re: Theories on What’s Wrong With Gus?

Why in the frick did yall bring that win to the board anyways. They beat Oklahoma State. So did South Alabama. Who cares?


Gus has already blown a late 28 point lead this year. He also lost a game on a two point conversion on some failed mickey mouse RB pass. Gus has already proven he is still the same person worth firing and eating a buyout.


Auburn already has an 8 win coach that can actually call an offense. There is no reason for the Gus nostalgia.

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Gus had a GREAT first year and two very solid years (2017 and 2019). All three great or solid years had a very disappointing bowl games. The rest was ultimately either frustrating, disappointing or both.

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And since?

The Sec is very different than it was before. Let’s just see how it goes from here

We are groveling at how great we are doing under Hugh in recruiting this year. It would basically be Malzahn worst class. LOL.

Dude recruited better than given credit. He had some gaps but every coach does. He was easy to nit pick. Which is partially why we ended up paying 35 million for Brian fricking Harsin. And some of the keyboard cowboys here lived it.

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It’s a tall task competing with so many great teams.

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LOL. Same for both coaches.

Dude. We aren’t talking about Hardashian or Freezus. The discussion was Gus.

Gus was inconsistent. Period.

Won 12 games.

Lost 5+ games the next three years.

Won 10 games.

Lost 5, 4 and 4 the next three seasons.

He recruited well- except for key needs. He didn’t really develop well or maximize those rankings.

I’ll bite- had we not fired him and he’d coached in 2021 and 2022-

I think we beat South Carolina and Bama in 2021- another 8-5 year and a win over Bama.

I’m 2022 I think we beat LSU last year. If we’d have retained Bo- then maybe we knock off MSU too. Again-7-6 season.

The problem is the talent gap was widening under him- like it did under Tommy when they decided to let up on recruiting.

I don’t hate Gus. Just have a realistic idea of him.

That team was rowing their boat!

You literally just explained Auburns history. Inconsistent. Except we didn’t have the constant off field issues, constant NCAA issues and locker room problems.

He coached at the peak of the SEC. Like I said, let’s just hope Hugh can sniff a SEC championship, a national championship, beating 3, #1 teams and being ranked every year. His tenure happened at a time where our biggest 2 rivals were at their best. Plus LSU having their best team ever

Let’s see how we do now and how fast Hugh gets us relevant again. We know how fast Malzahn took a 3 win team to relevancy. Let’s see how fast we get back in the picture.


It’s all that will matter in the end. We dog Malzahn for being a 8 win coach all awhile praising Hugh for wing 7 games. Let’s just compare what happens after a few years under Hugh.

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Bitchtits Mcfrickface won some games, but never built a program. Let’s see if BrAUther Hugh can build a program,.

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If I wasn't married to my sig your first line would be it.

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Watch college football final for typical Gus talk.

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You mean where his team was celebrating beating a top 15 team with less talent? Yea, thats a bad look.

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Kind of up and down.

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Yea, I think that is a good description. I dont think of it in money terms. The money amounts are so crazy now, does it really matter? I would rather pay Gus 49 mil to be up and down than Harsin whatever we paid him to be all down and tear the program down to the ground.

I agreed it was time for him to go but I dont agree with all the negativity towards him. Dude was good at Auburn, one of our best ever, and he never did a single bad thing while he was here. My biggest complaint for him was being a hard head at times and that some of our best recruits couldnt be developed. Not really sure if that was a issue with him or just the nature of the beast. He brought in some of the best recruits in our history. Was cool getting them and always being up there in recruiting

We have been down since and we are all beaten down from it. I hear guys taking on the recruiting thread about Freeze being a recruiting animal and we are 8th in the SEC right now. He is doing better than Harsin but still not up to Gus level... Lets hope he can get us there


The higgest highs are always the best for me. I guess that is why I like Malzahn. Id rather have those up seasons than a constant 9 win program. frick being consistent, I want the be the best every once in a while

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I just wish we could tie most of salary to results.

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Man that would change things. Coaches would be on edge like a mofo.

I feel like coaching money comes from outside. And colleges have so much cash these days, I honestly DGAF. If they dont have the money, they should not be spending it. Just like you and me.


I remember the talk on here about paying Gus 19mil to leave. But absolutely zero talk about having to pay Harsin almost 16mil to leave after what he did.


I dont know why so many here got there leg humped about Gus but its fun at times to see them scramble and just make up some of the dumbest shite over it. My recreation


There were some big mistakes in his tenure that determined his path. Not sure if they were on him exclusively or from higher ups. Who knows. I wish him well like I did Tubs and Chiz. We certainly keep up with him just like everyone else here. Will be interesting to see how he does stepping up to a bigger division. Recruiting will have to improve and he should be able to handle that