



Gene Chizik stands by his tenure at Auburn, claiming "I always did it right."

"I feel like at times I got tarred and feathered erroneously, because I think a lot of people didn't do their homework," Chizik told the AP. "There were a lot of assumptions made that were absolutely false and incorrect. I stand by everything that I did. I have absolutely nothing to hide and I never will because I know beyond a shadow of a doubt I always did it right."

There's no question Chizik was masterful in his handling of the 2010 team that won the national championship. However, there were clearly issues during his last two seasons, which included 12 blowout losses. His fourth and final team in 2012 finished with a 3-9 record, the worst at Auburn in 60 years and was outscored 150-21 by Texas A&M, Georgia and Alabama in his final three games, falling 63-21 to the Aggies, 38-0 to the Bulldogs and 49-0 to Alabama.