Tigers X - Number one Source to Talk Auburn Tigers Sports

Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Godfather on July 17, 2017, 11:20:25 AM

Title: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Godfather on July 17, 2017, 11:20:25 AM
-Wailing and gnashing of teeth by many members of this forum. Followed by pissed off sadness.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: chinook on July 17, 2017, 11:29:33 AM
-Wailing and gnashing of teeth by many members of this forum. Followed by pissed off sadness.

Trump won.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: chinook on July 17, 2017, 11:53:23 AM
Auburn football shakes out 9 wins with one unexpected win against either Alabama or Clemson. 

Auburn finishes 3rd or 4th in the SEC. 

Auburn loses narrowly to Arkansas.  At season's end North American Van lines sitting out front of Bert's house.

Orgeron surprises the country by winning the SEC.

Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) brings back the baked potato but at a lower price.

Gus is sent packing only if he loses to Georgia and Alabama, again. 

Dallas doesn't return to the X but shows up unexpectedly at a tailgate.  Buzz bends over Mrs. Dallas...the bird chirps.

 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 17, 2017, 01:27:01 PM
I think I said this in another thread.  Or maybe I was high.  Or maybe I just read Chinook's post. AU MUST win no less than 10 and at least one of those wins has to be against either UGA or Bama.  If both those don't happen, Gus will be gone. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 17, 2017, 01:44:04 PM
Bert leaves his wife mid-season for Layla Kiffin.

Nick Saban loses to Miss. State and Auburn to finish the season and announces after the Iron Bowl that he's leaving for Kent State.

Stidham gets an invitation to New York at season's end, but finishes in 3rd place.

The evil stare eagle makes a comeback on the Gargantuatron and causes the bammer kicker to miss the potential game winner.

Prowler and Kaos meet and have drinks together before the Georgia game and have a civil political discussion.

Ole Miss goes winless in the SEC, prompting them to fire Hugh Freeze at the half of the egg bowl.  They hire Houston Nutt as a part of his settlement.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: WiregrassTiger on July 17, 2017, 01:50:39 PM
Bert leaves his wife mid-season for Layla Kiffin.

Nick Saban loses to Miss. State and Auburn to finish the season and announces after the Iron Bowl that he's leaving for Kent State.

Stidham gets an invitation to New York at season's end, but finishes in 3rd place.

The evil stare eagle makes a comeback on the Gargantuatron and causes the bammer kicker to miss the potential game winner.

Prowler and Kaos meet and have drinks together before the Georgia game and have a civil political discussion.

Ole Miss goes winless in the SEC, prompting them to fire Hugh Freeze at the half of the egg bowl.  They hire Houston Nutt as a part of his settlement.
Just to clarify, will kaos and prowler actually have sex as you insinuate? Or possibly just fondle? Just wondering.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 17, 2017, 01:53:27 PM
Heavy petting at least.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: The Six on July 17, 2017, 02:05:39 PM
Both Vanderbilt and Auburn will be partial reasons other coaches get fired by the end of the season. Also, one of those two coaches is gone by end of the season. Also, George R.R. Martin is never going to finish the next SOI&F book.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Godfather on July 17, 2017, 03:53:22 PM
Snaggle will make a lot of threats but live up to none.

Buzz will get drunk at the tailgate and make a pass at someone...man or women...doesn't matter.

WDE!!! will wear his hat backwards

Nook won't make it to an Auburn Game

Jumbo's Sutton will get preggers after an LSU win.

Wiregrass will come to a tailgate but no one will recognize him because of his brain pains.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 17, 2017, 05:34:02 PM
Snaggle will make a lot of threats but live up to none.

Buzz will get drunk at the tailgate and make a pass at someone...man or women...doesn't matter.

WDE!!! will wear his hat backwards

Nook won't make it to an Auburn Game

Jumbo's Sutton will get preggers after an LSU win.

Wiregrass will come to a tailgate but no one will recognize him because of his brain pains.

You are so begging for a Figure-4 leg lock.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Pell City Tiger on July 17, 2017, 06:55:03 PM
Auburn goes 10-2 in the regular season, with a head shakingly horrible loss to Texas A&M and a close one to Georgia. (Fuck Georgia!)

Legatron connects on a 61 yard FG this season. He winds up FINALLY winning that award they give to the top kicker. (The Damon Duvall trophy, I think it's called)

PCT starts posting more frequently.

