re: Why did fans want Malzhan gone?

Here’s my honest take.

Before last night’s game I had stepped off the Gus Bus after LSU game this year. I’ve wanted and still want Gus to be the guy at AU. He recruits well, is generally liked, has kept AU out of trouble (knock on wood), has been decisive when he needed to fire coaches and made good hires and never lost team in 2015.

With that said, for being an offensive genius his O has struggled mightily in games at time and his play calling has been atrocious (Clemson 2016 and 2017, UGA last year, and LSU this year).

Gus has some personality traits, namely being paranoid and stubborn, that cause him not to be able to get out of his own way. And with AU, you always have to factor in AD/behind the scenes folks meddling.

So, I’m cautiously stepping back on the Gus Bus. Hoping that LSU game finally taught him a lesson and he’s growing as a coach.