Auburn Twitter reacts to Athletic Director Allen Greene stepping down

Allen Greene has stepped down as Auburn's athletic director.

It is a classic thing to happen around Auburn; the good news of landing a four-star wide receiver then comes the news that the Tiger's athletic director is stepping down.

Greene took over as the athletic director for Auburn in January of 2018. He only had five months left on his contract when the news broke that he would be stepping down.

During his time at Auburn, Greene was often in the middle of battles between the boosters and coaches, making his job difficult.

Greene has been taking some heat lately about his lack of communication during the Harsin issues earlier this year, so his stepping down makes some sense.

This is what Greene has to say about leaving Auburn, "The decision to step away from Auburn Athletics is not an easy one, but it is the right time for me to begin the next step in my professional journey. I am very proud of the work that we have done together to move our athletics program forward. Christy and I want to thank the Auburn family for allowing us to be a part of something truly unique, and I wish Auburn nothing but the best in the years ahead. I'm confident we leave Auburn Athletics stronger than when we arrived."

The Chief Operating Officer of Auburn Athletics, Marcy Girton, will take over the interim athletic director position while the university looks for a replacement.

Let's see what Auburn Twitter has to say about Greene stepping down.

AD Allen Greene was someone folks on the student level loved. Maybe boosters and some coaches disliked him, but it’s hard to find an AD face with adoration like he had
— Mag Bay/Aub Szn Biebs (@jabiscuits) August 26, 2022

I get it ... Auburn's dysfunction behind the scenes is wild. But anyone who says they're surprised that it has split with AD Allen Greene hasn't been paying attention at all.
— Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 (@BarrettSallee) August 26, 2022

Not surprising Allen Greene is out. That’s been the rumor for quite some time
— Connor (@connor_n_25) August 26, 2022

Allen Greene realizing he never has to hear Jimmy Rane complaining ever again pic.twitter.com/9P8gv0G0TT
— Hayden 🦚 (@HFulwood) August 26, 2022

Sold Allen Greene up the road because he didn’t cave into boosters, aye fuck the board on God
— PrimeTimeToeStan (@RiceKrispTweetz) August 26, 2022

Rephrased: "Allen Greene is rejoicing his exit of a toxic environment" https://t.co/6Hp5fFS07H
— Cade Smith (@cadesmith_3) August 26, 2022

I will forever remember and appreciate Allen Greene for being something that is deeply important to me: a really cool person pic.twitter.com/ixiP4pzkm2
— Basketball Watcher Alex Alford (@alexalford7) August 26, 2022

Allen Greene has been actively pursuing other jobs for over a year and yet no takers?
— Skye Underwood (@SkyeUnderwood) August 26, 2022

I genuinely believe that if Allen Greene ends up somewhere that actually loosens the reins and lets him cook, he will be a very good AD.
— Nate (@DallasBammer) August 26, 2022

Why would you let go of Allen Greene?????? https://t.co/JCZS0LXt8u
— Coach DeBoer’s Anger Translator (@SikuLaFlame) August 26, 2022

Allen Greene was smart and I do think he got an unfair shake at the end here.

But lets not go crazy Auburn fans. He interviewed for multiple P5 jobs with years remaining on his contract and apparently the coaches under him complained about his budgeting.

Both parties at fault https://t.co/BW7B2DcouA
— Bailey Rogers (@bjrogi) August 26, 2022

Sorry to see Allen Greene go. I liked his leadership style. I would love to have seen him and Chris Roberts work together.
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) August 26, 2022

Allen Greene is a poised, ethical, and respectable man and above all the crap the auburn boosters have put him through. When will the boosters realize THEY are the problem
— grace mccafferty (@gracemccaffert6) August 26, 2022

Allen Greene is a good man. Allen Greene also got himself in a bad situation by pissing off Auburn coaches and powerful boosters.

It was never going to end well.
— Brian Stultz (@brianjstultz) August 26, 2022

i guess there are two types of people, people who though allen greene was doing his job as AD, and the rest of us
— joshdub (@joshdub_) August 26, 2022

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