RunInRed 16,360 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Between NFL declarations, transfers and other recent movements, I think it's increasingly obvious the cupboard isn't exactly going to be full. With that said, and admittedly, it's pretty premature, does everyone have realistic expectations for year 1 of the Harsin era? "You can either have it right or have it right now" Transfer Portal (not all recent but attrition over the last 2 years nonetheless) Cord Sandberg Joey Gatewood Malik Willis D.J. Williams Mark Antony-Richards Harold Joiner Boobie Whitlow Coynis Miller Big Kat Bryant Daquan Newkirk Charles Moore Josh Marsh Michael Harris Octavius Brothers Matthew Hill Jashawn Sheffield Marquis McClain Zach Farrar Justin Osborne NFL Declarations Seth Williams Anthony Schwartz Eli Stove K.J. Britt Christian Tutt Jordyn Peters Decommitted / Not Coming Grant Calcaterra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddc 13,194 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I’m cautiously optimistic! Depends on the transfer portal too much for any real tangible clues right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caleb1633 1,418 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I'll break my wish list down into Measures of Performance and Measures of Effectiveness. Measures of Performance: - 7-5 or better - Victory in Baton Rouge - Bowl victory - Top 10 recruiting class in 2022 Measures of Effectiveness: - Disciplined play on both sides of the ball - Bo Nix improves in his areas of weakness - Effective pre-game preparation transfers to on-field performance - Effective in-game adjustments - Winning the battle at the line - The offensive play calling actually schemes against the weaknesses of defenses If the Measures of Effectiveness are fulfilled, I think we accomplish all the Measures of Performance and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUpreacherman22 3,876 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I don’t expect much year 1. Across the board we won’t have the talent that bama, uga, LSU, and maybe a couple of others will have. and I think Ole Miss is going have a good year. CBH’s O and D systems are more complex than what we’ve been running, so I expect year 1 to be about learning and growing as a team. My expectations are: 1. I would like to see improvement as the season progresses in most every area. 2. I hope to see a strong 2022 recruiting class that addresses our needs. (which would include a legit OT for the first time in years!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUnCullman 601 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Thanks for the perspective @RunInRed In a nutshell for me, same as above already mentioned but, my expectations for next season is just to be competitive and at least be in a position to possibly win each game. With what we have lost player wise, new Offense being implemented, new defense being implemented, I just see a major rebuild happening. But not for the worse. Like I said I think the days of being blown out by halftime may be behind us. We will compete and play hard which may not equal wins but I think the whole conference will be putting AU in the "worried about" list. And I hope we get to play in a bowl game, and I hope we play Northwestern again next bowl season....Grrrrrrr. I want revenge. Of course, we will be in the playoffs after next year so we may not get to play them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravejd 3,267 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Ask again after about 2-3 months. Need to how the team settles out and if we get a spring practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 33,955 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Hard fought, competent play from the team. Adaptability when things go wrong. It is season 1 so as long as we don’t have a losing season and I see that stuff I am happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKEEL75 2,566 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 My current expectation for yr 1 is to field a team. At the rate of kids leaving and decommitting, I am worried we are going to play both ways in order to play games. (video removed for language) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerpro2a 5,650 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Funny, I see precious staff even in the transfers. Only one OL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4AU 4,052 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I had high hopes for 2021 before Gus was canned. Probably looking at an average “solid” year of 8-4 maybe 7-5. Gonna depend on Oline transfers and how quick the team picks up on the new playbook. Definitely more of a rebuild year at this point. That being said Auburn coaches have been known to have big years in seasons 1&2 over the past 20-30 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,368 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Like other have stated, I want competitiveness, toughness, and an obvious direction. I've never said we should win them all, but each game should be competitive. I want to see logical player utilization and diverseness in roles. I want to see a winning attitude from all and nastiness from our boys in the trenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wareagleguy 1,393 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I’ll be happy with some good old fashioned competence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAUSon 2,836 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 If the NCAA makes the tranfers sit out a season, will that push some guys out of the portal and back onto the team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUnCullman 