Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Barkley Calls Auburn Out
From the Associated Press:Auburn's best-known name in basketball, Charles Barkley, said the Tigers should hire a black coach to replace Cliff Ellis.
"It's time for Auburn to step up to the plate. It would do so much for the state of Alabama," Barkley, a black native of Leeds, said in an interview published Wednesday in The Birmingham News.
Auburn interim President Ed Richardson said the university is "looking heavily" at hiring a minority coach.
Hard to disagree with the "Round Mound of Rebound." The Tigers are past due for a black coach.
