Folks, the only way any of this could have been avoided was to have hired a coach who had a well documented track record of winning and recruiting.

We got a coach who was an assistant for years, his first real gig at Auburn, and even then our defense had a ton of CTT influence. He moves to U of Tex and by the grace of God they have a freak named Vince Young. That defense didn't even come close to stopping USC the year they won the BCS. Their defense looked a ton like ours did in 2010. Then that coach goes to ISU and flounders there, then he comes to Auburn.

He seems to recruit well and in 2010 we won it all, but again we had our own freak named Cam Newton.  Again the recruiting seemed to be there but discipline issues seem to crop up, plus there are other questions about recruiting "ethics".

LSU hired Les Miles who was a solid coach at OSU and learned how to coach at Michigan. Bama hired Nick Saban. Florida hired Urban Meyer. Ark hired Petrino. All of these guys were winners wherever they were except maybe the NFL.

We hired an untested guy whose only successes were 2004 undefeated season as DC and BCS title as DC. He wins a BCS title with a freak on offense and a monster on the DL but nothing else.

I'm not saying he should go yet, but if we do not improve, I would start "searching" for another coach before the end of the season.

I will probably put LSU ahead of us this week on my ballot.

I think we picked up 3 additional first place votes.