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Posted on 1/7/21 at 8:39 am to bamameister
Steele made his money with the average teams in the SEC. Against the better teams, AU had to lean on the Offense to win. Steele was overrated , even among Auburn circles.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 8:47 am to BLG
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worked with Pelini
And Ellis Johnson
Posted on 1/7/21 at 8:48 am to Irons Puppet
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Steele made his money with the average teams in the SEC. Against the better teams, AU had to lean on the Offense to win. Steele was overrated , even among Auburn circles.
That has more to do with the current nature of college football. Great offense beats great defense these days.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 8:57 am to aujerm
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like the hire and have always been impressed with Mason. He had a Couple good years at Vandy despite having an impossible job and was lights out at Stanford.
Great hire.
The players will run through a brick wall for him and he can flat out coach.
I might even expect a bump in recruiting defensively for 2023 class.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 8:57 am to AUProud
Seems like a solid hire to me
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:00 am to meansonny
Sounds like YellaFella and his group are losing their sideline passes at the barn.
A solid hire if Mason gets the gig.
A solid hire if Mason gets the gig.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:00 am to AUDevil
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That has more to do with the current nature of college football. Great offense beats great defense these days.
That was the problem, he never adjusted. He made average QBs look good and good QBs look great. He gave up many 3rd and long First Downs due to his stubbornness.Loved to blitz.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:01 am to Irons Puppet
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Steele made his money with the average teams in the SEC. Against the better teams, AU had to lean on the Offense to win. Steele was overrated , even among Auburn circles.
The offense is why Gus was hired.
As I recall Kevin did alright against Bama and Georgia in 2017 and Bama again in 2019 and I still recall that 3-1-7 hybrid look that Steele broke out against LSU in BR in 2019. Burrows was struggling with his keys all night. Obviously, LSU had even less success with Kevin's defense this season. He has a distinct imagination against spread attacks and keeps it simple enough to communicate and execute. No easy feat, I was impressed anyway.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:02 am to bamameister
I think Mason would be a good hire. Better than Bobo as the OC for sure
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:03 am to AUProud
Great hire. Too bad we didn’t get him to replace Grantham.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:08 am to AUProud
Auburn is so fricking terrible at everything they do
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:13 am to Point Man 10
I agree !!! 
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:20 am to Irons Puppet
quote:Who doesn't have more trouble with elite offenses than bad->good ones ? Everyone does. Saban's best defenses, including 2011 and 2016, had trouble with almost all great passing offenses. They just didn't play many in the SEC until the last 5 years or so.
Steele made his money with the average teams in the SEC. Against the better teams, AU had to lean on the Offense to win. Steele was overrated , even among Auburn circles.
Steele was a good DC, though probably a tad overrated. He benefitted greatly from Muschamp's effect. Like everyone else though, he was dependent upon his personnel.
Mason is probably a good hire, but it is frankly unknown now. The world is completely different than when he was last a DC; but it's not like he was out of college football, he was a HC in the SEC. He's certainly worth a try.
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Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:28 am to AUProud
Mason is a good hire but I think Steele is a better DC.
Ya gotta expect some drop off from the normal solid D.
Ya gotta expect some drop off from the normal solid D.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:29 am to Bham4Tide
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Ya gotta expect some drop off from the normal solid D
Compared to this year? Or Steele with Muschamp recruits?
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:53 am to tattoo
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Who doesn't have more trouble with elite offenses than bad->good ones ? Everyone does. Saban's best defenses, including 2011 and 2016, had trouble with almost all great passing offenses. They just didn't play many in the SEC until the last 5 years or so.
Steele was a good DC, though probably a tad overrated. He benefitted greatly from Muschamp's effect. Like everyone else though, he was dependent upon his personnel.
Mason is probably a good hire, but it is frankly unknown now. The world is completely different than when he was last a DC; but it's not like he was out of college football, he was a HC in the SEC. He's certainly worth a try.
Steele had the personnel to slow those elite offenses, but he never changed schemes. He was very predictable and the OCs knew what he was going to do. The SEC has become a QB league and those teams with good QBs dominate the league. The problem has been there haven't been many good QBs, so DCs like Steele have looked good 70% of the time. He just never adjusted the other 30 %.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 10:04 am to Irons Puppet
quote:I recall Steele saving Gus' arse many times with his defense as Gus' jerked around with the offense & sputtered. It's the O's job to score enough points to win. Gus & his myriad of OC's failed many times while Steele laid down the hammer on defense and helped Auburn squeak out a W.
Steele made his money with the average teams in the SEC. Against the better teams, AU had to lean on the Offense to win. Steele was overrated , even among Auburn circles.
Posted on 1/7/21 at 10:05 am to RT1941
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I recall Steele saving Gus' arse many times with his defense as Gus' jerked around with the offense & sputtered.
You recalled Correctly
Posted on 1/7/21 at 10:05 am to Irons Puppet
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Steele had the personnel to slow those elite offenses, but he never changed schemes. He was very predictable and the OCs knew what he was going to do. The SEC has become a QB league and those teams with good QBs dominate the league. The problem has been there haven't been many good QBs, so DCs like Steele have looked good 70% of the time. He just never adjusted the other 30 %.
We just lined up and ran it between the tackles 46 times.
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