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I am not talking about his record vs. us. I am talking about the classless way he has played us for years and the classless way he has carried himself as their coach.

I really don't understand all the hatred for Tuberville on these issues. Other than the possibility that he knew about and ordered the cheap shot on Dorsey in this year's game (yes, I know he apologized, but he also didn't punish Chickenshit), there is nothing he's done, to my knowledge, that was in any way classless or disrespectful of LSU.

Smoking cigars after beating us? Are you freaking kidding? What in the world is so infuriating about that? Nobody called Red Auerbach classless for smoking cigars every time the Celtics won the NBA title. His team jumping on the eye of the tiger on the field in 2001? Come on! People who get their panties all in a wad over stupid crap like that are a joke.

In his public statements, Tuberville has always been very respectful of LSU. Other than beating us a few times when we expected to win, he's never done anything that should piss any LSU fan off. I really do not understand the hate that many LSU fans have for him, unless it's just simple childishness and being pissed at him for beating us.

As for wanting him as a coach, we could do worse. He hasn't exactly set the world on fire at Auburn, but he has won consistently at a program that is faced with some challenges. Not only a stepchild in their own state (even when Bama is down), they also have a ton of political corruption in their administration, are surrounded by strong programs that dominate recruiting in the areas where Auburn MUST draw to succeed, and really have nothing particularly special to appeal to recruits with. Yet, with Tuberville, they hang in there and contend fairly regularly.

He's not the best coach in the country or the SEC, and I'm not saying he'd be my first choice either, but we could do a whole lot worse than Tuberville if we do need to find a new coach after this season.