Chizik’s Former Boss Upset By His Departure

Alabama Gene Chizik Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard says Iowa State's fans staff and players deserved better.
by The Associated Press
Published: Mon, December 15, 2008 - 7:27 pm CST
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard
says he's extremely disappointed by football coach Gene Chizik's
departure to Auburn.
Speaking Monday at a news conference, an emotional Pollard
maintained that Iowa State's fans, staff and players deserved
better.
Pollard says he hired Chizik in large part because of his
character and values. Pollard says he's having a hard time
reconciling Chizik's recent actions with the character he had shown
the past two years.
Pollard says Chizik interviewed at Auburn last Thursday and told
him afterward that he wouldn't take the job.
Chizik called Pollard on Saturday to tell him he was leaving.
Pollard refused to address questions about the search for a new
coach.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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