Re: Holy crap, Auburn's recruiting coordinator's wife called in to a sports talk stat
As a purely fluke happenstance inside observer of the Auburn athletic department over a several year period, I witnessed and was flabbergasted at the degree of politics, personal manipulation and power play culture that permeates their programs to the core. At the root of the ongoing fiasco is AU trustee Bobby Lowder, now in ( I believe) his 25th year on the board, having been appointed by AL Gov. George Wallace in 1983. To put it simply, Auburn has just about become one man's personal fiefdom and his influence on Auburn football in particular is absolutely unsurpassed by any other booster in NCAA college sports. It's no surprise that he can get a football coach fired because he "reportedly" did the same thing to former AU Presidents and AD's.
As upsetting as the two coaches' wives calls were, they are nothing but another manifestation of what has unbelievably become "business as usual" there.
If anyone wants to read an eyeful about probably the only situation of it's kind in the US today, just google Bobby Lowder and check out some of the stories (espn material is the best place to start).