JTFazz

Hate to pile on, but JJ for me as well.

On 12/22/2021 at 12:49 PM, Bro Johnny Mac said:

The best coach Auburn ever had was a Georgia grad. 

You can't afford to be parochial in this day and age. You hire the best you can hire and recruit the best that you can. If Alabama had taken that approach, Saban, with the LSU pedigree, would not be there.

Great thread to point out some positive things. I am looking forward to a full season with some continuity of leadership and hopes Austin Davis will be what the doctor ordered.

Unfortunately, so many of the Auburn family have become so negative, I had to leave a couple of Facebook groups because I got sick of it in my news feed. And not just the negativity, but negativity mixed with complete ignorance of fundamental football knowledge. Some of the crap I read reminded me of when I was a high school basketball official and a large group of fans kept screaming at me to call a three-second lane violation because defensive players were in the lane over three seconds. 🤦🏻‍♂️

3 hours ago, au701948 said:

Hope not. Shouldn't happen...he would only be a "placeholder" like Muschamp was on Defense. Way more toxic too than most anyone.

Same reasoning I used with Mullen, his other negatives notwithstanding.

10 minutes ago, JBiGGiE said:

IIRC. Word around campus is they're looking at the Dean of COSAM.

Balancing the intangible qualifications of a new president is a tricky business. Alums and the old guard will want a candidate that knows and understands Auburn. That is how you end up with a Hanley Funderburk. But the academic community is always hell-bent on new blood with no ties to the AU political ecosystem. That is how you end up with a Steven Leath. 

From my experience, new presidents are a crap shoot. Muse, Leath and Funderburk were all disasters of different stripes, some of their own making and others out of circumstance and the prevailing power dynamic of the BOT.

15 minutes ago, DAG said:

Because he finally broke through the mold of LSU pitiful passing game to the tune of a NC and a heisman winner. Now the crutch is how much was it him, how much was it the players or was it a little bit of both?! It could be high risk, high reward. It’s not a realistic option obviously he look at who we are talking about in OC thread

Thanks, DAG.

I am just not seeing why so many are so enamored with Brady. I just don't see the track record to warrant it. Matt Rhule fired him and is having to defend hiring him in the first place.

From ESPN's David Newton: [Rhule] made it clear there were no regrets in his 2020 decision to hire Brady, who at the time was a 30-year-old passing game coordinator for national champion LSU with no experience calling plays in the NFL or at any other level.

So, please help me understand why there is so much excitement around Brady.

Realistically, I was hoping for 9-4 and expecting 7-6.

Requisite boilerplate question: "Yeah, but can he recruit?" 🤣

His college offense resume is terribly short, but the Broyles Award does stand out. However, can we trust anything from the 2019 LSU team?

I think he meant that all the pieces he would want to be in place were not... i.e. the stars were not aligned. Or he was talking about poorly stacked sandwiches at Mama Goldberg's.

9 minutes ago, AUpreacherman22 said:

Pretty good summation of my thoughts.   I’m trying to think of the last time I was anything but “meh” over an AU football hire.    It really makes me marvel at how in the world we lucked up and got Bruce to coach our BB team!

Bruce was still damaged goods when Auburn got him at a fire sale. He had the NCAA cloud hanging over him. He still was under the three-year show-cause penalty when Auburn hired him.

10 hours ago, AURealist said:

Unlike us, he's taken a team to the CFP.  His recruiting has been better than us.   Sucks, though.  😄

It is not difficult to recruit at Notre Dame. It is one of those iconic, storied programs players will always give serious consideration. They get more good players than their on-field performance merits.

On 11/29/2021 at 7:56 PM, aubaseball said:

Yea, the failed Head coaches are awful.  Kiffin, Sark, Mel Tucker, Cristobol, and others say hello.   

You forgot Will Muschamp. 😜

Just now, selias said:

Honestly, anyone that thinks Mullen is or will be a serious candidate is smoking ditch weed.

Mullen is toxic.

https://auburnwire.usatoday.com/lists/auburn-football-five-candidates-to-replace-mike-bobo/

On 11/28/2021 at 11:21 AM, JBiGGiE said:

Quite a many G5 openings... Has Jax St. found a new coach yet?

Rich Rodriguez is going to Jacksonville State.

5 minutes ago, WarEagle1983 said:

Pipedream and don't want.

I'd be shocked if it wasn't a Boise State connection. He needs someone he can trust to execute his vision.

Enter Eric Kiesau

Regardless of whether Mullen is qualified on paper, I am not a fan of hiring recently-ousted head coaches as coordinators because they are hungry for a paycheck and not as interested in putting down roots and build.  And they will likely be gone when the first top job is offered. I want someone committed to build the program.

Never was enamored with the hire from the start. So, not heartbroken over this, but concerned about the signal it sends to potential hires to bail on an OC after one season when there were clearly personnel issues contributing to lack of offensive consistency.

I can't get the game with my YouTube TV subscription, although I have watched the Akron game via the ESPN app. I think the difference is the game tonight is on ESPN+ and not on SEC Network+ to which I know I have access.

All I got out of that intro was how to pronounce his name and that he can't hold down a job.