Speaking at the Alabama High School Athletic Association's football coaches banquet on Thursday night in Montgomery, Gene Chizik talked about how he wants to have the type of workplace environment at Auburn that his coaches enjoy being a part of and said he wants to see his assistants smiling, laughing and being upbeat when they are at work.
The group he was speaking to was quite aware that is a marked contrast in the management style compared to UAT coach Nick Saban, who has a reputation of being a pain in the butt to work for as an assistant coach or in any support personnel role.
Chizik pointed out how one of his assistants (Gus Malzahn) turned down millions of dollars to stay at Auburn. He said another coach turned down a high profile job (Jeff Grimes) to stay at Auburn. He also said another coach on the staff has said no to the NFL three times since arriving at Auburn.
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