The defense ends the season ranked in the top 12 nationally.

GF makes his annual pilgrimage to the Plains and spends all but 10 minutes of his time at another tailgate.

That cougar who tried to hook up with me at the Arkansas game finds out I didn't move to Canada and beats the shit out of me in front of Cam Newton's statue.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: The Six on July 17, 2017, 08:08:10 PM
There will be a new article on the front page of the X before kickoff against Ga. Southern.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 17, 2017, 08:44:02 PM
There will be a new article on the front page of the X before kickoff against Ga. Southern.

OMG, worst prediction so far.  As if.... :rofl:
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUJarhead on July 17, 2017, 09:56:19 PM
OMG, worst prediction so far.  As if.... :rofl:

But how would we know if Auburn can win right away?
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 17, 2017, 10:12:44 PM
But how would we know if Auburn can win right away?

That's just plain squirrely.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 17, 2017, 11:44:19 PM
That cougar who tried to hook up with me at the Arkansas game finds out I didn't move to Canada and beats the shoot out of me in front of Cam Newton's statue.

And why am I just now hearing about this?
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: ssgaufan on July 18, 2017, 10:26:55 AM
Auburn goes 9-3 and finishes 3rd in the West.

Arkansas goes 5-7 and Fat Bert gets fired.

UT once again wins the Champions of Life trophy, but Butch Jones ends the season on the hot seat.

Ole Miss goes back to being the Ole Miss we all know and love.

Dan Mullens wife gets knocked up by Dak.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Pell City Tiger on July 18, 2017, 07:00:43 PM
And why am I just now hearing about this?
We haven't had lunch in a while. We need to rectify that. It's a glorious tale.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: WiregrassTiger on July 18, 2017, 07:36:19 PM
We haven't had lunch in a while. We need to rectify that. It's a glorious tale.
He said rectify. And tale. Talking to Buzz.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: chinook on July 18, 2017, 07:43:47 PM
We haven't had lunch in a while. We need to rectify that. It's a glorious tale.

I hear Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) is divine. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Pell City Tiger on July 18, 2017, 09:03:36 PM
He said rectify. And tale. Talking to Buzz.
It's all about dem guns!
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Pell City Tiger on July 18, 2017, 09:04:35 PM
I hear Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) is divine.
It's epic
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: The Prowler on July 18, 2017, 09:32:43 PM
Auburn wins the first game of the season. I will make my second game prediction the week of the game. I'm taking it one game at a time.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: chinook on July 18, 2017, 09:43:29 PM
Auburn wins the first game of the season. I will make my second game prediction the week of the game. I'm taking it one game at a time.

Welcome to the board Titan.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 18, 2017, 10:37:42 PM
I hear Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) is divine.

I hear the potatoes and the stadium nachos are divine. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: CCTAU on July 19, 2017, 12:17:33 AM
We will win them all!
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Godfather on July 19, 2017, 08:56:45 AM
I hear Dreamland BBQ (Inverness) is divine.
They have an Aunt problem
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUJarhead on July 19, 2017, 10:49:12 AM
They have an Aunt problem

My uncle loves it.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: wesfau2 on July 24, 2017, 12:23:25 AM
I accept your challenge.

With 40ish days (you people and your Gregorian calendars), here's what I got:

We'll be 6-0 heading into Baton Rouge...and 10-1 when the crimson horde sullies the Village.

Nate Craig-Myers leads the team in receiving yards.

Pettway is in NYC in December.

Gus's offense, in Lindsey's hands...with Borges's input (somewhere)...will do what it's supposed to do: run the ball to set up play action.  All shall be done as expeditiously as possible unless and until the coaches tell everyone to slow they asses.  Top 10 offense at year's end.

Defense last year:

18th Total Def  (223.6 pypg/124.8 rypg/15.6 ppg)
59th Pass Def (57.3% cmp)
20th Rush Def (3.6 ypg)
71st Sack Def (25)
58th Int Def (11)
17th Def Efficiency (73.3 D/63.2 O)

Lots of experience returning in the defensive back 7 along with numbers and starts returning on the DLine, so I'm predicting appreciable jumps in the defensive numbers.  We end up in the top 20.

That should be enough to make the playoffs. 

I predict a Natty (and I don't mean the swill parading as beer) party hosted by Lurking Tiger, with host/ess duties performed by Sani, GarMan, Tarheel, Ogre, Thrilla and anyone else in the splash-radius.

