants of 3 snowmen on my walk this morning and still some snow on the ground in a few places.
Is Jacobs paying attention to what is going on with this basketball team? It is a shambles.
They played Sweet Home Alabama at a Father/Daughter Valentine's Dance?????
Digger, except for the final scores, he probably has no idea what's going on. He's too busy meddling in the football program. He attends all the football games, but I'm sure he doesn't attend the basketball games. I didn't see him anywhere at the UAT game. I guess he thinks all the other programs will run themselves.
You are probably right Luv but I hope not. The time has come for a change in basketball coaching. He should already have his list made out for the next hire.
the gannet furloughs need to take a dirt nap. do we need to send a memo to the gannet execs to quit having $600 bottles of wine with their$80 filet at dinner?
i assume the AU football program is on furlough as well since jgt is not there to cover it.
like sands through the hourglass of time, so are the furloughs of our JGT.
FURLOUGHS STINK BIG TIME!
Say, I wonder what Criminal Type is up to nowadays.
Furloughs definitely suck.
I got a gut feeling Lebo allready has a couple of years of the new arena to work with. I feel this has been agreed on some time ago.
If so they can go ahead and give him a new 10 year contract and we fans will send a dozen people as designated crowd for each game. See how they like that.
Wow. Slow day on the HABOTN.
No one else will probably find this as funny as I did, but...We stopped at Panera after church and had a cup of soup as our per usual. There were 2 couples in their mid sixties or so sitting at the table next to us. They spent the entire time discussing the tattoos that each of them had just gotten. It was really hysterical and entertaining. But maybe it was my weird sense of humor.
Luv ...
I'm going to call you out for your gratuitous shots at the athletic director.
Many have complained about Jay. You're not the only one. You just happened to be the latest.
OK, so what's he done wrong? Anyone complaining about his handling of football right now? Anyone? He made the baseball change. We'll see how it goes. Hold him responsible for Lebo? Hal Baird hired him. He hired Fortner, too. The gymnastics coach he hired is turning the corner.
Jay didn't fire Lebo two years ago, and that was the correct decision. Lebo won 20-something games last year. I think Jeff doesn't make it to next year.
We're going to complain because he stands on the sideline at the end of football games. I'd say about 90 percent of the ADs in the U.S. do that.
The only fair questions regarding Jay was the departure of David Marsh, and I'm not sure Jay's hands were all that dirty, and the deal with UnderArmour, which I think helps hamper basketball.
As for Tuberville, Jay either: a) fired Tommy (the right thing) or b) was forced to pay him the buyout because of what a trustee did.
Was he ready for the job when he got it? Maybe, maybe not. I understand why he got the job, but I think Jay is growing into the job. Jay makes an easy punching bag for those who don't like the powers that be. But there were always be "the powers that be" whether they are the current ones or the new ones.
I'm not privy to ANY inside info., so I just call 'em like I see 'em. I don't think JJ and TJ have to be standing on the sidelines at every single football game. I have only been to a few bball games - one of them being the in state rival - and I didn't see him JJ at any of them. To me - a lowly fan that knows nothing about the inner workings - this says that football is more important. I don't want to hear that the football program brings in more money than the other sports combined. All programs should be important and the AD should show interest in all of them by at the very least attending some games. I, personally, have no monetary stake in all of this, so it really doesn't matter to me who the coach is. I'm just a lowly fan stating my opinion on a blog.
Thankfully I've never been exposed to that version of Sweet Home Alabama.
one hour intervention
to me it is the AD's job to show out for all his sports to some degree. maybe we are not hearing about all the equestrian and softball events he goes to...
i'm sure HABOTN has been anxiously awaiting a report from the joe cain day mardi gras festivities here in mobile. overall it was a good parade with the bammer floats being the exceptions. there were more cousin humpers on the those floats and in the crowd that couldn't find tuscaloser on a map if you circled it and put a big elephant head sticker on it than i have ever seen. sidewalk alums should be insulted. these are gutter trash alums. you stink bammers!!!!
For you Hotties that don't live in my area, the professor that has been charged with capital murder at UAH, also "accidentally" killed her brother in 1986 although there are conflicting reports on the accident, and was linked to a 1993 attempted mail bombing of a Harvard Medical School professor but never charged. I know several nursing students that signed a petition regarding her teaching skills last year.
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/02/post_207.html
http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/02/boston_report_links_uah_shooti.html
I think we should enter a HABOTN car into this Toyota NASCAR promotion.
How yippee, more snow tonight!!! At least I'm prepared. I brought my laptop home with me, so I can work virtual.
Luv, are you in line for snow?
I've never gotten into racing; car, horse, dog, or people! I will watch track during the Olympics.
Ari, that's the only way I'd become a NASCAR fan! Put me down for a HABOTN race team jacket.
I hate Valentine's day... it's a pointless 'holiday'
I like watching the first 10 and last 10 laps of the big NASCAR races.
