Maybe We Should Be Demanding More...

[Snaggletiger]

Yep.  We are paying WE!!! Salary and getting Nook results.

[Godfather]

It’s not chasing Saban.  Its abhoring incompetence.

Auburn physically dominated two number one teams in a row last season.  We proved we have the talent to do that. 

We also proved we can take that talent and gargle balls.

Forget chasing Saban.  Not the point.  It’s about looking and acting like a football team and not some clown show.  It’s about not doing the same stupid failed thing over and over.  It’s about playing hard.  It’s about being prepared.  It’s about getting better. It’s about evaluating the talent you have and managing that talent. 

There are things Gus does well.  He’s as good a front runner as I’ve ever seen.  When things are working he gets on a roll where every call he makes rocks the opposition.  But god help us all if a wheel starts to wobble. He overthinks, overdoes, doubts, puckers and falls apart.  That lost/confused face on the sidelines where you know he has no idea what to do, can’t step outside his own insecurities to figure it out and is mentally flailing? It’s infuriating.  I’ve never seen that look of paralyzed helplessness on even a good high school coach.  And when you see it you know it’s going to have lingering impact.  It’s never just one game. That self doubt spills over for weeks and shows up in gameplans and playcalls. 

I want to believe.  I want to think it’s going to be better “when”.  But that’s bullshit. 

I spent a long time married to someone and it was awful.  I kept telling myself things would be better “when”.  When doesn’t come.  You’ll have good days that give you hope but they never last.
 

You use your keyboard prettier than a $2 dollar whore.  #ibelievekaos

[djsimp]

This....

It’s not chasing Saban.  Its abhoring incompetence.

 

And this....

Forget chasing Saban.  Not the point.  It’s about looking and acting like a football team and not some clown show.  It’s about not doing the same stupid failed thing over and over.  It’s about playing hard.  It’s about being prepared.  It’s about getting better. It’s about evaluating the talent you have and managing that talent. 

 

I, as an Auburn, could care less about Saban. As a matter of fact, I want him at Bama. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. However, we have talent to be the best but the overpaid HC is not doing his HS job. He is sold out to the point he is blinded. 

[GH2001]

I know we hashed...and re-hashed...this point when the deal was inked, but I disagree with your assessment of the conditions surrounding the contract.

Caveat: I know nothing...these are just my thoughts.

I don't think it was UGA/Bama post-coital euphoria.  I think the PTB realize that staff stability is a key factor in long-term success.  I also think they looked around at the open jobs and quality candidates available, did some quick cyphering, and realized that there weren't enough of the latter for the former and didn't want to be overpaying for a relative unknown quantity.

The terms of the contract are not commensurate, in my opinion, with the coach's inherent worth.  That said, the overall cost of a total rebuild with a shot-in-the-dark candidate might have been more than the admin was willing spend.  I think this is our ride-the-storm-out deal with Malzahn.  We're hunkered down, knowing what we'll get, until Saban moves on.

It’s def a chance you take. Georgia hit gold with it and ridded of their “safe stability”. Tenn and others have crashed hard trying.

[MildredAU]

Two things.

1. Read the creed, you stupid motherfuckers.

And, 2. I will stab token through his fat neck with a steak knife. Seriously.

Do you remember what Steve Martin used to look like as a wild and crazy guy? With the arrow through his head? 

Well, that’ll be Token’s fat ass, except with a steak knife instead of an arrow. And through his neck instead of his head.

I don’t care if he is head of his TOA. He has no class.

But he does have a big ass.

[wesfau2]

Two things.

1. Read the creed, you stupid motherfuckers.

And, 2. I will stab token through his fat neck with a steak knife. Seriously.

Do you remember what Steve Martin used to look like as a wild and crazy guy? With the arrow through his head?

Well, that’ll be Token’s fat ass, except with a steak knife instead of an arrow. And through his neck instead of his head.

I don’t care if he is head of his TOA. He has no class.

But he does have a big ass.

Seriously, WT, fuck off with this shit.

[WiregrassTiger]

Seriously, WT, fuck off with this shit.

[Kaos]

Seriously, WT, fuck off with this shit.

I thought Mildred was your cousin. 

[CCTAU]

We've been saying this for years because our offense looks like the guy on the insurance commercial holding the dollar on the end of a pole.
Just when you think we got it figured out, it gets snatched away. 

[jmar]

We've been saying this for years because our offense looks like the guy on the insurance commercial holding the dollar on the end of a pole.
Just when you think we got it figured out, it gets snatched away.

I sense that Leath listened to those with the money and simply carried out their wishes knowing the money was there each year regardless of how we finish.
Harbaugh hasn't delivered at Michigan but some people will inevitably cling to the perception that you have to pay big-time to get big-time results.

Malzahn delivers high ranking recruiting classes,  (with flaws) beats Alabama once in every four or five tries, (with Saban still around) has been to the ship twice (once as coordinator)
and we have nobody poking around looking for malfeasance.
That might be enough for them.

[Buzz Killington]

Oui

I believe the term is menage a trois

[AUJarhead]

I believe the term is menage a trois

You're not going to do it? What do you mean, You're not going to do it?

[Buzz Killington]

You're not going to do it? What do you mean, You're not going to do it?

I can't.  I'm not an orgy guy.

[AUTiger1]

Oh I get that, but my contention is that the 4th straight losses to both UGA and Bama would have meant all of that was a moot point.  There are zero contract discussions from that point forward except the question of how do you want the buyout check made payable?

I said last year to reward the man for those wins.  And yes, they were huge wins. Extend him a year.  Stroke him a big bonus.  But a 7 year/$7 million deal with the present buyout is unacceptable by any standards where Malzahn is concerned.  Especially when he had long since proven that what we're getting right now is who he is.  That's not going to change.  In no way, shape or form should they have done what they did, current climate or not.

Jay Jacobs last fuck you to Auburn. 

[jmar]

Seems I recall when disgruntled fans used to follow a shitty head coach and his wife around with a bullhorn 24/7 until they both needed nervous medicine. I'm pretty old but that actually happened right?

[Kaos]

Seems I recall when disgruntled fans used to follow a shitty head coach and his wife around with a bullhorn 24/7 until they both needed nervous medicine. I'm pretty old but that actually happened right?

Bama fans didn't wait for them to be hired.  They badgered Rich Rodriguez out of town on the Finebaum show before he ever even worked a day.