Tubbs presser?

[ssgaufan]

During Tubbs presser he said that CT has the ability to run.  What the Fuck?  If he has that ability, then why the fuck hasn't he ran the damn ball yet?  In the preseason we heard that Todd was a passer that could run, and that Kodi was a runner that could pass.  What the hell is the problem then?  Let that puss run it on a read option play when the fucking defensive end is crashing down to the RB, because he's not worried about the QB running.  This shit is really starting to piss me off. 

Your thoughts?

[War Eagle!!!]

During Tubbs presser he said that CT has the ability to run.  What the Fuck?  If he has that ability, then why the fuck hasn't he ran the damn ball yet?  In the preseason we heard that Todd was a passer that could run, and that Kodi was a runner that could pass.  What the hell is the problem then?  Let that puss run it on a read option play when the fucking defensive end is crashing down to the RB, because he's not worried about the QB running.  This shit is really starting to piss me off. 

Your thoughts?

He ran once that I can remember during the 2nd game and he ran well. I am not sure if there was a read call at all against Miss. St, but I know the defense wasn't scared of Todd running. There were several times that I thought if Todd would have read the defense and kept the ball after faking to the RB, there was room for him to run.

To be hinest, at this point, I don't know what the fuck is going on. That's why I haven't said much about it. I am giving TT the benefit of the doubt and hoping this shit can get fixed. Auburn still put up 330 yards offense against MS. State and that is better than we did against 7 teams last year...

Who the fuck knows...

[Kaos]

Chris Todd cannot run.  Chris Todd cannot throw. 

My press conference is now over.  Questions?

[War Eagle!!!]

Chris Todd cannot run.  Chris Todd cannot throw. 

My press conference is now over.  Questions?

Sure...I will play...

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT IT???

You sit here and bitch and say this doesn't work and that doesn't work...what can be done? If we fire Franklin now, the season is shot for sure...at least if we try and work this thing out, as long as we get good play from our defense, we can stll have a really good season. We all said, if the offense is only a little better than we had last year, we will be pretty damn good. So far, believe it or not, the offense is perhaps a "little bit" better than last year...

I am not saying I am happy about this shit...I am just not sure what the answer is...

[Snaggletiger]

It's hard to admit, but the offense is possibly a little better, but certainly no worse than last year.  We eeked out 14 points on MSU last year by installing the freakin' option in one week and letting a true freshman with zero experiance run it.  Sad times indeed.

I still feel like this offense will catch on and this team will be bad ass at some point.  But the two things I'm just not getting are the mistakes and how Kodi Burns went from starter to statue in two games time.  Now, all we hear is, "Well, we've got to find situations to get Kodi in the game".  WTF'n F???  He was your starter game 1 and now Chris Todd is playing soooo much better???? 

[Godfather]

Sure...I will play...

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT IT???

You sit here and bitch and say this doesn't work and that doesn't work...what can be done? If we fire Franklin now, the season is shot for sure...at least if we try and work this thing out, as long as we get good play from our defense, we can stll have a really good season. We all said, if the offense is only a little better than we had last year, we will be pretty damn good. So far, believe it or not, the offense is perhaps a "little bit" better than last year...

I am not saying I am happy about this shit...I am just not sure what the answer is...

Actually you bring about a good question...I am starting a new thread...the question is:

You are Tuberville what do you do? Why? How do you think it effects the team? What is our ending record? Where do you go for next year?

[Kaos]

Sure...I will play...

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT IT???

You sit here and bitch and say this doesn't work and that doesn't work...what can be done? If we fire Franklin now, the season is shot for sure...at least if we try and work this thing out, as long as we get good play from our defense, we can stll have a really good season. We all said, if the offense is only a little better than we had last year, we will be pretty damn good. So far, believe it or not, the offense is perhaps a "little bit" better than last year...

I am not saying I am happy about this shit...I am just not sure what the answer is...

I've ALREADY said what I want to do.  Pretty simple, actually.  

1) Fire Tony Franklin.  Admit that it's an abortion and move on.
2) Bench Chris Todd.  Let him transfer to Weber State or something.
3) Give Eddie Gran the reins to the offense and let him maximize the running backs like he knows how: Rudi, Kenny, Carnell, Ronnie, etc.

If Tuberville does that, do I consider the season "shot"?  NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!   The defense will remain just as fierce.  That won't change.  The offense CERTAINLY can't be any worse, so we won't lose anything there.  How will the season be shot if we get out of that ridiculous, ineffective offensive miasma and get rid of Merlin McSpread?

[Godfather]

BTW Not to be a dick but the man has been coaching for us for 9+ years his name is spelled with one B.

[War Eagle!!!]

I've ALREADY said what I want to do.  Pretty simple, actually.  

