re: How does a team that almost beat bama and UGA play so badly against NMS and Maryland?

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Please reflect on Jimbo Fisher’s tenure at TAMU.

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His statement was only "talent doesn't help coaching."

Are you really going to defend that abomination of logic?

Secondly, you act like coaches that stock up on talent are destined to fail in A&M fashion. Pastor Hew once stocked up at Ole Miss and he did fine. Smart, Urban, Ryan Day, etc they are all following the similar path when it comes to recruiting.

Admittedly, none has flat-out come and say they dont give a shite about meaningless bowls, like the way Freeze has insinuated. But when it come to coaching, I can show you clips where Freeze coached well. Freeze motivated well and then coached well as a matter of fact. Hell, he has already won a Sugar Bowl.

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The current Auburn coach has 2-3 head scratchers every year just look at his track record. Worst three losses this szn lsu, new mexico fricking state, and maryland. Everything else was reasonable for a year one imo

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LSU?

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Assistants doing recruiting only gets you so far. The HC needs to recruit the big dogs personally. The big dogs want to know the HC is involved.

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I think that’s a fair point, but I also think Freeze was doing too much recruiting and not enough game planning. There are 24 hours in a day; it can be easy to get caught up in conversations with recruits, family members, high school coaches, etc. and neglect getting the team you have ready to play.

Recruiting no doubt was the area that needed the most work after how awful the Harsin experience was. At times I wonder how we got to a bowl game after scraping the bottle of the barrel for transfers last season, but then I wonder how a team that came within single digits of beating Alabama and Georgia could end up 6-7 with an embarrassing, ill-prepared bowl loss. The best coaches, even and especially Saban and Smart, have a hand in everything, but they know when to delegate responsibilities. I fear that Freeze either doesn’t trust some of his assistants, or perhaps he is being stubborn and wants to try and do too much in multiple areas and is wearing himself down.

He needs to hammer the portal again soon. Still need some key pieces on both sides of the ball

It sure as frick will

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This team has WAY less talent than you'd think

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This team has enough talent to comfortably beat NMSU at home and avoid being blown out by a middling Big 10 team without their star player. This isn't a talent issue. At this point, I'm not even sure it's a head coach issue. I see the same routine over and over again. Green former Auburn players all over the coaching staff, old Auburn journeymen being brought back in to "assist". Head coaches seemingly detached from major parts of their job.

We have a booster problem. And in the age of NIL, that's a problem that isn't going away.

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Yea o don’t care how much freeze is focusing on recruiting. If our coaching staff is so bad that we can’t even show up as a team unless the HC is fully involved in the game plan and playcalling, we are fricked.

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If the coaching staff can't get it done when the HC isn't hands on, it is time for a new staff.