tigerman1186 537 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 UF HEAD football coach Dan Mullen is opening the first 3 days of bowl practice v. Michigan to the fans...while Gus closes practice...it would go a long way to improve his standing with the Tiger community if he would open up practices; especially those that don't have an effect of the game plan.... Come'on Gus...what do you have to hide???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Because then the fans really COULD call out each play before it's run. .....I kid, I kid.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creed 1,610 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 23 minutes ago, tigerman1186 said: UF HEAD football coach Dan Mullen is opening the first 3 days of bowl practice v. Michigan to the fans...while Gus closes practice...it would go a long way to improve his standing with the Tiger community if he would open up practices; especially those that don't have an effect of the game plan.... Come'on Gus...what do you have to hide???? Don't know what he has to hide, but why doesn't Mullen close bowl practice like the other 13 coaches? Could it be he doesn't have anything worth hiding? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,972 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I ain't going to practice anyway. Practice, we talking about practice mane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer Brown 2,391 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 55 minutes ago, tigerman1186 said: UF HEAD football coach Dan Mullen is opening the first 3 days of bowl practice v. Michigan to the fans...while Gus closes practice...it would go a long way to improve his standing with the Tiger community if he would open up practices; especially those that don't have an effect of the game plan.... Come'on Gus...what do you have to hide???? In the words of Bigbird.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdgeneration 6,458 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Maybe he doesn’t want to be jeered or stuff thrown at him. 🤷♀️ I’m kidding, sort of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KolchakAU85 430 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 He closed practice because he doesn't want anyone to know that he's preparing a 4-QB game plan, sorta like the 3-QB game plan he came up with against Clemson a while back. Hell, the word I'm hearing is that he's got this one play where Stidham will be a tackle-elgible receiver... The plan is to play no QB two plays in a row. To keep Purdue guessing. I'm excited just thinking about it. Of course it's all rumor at this point, but who here would bet against such a hair-brained game plan from Gus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDUBB4AU 5,071 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 10 hours ago, tigerman1186 said: UF HEAD football coach Dan Mullen is opening the first 3 days of bowl practice v. Michigan to the fans...while Gus closes practice...it would go a long way to improve his standing with the Tiger community if he would open up practices; especially those that don't have an effect of the game plan.... Come'on Gus...what do you have to hide???? This would be a really cool idea . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, 3rdgeneration said: Maybe he doesn’t want to be jeered or stuff thrown at him. 🤷♀️ I’m kidding, sort of. You’re actually dead on. He might not have projectiles going toward his direction, but he’s the type to hunker down and not let the negative feedback filter through the cracks. His walled off personality is helping with recruiting so I’m not going to complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdgeneration 6,458 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 30 minutes ago, aujeff11 said: You’re actually dead on. He might not have projectiles going toward his direction, but he’s the type to hunker down and not let the negative feedback filter through the cracks. His walled off personality is helping with recruiting so I’m not going to complain. Yeah, I was thinking about this the other day. If we thought the information he gave was generic and lacking, what is it going to look like now??? I would not blame him for having a complete distrust of the beat writers and a disdain for some of the fan base. I am of the opinion that some of these articles written lately were nothing but hit pieces, some bits of truth exaggerated to be slanted against Auburn, designed to disrupt our program and recruiting. I am also of the opinion that the "reporters" from al.com should be banned from our press conferences. That's probably a little extreme, but they are so obviously biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnEagle79 2,162 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Two completely different programs in different stages. UF is looking to build momentum and keep the fans excited. Nothing good could come from Gus opening practice. I am not a Gus supporter, but I have no fault with closed practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUApostle 7,636 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Would anybody show up to watch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFriction 1,179 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Why doesn’t he open up practices? Because it is a stupid idea and Mullen is a moron for doing it. Modern football is like chess. You don’t want your opponent to know what your next move is. The more views the opposing team gets of your team, the more likely they will be able to anticipate your play calling. You can bet Harbaugh is going to have Michigan coaches there posing as fans making additional notes on what they see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDE_OxPx_2010 5,287 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I think the cheerleaders should have open practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auskip07 930 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 When you're in the cross hairs you dont give anyone anymore information to be used against you. People are looking for reasons to complain about him. I wouldnt open up practice either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 33,852 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, AUFriction said: Why doesn’t he open up practices? Because it is a stupid idea and Mullen is a moron for doing it. Modern football is like chess. You don’t want your opponent to know what your next move is. The more views the opposing team gets of your team, the more likely they will be able to anticipate your play calling. You can bet Harbaugh is going to have Michigan coaches there posing as fans making additional notes on what they see. Let me guess? You were also a head coach too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle79 3,569 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, AUFriction said: Why doesn’t he open up practices? Because it is a stupid idea and Mullen is a moron for doing it. Modern football is like chess. You don’t want your opponent to know what your next move is. The more views the opposing team gets of your team, the more likely they will be able to anticipate your play calling. You can bet Harbaugh is going to have Michigan coaches there posing as fans making additional notes on what they see. Pretty sure most NFL practices are open for fans. I know I've been to see the Falcons in preseason and I know from watching those shows that follow a team there always seems to be fans around watching practice. Guess all those guys are stupid too. They probably close practice at some point maybe, but don't know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFriction 1,179 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 35 minutes ago, DAG said: Let me guess? You were also a head coach too. No. I was a college professor at a midwestern university, where I also worked as a researcher (all professors are researchers). I left that to work for a Rocket company as a motivational and business consultant...Nothing I’ve said on here about my career has been a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnphan 6,050 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I could see this both ways for Gus. In the position he is in it would be a a nice way to re3ach out to the fans, but also in the position he is in there would probably be a bunch of not Gus friendly signs and comments coming out as the fans would be able to give their voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFriction 1,179 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, oracle79 said: Pretty sure most NFL practices are open for fans. I know I've been to see the Falcons in preseason and I know from watching those shows that follow a team there always seems to be fans around watching practice. Guess all those guys are stupid too. They probably close practice at some point maybe, but don't know for sure. NFL is different. The playbooks are never a secret because players move around so much. In college, that’s not a problem, so coaches use that to their advantage.The NFL is more about player skill than college. College football is more about game planning than the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 7,644 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 To the OP, this would not fit Gus’ paranoid personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,915 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 2 hours ago, AuburnEagle79 said: Two completely different programs in different stages. UF is looking to build momentum and keep the fans excited. Nothing good could come from Gus opening practice. I am not a Gus supporter, but I have no fault with closed practice. This The angst, irritation, and overall agitation with the AU Administration right now is not conducive to opening up practices to the public for a HC that sits with a freaking 1-4 bowl record. Could you imagine the tweets/articles and hit pieces that would come from something like this at Auburn? Good Grief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJCrawford 1,568 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Although I think malzahn deserves much of the criticism thrown his way, we are really digging the bottom of the barrel here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURealist 2,185 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Gus doesn't want anyone to know how he does anything. I've come to believe he's afraid people will find out he doesn't really know what he's doing, or at least doesn't want to be questioned about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucom96 1,591 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I do think his approach hurts. Tuberville didn't have stellar records either, but he was out in front of the fans and media selling the program much like Pearl is now with basketball. From a PR standpoint, we could probably get more out of a mannequin and a tape recorder than we do Gus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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