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All the Auburn athletic department has is football....

Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:33 pm
Posted by Govt Tide
Member since Nov 2009
9140 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:33 pm
While Auburn football has once again come back as an elite program, the rest of the athletic programs at Auburn have gone in the toilet. Why have the basketball and baseball programs been so bad for so long? Auburn is literally below average to terrible in everything but football. Even the one dominant sports program (men's swimming/diving and women's swimming/diving) has faded some. Does it bother you guys that you don't have a well rounded athletic program like Florida, LSU, Alabama, Georgia, etc? I can't imagine following a program that may as well be non existant once football season ends. Auburn can't seem to make the postseason in anything other than football. Why?

P.S. You guys took a huge step by hiring an excellent basketball, softball, and baseball coach but man you guys have sucked in everything other than football and swimming for a long time.
This post was edited on 5/26/14 at 11:35 pm
Posted by abellsujr
New England
Member since Apr 2014
35606 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:34 pm to
Uh oh.
Posted by DirtyDawg
President of the East Cobb Snobs
Member since Aug 2013
15539 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:34 pm to
Is this where I parked my slam sedan?
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:34 pm to
quote:

Govt Tide



Posted by NawlinsTigah270
Mile High
Member since Jun 2008
13115 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:34 pm to
Big bro is in your head
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72276 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:35 pm to
It is an interesting question, but I doubt it's answered in this thread.
Posted by CayceCock13
Braves / Hornets / Rams Fan
Member since Oct 2012
17543 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:35 pm to
Posted by KSGamecock
The Woodlands, TX
Member since May 2012
22982 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:38 pm to
Shits bout to go down. :popcern
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:40 pm to
And Bama has what? Gymnastics, Golf, and Softball?
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:41 pm to
All I could think about while reading this was how fat Bert is.


Posted by Scoreboard
Madison, AL
Member since Apr 2012
2011 posts
Posted on 5/26/14 at 11:45 pm to
This reminds me of everybody getting their last licks in on Tennessee football cause they know things are about to cycle back. Auburn will be whompin Alabama in basketball in the very near future.
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:13 am to
I didn't know Auburn colors were purple and gold. shite.



You got more bites from LSU than anyone else combined.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:14 am to
What made you so mad that you feel the need to make this thread?

Let me guess, you're with family for Memorial Day sitting on the dock having a drunk conversation with your Auburn cousin and you're pissed because he made you realize that Saban is past his peak while Malzahn is just getting started and will have Auburn near the top for several more years and you just can't stand it, so this is all you have to fall back on.
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
44052 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:20 am to
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
46232 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:28 am to
Give me a good football team and I'm happy. Everything else is just icing on the cake after that.

And let's not act like anyone really gives a shite about any sport but Football, Basketball, and Baseball. Which Bama hasn't really been worth a damn in any of those besides Football lately either.
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 12:31 am
Posted by hawgfaninc
https://youtu.be/torc9P4-k5A
Member since Nov 2011
46513 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:30 am to
quote:

All the Auburn athletic department has is football....

we know
quote:

Does it bother you guys that you don't have a well rounded athletic program like Florida, LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, etc?

it should
quote:

Why?

good question
Posted by wrecking crew
Canada
Member since Apr 2014
1108 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:35 am to
Even football ,if it was not for cheating and getting lucky they would not have anything at all in their athletic department
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
16040 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 5:18 am to
At the end of the day, "show me the money!"

Football matters. It is the goose laying golden eggs. Success in any other sport, except maybe men's basketball, is just gravy.

SECCG tickets for FB routinely get 400 bucks on stubhub. How much does a non-KY SEC tournament BB game get? How much for women's gymnastics? Baseball?


Posted by Stringer Bell
The Towers
Member since May 2014
658 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:17 am to
Bamas in same boat. Women's sports don't count.
Posted by lowspark12
nashville, tn
Member since Aug 2009
22372 posts
Posted on 5/27/14 at 6:18 am to
Softball just had one of its best years ever under a new coach, golf qualified for the NCAA finals, swimming is a consistent top 10 program, women's basketball is improving (but not there yet), we've gone out and made an excellent men's basketball hire.

The athletic department as a whole is in much better shape than it was just a couple years ago, with football being the main cog. It stands to improve across most sports in the near future... Time will tell.
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