With Gus, Did we Ever Lose 5 in a Row?

[Mikey 16,565]

6 minutes ago, e808 said:

U have a point but they beat Auburn with the coach claiming they only ran like 4 plays and a Grad Assistant at QB (something like that).

Actually, by the time we played them the grad assistant was alternating at QB with a converted wide receiver.

[Didba 5,256]

34 minutes ago, slyinsocal said:

Unfortunately, the schedule matters. Auburn’s 2021 SOS was consistently ranked in the top 10 and as high as #4. South Carolina? Anywhere from 31 to 53. Didn’t play Penn St, Bama, LSU, Ole Miss, Miss St. Blown out by Clemson, Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.

STOP, these facts don't fit their Gus apologist narrative

[Didba 5,256]

40 minutes ago, e808 said:

This has nothing to do with being an apologist. If u read some of my other post I gave several names that IMO would have been better options. I watched tons of BSU football and just believe the situation is a tall task for the current coach .

Based on my Auburn currently had a losing season. However u want to slice it. Whether it was bad play calling , poor olline play or lack of talent. The record books don’t say 6-7 but he was using someone else for players. He is on the clock and has 3 or 4 years to show what he can do. Like I said great moves in recruiting but win and loses is what’s it’s all about.

I guess we will have to just agree to see things differently from our different perspectives.

[e808 3,025]

Just solefly sticking to the topic no matter what’s peoples prediction where. There is no way anyone would have thought Auburn would lose 5 games in a row after starting 6-2. Even after the lose at TAMU wins over MSU and USCe would have put Auburn in a winner take all versus Bama.

Some of those bad calls directly put  the defense in bad situations after they had done their jobs ( MSU and USCE) All the offense needed to do was move the chains so the defense could catch their breathe in 4 of the 5 losses.  The head scratching decisions on the back end of the schedule had nothing to do with players it was on coaching.

[slyinsocal 831]

1 minute ago, e808 said:

Just solefly sticking to the topic no matter what’s peoples prediction where. There is no way anyone would have thought Auburn would lose 5 games in a row after starting 6-2. Even after the lose at TAMU wins over MSU and USCe would have put Auburn in a winner take all versus Bama.

Some of those bad calls directly put  the defense in bad situations after they had done their jobs ( MSU and USCE) All the offense needed to do was move the chains so the defense could catch their breathe in 4 of the 5 losses.  The head scratching decisions on the back end of the schedule had nothing to do with players it was on coaching.

Yep. Losing Bo and Carlson for the remainder of the season in the 2nd half of the MSU game was definitely on the coaches.

[e808 3,025]

9 minutes ago, Didba said:

STOP, these facts don't fit their Gus apologist narrative

Answer this question is Beamer a first time head coach or is it Harsin. Who won the head to head. Harsin bad call in that game lead directly to a score when the defense was playing great.

[e808 3,025]

20 minutes ago, slyinsocal said:

Yep. Losing Bo and Carlson for the remainder of the season in the 2nd half of the MSU game was definitely on the coaches.

Lets see the fake punt in the MSU game gave them a short field in which they scored. A bad play call in the USCE game led to a score but that didn’t happen . I am making it up. Carlson got hurt trying to execute an onside kick. He probably wouldn’t have gotten hurt if the offense did their job.

Also don’t forget the Shenker around*

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[DAG 33,959]

I can't believe this thread is still going. Ultimately, who cares? He isn't here. We all should hope CBH finds some success for the sake that he is Auburn's ball coach.

[kennypowers 1,431]

10 hours ago, shabby said:

Your poor reading comprehension caused you to miss the part where I clearly stated:

" Not that I want Gus back or Didn't think we needed to move on."

whomever was your home school reading teacher should be slapped

What a wholesome and well-balanced person you are.  -Karen-

[kennypowers 1,431]

4 hours ago, AU9377 said:

Talk about jumping the shark.......  without that "cancer", we would not have won and national title and played for another  since 1957.  It was probably time for a change in 2017, but that didn't happen.  None of that discounts the good that 2010 and 2013 brought.

Cool opinion.  

[cole256 17,042]

Do you know how stupid it is to talk about games that were lost and go thru pointing out plays then saying if that play would've worked we would've won......

Show me the win or loss where every play worked. This is dumb as hell

[Randman5000 4,226]

No but our bowl record here lately...

Lost to Houston

Lost to Northwestern

Lost to Minnesota

Won vs Purdue

Lost to UCF

Lost to Oklahoma

Won vs Memphis

Lost to Wisconsin

 

That is eye opening. We had some good seasons but we aren't where people think. We have a ways to go as a program.

