AU's Offense (2003 vs 2004)

[88Tiger 0]

Whadda think?

[AuNuma1 1]

The talent has been there...the quality of coaching was missing last year.

All those little stars beside your name on the recruiting websites mean nothing without the coaching.

[channonc 466]

I voted coaching. This is virtually the same offensive players as last year and we are doing some!

[Weagle98 119]

I think the "Having an OC" point and the O Line play are related. I like Nall as an O Line coach, period.

[chuck 0]

OC Coaching . .hands down

[WarEagleFL 0]

I chose the OC option, but I do think it is a combination of a few of those other ones also. I do think they all stem from having better offensive coaching though.

JC has matured and playing as we all hoped and felt he could.. WR's are playing better.. and our schedule is more favorable than last years. That said, I think if we had Al Borges last year we would have won 10 games.

[TitanTiger 20,469]

Well, that's settled...

[big dude 0]

This isn't anywhere NEAR the same offense as last year. It's so totally different it's not even funny. You can't put a value on your opponents inablity to read your playbook in the formations you line up in. The shifts and play-action plays (as well as the screen passes) have put our offense head and shoulders above our offense of the last 3 years, much less last years. So I'll give the nod to OC coaching AND the maturity (finally!) of JC.

As far as defense, you gotta give a lot of credit to the guys up front. They've done a WONDERFUL job of picking up where we left off last year. These guys are MUCH faster than any DL I can remember at Auburn. Not to mention the LB's have learned their craft very well.

We're just a team that is well put together and is gelling better than I ever gave them credit for. It's truly great to be an Auburn Tiger!!!!

[WarEagleFL 0]

We're just a team that is well put together and is gelling better than I ever gave them credit for.  It's truly great to be an Auburn Tiger!!!!

108408[/snapback]

Amen to that! War Damn Eagle!

[rebdawg 5]

All of the things in the poll have played a part, but Borges has made most of them happen.

[DKW 86 7,410]

I have never seen a more lopsided poll on AUN.

[Shug2003 1]

I think its a new OC, Jason's maturity, a better than expected defense, and someone stepping forward at the WR position. An improved kicking game doesn't hurt either. It's all of them!

[88Tiger 0]

I'm not so sure that the kicking game has improved...I'm still not comfortable kicking FGs...