Tommy Tuberville is not a good coach.  Let's just get that out in the open right now.  He may be a good recruiter, he may be a good motivator, but not a good coach.  The big dogs at Auburn saw that back in 2003 and tried to oust him in a coup that would make the Russians proud.  It also would have made Bobby Petrino the head coach and I'm not sure they'd be any better off.  Tuberville reminds me a lot of Les Miles in the fact that neither of them are really good coaches yet somehow manage to pull in loads of talent and remain relevant. 

Last year, Tubs brought in Tony Franklin from Troy University as the Tigers' new Offensive Coordinator after Al Borges resigned.  Why Franklin?  Because he had coached the now "trendy" spread offense made famous by Urban Meyer.  After realizing that it wasn't going to work because frankly Auburn doesn't have the talent at quarterback to make it work, rather than take the blame like any respectable head coach, he fires Franklin.  He didn't even let the man get one full season under his belt.  That's pretty low.  So, here we are a couple of weeks after Franklin has cleared out his office and Auburn managed to not only lose a lead after halftime, but get beaten in embarrassing fashion to a fairly mediocre West Virginia squad. 

The countdown has officially begun.  Tuberville's days are numbered.  He knows it and so do Tiger fans even though they won't admit it.  See when Alabama had a bad coach (Mike Shula) their fans railed against him and his ridiculous play calling and clock management.  At least Auburn fans are loyal to a fault, I suppose.  They'll stick by ol' Tommy-T as long as he can win that Iron Bowl.  Too bad for them, Saban entered into town on top of all this turmoil.  Get out your clocks, the Tuberville doomsday countdown is officially upon us.

UPDATE: It was brought to my attention in the comments that some don't think I have "my facts straight" due to the fact the old AD that tried to fire Tuberville in '03 is gone.  This is a fact I already knew.  By "big dogs" I meant more than just the AD.  I meant the rabid boosters in that program with deep pockets who want him gone.  Those people are still, and will always be, around.  Just take a look at today's column from Alabama's columnist Kevin Scarbinsky to see what I mean.