aubiefifty 18,398 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Auburn Football Gus Malzahn expresses displeasure with SEC Network, discusses career, philosophy in remarks to AFCA Updated Jan 9, 3:38 PM; Posted Jan 9, 1:43 PM Auburn coach Gus Malzahn speaks at the American Football Coaches Association convention in Charlotte on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.(James Crepea/jcrepea@al.com) 40 shares By James Crepea jcrepea@al.com Gus Malzahn is not a fan of the SEC Network. Malzahn expressed his displeasure with ESPN's conference-dedicated outlet after sharing his career path, including some self-deprecating anecdotes, and outlined 10 principles to his coaching philosophy during a roughly 30-minute speech at the American Football Coaches Association convention in Charlotte on Tuesday. "This coaching stuff, especially in college, it's a lot of fun for me," Malzahn said at the end of his speech. "I mean it's really cool and all that, but the families, with everything that you go through with this SEC Network. "You know, the SEC Network was supposed to be really cool three or four years ago. Now, it's all about they're trying to get the coach fired about every other day you turn it on. Your family's the one that pays the price for that. I'm isolated; all I've got is kind of what's in the with the team and all that. It's a real challenge and I'm blessed to have the family I have." Ironically, the SEC Network is based in Charlotte. Malzahn, who recently agreed to terms on a new seven-year, $49 million contract at Auburn, appeared on several of ESPN's pregame shows before Monday night's College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta. He opened by recapping his career path from being a high school coach at Hughes High School in rural eastern Arkansas, to Shiloh Christian and Springdale High Schools near Fayetteville. Along that journey Malzahn worked with quarterbacks Josh Floyd, who later coached at Shiloh Christian and is now the head coach at Hewitt-Trussville High School, Rhett Lashlee, who was his offensive coordinator at Arkansas State and Auburn before leaving for UConn last year and was recently hired at SMU, and then Mitch Mustain. "Mitch is probably the most complete quarterback that I've probably ever coached," Malzahn said of the 2005 national Player of the Year. "I mean he could do everything. He won every national award, really got things going." In reviewing how he then became the offensive coordinator at Arkansas in 2006, Malzahn said his plan was to leave Springdale when the district split and either leave the state, specifically to coach in Texas, or move to the college game. "That was really my dream, to go to Texas and coach high school," Malzahn said. "I tell people, it's harder to get a good job in Texas than it is a college job. In 2003 I applied for Plano East, it was open and I sent my resume in and I told them I wrote a book and all this stuff, I didn't even get an interview. So I tell people it's harder to get a high school coach than it is to Auburn coaching job." Malzahn spoke briefly of his one-year tenure with the Razorbacks before moving on to Auburn, where Cam Newton was "one of the best, if not the best college player to ever play" and said winning the 2010 BCS National Championship felt "the exact same way as winning a high school state championship" did. He repeated the belief that the next three or four years at Auburn would be its best while also addressing the competitiveness of the SEC. Malzahn said watching Alabama and Georgia, both of which were defeated by Auburn in the regular season, play in the CFP national championship was "pretty tough to watch" on Monday. He went on to outline 10 beliefs to his philosophy: coaches being great examples to player, sportsmanship, define "who we are," being very good at a few things, building around the strengths of your best players, straining players to be perfect on the field but loving them off the field, setting high goals, having one standard, the staff being on the same page and outworking opponents. While there were aspects to each, Malzahn addressed an incident of sportsmanship he enjoyed from James Franklin this season. After saying he didn't think there was "any place in football" for taunting, Malzahn said he wants his team to shake hands with the opponent after the game. "(Franklin), everybody saw that, he chased his guy in the breezeway, he came back," Malzahn said. "I thought that was like one of the best moments in college football." James Crepea is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @JamesCrepea. Auburn Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn Football Gus Malzahn expresses displeasure with SEC Network, discusses career, philosophy in remarks to AFCA Updated Jan 9, 3:38 PM; Posted Jan 9, 1:43 PM Auburn coach Gus Malzahn speaks at the American Football Coaches Association convention in Charlotte on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.(James Crepea/jcrepea@al.com)
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