This afternoon, I watched the golf at Pebble Beach. I'd love to go there one day. I switched over occasionally to the Olympics and the race.
MrsTHT agrees, D.Miller
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As do I, D. Miller.
Kathy, we just watched the news on ABC 33/40 and we are in the 2-3" area, but I'm sure that area will move north and east and we'll be in the areas getting a dusting.
When your Valentine is sick, it is just another lazy Sunday afternoon.
Daytona has screwed the pooch with this race, by allowing the track to be in such shotty conditions.
Okay, boycott Gannett until Jay returns. This stinks. I have been gone for a week and return to Jay in exile!!!
I will watch NASCAR as soon as they have a race that doesn't end up where it started.
What's up with the Lady Tigers? Is this a rebuilding year?
Mos def a rebuilding year. They graduated 5 of the top 6 scorers from last year, including 4 starters.
I'm watching a movie starring Mos Def. Good movie too.
Surfing while Mrs. Jet watches Amazing Race.
Just for fun, here's the salaries of the SEC hoops coaches.
1. John Calipari, Kentucky, $3.9 million
2. Billy Donovan, Florida, $3.5 million
3. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee, $2.4 million
4. Anthony Grant, Alabama, $1.8 million
5. Mark Fox, Georgia, $1.3 million
6. Trent Johnson, LSU, $1.2 million
7. Rick Stansbury, Miss. State, $1.2 million
8. Kevin Stallings, Vanderbilt, $981,000
9. Darrin Horn, South Carolina, $800,000
10. Andy Kennedy, Ole Miss, $800,000
11. John Pelphrey, Arkansas, $795,000
12. Jeff Lebo, Auburn, $750,000
What does this say? Where should we be? Discuss among yourselves.
If you go by salaries and the current season LSU is getting ripped off for their money.
I know we just spent a boatload of dinero on a new arena but I'm still left wondering if we're really committed to basketball when I see those salaries. It will be an intersting offseason to say the least. If we're going to pay at the bottom of the conference, why build a new arena?
i may be wrong, but I think football HC is a much more labor intensive position than basketball HC. Based on that potentially erroneous assumption, I think all the SEC schools are getting ripped off to some extent by their bball coaches.
I'm bored.
I'm Michael.
NO! I'M MICHAEL! Never ask me about my business.
I'm not Michael. Don't ask me about my business.
No, you're gatiger. You killed some guy named Norm and stole his identity in the past. See, I know all about your business.
Barzini is dead. So is Phillip Tattallgia. Moe Green. Slacci. Cuneo. Today I settled all family business so don't tell me that you're innocent. Admit what you did.
Looking at that list of salaries, I'd say the top 3 are being paid for their accomplishments, the next 3 were hired since the new TV deal, the next two have been around awhile and have garnered numerous raises over time, and the remaining four are trying to save money.
As far as the Lynyrd Skynyrd selection at the Daddy-Daughter dance, I would have preferred one of their other tunes that might be a lot more appropriate for a Bama tie-in.
I'm thinking maybe "That Smell".
Jet You get what you pay for. Lebo is being paid what he is worth. I thought when he came on board that he would show improvement and get raises accordingly. Well he didn't and Auburn was smart in not pumping his salary up.
My sense is for Auburn to be serious we'll have to double the head coach's salary.
Otherwise, we're "taking a chance."
If we're a mind to steal within the league, then it seems to me Darrin Horn and Andy Kennedy are "get-able."
I think both are pretty good coaches. But there are other folks to look at.
Jet-Godfather II on AMC.
WTC ...
I know. But thank you.
Jet I agree we will have to go much higher to attract a good coach and hope that is what we do. I really thought we had found that diamond in the rough with Lebo it just hasn't worked out.
I have said this before and will say it again. Auburn needs a guy with a personality. He needs to be charismatic and fiery. Auburn can't recruit in basketball players with it's name. We need a coach that can recruit. Combine a charismatic guy with the new facilities and we could be a top 25 or better program every year.
I really like the possibilities of Chuck Persons. I don't know a lot about his personality, but I have read and heard good things.
I am willing to coach for a discount. I've coached 4 year old basketball before.
Michael ...
That qualifies you to coach Dewayne Reed. Unfortunately, he completes his eligibility this season.
It's the Chinese New Year, the year of the Tiger!!! War Eagle!
Chuck Persons never bothered to finish his degree, and as such is un-hirable at an academic institution.
Person is on his way to finishing his degree. Talked to him at the Alabama game before halftime, and he openly said he wants the job.
Good morning, Hotties. As usual, the meteorologists got it wrong.
I should have been a meteorologist...
J.B., that's a very large dog.
Person's coaching experience is in the pros. Can he recruit and teach fundamentals to kids? Hiring him would be a risk but maybe it's time to take a risk. I doubt he'd be worse than Lebo and at least he's an Auburn man.
1-4 jnches expected here tonight. At least the weekend got a lot of roads in better shape.
