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re: Why can't Auburn maintain success.
Posted on 2/24/16 at 11:31 am to JustGetItRight
Posted on 2/24/16 at 11:31 am to JustGetItRight
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If you carve out the 1990s, then you're talking about 13 years that just happen to include the tenures of two of the only three Bama coaches (Ears Whitworth being the third) to have losing records against Auburn since the series resumed after WWII.
83-86 Perkins 2-2
87-89 Curry 0-3
90-97 Stallings 5-3
98-02 DuBose 2-1
01-02 Fran 1-1
03-06 Shula 0-4
It's far more accurate to say that Auburn dominate Curry and Shula - which they did. Other coaches during that window were 50/50 or better.
Ok well if we are allowed to eliminate two coaches from a program to help our arguments I'll take out Bear and Saban, since you know you would have a losing record against Auburn without those two coaches...
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Posted on 2/24/16 at 11:41 am to RandySavage
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RandySavage
"If" we're taking things away, why don't we each take 2 National Championships from the other and then see what each is left with...
Posted on 2/24/16 at 11:52 am to RandySavage
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Ok well if we are allowed to eliminate two coaches from a program to help our arguments I'll take out Bear and Saban, since you know you would have a losing record against Auburn without those two coaches...
That wasn't my point.
It was that Auburn's dominance wasn't based so much on the time period as it was the difference in coaching quality. During those decades, when the staffs were about equal, the series was about equal. When wasn't or hasn't been (as your last post shows), the superior STAFF has dominated. IMO, that's another knock against the 'other programs have natural advantages' argument.
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