re: Alright I'm convinced

I now believe in the easter bunny, santa claus, and freddy kruger, my nightmares are beginning to come true.

Damn... Gus.... grrrr@

Bielema’s defensive philosophy wouldn’t allow that.

He’s all about bend but don’t break, give big cushions, make the offense put together drives of multiple plays because they have higher chance of screwing up.

Meanwhile the offensive coaches in the modern game are all about the number of snaps and how quick they can run them. Have to attack, cause havoc, create pressure and force turnovers against them.

We sit back, conservative, passive and make it easy the few times that they don’t bust a play for 40+ yards.

We need SEC level assistants in the worst way.

The one-game overreactions always crack me up when it comes to coaching discussions, and that goes both ways. When a coach wins one game it's "yeah I'd totally take him, he's a proven winner, see!" And when he turns around and blows a big game it's "and y'all want this guy here? He sucks and I've been saying it this whole time!"

With Malzahn there's several factors involved in my disliking. Generally speaking, there's both on-field and off-field things that make me want to keep away, but I'd probably bite the bullet and be fine eventually if it were just one of the two.

We saw how good his team can be today, like a top 3-5 team in the country. Where was this team when they lost to Clemson (explainable) and an Orgeron-coached LSU (way less explainable)? One season of this inconsistency makes an anomaly, several seasons are a clear pattern. Also, what happens in this game if he doesn't have an all-world RB appropriately named Kerryon to carry this team with 30+ carries?

The fact of the matter is that every player on that field today was part of a top 10 recruiting class. Where were these results the rest of the season and previous seasons with similar talent? Could he get remotely similar talent here? If he's inconsistent now, what about when he does have lesser athletes?

We've seen Gus' peak with all the talent one program not named Alabama could ask for. It's better than what we have currently sure, but thats setting the bar pretty low and a compromise.

Too often we look to the current times and think that this is how it's always been and always will be, and that goes for both programs AND coaches. "So and so is winning at ____ university so he'd win here too, he's a good coach." Or "_______ is only averaging 7.5 wins a season at a lower conference school, he's not a proven winner and isn't cut out for our school."

How many times have we seen the sure thing "hot name" coach fail when given the keys to a Ferrari? How about previously-unknowns leading their teams to success? The point UFs AD made during his PC after firing Mac was that hiring coaches isn't like going to Best Buy and buying a tv like the fans think. You spend time reviewing and picking out a 50 inch flatscreen, purchase it, bring it home and open the box, and inside is a 50 inch flatscreen. With coaching hires that flatscreen may be 43 inches, a different brand, or broken altogether when you open the box. It may also be a 65 inch ultra HD 4k smart tv.

People don't realize that the next wave of Sabans, Meyers, Swinneys, Petersens, Harbaughs, Belichicks, etc. are out there now somewhere coaching at lesser-knowns, in lower divisions, or even on the sidelines as GAs. You'll never have an elite coach and thus turn your program elite at a place like UofA unless you take a chance on one.

All it took for the current class of "elite" coaches to become elite was the right fit at the right place at the right time, otherwise they were just some unknown up-and-comers too. I don't know about y'all, but id rather take my chances on finding one of those guys and being his right fit at the right place at the right time than settling for a retread with a known ceiling.

And then brag about it for the next 20 yrs...

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We need SEC level assistants in the worst way.

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What assistants on this team would any other program want now? Smith? Rhodes? Enos? Not sure if we have two on this staff that anyone else would pursue.

Both the OC and DC will get high level p5 jobs imho. CBB takes too much control.

For example, why would he talk to Mitchell concerning the RB and why Hammonds didn't get in anymore? Isnt that the OC's job to direct those under him?

I really wonder what would happen if CBB were out of the way and the OC/DC were let loose...

His play calling and identity shift has been baffling the last year and half.

Not sure if it’s him or Bielema or a combo of what he wants to do on offense but I’ve never seen something lacking such cohesion.

Bielema was sunk when Pittman left and we started recruiting a thinner more “mobile” offensive lineman. I believe they said in interviews they wanted meat and potatoes guys and less stars (HS AA types).

When you combo that with the strength staff, we get a line that isn’t physical and can’t push people around.

I literally moved shite today instead of watching the game. I don't give a frick right now at all. I'm ready for the coaching search to give me some hope.

So all we have to do is keep Bert till Gus flames out at Auburn, then he will come back home and save us.