Good Morning Hotties! Luckily I was able to make the drive through the interstate system that was supposed to be shut down because of the 2-4 inches of new snow that we didn't get that would be lying on the 1 inch sheet of ice that wasn't there from all the snow melting and refreezing Friday and Saturday. I guess I'll consider myself lucky. As much as furloughs suck, I really wish I didn't have to work. But those are to semi unrelated things.
J.B. if you've posted previously I missed it. So, welcome.
Good morning to you peeps.
Keep Hate Alive and Get Some.
Jet said...We're going to complain because he stands on the sideline at the end of football games. I'd say about 90 percent of the ADs in the U.S. do that.
One more thing on this topic and then I'm DONE. He doesn't come down at the end of the games. He and TJ are there from the moment Tiger Walk ends until the end of the game. How do I know this? Because we go to just about all the games - home and away - and we go into the stadium right after TW and I see them out there on the field and I see them standing on the sidelines during the game.
mrtommyd, your post made me laugh - mostly because it's so true!
Glad it did Luv. It's very Monday today
Mornin' hotties. Off to Opelika. See y'all when i get back. Hold the fort.
FURLOUGH....BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
good luck today Phreddie.
Thanks Scottie B. I'm planning on using my last year of eligiblity after this.
use it or lose it homes. ;)
FRANK SANDERS!
Andy Fuller!
Let's get this thing moving, before the next thread auto-starts.
I openly don't want someone as coach who never bothered to finish his degree. Let him stick with NBA coaching where you can still get a job as a college dropout. Getting his degree now just so he can get the job smells of Sidney Lowe, and that ain't a good smell.
Lawyer Tillman!
Walter Reeves!
WALTER REEVES!
Connie Frederick!
now look who goes and spits in my soup
crap THT. great minds think alike, eh?
(RETRO POST...#88...BEASLEY!)
Good luck Phred. Praying for a speedy recovery.
LOL- you guys are funny.
we need to synchronize our watches next time
use the Bat-phone THT!
Speaking of Chuck Persons. I have always liked him and thought he was a great basketball player and Auburn man but I do not think we need to take a chance on an unproven coach at the college level. We need someone with a good track record at the college level.
Digger, we need a coach that knows how to coach young men, and teach them how to play together as a team. I nominate Gene Chizik.
I can also see the Ditka comparisons starting if CGC starts realizing the type of success we all want.
DIT-----KA!!!!!!!!!!!
I think we need someone that loves Auburn in here coaching and someone that will go around and get the fans out to attend and some enthusiasm in doing so. It will be tough for Auburn to get a quality coach, so any person you hire will be a risk, why not risk it on someone you know loves the program and openly wants a chance to someday coach at Auburn? Could it be any worse than what it is now? This is close to a low in my lifetime of Auburn basketball, at least one that I remember so Jet don't thrown Tommy in the mix :).
I agree we need someone to teach and lead the team as a coach but great players don't make good coaches. In fact most of the time they don't do well at all with a few exceptions. Auburn can not attract the very best but should be able to find someone who can compete.
hunnerd
101 - Freshman year. All in all, not bad.
I thought for sure a new thread would have started at 9:00. We need some new material.
I agree with Digger in that great players don't always make good coaches...look at Lebo.
Luv, what do you think of the IOC cutting the luge event in half?
Seanzie- I think the luge getting cut like that is over kill in addition to the wall that was put up. I hate it about the death, but really would have loved to see the original starting point.
I find it interesting that Texas already has 13 commitments for their 2011 recruiting class. Seeing that Chizik has mentioned learning his recruiting philosophy from Mac Brown, I wonder if we will see a lot of early commitments this time around.
Steve- Texas does this year in and year out. If Auburn could hand pick the guys like Texas can, I'm sure they would.
How about Charles Barkley for head coach? If things weren't going so well, he could always sell Mexican food at halftime.
Yeah and then he could write a "poem" about Auburn basketball
Does Charles need money that bad?
Agreed, Eddie. It's not like they didn't know the risks. I know that seems terribly insensitive but it's what they signed up for.
I saw Jay by coincidence earlier today and he said a new thread would post around 11 a.m.
I'll be waiting for that first morsel of SUBSTANCE.
"I thought for sure a new thread would have started at 9:00. We need some new material.
Change Day 1: Sunday
to read
Day 2: Monday
and there's your new material, Luv.
This just in from the SEC office:
Due to current economic conditions, only the first half of basketball games will be played. This new rule will also be applied retroactively to all SEC games already played this season. Auburn is your new leader in the SEC West.
In re Lebo ... I will always remember the Kevin Scarbinsky column right after he was hired, and an "unnamed SEC coach" (I think it was John Brady) said. "Good coach. Very good coach. Won't win. Can't win. Won't cheat."
New Thread Upz.
Jet - you distracted me from the new thread. I bet you were in cahoots with those early posters. ;-)
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