1) Fire Tony Franklin.  Admit that it's an abortion and move on.
2) Bench Chris Todd.  Let him transfer to Weber State or something.
3) Give Eddie Gran the reins to the offense and let him maximize the running backs like he knows how: Rudi, Kenny, Carnell, Ronnie, etc.

If Tuberville does that, do I consider the season "shot"?  NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!   The defense will remain just as fierce.  That won't change.  The offense CERTAINLY can't be any worse, so we won't lose anything there.  How will the season be shot if we get out of that ridiculous, ineffective offensive miasma and get rid of Merlin McSpread?

So you want to scrap what the TEAM has been working on for the last 9 months and say...

oops, I fucked up even though we are 3-0. And I know we have had a rough couple of games, but fuck the whole perseverence shit we preach and fuck the rally around the team thing we preach and fuck the whole help your team mates when they are down thing and fuck anyone that makes a mistake or doesn't play up to certain peoples expectations...

I am not sure that would fly real well...

[Snaggletiger]

BTW Not to be a dick but the man has been coaching for us for 9+ years his name is spelled with one B.

Dick

[Kaos]

So you want to scrap what the TEAM has been working on for the last 9 months and say...

I am not sure that would fly real well...

Yeah.  Yeah I do.  

As a business owner, we often try things and people.  Sometimes we get into it and despite grand visions, the reality of what we are trying to do just doesn't fly.  We don't "keep on keeping on"   We punt. We change direction. We reassign people.  Sure it hurts.  It's not pleasant.  But if we don't, we drown.  It flies because it shows that we are willing to recognize harsh truths and take immediate, necessary action.

[War Eagle!!!]

Yeah.  Yeah I do.  

As a business owner, we often try things and people.  Sometimes we get into it and despite grand visions, the reality of what we are trying to do just doesn't fly.  We don't "keep on keeping on"   We punt. We change direction. We reassign people.  Sure it hurts.  It's not pleasant.  But if we don't, we drown.  It flies because it shows that we are willing to recognize harsh truths and take immediate, necessary action.

I agree with this...AFTER THE SEASON...not after a bad couple of games...

[Snaggletiger]

****Mod edit***

Guys, I'm gonna' have to step in here.  You know the rules of this board.  They're plainly posted for all to read and you should know better than to......

Wait, this board has no rules.

And I'm not a moderator.

Shit

[Saniflush]

On that note I think i am gonna have to lock it down.

[Kaos]

I agree with this...AFTER THE SEASON...not after a bad couple of games...

You're the CEO of a major health and beauty product company.  You hired a hot shot advertising "guru" to manage your most important product -- Clump Toothpaste. 

The new guy launches his first advertisement with the tagline:  "Clump. At least it doesn't kill you."   People recoil.

You tell him to retool. 

He comes back with:  "Clump. Shiny teeth and breath that doesn't smell like rotting garbage."   Not as bad, but people recoil.

You tell him to tweak it a bit. 

He comes back with:  "Clump. It turns your turds green if you swallow it. And it causes gum cancer and herpes."  People are repulsed.  Stock is sliding.  And you've got one of the biggest ad buys of the season coming up.  You've got to have something effective in place.

You bring him to your office. Ask him what's going on.  He says "I screwed up. Man, back when I was doing ads for Country Bob's Used Car Lot, we had some stinkers.  But I figured it out eventually.  Heck, Country Bob sold almost as many cars one month as the Ford Dealer down the street.  I think I've been trying too hard.  Tell you what, I'll just make something up on the fly when the commercials are supposed to air.  I think good on my feet like that. I enjoy that pressure." 

Do you wait until he sends all your customers scrambling for the Colgate aisle or do you cut your losses and do something drastic?

[Townhallsavoy]

You're the CEO of a major health and beauty product company.  You hired a hot shot advertising "guru" to manage your most important product -- Clump Toothpaste. 

The new guy launches his first advertisement with the tagline:  "Clump. At least it doesn't kill you."   People recoil.

You tell him to retool. 

He comes back with:  "Clump. Shiny teeth and breath that doesn't smell like rotting garbage."   Not as bad, but people recoil.

You tell him to tweak it a bit. 

He comes back with:  "Clump. It turns your turds green if you swallow it. And it causes gum cancer and herpes."  People are repulsed.  Stock is sliding.  And you've got one of the biggest ad buys of the season coming up.  You've got to have something effective in place.

You bring him to your office. Ask him what's going on.  He says "I screwed up. Man, back when I was doing ads for Country Bob's Used Car Lot, we had some stinkers.  But I figured it out eventually.  Heck, Country Bob sold almost as many cars one month as the Ford Dealer down the street.  I think I've been trying too hard.  Tell you what, I'll just make something up on the fly when the commercials are supposed to air.  I think good on my feet like that. I enjoy that pressure." 