601 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 That is exactly what needs to happen with the portal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUMicBK 124 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Tempered, for me. I think we have an overall talent and depth deficiency, and a small class that's certainly not going to bandaid that. before anyone gets in a bunch, i'm not saying we don't have talent, or even quite a bit of it, but i think we're deficient in numbers of talented players to compete with our biggest rivals. So my hope is that we see progress in terms of a program headed in the right direction, even if that means a poor season as a result. What I don't want to see is fumbling incompetence like what we saw at FSU year one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,360 Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Just for reference, let's look at some of the very successful recent college coaches ... Nick Saban (Bama) Year 1, Year 2: 7-6, 12-2 Nick Saban (LSU): 8-4, 10-3 Dabo Swinney (Clemson): 4-3 (Interim), 9-5, 6-7, 10-4, 11-2 .... Urban Meyer (FL): 9-3, 13-1 Urban Meyer (Ohio State): 12-0, 12-2 Bob Stoops (Oklahoma): 7-5, 13-0 Kirby Smart (Georgia): 8-5, 13-2 Dan Mullen (Florida): 10-3, 11-2 Jimbo Fisher (FSU): 10-4, 9-4 Jimbo Fisher (TAMU): 9-4, 8-5, 9-1 Ryan Day (Ohio State): 3-0 (Interim), 13-1 Brian Kelly (ND): 8-5, 8-5, 12-1, Lincoln Riley (Oklahoma): 12-2, 12-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LKEEL75 2,566 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, RunInRed said: Just for reference, let's look at some of the very successful recent college coaches ... Nick Saban (Bama) Year 1, Year 2: 7-6, 12-2 Nick Saban (LSU): 8-4, 10-3 Dabo Swinney (Clemson): 4-3 (Interim), 9-5, 6-7 Urban Meyer (FL): 9-3, 13-1 Urban Meyer (Ohio State): 12-0, 12-2 Bob Stoops (Oklahoma): 7-5, 13-0 Kirby Smart (Georgia): 8-5, 13-2 Dan Mullen (Florida): 10-3, 11-2 So we are looking for Meyer at Ohio State. hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlife alumni 304 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, jAUSon said: If the NCAA makes the tranfers sit out a season, will that push some guys out of the portal and back onto the team? This is something I have been wondering as well. Seems like many leaving are assuming they will be able to play next year. I hope they allow it though. I am really curious who Auburn can pull out of the portal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,368 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, RunInRed said: Just for reference, let's look at some of the very successful recent college coaches ... Nick Saban (Bama) Year 1, Year 2: 7-6, 12-2 Nick Saban (LSU): 8-4, 10-3 Dabo Swinney (Clemson): 4-3 (Interim), 9-5, 6-7 Urban Meyer (FL): 9-3, 13-1 Urban Meyer (Ohio State): 12-0, 12-2 Bob Stoops (Oklahoma): 7-5, 13-0 Kirby Smart (Georgia): 8-5, 13-2 Dan Mullen (Florida): 10-3, 11-2 Jimbo Fisher (FSU): 10-4, 9-4 Jimbo Fisher (TAMU): 9-4, 8-5 Ryan Day (Ohio State): 3-0 (Interim), 13-1 Brian Kelly (ND): 8-5, 8-5 So if the trend continues with what we hope is a similar coach, we should have a really solid year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaSteve 194 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 5-7 with wins in the cupcakes and wins over USCe and Moo State. Lose at Penn State and the others. Maybe upset A&M if it's later in the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAUSon 2,836 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 As to the OP- for me its GOAT or bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japantiger 4,051 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 7-5....but I could see 6-6. We should win all non-conference and be 3-5 in the SEC. I am looking for Pat Dye 1981 type team. Dye ran off about half the team; but the ones left wanted to be at Auburn and when the game was over, people knew they had been in a damn bar-room brawl. W/L wasn't there; but you could see the improvement; the people there cared more about playing than their draft stock. Fans will actually pull for this team rather than being distracted by ongoing coaching ineptitude and prima donna's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadtownTiger 363 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 There's no telling what the schedule will look like, which makes it harder to predict the ebb and flow of the season. The smoked cabbage I ate yesterday tells me it could be ugly. Once my gut settles down I might be more optimistic. Ole Miss and MSU look like teams that could pop off on any given Saturday and give teams fits. Getting them early before the defense can get right could be problematic. Same for Arkansas, even if they aren't as explosive on offense, and I expect everyone from the HC to the program vendors will be very motivated to play us in their building. Those might be our three easiest conference games, which does not bode well. But even if we start red hot we could crater in the second half of the season if we have road games at LSU and TAM to go along with UGA and uat at home. I'm not sure who the other conference team will be. UF, maybe Missouri, could be bad for us, Vandy or USCe could be good. I saw one schedule that had us playing Akron, Georgia State, Alabama State, and at Penn State. WDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,360 Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Here's next year's opponents (schedule not released yet) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUnCullman 601 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Thats not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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