re: Gus Malzahn 1-12 against SEC competition

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Because this board was so right about the 2015 season....

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How true


So wrong about soooooo much.....

JJ
Gus
Roc
Duke
Passing offense
The ability to get 21 back
Dat defense

etc, etc



I hope we hire us a offseason weapon... Natty bitches

Auburn just doesn't have the talent to compete. That's the bottom line. Sure, we have some talent on the first string, but once we get 2 deep or lower, we have walk-on talent. Bammer and LSU (especially bammer) have 4 and 5 stars on the scout team.

I guess the whole Cam situation scared us and made our bagman go into hiding, but he needs to come back. Bammer cheats out in the open; they do it flagrantly and no one cares or does anything about it. All of their players are driving tricked out cars, have new suits, plenty of jewelry, their mommas get new houses (Rent Richardson), their uncles and aunts get new jobs. As TJ Yeldon said after he flipped away from AU to bammer "They are taking care of my family." This implies AU wasn't willing to offer enough. We need to get back in the game and start ponying up to "take care" of these recruits and their families.

Until we make the commitment to go "all-in" in the recruiting game (and it is a nasty game), we're going to be 7-6ish no matter if we had Bill Belichick coaching.

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What is delusional is to think that Sean White can lead us to the promise land. He has played better but he is not a playmaker at the position where our type of offense needs that the most.

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I agree, but you gon get murdered over this statement. They comin.

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What is delusional is to think that Sean White can lead us to the promise land. He has played better but he is not a playmaker at the position where our type of offense needs that the most.

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That is the job of the $4 million coach to fix.

A running qb is not going to fix the problem of not being able to attack the middle of the field with the pass because we lack TE and hot routes.

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Auburn just doesn't have the talent to compete. That's the bottom line. Sure, we have some talent on the first string, but once we get 2 deep or lower, we have walk-on talent. Bammer and LSU (especially bammer) have 4 and 5 stars on the scout team.

I guess the whole Cam situation scared us and made our bagman go into hiding, but he needs to come back. Bammer cheats out in the open; they do it flagrantly and no one cares or does anything about it. All of their players are driving tricked out cars, have new suits, plenty of jewelry, their mommas get new houses (Rent Richardson), their uncles and aunts get new jobs. As TJ Yeldon said after he flipped away from AU to bammer "They are taking care of my family." This implies AU wasn't willing to offer enough. We need to get back in the game and start ponying up to "take care" of these recruits and their families.

Until we make the commitment to go "all-in" in the recruiting game (and it is a nasty game), we're going to be 7-6ish no matter if we had Bill Belichick coaching.

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Dear god the melt

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Dear god the melt

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Just stating facts. If you think AU has the talent of the top-tier programs in the league, well you can keep on thinking that.

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The program is a mess at the moment

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How is it a mess? We have lost 3 of our 4 games by freaking EIGHT points. We could be sitting here at 7-1 talking about how we would have beaten LSU with Sean White (I don't think we would have but you know some AU fans would be saying that). I understand being frustrated with losing. I am freaking pissed because this team is good enough to compete for a title but they haven't. But I am so tired of the OH MY GOD WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE attitude from a team that has competed very well last few weeks & has improved steadily each week.

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Until last year, it also seems like our ranking was inflated by offensive signees and our defensive recruiting was much weaker.

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Now this is something I very much agree with. I think the complaints about the balance in the talent we have brought in is very valid. We have landed an elite player there each season but have not found done a great job of bringing in young talent throughout the defensive class. I think that is changing seeing already the impact of some of the young guys brought in last season. I have high hopes we finish strong & have more young impact guys in 2016

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Yes, our recruiting rankings have been high, but there has been a ton of attrition and either a lack of development or busts for a lot of the highly ranked guys. Until last year, it also seems like our ranking was inflated by offensive signees and our defensive recruiting was much weaker.

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So then it's not about the bagman, it's about player development. That's something we can't pinpoint at all. It was a problem under Chizik. It's a problem under Malzahn. The players were weak with Yox and are weak with Russell.

The defense has sucked with Ted Roof, Brian Van Gorder, Ellis Johnson, and now Will Muschamp. These are all quality names when it comes to defenses, and all of them have had tremendous success away from Auburn football.

There is a problem we do not see on the football field but is obviously plaguing the program. This problem developed after 2008 when Tuberville left.

Perhaps this is a common complaint, but I think it can still be said: Jay Jacobs is the only constant during this period.

2008 started the time when Jay Jacobs seemed to really make the decisions about Auburn football. Up until then, it was a David Housel project.

Ever since then, we've been built on flash (and had some big ones in 2010 and 2013) but have performed as dry toast (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, and now 2015).

I think we beat UGA FWIW. If Carl has a big day UGA may use all their schollied QBs that day.

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We don need a dual QB. We need an OL that blocks well, an accurate QB (which we have), coaches that believe in said QB (TBD), & WRs that can catch the damn ball.

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Bingo