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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 904441" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I guess there's two realities, your reality and the reality being reported by well connected writers and it includes reporting by a well connected Alabama sports writer...so if you have inside info, it's news to everyone else. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://sports.yahoo.com/chaos-auburn-continues-ad-allen-180349349.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2020/12/inside-the-battle-over-auburns-coaching-search.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><em>Allen Greene, who was hired as Auburn’s AD in 2018, wasn’t on board with immediately promoting Steele. <strong>The former Notre Dame baseball player made clear he wanted a national search that evaluated candidates beyond those only residing in Lee County. The pro-Steele camp was undeterred, however, believing they carried more influence than Greene and would get the coach they wanted.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>The Steele plan hit a snag when Auburn president Jay Gogue sided with Greene and created a search committee to evaluate all viable candidates and not only Steele,</strong> who was named the <a href="https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2020/12/inside-kevin-steeles-whirlwind-3-day-recruiting-crunch-as-auburns-interim-head-coach.html" target="_blank">interim coach on Sunday</a>. <strong>Greene chaired the eight-person search committee</strong> that included Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson, Auburn trustee Quinten Riggins and NFL executive Michelle McKenna, among others. Gogue putting together a committee with a diverse group of independent thinkers signaled to those involved there’d be a genuine search, and Steele’s chances to become the head coach were slipping away.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Gogue really stepped up,” a source familiar with the search said. <strong>“He was in a spot where he had to do one thing, but he didn’t give them everything that they wanted. He gave them what they wanted (with Gus) but said you guys aren’t going to be on the committee that selects.”</strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Those people had no vote,” a source said. “They had no say and it frustrated the hell out of them. They tried intimidation, they tried everything, and it just didn’t work.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Auburn hired Parker Executive Search to help facilitate the search process. Greene and the search firm talked to between 20 and 25 coaches, eventually narrowing down the list and discussing specific candidates with the eight-person search committee.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 904441, member: 360"] I guess there's two realities, your reality and the reality being reported by well connected writers and it includes reporting by a well connected Alabama sports writer...so if you have inside info, it's news to everyone else. [URL unfurl="true"]https://sports.yahoo.com/chaos-auburn-continues-ad-allen-180349349.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2020/12/inside-the-battle-over-auburns-coaching-search.html[/URL] [I]Allen Greene, who was hired as Auburn’s AD in 2018, wasn’t on board with immediately promoting Steele. [B]The former Notre Dame baseball player made clear he wanted a national search that evaluated candidates beyond those only residing in Lee County. The pro-Steele camp was undeterred, however, believing they carried more influence than Greene and would get the coach they wanted. The Steele plan hit a snag when Auburn president Jay Gogue sided with Greene and created a search committee to evaluate all viable candidates and not only Steele,[/B] who was named the [URL='https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2020/12/inside-kevin-steeles-whirlwind-3-day-recruiting-crunch-as-auburns-interim-head-coach.html']interim coach on Sunday[/URL]. [B]Greene chaired the eight-person search committee[/B] that included Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson, Auburn trustee Quinten Riggins and NFL executive Michelle McKenna, among others. Gogue putting together a committee with a diverse group of independent thinkers signaled to those involved there’d be a genuine search, and Steele’s chances to become the head coach were slipping away. “Gogue really stepped up,” a source familiar with the search said. [B]“He was in a spot where he had to do one thing, but he didn’t give them everything that they wanted. He gave them what they wanted (with Gus) but said you guys aren’t going to be on the committee that selects.”[/B] “Those people had no vote,” a source said. “They had no say and it frustrated the hell out of them. They tried intimidation, they tried everything, and it just didn’t work.” Auburn hired Parker Executive Search to help facilitate the search process. Greene and the search firm talked to between 20 and 25 coaches, eventually narrowing down the list and discussing specific candidates with the eight-person search committee.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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