Now that the season is over (yes, it is as far as I'm concerned), it's time to take stock of the good, the bad, and the ugly of Auburn football.
The Good:
- Uniforms selections are on point, logo isn't futzed with, colors look good on the players.
- There are a few bright spots on the team. Clearly, the "brand" still attracts talent to come play there. RBs and WRs come to mind. For some reason, TEs commit to Auburn.
- Against teams with lesser talent, Auburn usually wins. (South Carolina being this year's exception and there's always one it seems.)
- Kicking game (more like The Meh). Auburn usually has above average to great place kickers. Punting comes and goes as does return game. All added together, it's one of the only consistent parts of the team so it goes here.
The Bad
- There's always a lesser talented team that beats Auburn and there's always a horse hockey excuse for it.
- The offensive line. Recruiting: F Coaching: D- Instinct for the game: F- A total failure of a system. If a department in a business ran like that, everyone would be gone and it would be restructured.
- Quarterback coaching, recruiting, and development. D-. Bo Nix is the same now as he was two years ago and he'll be the same for two more years under this monkey shoot throwing show. Constantly drifts back, throws off his back foot, doesn't have the arm strength he thinks he does, read defenses poorly. Add in his attitude problems and you have a nightmare situation. But look at the room he's in as well. Not a single guy who would start OR backup on another SEC team (excluding Vanderbilt).
- Defensive balls. We have none. Unless a generational talent falls in the coaches laps, the defensive front has about as much bite as Canadian Mist neat. No team fears the Auburn defense and none should. We talk a good game but we can be coxed into giving it up just as easy as Mary Katherine Firecrotch from New Brighton.
The Ugly
- Head coach. Said yesterday and stand by it today. Gus Malzahn is the only coach who can get out-coached by a coach who isn't even at the game. He says they weren't ready in the first half. That's on him and his staff. His job is to get that staff together, get the plan together, and at least go execute it. They didn't do that. They went out there, threw some noodles at the wall and waited to see what stuck. Meanwhile, Alabama went at 3/4 speed and blew us off the field. Unacceptable. But, we are tied to this dude for at least another year if not longer.
- The Athletic Department as a whole. Corruption reeks. Scandals happen. Losses pile up. Yet the hand is always out for more $$$$$$$ so they can line the coffers and do unnecessary shoot that does not result in wins on the fields of play. Bulldoze it all and put up a parking lot since they are content to let everyone just drive over them.
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