I disagree. But with all thats going on I don't feel like arguing this point. Switch offense staffs between the two teams and you'd probably be saying the inverse were true. This staff could kill that which is tebow.
Perhaps. But AU's had some offensive beasts in Tuberville's tenure that made significant impacts in the pros: Jason, Ronnie, Carnell, Brandon Jacobs (can we claim him?), Rudi and a number of offensive linemen.
Right now, when I look at the AU offense, I don't see anyone near that caliber. Which starter on the AU offense would be able to crack the starting lineup for Florida? Seriously.
I've been thinking about this godawful mess more than I should have. I've even been amused by the penile flexings in the "he who bums Newports" debate. Here's what I've come up with:
1) I've heard a lot of people bashing Hugh Nall. Stop it. Stop it now. Look at the linemen who have come through Auburn who played pro ball. Up until this season, there was no better place in the country for a lineman to come if he wanted to make it to the next level. So what happened there? Hugh Nall doesn't know how to coach this meerkat shit. That's what. He knows how to coach offensive line, but what AU is doing now reminds me so freaking much of the debacle garbage Bowden was trying to run that it makes me want to vomit. Want to know if AU is going to run or pass? FUCK, just look at the linemen. Down stance, run. Up with hands on knees, pass. An EARTHWORM is smart enough to see it.
2) Tuberville screwed up. He screwed up royally. He wanted to change things, but didn't trust himself enough to just do it. And then when Franklin's erratic, ignorant, disheveled ass showed up he didn't trust that snake oil salesman enough to turn it over to him. It was obvious that Franklin had no clue how to call plays or how to gameplan in the SEC. So they tried to morph some of the old with some of the new and ended up with a rotten, stinking fetid pile of nothing. Add to the fact that Franklin was attached to Chris Todd's scrotum like a hungry leech and the recipe for disaster was complete.
3) This season is lost. It's completely lost. AU could have lined up in a two back set and never gotten into the shotgun or attempted the ridiculous meerkat dance and mashed the holy fuck out of both Vandy and Arkansas. Neither team had the capacity to withstand the physical assault the AU offense is capable of delivering. But the coaches were too smart to do that. Don't take a redshirt of Barrett Trotter to salvage something that can't be salvaged. Suffer through this awful mess and take DRASTIC steps to fix it.
4) My life would be so much better if I never heard the words Tony Franklin or Chris Todd ever again. In fact, I'd like to go to sleep and turn back the clock to July. Pretend that Franklin decided to stay at Troy and Todd opted to take that job at Chic-Fil-A in the fry area.
Finally, I don't think I want Tuberville fired. I think he is just as confused and mortified by this debacle as we are. I also think he is cutthroat enough to unfuck it over time. But somebody at a level higher than his is going to have to convice him that he needs to get completely out of offense. Be a CEO. Let the coaches coach and find some new offensive life. What chaps my ass is thinking of all the fantastic defenses we've wasted over the last five years because we didn't have an offense capable of scoring against air. AU's had the defense to win multiple SEC titles and maybe more than that But we can't turn out an offense that's much more than pedestrian. That HAS to change. And if it means Tub's butt-buddy Greg Knox and his pal Steve Fuckfinger have to go, so be it.
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