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I want to believe Gus is as posibarner as he seems

Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:55 pm
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
11090 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 8:55 pm
I want to. I hear him saying that we've not named a starter yet "and thats a good thing". I hear him going full posibarner after the scrimmage, but I'm wondering how much down deep inside he's shitting his pants over the QB situation.

I want to believe you, Gus.
Posted by DuncanIdaho
Ouray, CO
Member since Feb 2013
14970 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 9:21 pm to
He knows the QB situation is as fricked as we do.
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 9:22 pm
Posted by PatDyesPants
Loachapoka, AL
Member since Jan 2016
3403 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 9:53 pm to
Are we having good practices?
Posted by threedog79
Member since Sep 2013
2988 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 7:44 am to
Posted this last year but here is a Gus recap on every practice before and during the season: "I like where we are. We are showing a lot of energy. We are having good practices. I like the effort. All (insert number of QBs on team) of them are capable of running our offense. Defensively, I like our effort. Lot of energy. Good practice. I like where we are (same response to a different question asked by the media). We are flying around. Effort. Good practice".

Feel free to copy and paste this to all of the "updates" with the media. This will save you a great deal of time reading any al.com articles, blog reports, and any other online sites.
Posted by AUNashville
New Haven
Member since Jul 2014
3561 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 9:04 am to
quote:

Posted this last year but here is a Gus recap on every practice before and during the season: "I like where we are. We are showing a lot of energy. We are having good practices. I like the effort. All (insert number of QBs on team) of them are capable of running our offense. Defensively, I like our effort. Lot of energy. Good practice. I like where we are (same response to a different question asked by the media). We are flying around. Effort. Good practice". Feel free to copy and paste this to all of the "updates" with the media. This will save you a great deal of time reading any al.com articles, blog reports, and any other online sites.


Unfortunately this is true.
Posted by atlau
Member since Oct 2012
5264 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 9:57 am to
Keep in mind Gus is still learning. He was a high school head coach, college offensive coordinator, and head coach at Arkansas State before coming to AU. At no other point during his career has he been under the same level of scrutiny. In addition to the pressures of being a coach at one of the Big 6 in the SEC, add Saban's success at Bama, the magic of his first season, and last year's woes and you have incredible pressure.

Gus is still trying to figure it out. Let's see how our offense looks this year and if he's going back to a more "hands on" role instead of the CEO role he mentioned he took last year.
Posted by polydorr
Member since Nov 2013
1385 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:09 am to
We are screwed and I hope Jay Jacobs is calling up Jimmy Rane to shell out for Tom Herman.
Posted by atlau
Member since Oct 2012
5264 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:23 am to
quote:

Tom Herman


Yeah, because he's had one good season as a head coach so he's bound to be better than Malzahn.
This post was edited on 8/16/16 at 10:28 am
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79189 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 11:47 am to
I think most of us do. I want Gus to be the answer, partially because I like him and his personality and partially because AU needs the stability.

But I think most of the negabarners and a lot of the independents just don't have any faith in Gus right now. I'm in that camp. And in truth, I think Gus is a good coach, I think he can lead this program back, and I think he's a good offensive mind. But we haven't seen it lately, and there is just too much similarity between this preseason and last year's season at the moment.

Hopefully actual football will provide the hope we're looking for.
Posted by AUNashville
New Haven
Member since Jul 2014
3561 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 12:16 pm to
quote:

We are screwed and I hope Jay Jacobs is calling up Jimmy Rane to shell out for Tom Herman


More like call up Jimmy Rane to be on the committee to find Jay's successor.
Posted by JRoweMDN
Florida
Member since Jan 2016
703 posts
Posted on 8/16/16 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

I think most of us do. I want Gus to be the answer, partially because I like him and his personality and partially because AU needs the stability.


This is exactly it.

We know he can do it with the right QB, but I expect him to break out this year with a balanced offense that we can maintain more realistically than finding Cam or NM every year. He has said that defense will be important too which is an important leap from being an OC to a winning HC.
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
11090 posts
Posted on 8/17/16 at 8:57 am to
Agreed. I like Gus and I believe his ethos jibes very well with Auburn as a whole. But I'm afraid Howdy Doody's inability to develop QB's is going to be Gus' undoing. Lashley is a big time liability
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