Here’s a tip for making a good impression the first day as the new boss. Fire everybody. Seriously. Can them all and tell them they are welcome to submit a resume.
Sound bizarre? Not if you are Gene Chizik. It makes perfect sense to him.
The move, made by Chizik over a month ago after accepting the job as Auburn’s new head football coach, came back to bite him in a big, big way this week.
Linebackers coach James Willis was brought back into the fold after being handed his pink slip and a severance package by Chizik.
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1/23/09
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