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Everyone is trying to track down the Auburn fan who showed up at the airport to castigate athletic director Jay Jacobs after he hired Gene Chizik away from Iowa State. The implication behind the story in the wake of Auburn's ascension to No. 1 in the BCS standings? Man, was that guy ever wrong! I think that storyline is short-sighted. The better question is this one: what will Auburn fans think when Cam Newton leaves a year early to be a first-round pick in the NFL Draft and Gus Malzahn gets a several-million-dollar offer to become a head coach? Even at 8-0, do Auburn fans really believe Gene Chizik is the mastermind of this team's rise? In fact, I'll even ask this question: could Auburn fire Chizik and replace him with his offensive coordinator rather than let Malzahn leave?
Is there a compromise here? Could Auburn name Chizik and Malzahn co-head coaches and give them the same salary? I'm not even joking. Chizik is a defensive coach. The best thing he's done with the Auburn offense is get the hell out of the way and let Malzahn work his magic with Newton and the offense. (By the way, for all the idiots out there who think Malzahn is just lucky to be coaching Newton, did you see what he did with Chris Todd last year? Todd had the arm-strength of a girl's powder puff backup quarterback and the pocket mobility of a non-spry octogenarian).
Auburn's defense under Chizik has been pedestrian; Malzahn is the rock star on the Auburn coaching staff. Some program out there will make him a multi-million-dollar offer to become its head coach this winter and Tigers fans will be left with a true dilemma.
Unless they go ahead and announce co-head coaches beforehand. Name Chizik the head coach of the defense and Malzahn the head coach of the offense. Could this work for a few years? Maybe. Especially if Chizik is smart enough to realize what an advantage he's got by acceding to this idea.
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