Dlewis23 0 Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 What is his feeling toward the game? I know he has said that he has never experienced anything like Auburn football before, but he is in for a nervous system shock on Saturday. It's always fun to see newcomers reactions at thier first Iron bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKCAUB 0 Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 What is his feeling toward the game? I know he has said that he has never experienced anything like Auburn football before, but he is in for a nervous system shock on Saturday. It's always fun to see newcomers reactions at thier first Iron bowl. 123848[/snapback] I don't know what CAB is thinking, but Tubs said, "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" Wonder what he meant by that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/ks...87130218010.xml These coaches know meaning to teamwork Wednesday, November 17, 2004 AUBURN -- Al Borges has great vision. It goes beyond his ability to see two, three, six plays ahead. A fly on the wall? No. On the TV to his right, ESPN News was replaying the highlights of Tommy Tuberville's weekly press conference that took place 45 minutes earlier. Borges picked up the remote and turned up the sound. He wanted to be a fly on the wall and hear what his boss had to say. About Auburn. About Alabama. About the first Iron Bowl week of Borges' life. When the taped segment ended, Borges had a few unsolicited things to say about his boss after almost a year on the job. "The guy that really deserves the credit," Borges said, "if you're going to give one guy credit, it's Tommy." Everyone remembers how well Tuberville handled Jetgate, which took off a year ago this week, but there was a lot of work to do after the plot crashed and burned. The head coach has pushed a lot of buttons in the last year to go from 8-5 to 10-0, from a would-be ex-coach to a should-be national coach of the year. He hired Borges even though a lot of Auburn fans had never heard of the man and - because they didn't do their homework - weren't all that bowled over when they did. He retained Hugh Nall and Steve Ensminger on the offensive staff, never mind that a lot of Auburn fans wanted to run them out of town after last year's failed experiment with Ensminger coaching quarterbacks and Nall calling plays. Borges gets all the credit in public for the offensive fireworks this season, but he said it's been a total group effort. On both sides of the ball. "Our coaching staff is a microcosm of our football team," Borges said. "There are no private agendas here. No trying to get ahead. No going to the head coach's office trying to weasel your way in. Everyone's been nothing but professional." That kind of unity on a coaching staff is not automatic, as anyone who's followed the sport in this state knows. Sometimes assistant coaches pull in opposite directions. Sometimes they bond in spite of the head coach. The Auburn coaches don't always hold hands and sing Kumbaya, but it's no accident that, like Nall, they come to stay despite some hard times here and good offers to go elsewhere. "Hugh Nall may be the best offensive line coach in the country," Borges said. "In a situation where it could've been very fragile, he has been nothing but professional." That's a big part of the reason this season at Auburn has been nothing but special. Why Borges has been nothing but thrilled to be a big part of a winning team again, as he's been for most of his career. "Iron Bowl week," Tuberville joked. "Everybody looks forward to it except the coaches." Not these coaches this week. They can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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