A Letter from Coach Barbee to the Students

What has two thumbs and is excited about the 2010-2011 Auburn Basketball season? This guy!

Dear Auburn Students,

As your new head basketball coach, I am thrilled about the opportunity to represent you and this great university at such an exciting time for Auburn basketball. When I accepted this job, I knew there would be challenges, but what struck me the most was the tremendous potential of this program with everything Auburn has to offer. The university, the community and the fan base are all top notch, and the new state-of-the-art Auburn Arena demonstrates a commitment to this program that will help us take Auburn basketball to new heights.

As your head coach, I promise to stay true to the Auburn Creed as I believe in work, hard work. With that said, my staff and I will not be outworked as we bring the Auburn Family what they deserve. I will give my all in every aspect of the job, from recruiting and coaching to promoting the program. I will do everything in my power to produce a winning program and change the culture of Auburn basketball.

I challenge you, the Auburn students, to create a real excitement around Auburn basketball. You are a part of the team, and I need you there at every game to make Auburn Arena the best home court advantage in the SEC.

You are critical to our success, and there has not been a more significant period to turn this program around than now. The administration shares my feelings, as the design of Auburn Arena prioritizes the experience of the students.

The Auburn Arena caters to students in every way and is designed to create an intimidating home court advantage. Very few students throughout the entire nation will enjoy the same amenities that this new arena will present to you. You will have your own private entrance to the arena, concourse area, restrooms and concession stand. As students, you will have the best seats in the building. The student section will surround three sides of the court on the floor level. You will have an effect on the game like never before, and our atmosphere will be contingent on you. With your help, I truly believe we can have a great basketball atmosphere.

I know we can accomplish all of our goals together. I cannot express how excited I am to be your new coach. I look forward to the next few months as we build enthusiasm for next season and beyond.

War Eagle!

Tony Barbee

Head Men's Basketball Coach

Happy Spring Practice!

Yeah. Yeah, that looks nice.

A Open Letter and Formal Reprimand to Auburn Football

To Whom it May Concern,

I have just now gotten back from my Spring Break and checked my internets to find out what is going on in the world of Auburn Football. To my immense pleasure and surprise, I found the new AUBURN FOOTBALL WEBSITE. My joy was quickly overshadowed by the weight of this NEW WEBSITE. Never in my life have I seen an administration be so reckless with the content of a WEBSITE. The amount of Auburn football contained in this one WEBSITE has to be well over the legal limit of awesomeness allowed to be contained in one place. If you haven't yet had the chance to VISIT THE SITE, I urge extreme caution. I may even go as far as to say one should never VISIT THE SITE. The human heart can only take so much.

Between player and coach videos, as well as more information than any reasonable person could want to know about Auburn football, there is simply no way that THIS MUCH AUBURN FOOTBALL could possibly be necessary. There is even a place on this NEW SITE dedicated to the top 20 plays in Auburn Football History, all with video accompanied by the official Auburn Network play call by Jim Fyffe or Rod Bramblett. At one point during the video of the LSU interception game of 1994 I actually blacked out! This AUBURNWAREAGLE.COM is a socially irresponsible act on par with the tobacco industry, or, dare I say it, the Vermont Cheese Industry! I demand the immediate termination of all those responsible for THIS egregious act of such a deplorable nature.

Sincerely,
A Concerned Auburn Fan

PS: Sarcasm is fun

Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You

I'm gonna throw some stats at you:

2 Winning seasons in 6 years

1 Winning season in Conference play

1 NIT Bid

0 NCAA appearances

4 Starting Seniors

15 Wins with those seniors

0 Posts since January 9

None of those numbers are acceptable. For the one I am responsible for, I am sorry.

Brad Nessler said during the bammy-Kentucky game that he believed that to fire Lebo before giving him a chance in the new Arena was unfair. I say unfair went out the window a couple of seasons ago. The man just didn't get the job done. For more reasons why this was a good idea, check out Jerry's take on the matter, or check any one of the Auburn Bloggage links to the right; they'll probably all have something more informed than me to say very soon.

The bottom line, and I think I speak for most Auburn fans, is that we're sick of the boredom that surrounds this basketball program. We're sick of the fact that by this time of the basketball season, the most exciting time, Auburn is a non factor. I'm sick of hearing talk nationally about how we don't care about basketball, and then seeing results on the court that back up this theory. Auburn basketball is far and away my second favorite sport, just behind Auburn football. I take a lot of pride in the better teams we have had throughout the years and the product Jeff Lebo gave us was not something to be proud of. I appreciate the fact that Lebo coached with class, and after the last days of Ellis, that's something we desperately needed. But now is the time to start winning again, and with chance after chance, Lebo has proven he can't do that at Auburn. New arena, new coach, new excitement for Auburn basketball.... I just hope the new coach is the right one.

PS: I'm going to try and get a makeup post out there soon to make up for all the time I lost.