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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 genro
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Predicting you would suck and then sucking doesn't make sucking any less sucky.
Also the way the losses happened. They weren't competitive in the 3 biggest games of the year.
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 2:17 pm to CNB
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CNB
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if we just won a NC anything less than 9 wins would seem like a failure to me.
So how does having never been in the hunt for a NC feel to you? Do you feel like winners?
This post was edited on 12/7/11 at 2:20 pm
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 2:19 pm to elposter
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It wasn't the record, it was how bad the team looked compared to the good teams they played.
agree 100%
its not the win loss that I consider a failure, of sorts - its the lack of competitiveness for a large part of the year - especially the big games. id rather us lose and play hard and to the wire than some of the crap we fielded this year.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:20 pm to elposter
quote:I disagree slightly. It was as much or more about how bad we looked against the bad teams we 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 2:20 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 2:20 pm to genro
Alabama lost it's senior QB. First round left tackle. First round WR. First round RB. And first round DE. After all that they've gotten better. I know Auburn lost a TON but it's still a failure of a season for them. They have pride in their team and seem to always have high expectations.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:21 pm to ReauxlTide222
quote:Not even in the same ball park as what AU lost. Not to mention Bama had been stocked with depth and talent that AU is still building.
Alabama lost it's senior QB. First round left tackle. First round WR. First round RB. And first round DE.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:21 pm to taylormade
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Well getting 40+ put up on you by your biggest & most hated rival
I would take a loss by that margin every year to know that we would never blow a 24-0 lead at halftime
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 2:23 pm to AUoutlaw420
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I would take a loss by that margin every year to know that we would never blow a 24-0 lead at halftime
Let me know how that goes after we kick the shite out of you for the next 4 years.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:23 pm to ReauxlTide222
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Alabama lost it's senior QB. First round left tackle. First round WR. First round RB. And first round DE. After all that they've gotten better. I know Auburn lost a TON but it's still a failure of a season for them. They have pride in their team and seem to always have high expectations.
Bama got better because of their defense. I would say the offense took a step back this year. The problem with AU was that they stepped back on both sides of the ball.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:23 pm to TreyAnastasio
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after we kick the shite out of you for the next 4 years.
Posted on 12/7/11 at 2:23 pm to AUoutlaw420
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take a loss by that margin every year to
well you are probly gonna get your wish..
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