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Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:23 pm
Anyone have a subscription? I'd like to read this article on Gus by Tubs. Would appreciate a copy & paste.
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Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:28 pm to atlau
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Tuberville’s Takeaways: Gus Malzahn has evolved to face the unique challenge of coaching in the SEC
You're welcome
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:31 pm to RockyMtnTigerWDE
Um. I need a copy and paste of article bc I don't have a subscription.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:35 pm to atlau
Oh, neither do I.
I copied and pasted the title. You're still welcome for that.
I copied and pasted the title. You're still welcome for that.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:36 pm to atlau
Got damn it. If Tuberviille is contributing, I have to open up my checkbook now.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:38 pm to atlau
I have a subscription, it’s worth the few bucks a year. This is copied and pasted from app on my iPhone. It’s worth the few bucks a month.
“It’s great to see how much Gus Malzahn has solidified himself as the head coach at Auburn. Now there’s no longer any doubt who the coach is going to be since he’s signed a new contract.
He’s really grown as a head coach at Auburn from being an offensive guru to, now, a guy who understood on his own that, hey, I’ve got to start playing defense along with offense.
Everybody talked about his struggles of winning away from campus, but everybody has that problem. You know, I struggled with that. I went to USC and got my tail handed to me in my fourth year in the Coliseum. And then we came back a year later and got hammered by USC again at home. Now, in both years, they were in the championship race. But everybody is going to struggle with big games, especially early in the season.
So when you go on the road, you’ve got to take your best with you, and you’ve got to have some luck on your side. If you don’t take a defense with you, you’re going to struggle. I don’t care who’s on offense; when you go on the road, the defense is really going to set the tone for you.
Gus’ defense has gotten so much better every year that he’s been there, especially with Kevin Steele. You’ve got to have great help with your assistants, and they’ve got to be on the same page with you. But the head coach has to set that tempo.
I was a head coach for 20-plus years, and I always had a lot to learn. And that’s the reason why I think Gus has done such a good job. Gus has shown he’s learned a lot in that head coach position.
He’s understood that scoring 50 points per game in this league is just not going to happen. You’ve got to be balanced. He’s learned how to be a head coach in the SEC. From my perspective, it’s hard. It’s really hard to be a head coach in the SEC because you’ve got to balance everything.
You’ve got to take your hat off to Gus. He realized that, as a head coach, you’ve got to be willing to make changes. He was willing to pull the trigger for the betterment of Auburn. Gus has come to grips with that, and you really have to come to grips with it yourself. Somebody can’t tell you that.
As a head coach, there’s many a day you sit around going, “You know, we can do this or that on offense.” But everything you do has got to match what you do defensively. You’ve got to be able to back it up on defense.
The first game was huge for both Auburn and Washington. National spotlight in the first game for two great teams is a hard game to coach. There are too many unknowns. Offense early in the season is very unpredictable, but you can always count on a great defense early because it’s about great athletes playing hard and fast.
That first half against Washington was outstanding. And then in the second half, you could tell that your defense had to win it for you away from home.
Auburn isn’t an offense yet that can say what they can do in the running game or the passing game. They don’t know it all yet. There are some question marks on offense. But Auburn went in and won it with their defense, which is what you have to do when you’re still sorting things out offensively.
The first two games have really shown how Gus has gravitated toward the Auburn people. And even though he’s had his ups and downs, which everybody has being a head coach in the SEC, you’ve got to win over the people. You also have to understand more of what it’s going to take to win at that one school.
Every school in the SEC is different. If Gus was at another school, he’d have to learn different things. But at Auburn and being in the SEC West, you’ve got to evaluate who you are, who you want to be and who you want to beat.
You’ve got to learn your strengths and weaknesses. He’s played great offense. His experience let him understand real quick that he had to balance his defense with an offense, or else he was going to struggle.
In the SEC, you’re not just going to simply outscore most people. You’re going to have to battle all the way to the end, and your defense has to be as strong as your offense. You need a good running game, a ball-control passing game, hard-nosed, physical defense and a consistent kicking game.
Going into this season, Gus knew last year that he struggled simply because of the fact that he didn’t have the same team heading into the conference championship game and the bowl game as he had early in the year. He lost his running backs and had a different team.
