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Posted on 4/27/21 at 10:39 am to makersmark1
Posted on 4/27/21 at 10:39 am to makersmark1
quote:Well, yes and no. AU in the Gustav Era followed a distinct pattern:
Were we a consistent winning program competing year in and year out for hardware under Gus?
- We consistently stumbled out of the gate, losing at least one of our first four games every season except 2014 and 2019. “Four Game Gus” was real.
-Then the offense would gel, usually behind a stud RB (who typically wasn’t the starter at the beginning of the season) and we would start demolishing opponents and look like legit contenders.
-Finally, a significant injury - usually to aforementioned stud RB, but also to QB in ‘16 - would expose our complete lack of depth at those positions, and we would stumble through Amen Corner and fall out of the running. 2017 was the only exception to this pattern, as the key injury (KJ) came in Game 12 rather than 8 or 9.
-Rinse and repeat.
The PTB thought Gustav deserved caviar money after 2017, and that the only reason we hadn’t repeated as SEC Champs since ‘13 was just bad injury luck. I think last year finally proved conclusively that he was way underperforming, and was never going to live up to the championship potential displayed that magical November that led to the ridiculous and ruinous extension.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:12 am to FearlessFreep
Gus could not get top shelf offensive linemen to sign year after year.
We have tons of guards, but really don’t have a next level tackle.
I understand it’s hard to out-recruit Alabama and Georgia, but there are linemen in the NFL from much less prestigious programs than Auburn.
Maybe Coach Harsin will be able to sign better players, and/or develop players to a higher ceiling than Gus did.
We have tons of guards, but really don’t have a next level tackle.
I understand it’s hard to out-recruit Alabama and Georgia, but there are linemen in the NFL from much less prestigious programs than Auburn.
Maybe Coach Harsin will be able to sign better players, and/or develop players to a higher ceiling than Gus did.
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