I think several things happened. I think after the loss to LSU some finger pointed started. It was clear that neither Frazier or Mosley were up to the task the team stopped believing they could win. Finally I think the younger players succumbed to the media whispering campaign that said a NCAA investigation into Memphis football was going to pull in Auburn. Chizik nor his coaching staff could get out front of these issues and the situation snowballed into what we have today.< p>He is a good man. Perhaps in over his head. The Auburn athletic department is going to have to develop a strategy to deal with an openly hostile state sports media. I’ve been following Auburn football for 40 years. We knew the media played up Bama and dealt with it. We are operating in a completely different environment driven mostly by Danny Sheridan and Paul Finebaum. They don’t even attempt neutrality and are at best adversarial. Very unprofessional, if not out and out corrupt.
Gotta link? I had no idea. Putting up with the BS about Cam his entire season and now this? WTF!
I think it was also the LSU game that the very young coaching assistant or not sure of his title from Huntsville died right before the game. I didn’t even know until afterwards but I know the team and all the coaching staff were aware. Never heard anything else. So young, so sad.