You grow as a head coach, understanding that in this conference — and it takes a while to understand this — you’ve got to have backup plan after backup plan as you go through an SEC season. It’s so physical that your backups have to be a big part of it.
When we won big at Auburn, we always had three or four running backs. They all got carries. And Auburn was great last year with Kerryon Johnson. If they would’ve had Kerryon Johnson, I think they could’ve won it all last year. But injuries happen, and somebody’s got to step in.
That’s why early this year, they’re looking among those young guys for that second, third and fourth running back. To me, that’s where SEC football starts — with defense and depth in your running game. They’ve got a lot of good running backs, and I think that’s going to pay off for Gus as they get down to the middle and end of their schedule this year.
And the offensive line, it’s not what it’s going to be at the end of the year, if they can stay healthy. But after the first week, you see a different lineup. You see different guys coming in. They’ve got a heck of an offensive line coach. J.B. Grimes is one of the best ones in the country. And if he had any hair, he’d be pulling it out. But he doesn’t have to worry about that.
Gus and his team now have LSU this week. LSU is always early in the season for Auburn. It’s a turning point. It’s not the end of the season one way or the other, but it’s going to really set the table for how you coach the rest of the year.
As a coach, you’re always asking, “How good are we? How good are they?” Win or lose, you’ll find out. There’s always things from the LSU game that you will carry into the rest of the season. It’s huge for both teams. You’ll find out where you’re at.
I can remember the 2004 season, we beat LSU on that extra point. We didn’t know how good we were. Gus and Auburn, they don’t know how good they are right now.
But I can tell from watching this team play that they’ve gotten better, and their recruiting has gotten better. Gus has got Auburn playing consistently in the top 10. That’s what you want.
And then you want to be able to pop that one year where, all of a sudden, you’re No. 1.
Tommy Tuberville was a head coach for 21 seasons at the FBS level at Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati. He was a two-time SEC Coach of the Year and the 2004 AP National Coach of the Year.
“It’s great to see how much Gus Malzahn has solidified himself as the head coach at Auburn. Now there’s no longer any doubt who the coach is going to be since he’s signed a new contract.
He’s really grown as a head coach at Auburn from being an offensive guru to, now, a guy who understood on his own that, hey, I’ve got to start playing defense along with offense.
Everybody talked about his struggles of winning away from campus, but everybody has that problem. You know, I struggled with that. I went to USC and got my tail handed to me in my fourth year in the Coliseum. And then we came back a year later and got hammered by USC again at home. Now, in both years, they were in the championship race. But everybody is going to struggle with big games, especially early in the season.
So when you go on the road, you’ve got to take your best with you, and you’ve got to have some luck on your side. If you don’t take a defense with you, you’re going to struggle. I don’t care who’s on offense; when you go on the road, the defense is really going to set the tone for you.
Gus’ defense has gotten so much better every year that he’s been there, especially with Kevin Steele. You’ve got to have great help with your assistants, and they’ve got to be on the same page with you. But the head coach has to set that tempo.
I was a head coach for 20-plus years, and I always had a lot to learn. And that’s the reason why I think Gus has done such a good job. Gus has shown he’s learned a lot in that head coach position.
He’s understood that scoring 50 points per game in this league is just not going to happen. You’ve got to be balanced. He’s learned how to be a head coach in the SEC. From my perspective, it’s hard. It’s really hard to be a head coach in the SEC because you’ve got to balance everything.
You’ve got to take your hat off to Gus. He realized that, as a head coach, you’ve got to be willing to make changes. He was willing to pull the trigger for the betterment of Auburn. Gus has come to grips with that, and you really have to come to grips with it yourself. Somebody can’t tell you that.
As a head coach, there’s many a day you sit around going, “You know, we can do this or that on offense.” But everything you do has got to match what you do defensively. You’ve got to be able to back it up on defense.
The first game was huge for both Auburn and Washington. National spotlight in the first game for two great teams is a hard game to coach. There are too many unknowns. Offense early in the season is very unpredictable, but you can always count on a great defense early because it’s about great athletes playing hard and fast.
That first half against Washington was outstanding. And then in the second half, you could tell that your defense had to win it for you away from home.
