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He’s failing so bad with his coaching staff and recruiting (so far) that it’s hard to even care about the other stuff. 

2 minutes ago, Ausburn2 said:

What disgruntled running back has left Auburn to do great things at another school?

I don’t see how that has any relevance. Are you insinuating there is some sort of underlying reason for that? What others have done has nothing to do with this. 

1 hour ago, cole256 said:

The team isn't that good......unreal expectations. I tried to tell people. I was surprised when we beat ole miss and arky

I’m not sure what expectations are/were as they are different for everyone, but not having a soon to be 4 game losing streak to end the regular shouldn’t be too much to ask for. Also some forward momentum even in a loss would be a reasonable expectation instead of this incredible regression we’ve seen. 

2 hours ago, MustardSeed said:

On #2 we’ve had some absolutely HUGE recruiting weekends with one having over 40 4 and 5 stars alone. Apparently that was the biggest recruiting weekend anyone has ever seen at AU by a long shot.  There is also some murmurings that we are very high on many guys lists and if we get a certain percentage of those guys we could end up near top 10. Of course that’s all speculation but it’s been discussed in the recruiting forum. 

Unless some of them sign with us it makes it the biggest recruiting bust of all time. This isn’t horseshoes and hand grenades, close doesn’t count. Harsin needs to prove he’s got what it takes and currently our recruiting won’t get it done. Getting them for a visit is a nice start but let’s see him finish. 

Smart lady. 

We can’t have anything nice. 

2 minutes ago, shabby said:

In the end the defense only gave up 21 points. I don't think defense was our main problem tonight.

The headline of the thread is that they only ran two plays the second half, that’s what the comment referred to. You are right though, D wasn’t the main problem tonight. 

35 minutes ago, Didba said:

I mean the stats Moo State has put up on everybody but Bama back me up. Thus, when I have solid evidence backing up my reasoning, and other film guys that agree with me, I will stick with my guns. 

 

Its well known that the best way to keep an offense like Moo state from beating you is to have long sustained drives chewing up clock, its literally a part of many teams defensive gameplans against air raid teams like moo state. So yeah when the Offense fails to hold up that bargain and puts the defense in bad spots, you blame the offense for bad defense. This isn't hard to see and many coaches, film guys, scheme nerds will opine on how it works.

What everyone has agreed on was that was the biggest collapse in AU history. To think that the D didn’t play a role in giving up a 25 point lead does not take a film guy or scheme nerd to understand it. Yes the offense should have done more, but the of course the D played the biggest part, thus the collapse portion of virtually every headline. The both are bad which I said in my original point. 

Just now, Didba said:

See I don't agree here with that. Point me to a team that has stopped Moo State besides Bama and I'd then agree with you.  Our defense was always gonna give up a ton of points to Moo State and if you dispute that then you don't understand how hard is is to scheme a Mike leach offense.  The way we were gonna beat MState was to keep them off the field with our offense.  That's on Bobo.

Not many people blame being up 25 points and losing on the offense but go ahead and stick to your guns if that’s what you wanna do. I clearly see that you won’t be changing your mind on Mason which is fine. Those headlines last week about the biggest collapse in AU were mainly based on the D. Up 25 points no matter how you want to slice it. 

23 minutes ago, Didba said:

Y'all really don't realize this team was expected to be WORSE then it was.  This was a rebuilding year.  Bobo needs to go bc I could have called a better game but to actually want Gus back? Y'all crazy.

Not just Bobo, up 25 and collapsed last week followed by up 14 this week. Mason is at least equally bad. 

Just now, TheDob06 said:

Bobo has to go, but Mason is getting another year (not saying he deserves one). Mason was a hot commodity and nationally regarded as a huge get for Auburn. Hopefully he improves because we can't have another year like this on D.

Oh great, can’t wait for more bend and definitely break D.  

This regression is tough to watch. I’m extremely disappointed with Harsin and I had very reasonable goals from day 1. Regression was not one of them. 

5 minutes ago, kennypowers said:

With Clemson next week, the SEC called in the opportunity to get another team bowl eligible.   Pure money play.  Prove me wrong. 

The fact that you based this loss on that one call is interesting. With all that’s wrong that’s the one thing you wanna comment on? 

Mason and the entire D staff should be ashamed. That’s embarrassingly bad. 

I’d love to see them sweep in and grab him. We can beat what we’ve got, simple as that. 

Ha they had to throw that “not yet resolved investigation” line in there. Losers. 

I just bit the bullet and got the espn deal. I don’t wanna miss any games and it’s just the easiest thing for me. It’s not really expensive or anything and you can cancel anytime. I’ll let it go after bball is over. 

Sorry, couldn’t resist.  

7 minutes ago, saminbama said:

Donor-side?  How do you get there?

Donate

9 minutes ago, boisnumber1 said:

But not long enough, unfortunately. Harsin sucks so bad you wanna bring in a coach that lost to him. What a freakin genius. Put the bottle down.

This short sighted line of thinking blows my mind. It’s almost comical in a way. Hey Chizik beat Saban, maybe Bammer should hire him.  Wow. 

With the RS rule it’s crazy to not get guys some playing time unless they are hurt or something. He should have already taken a few snaps IMO. 

2 hours ago, Randman5000 said:

there weren't many options either. Freeze is a mixed bag and also another former high school coach. Napier, no thanks. Kiffin would have talked but probably not. Remember the Steele mess. Bringing up some bad memories. LOL. I hope we aren't back in that position. 

Yeah well like i said, some folks did not like the hire from the get go because he’s an outsider and quite frankly a lot of folks simply weren’t familiar with him. I personally like it and think he’ll do fine. I could see how he might have interest in Washington if it was a possibility though. There are a lot of logistical fits with that matchup. 

4 hours ago, aubaseball said:

I disagree.   If someone that everyone is on board with has a hiccup or two in the beginning, everyone is more in line and understands that it takes time.   People on this board are already saying it was a bad hire.   Now that could just be the nature of message boards or the sign of the times, but it is happening.  

A lot of them was saying it was a bad hire because he was (is) an outsider. That’s my point. 

7 minutes ago, aubaseball said:

I guess anything is a possibility.    Let me say that I was fine with hiring of Harsin.   I believed that an outsider was needed.   The problem I see is that everyone is not  a believer in the hire.   For Auburn to get to level of consistency that Georgia and Alabama are at, it’s going to take everyone to be fired up about the coach.  

Hiring an outsider many weren’t even familiar with was not the way to get everyone fired up if that was the goal. I like the hire and think it accomplished what we needed, everyone fired up or not. 

15 minutes ago, woodford said:

Oklahoma is a more prestigious and historically great program compared to LSU. LSU is a top 15 program like us. Oklahoma is a top 3 or 5 depending who you ask.

 

I would stay at Oklahoma but then again I'll never be a FBS HC.

I’m not sure I’d put Okie over LSU if we are talking all time history and all. Lots of folks rank the LSU job as top 5 for a reason.