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His only real weakness is that sometimes he can fall in love with certain plays and try to get cutesy. While this doesn't happen all the time, when it does happen it tends to happen in big games and it usually bites Auburn in the butt.

I agree with this. There are times that I say to myself...oh damn, he's getting in a rut...and when he does, he has a hard time getting out of it. It's not often, but does happen from time to time. It's like he just kinda goes blank and tries something crazy to get out of it, and it doesn't always work.

I think it's a fair argument that Malzahn is the best in the country at adapting his offense to his players, specifically his QB. I don't think there are any other coaches that can say they've been top 3 the country in passing at one school(Tulsa) and rushing at another(Auburn). #3 in YPG at Tulsa in 07 and #1 at Auburn in 13.

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Posted by Arksulli

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Posted on 5/1/15 at 3:57 pm to kage

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There are times that I say to myself...oh damn, he's getting in a rut...and when he does, he has a hard time getting out of it. It's not often, but does happen from time to time. It's like he just kinda goes blank and tries something crazy to get out of it, and it doesn't always work.

My guess is that he is a rhythm style play caller. He gets into a rhythm and can feel the pace better then most coaches I've ever seen on the sidelines and that makes him deadly at calling the right play at the right time.

Unfortunately when he gets out of that rhythm for whatever reason it seems to throw him for a loop. It is the downside of having a coach that reads the game so well that he depends on having his finger on the pulse of the action. When he loses that read it can backfire on him.

I still think he is one of the best offensive minds in the game mind you.

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