Auburn isn’t an offense yet that can say what they can do in the running game or the passing game. They don’t know it all yet. There are some question marks on offense. But Auburn went in and won it with their defense, which is what you have to do when you’re still sorting things out offensively.
The first two games have really shown how Gus has gravitated toward the Auburn people. And even though he’s had his ups and downs, which everybody has being a head coach in the SEC, you’ve got to win over the people. You also have to understand more of what it’s going to take to win at that one school.
Every school in the SEC is different. If Gus was at another school, he’d have to learn different things. But at Auburn and being in the SEC West, you’ve got to evaluate who you are, who you want to be and who you want to beat.
You’ve got to learn your strengths and weaknesses. He’s played great offense. His experience let him understand real quick that he had to balance his defense with an offense, or else he was going to struggle.
In the SEC, you’re not just going to simply outscore most people. You’re going to have to battle all the way to the end, and your defense has to be as strong as your offense. You need a good running game, a ball-control passing game, hard-nosed, physical defense and a consistent kicking game.
Going into this season, Gus knew last year that he struggled simply because of the fact that he didn’t have the same team heading into the conference championship game and the bowl game as he had early in the year. He lost his running backs and had a different team.
You grow as a head coach, understanding that in this conference — and it takes a while to understand this — you’ve got to have backup plan after backup plan as you go through an SEC season. It’s so physical that your backups have to be a big part of it.
When we won big at Auburn, we always had three or four running backs. They all got carries. And Auburn was great last year with Kerryon Johnson. If they would’ve had Kerryon Johnson, I think they could’ve won it all last year. But injuries happen, and somebody’s got to step in.
That’s why early this year, they’re looking among those young guys for that second, third and fourth running back. To me, that’s where SEC football starts — with defense and depth in your running game. They’ve got a lot of good running backs, and I think that’s going to pay off for Gus as they get down to the middle and end of their schedule this year.
And the offensive line, it’s not what it’s going to be at the end of the year, if they can stay healthy. But after the first week, you see a different lineup. You see different guys coming in. They’ve got a heck of an offensive line coach. J.B. Grimes is one of the best ones in the country. And if he had any hair, he’d be pulling it out. But he doesn’t have to worry about that.
Gus and his team now have LSU this week. LSU is always early in the season for Auburn. It’s a turning point. It’s not the end of the season one way or the other, but it’s going to really set the table for how you coach the rest of the year.
As a coach, you’re always asking, “How good are we? How good are they?” Win or lose, you’ll find out. There’s always things from the LSU game that you will carry into the rest of the season. It’s huge for both teams. You’ll find out where you’re at.
I can remember the 2004 season, we beat LSU on that extra point. We didn’t know how good we were. Gus and Auburn, they don’t know how good they are right now.
But I can tell from watching this team play that they’ve gotten better, and their recruiting has gotten better. Gus has got Auburn playing consistently in the top 10. That’s what you want.
And then you want to be able to pop that one year where, all of a sudden, you’re No. 1.
Tommy Tuberville was a head coach for 21 seasons at the FBS level at Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati. He was a two-time SEC Coach of the Year and the 2004 AP National Coach of the Year.
This post was edited on 9/10/18 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:41 pm to atlau
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Everybody talked about his struggles of winning away from campus, but everybody has that problem. You know, I struggled with that. I went to USC and got my tail handed to me in my fourth year in the Coliseum. And then we came back a year later and got hammered by USC again at home. Now, in both years, they were in the championship race. But everybody is going to struggle with big games, especially early in the season.
So when you go on the road, you’ve got to take your best with you, and you’ve got to have some luck on your side. If you don’t take a defense with you, you’re going to struggle. I don’t care who’s on offense; when you go on the road, the defense is really going to set the tone for you.
Gus’ defense has gotten so much better every year that he’s been there, especially with Kevin Steele. You’ve got to have great help with your assistants, and they’ve got to be on the same page with you. But the head coach has to set that tempo.
Learned that one the hard way.
quote:
The first game was huge for both Auburn and Washington. National spotlight in the first game for two great teams is a hard game to coach. There are too many unknowns. Offense early in the season is very unpredictable, but you can always count on a great defense early because it’s about great athletes playing hard and fast.
quote:
When we won big at Auburn, we always had three or four running backs. They all got carries. And Auburn was great last year with Kerryon Johnson. If they would’ve had Kerryon Johnson, I think they could’ve won it all last year. But injuries happen, and somebody’s got to step in.
