re: Let's talk some Will Muschamp

i hope we never see muschamp on an auburn sideline again. The guy cannot beat UGA, which I sometimes think is intentional.

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And to answer the OP, no, I don't want him as DC.

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I never even implied this in my OP.

This thread turned completely away from any point I was trying to make from the first reply on.

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What are you even talking about?

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Is reading comprehension that difficult?

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Tubs was a D coach. He cut his teeth at TAMU and UM.

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No shite? Are you serious? You can't be serious.

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To say Chiz or Muschamp had a huge influence on his D is like saying Rhett is running Gus' O.

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So why does Tuberville's D suck post Auburn? If he is such a great D coach that didn't benefit from his DC's, why is his defense giving up over 500 ypg and 34 ppg? Why was last year his only year since Auburn that he was able to hold opponents to under 30 ppg? You'd think with him being in total control of Auburn's great defenses of the 2000's that he'd at least be able to field a top 30 defense more than once in 4 years.

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Chiz and Muschamp benefited from estiblished coaches.

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Chizik had a top 20 defense at UCF before coming to Auburn (13th in scoring, 16th in total). In fact, 1999 is the only year in Chizik's entire DC tenure that he didn't finish inside the top 32 in both total & scoring D. You wanna guess how many defensive minded HCs he coached under in that time?

You're mostly right on WM though. He was only able to have one defense in the top 15 in both scoring and total D at Texas (2009).

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Diaz from La Tech worked under Mullin, and has experiance coaching D on a team that runs the spread

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The guy who let BYU run for a record 550 yards on a Texas defense? Resulting in him getting fired in less than 24 hours?

Yeah, no thanks.

The game passes everyone by at some point.

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Diaz from La Tech worked under Mullin, and has experiance coaching D on a team that runs the spread.

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Before Gus hired Ellis I remember austudent22 telling me that he believed that Diaz would be a good fit defensively for Malzahn's offense. The reasoning being that Diaz's defensive scheme is built upon risk taking and forcing turnovers, which meshes well with an offense that wants to go fast and play a lot of snaps to wear opponents down because it grants extra possessions. Our high powered offense would also "cover" for the weakness of a risk-taking defense which is inevitable big plays given up from time to time.

Its an interesting theory which makes sense, although Malzahn's offense has slowed down considerably with guys like Marshall at QB who make it a ground-and-pound haven. With someone like Jeremy Johnson or Sean White we should be able to go back to playing a lot quicker.

Louisiana Tech is tied for 7th in the country in Turnovers Gained so far this season.

All I'm saying is that isn't wasn't solely Tuberville that made AU's defense. The '99 & '01 defenses weren't very good. And I'm not saying Tuberville isn't a good D coach. He was (doesn't look like it anymore). I think it was the combination of him with a good/great DC that made those mid '00 defenses so good.

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All I'm saying is that isn't wasn't solely Tuberville that made AU's defense.

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Credit should be given to his ability to see talent and potential in project players. He was the one that found Kennion months before AU did for instance

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What were those promises? This is the part I have never been clear on.

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I heard it was something stupid with JJ and Muschamp over Peach Bowl tickets. Texas called and he left. Also heard he was ready to accept the HC job but wouldn't do so with JJ at the helm.