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How can anyone defend that absolutely stupid freakin decision? 3rd and inches, make an unbelievably moronic decision to substitute and get a penalty. This loss is totally on the offensive coaching. I can’t get over how inept we look on offense.

It’s ridiculous that we are still even in this game.

That was such a stupid play call.

9 hours ago, Mikey said:

When the decision makers have a considerable list and Sanders isn't on it and was never considered for it, I'm not worried about this post living in infamy.

Since you are so apparently in the know, please let us know who all is on this mystery list so we can better focus our disagreements.

39 minutes ago, gctiger said:

Did you even bother to read my post?  I clearly stated “post 2012”.  My point is that Auburn never made a run at Kirby after he landed at UGA.  We can do much better than Deion.

Who?

We have talent but just play so dumb sometimes. If the guards would drive and dish, we would easily have a double digit lead.

Yeah Deion has a definite cache - can’t really say that he would be an underwhelming hire. I’d be fine with Freeze as well.

1 minute ago, WDE_OxPx_2010 said:

Bronco Mendenhall, Jeff Grimes, Dave Aranda. There's 3.

Maybe Aranda.

That 3rd down play is the one thing that drives me crazy about Finley. He got nervous immediately and tried to run around which he is incapable of doing, Either try to chuck it to someone or just go straight ahead and get what you can. Otherwise his passing has been nice in the 2nd half.

I’ve been an Ashford fan, but putting him in when they did (when TJ was finding a rhythm) was just stupid.

Has Anders lost a little distance? Hate it for him if that’s the case.

One thing that hasn’t been talked about enough - only 2 penalties so far tonight. Nice to see.

11 minutes ago, AUx said:

Let’s just settle it down a while by discussing politics, religion, or Covid vaccinations…..

I literally lol’d. Well played, sir.

1 minute ago, W.E.D said:

Yeah. We could have Bo with an elite 4.5 ypa and a dozen missed passes over 10yds.

Bur yet we're mad bc we threw it down field well, but had two bad passes. TJ is going to grow and learn. He commanded the offense well, but the back up is always the favorite.

Dude, I really don’t understand your agenda. TJ is a good kid. I was bummed for him when he threw those 2 INT’s. He’s had some good throws, but turnovers kill. You can’t deny that Ashford has been way more dynamic tonight, and if you try to say otherwise, then you have no credibility.

On the 3rd down short pass play that was just short of a first down - that was really good blocking by the receivers. Very nice to see.

2 minutes ago, abw0004 said:

Per WDE, Greene was told to make this hire by others.  He didn’t want to hire Bruce.

I mean, who the hell would know if that's true. That could be a rumor started by someone to discredit Greene. He seemed to support Bruce through his tenure.

17 minutes ago, JerryAU said:

Whomever in the Administration that has chosen to string him along knowing his contract expiration in on the horizon.  Whomever in the Administration that has allowed rumors to swirl about his job retention for over a year.  That person(s) obviously have a beef with the man.  I just hope they have a solid person to replace him. 

I doubt it. Greene certainly hasn't been perfect, but I think he's done a pretty good job overall. I also think he has represented Auburn well. I imagine we will hire some good ole boy, and Auburn will look like Auburn. Then Harsin gets fired after this year (probably for anything less than strong contention for the SEC title), and we hire someone with 'Auburn ties' and the s*** show continues. SMH.

Is it me or does it look like several players are leaner and in better shape than last year (KD, Cardwell, maybe even Wendell)? Sorry if discussed previously - didn’t follow previous Israel theread.

We lost against a veteran, motivated team. Towards the end, the announcers mentioned that the Miami team on the floor averaged 23 yrs old. Experience and good guard play count for a ton March, and we really didn't have either. I had a bad feeling going into this game. It was a really fun season though. I hope (and think) Bruce will learn from this. I really hope we come up with a couple of lights out shooters in recruiting or the portal.

5 minutes ago, WarEagleHunter1221 said:

Ouch

Yeah it seemed like the officiating was pretty terrible. I think Arkansas was the beneficiary overall, but there were pretty bad calls (and non-calls) both ways.

We were due to lose and should have. I don’t think Jabari touched the ball in like the last 3-4 min of regulation. (Crazy). We have plenty of time at the end of regulation and Wendell simply jacks up a crazy long 3 without either driving or getting Jabari some kind of touch. (Turble.) Yeah, we deserved to lose. I hope they learn from it and move on. We have a great team and great kids, but sometimes we just don’t play very smart.

2 minutes ago, au302 said:

I believe Harsin did this with Zak Hill when he first got to Boise. Hill was still young and relatively inexperienced. Harsin called plays the first year and then Hill gradually took over. Worked out well, hopefully it does with Davis

Interesting thoughts and seems plausible. I would be ok with this. I'm just an armchair QB, but there were times last year during Bobo's playcalling when they would show Harsin on the sidelines looking totally pissed/frustrated. At least this way, Harsin is really putting his stamp on the team and melding the offense in his vision. The buck would really stop with him. Also, the Joe Brady career path comparison is interesting as well. I just hope we come up with a decent QB to run whatever system we implement.

I kept yelling the whole 4th quarter to get the ball to him (and obviously it helped 😂). He was clutch last night.

Thanks for the analysis. The RB situation is really what puzzles me. I can't understand why we didn't get the others more game experience, and a change of pace back probably would have been a good thing.

21 minutes ago, Eagle Eye 7 said:

Really, without Gus he would not even be in the job he had at AZ.

That's just a dumb post - I imagine his hire at ASU had zero to do with his one year as an ANALYST at AU.