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Last 4 year stretch of futility?

Posted on 10/15/23 at 12:02 pm
Posted by Fearless and True
N Carolina
Member since Aug 2022
1661 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 12:02 pm
When I was a student at Auburn late seventies, early eighties AU went 24-19-1 This was the last 4 year stretch of "bad" by AU standards. During that time Barfield got canned and Dye had his first year of changing the culture. How does this compare to now? From 2022 to now we are 20-22. If we somehow manage 7-6 this year it improves to 24-25. Is help truly on the way?
Posted by wareaglepete
Union of Soviet Auburn Republics
Member since Dec 2012
17678 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 12:18 pm to
Worst stretch I can remember. We’ve had some awful years along the way, but we always seemed to bounce back fairly quickly.
We have really been a trainwreck lately. Hopefully we can get out of this ditch in the next year or two.
Posted by goatsammich
North Alabama
Member since Jun 2023
166 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 12:50 pm to
I was discussing this with friends last night. I became a fan in 82 and was a student from 93-95. There have been some awful seasons. There have been some 2 year runs that weren't good. This seems to be the worst 3 year stretch without going back and looking.
Posted by Fearless and True
N Carolina
Member since Aug 2022
1661 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

This seems to be the worst 3 year stretch without going back and looking.

No question it is the worst 3 year stretch since the Barfield years say 1976-1978.
This post was edited on 10/15/23 at 12:53 pm
Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
30812 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 12:59 pm to
We used to worry about making NY6 Bowl games, now we are just hoping to become bowl eligible.

Sad times.
Posted by AUmemphis
Member since Jan 2023
743 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 1:33 pm to
Without a doubt the worst in my lifetime.

The Harsin hire was a kill shot coupled with the last three year of Gus recruiting.

It’s clear- when we play teams with depth that we still aren’t even close.
Posted by Stidham8
Member since Aug 2018
9590 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 1:48 pm to
It’s the worst stretch I’ve witnessed.

We can play above our heads at home but we aren’t even competitive against the top half of the league on the road.

Malzahn drove the offensive line into the ground by not recruiting anyone and Harsin continued the trend.
Posted by AUmemphis
Member since Jan 2023
743 posts
Posted on 10/15/23 at 1:57 pm to
Without a doubt the one two punch of Gus’ last three years and Harsin have been disastrous.
Posted by auburnnyc94
Member since Nov 2017
9961 posts
Posted on 10/16/23 at 8:31 am to
This season will also tie the longest stretch without a 10 win season since the Shug - Barfield transition. 1998-2003 we had 6 such seasons in a row but at least we won the West in 2000.
Posted by DyeHardDylan
Member since Nov 2011
9132 posts
Posted on 10/16/23 at 12:38 pm to
This decade we’re:

6-5
6-7
5-7
3-3

Pretty terrible
Posted by Blueline379
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2016
1281 posts
Posted on 10/16/23 at 2:56 pm to
The coaching carousel and the huge buyouts have probably set auburn back a minimum of 3-4 years. Along with the terrible recruiting.It's a mystery what happens to decent coaches once they get to auburn. I believe we could resurrect Vince Lombardi and he would come here and suck
This post was edited on 10/16/23 at 2:57 pm
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