Question for Auburn fans

yea.needs a scapegoat and he fits the bill nicely.

It amazes me how people turn on coaches when it is players that should be held accountable. Auburn doesn't have a QB. That is the entire issue. It is the difference between 6-6 and 9-3 or 10-2. Lashlee is a boy wonder if JJ is 50% of what "EVERYONE" expected him to be.

rhett only calls 10% of those plays

gus is really the playcaller

gus is to blame

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It amazes me how people turn on coaches when it is players that should be held accountable. Auburn doesn't have a QB. That is the entire issue. It is the difference between 6-6 and 9-3 or 10-2. Lashlee is a boy wonder if JJ is 50% of what "EVERYONE" expected him to be.

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The coaches recruited and evaluated the players. It is their job to recruit for this most important position.

We had Three Scholarship QBs..
Freshman - Tyler Queen: 3 star - Signed, but immediately had surgery, final 6 Auburn, Bama, Clemson, N. Carolina, Middle Tenn, Buffalo
Redshirt Freshman Sean White - A gamer, but best offers were from WV, South Florida, Boston College
Junior - JJ (no development)
Gus does not want his guys working with outside folks (every other SEC coach allows this)

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Gus does not want his guys working with outside folks

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Oh wow. DId not know this. What an idiot.

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I thought White was pretty highly recruited, like a Top 150 guy?

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Late bloomer. Blew up after winning the Elite 11. Still has a lot of upside.

But I think if JF3 beats him out...he transfers

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Auburn doesn't have a QB. That is the entire issue.


Whose fault is that?

Comparatively, Alabama is closing in on back to back SEC Championships with Jake Coker and Blake Sims as their QB's. Now Jake has been very much the 2009 McElroy type who tries to not screw up, but Blake was a large chunk of our offense last year. Kiffin made those guys into SEC QB's and tailored the offense to their skill sets (or away from their deficiencies).

Gus supposedly has tons of talented QB's on campus and he can't find one to help them win even 8 or 9 games? I mean, that isn't ALL on the coaches, but at least some of it is.

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It is stupid to compare bama and Auburn. We don't have the same built in advantages as you do in recruiting, rankings, etc...Auburn has never hand picked recruits from the best of the bunch. You can get by with Simms and Coker because you have a nasty D or an amazing oline and running back, etc...

Auburn needs a QB that puts pressure on a D. There is nothing wrong with that and if Gus gets another one he'll look smart again. It is amazing how many of bama's D issues from last year are gone now that you have a competent front 7 again. Football isn't rocket science.

Lashlee is offensive coordinator in name only. This is all on Gus, but he will can Lashlee as a scapegoat.
For those blaming the QB, exactly whose job is it to develop at least a functioning QB? Didn't Gus fawn all over Johnson in the off-season? Gus alone is to blame.

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Well, that is because Gus chooses to run a program in which the offense is the focus point. This is the equivalent of Alabama decided to do what we do but not being able to recruit linebackers.

My point is, if you are an offensive guru and you can't find a QB on the roster who can, in some way/capacity, win you games (and it isn't because your main guy is injured), then that is a you problem. The fact that Johnson didn't pan out isn't just a random oh well problem, that is a Gus problem.

At least that would be my opinion if it was my team (and was in regards to our defense the last 2 years with Saban).

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How is trying to mirror bama working out for LSU or arkie? Gus and Co. missed on a QB. How often does that happen in the NFL and they have a lot better metrics, assessments, etc...to work with than a college coach. Not having a decent back up is a product of the recruiting nature. The QB's don't go where they can't play or think they can't play. That is why you had to go get Coker last year or at least thought you needed Coker.

If Gus' misses on the next 2 or 3 QB's with similar results to this season then he should be and will be held accountable. However, I think based on the injuries, the issue at QB and the fact that the team has played hard and had a chance to win all but one game this season you can give him a pass. He won't get another one, but he also might find a QB before next year as well.

I personally don't expect our O to move the ball at all against bama. His seat will be hot if it gets ugly. It has the potential to get ugly. I still believe if he finds a decent QB and most of this discussion will be a nonsensical. QB play is the reason we lost every game save 1 or 2 this year. Splitting hairs you could blame it on Gus' lack of trust in his QB or the inability of the QB to show enough in practice to earn trust but it is about the QB.