Do you wait until he sends all your customers scrambling for the Colgate aisle or do you cut your losses and do something drastic?

**Begins the slow clap**

[Godfather]

You're the CEO of a major health and beauty product company.  You hired a hot shot advertising "guru" to manage your most important product -- Clump Toothpaste. 

The new guy launches his first advertisement with the tagline:  "Clump. At least it doesn't kill you."   People recoil.

You tell him to retool. 

He comes back with:  "Clump. Shiny teeth and breath that doesn't smell like rotting garbage."   Not as bad, but people recoil.

You tell him to tweak it a bit. 

He comes back with:  "Clump. It turns your turds green if you swallow it. And it causes gum cancer and herpes."  People are repulsed.  Stock is sliding.  And you've got one of the biggest ad buys of the season coming up.  You've got to have something effective in place.

You bring him to your office. Ask him what's going on.  He says "I screwed up. Man, back when I was doing ads for Country Bob's Used Car Lot, we had some stinkers.  But I figured it out eventually.  Heck, Country Bob sold almost as many cars one month as the Ford Dealer down the street.  I think I've been trying too hard.  Tell you what, I'll just make something up on the fly when the commercials are supposed to air.  I think good on my feet like that. I enjoy that pressure." 

Do you wait until he sends all your customers scrambling for the Colgate aisle or do you cut your losses and do something drastic?

See he has it all wrong...first he needs to change the name of the toothpaste....because I am not buying toothpaste called Clump.  The name just doesn't fit in with what we've been trying to do for years. Hell this is the Toothpaste Industry you either bring it or you go home.

[War Eagle!!!]

I don't have time to write a good response but your comparison is horrible.

You may be able to compare it to a toothpaste guy that wrote an ad and sales dropped by 1%...the "people are repulsed" part doesn't fit in at all. You may be repulsed but overall, I think some people can be patient.

I am not saying I am a total believer in the guy...I just definitely don't think we should fire him after 3 games...

Auburn still had 330 yards of offense last week. hey...and we got the ball down field some...that's a positive!

[Kaos]

I don't have time to write a good response but your comparison is horrible.

You may be able to compare it to a toothpaste guy that wrote an ad and sales dropped by 1%...the "people are repulsed" part doesn't fit in at all. You may be repulsed but overall, I think some people can be patient.

I am not saying I am a total believer in the guy...I just definitely don't think we should fire him after 3 games...

Auburn still had 330 yards of offense last week. hey...and we got the ball down field some...that's a positive!

NO!  It's not a positive that we "got the ball down the field some. 

That was a complete and total negative.  Did you see the downfield throws?  They were freaking rainbows.  Arched high in the air and took forever to come down.  Open receivers had to curl back into traffic and fight for the balls instead of the throws hitting them in stride.  Both of the "long" throws would have been touchdowns with a quarterback who had even a half-decent arm.   Those throws looked like punts. 

And I think "repulsed" fits a lot more people than "patient."  I heard a couple of former Auburn players on the radio this morning.  They were asked the question "do you believe Auburn is 'scary close'  like Franklin said"  and the answer was a resounding no.  They also brought up some very good questions in relation to how the offensive line was working and WHY this abomination will not ever function successfully in its current form.  I wish I had written it all down so I could repeat it here, but this was coming from two guys who used to play and play well at AU. 

And finally, no, my comparison is not "horrible"  It is, as they say, SPOT ON. 

[War Eagle!!!]

NO!  It's not a positive that we "got the ball down the field some. 

That was a complete and total negative.  Did you see the downfield throws?  They were freaking rainbows.  Arched high in the air and took forever to come down.  Open receivers had to curl back into traffic and fight for the balls instead of the throws hitting them in stride.  Both of the "long" throws would have been touchdowns with a quarterback who had even a half-decent arm.   Those throws looked like punts. 

And I think "repulsed" fits a lot more people than "patient."  I heard a couple of former Auburn players on the radio this morning.  They were asked the question "do you believe Auburn is 'scary close'  like Franklin said"  and the answer was a resounding no.  They also brought up some very good questions in relation to how the offensive line was working and WHY this abomination will not ever function successfully in its current form.  I wish I had written it all down so I could repeat it here, but this was coming from two guys who used to play and play well at AU. 

And finally, no, my comparison is not "horrible"  It is, as they say, SPOT ON. 

I disagree...and hell, my dad played football at Auburn and lettered 4 years so I don't have to listen to a players point of view from the radio. Players have opinions just like everyone else...it doesn't make them right, it doesn't make them wrong...

Once again, I am not saying this will work or not work...I am not sure. What I am saying is that there is no way we should "scrap" this offense after 3 games...