re: Auburn football has a new coach

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I thought Auburn people credited the defense for that run of success? Those defenses from 04-07 were outstanding

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Those defenses were awesome but look at the difference between 2003 and 2004. The difference was bringing in Borges on offense. 2003 was still a great defense (all the same cast of characters in 2004 but add Karlos Dansby, Dontarrius Thomas, and Reggie Torbor at LB), but the offense was shite.

His West Coast offense took Jason Campbell from a liability to SEC Offensive Player of the Year and 1st round draft pick. Even the QB guru Petrino didn't get tons out of Campbell. The biggest thing though was Borges found a way to seamlessly and beautifully get Cadillac Williams and Ronnie Brown on the field at the same time and split the ball between them. That offense wasn't flashy, and Tubs kept it conservative but much like some of Malzahn's offenses, nobody was going to stop the 2004 Auburn offense if we really needed a score.

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thought Auburn people credited the defense for that run of success? Those defenses from 04-07 were outstanding

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Well of course they get most of the credit, but Al turned Campbell into an NFL QB and got the offense moving by recognizing how to use the talent AU had. AU was dead in the water without him, and by that I mean no SEC championship.

I'm excited about him at analyst and Chip Lindsey at OC. People might not realize Chip was offensive analyst during the last SEC championship. From what I've seen since he left, the adaptability to Nick Marshall probably should be credited to him. With that said, both seem to have a knack of recognizing what will work.