 

Edited December 31, 2021 by Randman5000

[e808 3,025]

Maybe I need a new TV or glasses because there are several sports shows that highlights certain plays of games as talking points that more often than not affect the outcome🤷🏿‍♂️

[AU9377 4,921]

16 hours ago, Didba said:

Eh, not really, I am not a fan of many things about myself, still got a lot of things to work on personally but I am a pretty big fan of my understanding of defensive scheme, how a program should be run, my knowledge of football generally, and my overall intelligence and education level being slightly higher than most.  Also I am a damn good cook, so if you ever want some filet gumbo HMU.

It does cause me to come across as a conceited, at times pretentious pr*ck at times but I am aware of it and trying to work on it.

I can respect this answer. 

[AU9377 4,921]

On 12/30/2021 at 12:29 PM, eaglenest said:

I love what he brings to the table, he is not going to let YOU tell him what YOU want him to do?!?! what was last year record?? why is that he should have won more with basically the same roster from a year ago? why didn't the last coach have won more last year? waiting

This is a true softball lobbed my way.. Thank you.  This year we had 3 games in which we paid out of conference opponents, commonly referred to as "cupcakes" on our schedule.  Last year was and SEC only schedule with a reduced number of games.  Therefore, regardless of who is coaching this year, they start with what should be 3 games in the win column.  I hope that makes sense.

[AU9377 4,921]

15 hours ago, NWALA Tiger said:

So are you saying that you were satisfied with the culture Gus was fostering after 8 Years? I will give u the fact the players didn't quit on Gus but there's more to changing culture than just not quitting

Nobody is saying things were perfect and nothing needed to be changed.  However, to act like the program was in a wasteland is revisionist history at its finest.

[bigbird 60,449]

14 minutes ago, AU9377 said:

However, to act like the program was in a wasteland is revisionist history at its finest.

Certainly not a wasteland, but we were definitely wondering in the desert for a while.

[NWALA Tiger 3,535]

36 minutes ago, AU9377 said:

Nobody is saying things were perfect and nothing needed to be changed.  However, to act like the program was in a wasteland is revisionist history at its finest.

Never said it was a wasteland. But 8-4 was the norm the last few yrs.. Maybe Hars is the answer,  maybe he isn't but it was time to change things. Call it culture, mindset whatever

[slyinsocal 831]

3 hours ago, AU9377 said:

Nobody is saying things were perfect and nothing needed to be changed.  However, to act like the program was in a wasteland is revisionist history at its finest.

You're right. Given the years of returning experience in the WR corp, Harsin should have run the wishbone with the only 3 backs he had, one of which (Hunter) wouldn't even be on the roster if it weren't for this staff. On second thought, Tank should have gotten 30 carries a game without Hunter around.

[aubiefifty 16,737]

and on more important news i spilt some viagra tabs in my hummingbird feeder and now i cannot go outside. the little rascals are dive bombing anything that gets within thirty feet of my house......................

[nurbis 572]

23 hours ago, AU9377 said:

This is a true softball lobbed my way.. Thank you.  This year we had 3 games in which we paid out of conference opponents, commonly referred to as "cupcakes" on our schedule.  Last year was and SEC only schedule with a reduced number of games.  Therefore, regardless of who is coaching this year, they start with what should be 3 games in the win column.  I hope that makes sense.

Yeah but we still managed to lose 5 games last year on a reduced schedule including to a 2 win South Carolina. And not a single win last year came against a team that finished better than 5-5. And that was in year 8.  

[eaglenest 332]

On 12/31/2021 at 12:45 PM, AU9377 said:

This is a true softball lobbed my way.. Thank you.  This year we had 3 games in which we paid out of conference opponents, commonly referred to as "cupcakes" on our schedule.  Last year was and SEC only schedule with a reduced number of games.  Therefore, regardless of who is coaching this year, they start with what should be 3 games in the win column.  I hope that makes sense.

just like Saban losing to UAB while at LSU and losing to la Monroe currently at UAT at both of those stops some shaping and molding had to be done. look, Gus had run it's course, he did not win a national championship as a head coach here no playoff appearances, since you have all of the answers why don't you go to the university president and AD next time Auburn is searching for a head coach. 

[Rednilla 5,383]

On 12/30/2021 at 10:55 PM, e808 said:

Where is the truth 6-7 isn’t mediocre. It’s a losing record. How can u hate something when u didn’t even accomplish mediocre. U hate mediocre but have a losing record . Make it make sense.

Okay, you want it to make sense? The coach we have now isn't trying to convince us that the substandard record isn't really that bad. He hates the record, and strives to get better. THAT is the difference.

[e808 3,025]

17 minutes ago, Rednilla said:

Okay, you want it to make sense? The coach we have now isn't trying to convince us that the substandard record isn't really that bad. He hates the record, and strives to get better. THAT is the difference.

What coach would try and defend a losing record. I have moved on.

[Rednilla 5,383]

2 minutes ago, e808 said:

What coach would try and defend a losing record. I have moved on.

When did Harsin try to defend the losing record? Just because it happened doesn't mean he liked it. I mean, can you seriously not understand that?