i think lost in the "Oh god, we need a new coach who can compete with Saban" panic is the fact that if Turner Gill really does become Auburn's next football coach it would have some underlying social relevance that out ways even the fact that the guy is a pretty great coach. he'd be the first black head football coach of a major university in the state of Alabama.
just think about that. it kind of blows your mind if you consider how racially charged that state has historically been. granted Croom getting hired at Mississippi State is just as relevant, but there's something that always stands out in my mind about Alabama's roll in the civil rights movement that far exceeds Mississippi's.
i'm no bleeding heart liberal (although i am a Democrat), but i have lived the majority of my life in the South and have spent a lot of time in the state of my birth and i don't think i EVER believed that either Auburn or Alabama would ever have a black head coach. honestly i thought there was a better chance of a black man becoming president...oh wait, that DID happen.
anyways, i wasn't trying to get all political or socially conscious or anything. i was just thinking it might be pretty fucking cool if Auburn embraced a little Change.
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