That’s why early this year, they’re looking among those young guys for that second, third and fourth running back. To me, that’s where SEC football starts — with defense and depth in your running game. They’ve got a lot of good running backs, and I think that’s going to pay off for Gus as they get down to the middle and end of their schedule this year.
quote:
I can remember the 2004 season, we beat LSU on that extra point. We didn’t know how good we were. Gus and Auburn, they don’t know how good they are right now.
But I can tell from watching this team play that they’ve gotten better, and their recruiting has gotten better. Gus has got Auburn playing consistently in the top 10. That’s what you want.
This post was edited on 9/10/18 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:43 pm to Marines4Auburn
Tubs needs to work on sentence structure, and find a new editor.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 12:45 pm to AUCE05
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:09 pm to AUCE05
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Tubs needs to work on sentence structure, and find a new editor.
Tubs just essentially said,"Gus knows you've gotta have a running game and a defense to win in the SEC" over and over again. Reads like a 5th grader wrote it. 
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:10 pm to Marines4Auburn
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It’s worth the few bucks a month.
I might have to look into this. In the last year they have really stepped up into the College Football world and hired a lot of former beat writers including Justin Ferguson. I'm also a big NHL fan and it looks like they are heavily into the NHL.
Why we have a paywall
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:14 pm to Marines4Auburn
Thanks for that.
solid read.
solid read.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:22 pm to Marines4Auburn
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I have a subscription, it’s worth the few bucks a year. This is copied and pasted from app on my iPhone. It’s worth the few bucks a month.
The Athletic sub or the iPhone is worth a few bucks?
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:30 pm to GenesChin
Both, please venmo me the 1st of every month
Posted on 9/10/18 at 1:32 pm to GenesChin
He’s understood that scoring 50 points per game in this league is just not going to happen. You’ve got to be balanced.
The Tubershell effect.
I hope to see that Gus is learning. It does seem like the ASU game showed he understands how important it is to have more than one game ready RB.
The Tubershell effect.
I hope to see that Gus is learning. It does seem like the ASU game showed he understands how important it is to have more than one game ready RB.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 2:43 pm to mckibaj
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Learned that one the hard way.
What? You don't miss the Nallsminger Offense?
Or offensive assistants ignoring and shitting on their offensive coordinator?
Posted on 9/10/18 at 3:00 pm to Marines4Auburn
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Auburn isn’t an offense yet that can say what they can do in the running game or the passing game.
What
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I went to USC and got my tail handed to me in my fourth year in the Coliseum. And then we came back a year later and got hammered by USC again at home. Now, in both years, they were in the championship race. But everybody is going to struggle with big games, especially early in the season.
Pete Carroll seemed to handle it ok.
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Every school in the SEC is different. If Gus was at another school, he’d have to learn different things.
Dear lord. And the man considered running for governor.
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But at Auburn and being in the SEC West, you’ve got to evaluate who you are, who you want to be and who you want to beat.
If there were ever a statement that sums up Tubs, it's this one. We need to evaluate who we want to beat? Clearly some years, Tubs evaluated the schedule and decided we didn't really want to beat the pre-season opponents
Posted on 9/10/18 at 3:22 pm to Sigma
Or Arkansas and GA Tech. Tubs made Reggie Ball look like a Manning.
Posted on 9/10/18 at 3:28 pm to Sigma
I think the evaluate who you want to beat goes back to something Pat Dye used to say that he also talks about in his book.
The quote is you can only get a team to play at an emotional peak twice a year, occassionally 3 times. I think that is true. There are only a couple of games a year a team is capable of turning it all the way up.
The quote is you can only get a team to play at an emotional peak twice a year, occassionally 3 times. I think that is true. There are only a couple of games a year a team is capable of turning it all the way up.
Posted on 9/11/18 at 7:33 am to TailbackU
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Tubs just essentially said,"Gus knows you've gotta have a running game and a defense to win in the SEC" over and over again. Reads like a 5th grader wrote it.
I have a 5th grader, he's insulted. Sounds like a 4th grader wrote it.
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