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Why is Auburn's season considered a failure?
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:15 pm
Going into the season, most people predicted AU would go 6-6 at best. Considering the schedule and youth, why is AU's season considered a failure?
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Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:15 pm to AUoutlaw420
Predicting you would suck and then sucking doesn't make sucking any less sucky.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:16 pm to AUoutlaw420
No matter what was expected, if we just won a NC anything less than 9 wins would seem like a failure to me.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:17 pm to AUoutlaw420
They weren't remotely competitive against good teams. I guess SC would be the exception although SC played like garbage for a lot of the year too.
It wasn't the record, it was how bad the team looked compared to the good teams they played.
It wasn't the record, it was how bad the team looked compared to the good teams they played.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:19 pm to AUoutlaw420
W and L wise we met or exceeded most reasonable expectations. How we actually looked in most games and how we seemed to regress instead of progress makes me consider this season as a failure.
It doesn't help that we red shirted some o-linemen that I think we needed to get ready for the future and wasted KF's redshirt year with the way that we used him.
It doesn't help that we red shirted some o-linemen that I think we needed to get ready for the future and wasted KF's redshirt year with the way that we used him.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:19 pm to AUoutlaw420
Well getting 40+ put up on you by your biggest & most hated rivals (LSU,GA,BAMA) is bad imo..
but 7-5<5-7 (and Roof is gone per other thread)
but 7-5<5-7 (and Roof is gone per other thread)
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:20 pm to AUoutlaw420
I think the way they lost is the reason. losses by 14, 24, 35, 38, and 28
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:22 pm to AUoutlaw420
We skated by teams with lesser talent, but there is no way to hide poor qb play against solid teams. When your offense can't move the ball and your defense can't make a 3rd stop stop to save their lives, beatdowns happen
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:22 pm to AUoutlaw420
Probably because how we lost the games we lost...
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:29 pm to AUoutlaw420
Yes we had more wins then expected, but losing so badly against our Divisio Rivals, and UGA the way we did was a failure to me. No it wouldn't have been a moral victory had we kept them close, but it would have made 2012 look a lot more hopeful.
I had expected so much more competitiveness and it didn't happen. I don't consider it as a complete failure though.
I had expected so much more competitiveness and it didn't happen. I don't consider it as a complete failure though.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:48 pm to AUoutlaw420
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Going into the season, most people predicted AU would go 6-6 at best. Considering the schedule and youth, why is AU's season considered a failure?
I don't know about failure, but there were a few blowouts.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:49 pm to AUoutlaw420
Because of the way they lost. They also looked like they didn't get any better from game 1 to game 12.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:28 pm to AUoutlaw420
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Going into the season, most people predicted AU would go 6-6 at best.
That's not true. A few crazies might have. Most people said worst case 6-6, best case 8-4.
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Considering the schedule and youth, why is AU's season considered a failure?
What do YOU consider 7-5?
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:39 pm to AUoutlaw420
They got blown out too many times.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 4:43 pm to AUoutlaw420
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Going into the season, most people predicted AU would go 6-6 at best. Considering the schedule and youth, why is AU's season considered a failure?
People expected the defense to suck. No one really expected the offense to suck this badly. A lot of AU fans were saying that Gus had an offense with Chris fricking Todd and that y'all would be fine with Trotter/Moseley/Frazier. That didn't work out so well.
The season ended up better than a lot expected (could have lost to USU, MSU, USCe, and maybe a healthy UF), but a lot of people are unsure about the offense going forward.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 5:42 pm to AUoutlaw420
...because most of the posters on this forum get their football knowledge from NCAA 2011 and/or the Madden Franchise
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