Come get some on ya.




Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: War Eagle!!! on July 24, 2017, 08:49:31 AM
Agree with Wes but it will be Stidham in New York, not Pettyway.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUChizad on July 24, 2017, 10:56:28 AM
I think we beat Clemson because A) They're going to drop off rather significantly in talent whereas we should be upgraded, and B) We get a warm up game this year to work out any bugs, which it seems like an annual problem in our opener.

Once that's in the bag, I agree with Wes that we should be at 6-0 heading into Baton Rouge. I wish I were more confident about that one, but it's hard considering we haven't won there since the fucking Clinton administration. If we drop one, I think it's there.

This is the first year I'm not going to attend the A&M game at Kyle Field with my brother-in-law since they joined the conference, which worries me from a hoodoo perspective. Every year we've played there we were significant dogs but pulled it out, and I credit that to some affinity the football gods have for my wife's brother.

We've only beaten UGA TWICE in the last 11 years. Fuck me. I think we pull out a nail biter, possibly in OT.

We'll come into the Bama game ready to run through a wall. We'll have either the same number of losses or one less than Bama, so the stakes will be high. 2013 redux.

I think we're due.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Ogre on July 24, 2017, 11:10:46 AM
I predict a lot of you are in for a letdown.  I see a 9-3 campaign with a bowl victory over <insert generic Big 12 team here>.  The season is too good to fire Malzahn, but not what we were hoping for which will cause a lot of angst among the Family.

Loss to LSU, but we head into Amen Corner on a roll.  We lose to UGA and Bama to round out the season.  Win the bowl game to end 10-3 with nothing to show for it.

I also predict the only thing brighter than the sunshine pumping taking place in this thread is the glow on Malzahn's butt as we enter the offseason.

Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUJarhead on July 24, 2017, 11:12:09 AM
We lose to UGA and Bama to round out the season. 

If that happens, no way does Gus keep his job.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUChizad on July 24, 2017, 12:02:46 PM
I predict a lot of you are in for a letdown.  I see a 9-3 campaign with a bowl victory over <insert generic Big 12 team here>.  The season is too good to fire Malzahn, but not what we were hoping for which will cause a lot of angst among the Family.

Loss to LSU, but we head into Amen Corner on a roll.  We lose to UGA and Bama to round out the season.  Win the bowl game to end 10-3 with nothing to show for it.

I also predict the only thing brighter than the sunshine pumping taking place in this thread is the glow on Malzahn's butt as we enter the offseason.
This is entirely possible as well, at least as likely. Maybe more likely. I definitely think the UGA/Bama game is a package deal. If we lose to UGA, all the air is out of the balloon.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Jumbo on July 26, 2017, 09:31:14 AM
Agree with Wes but it will be Stidham in New York, not Pettyway.
I've heard Sean White will win the job from the new friends.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Ogre on July 26, 2017, 09:39:29 AM
If that happens, no way does Gus keep his job.

It's an interesting scenario.  Would we fire a coach after a 10-win season, even though he cannot beat our two biggest rivals?  I don't have faith in Jay to have the balls to pull that trigger. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: chinook on July 26, 2017, 10:06:52 AM
I've heard Sean White will win the job from the new friends.

the new friends are morons. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUJarhead on July 26, 2017, 10:12:08 AM
It's an interesting scenario.  Would we fire a coach after a 10-win season, even though he cannot beat our two biggest rivals?  I don't have faith in Jay to have the balls to pull that trigger.

You can't go 0-8 vs those guys in a 4 year span. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Saniflush on July 26, 2017, 11:04:40 AM
You can't go 0-8 vs those guys in a 4 year span.

yes we can
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: ssgaufan on July 26, 2017, 11:31:50 AM
You can't go 0-8 vs those guys in a 4 year span.

Hold my beer.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: The Prowler on July 27, 2017, 12:13:30 AM
It's an interesting scenario.  Would we fire a coach after a 10-win season, even though he cannot beat our two biggest rivals?
No.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 27, 2017, 09:10:30 AM
We may not fire him if that happens.  But I'd absolutely want it to happen.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: wesfau2 on July 27, 2017, 10:53:11 AM
You know who fires 10-win coaches?

Ole Miss and Nebraska.

How'd that work out for them?
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 27, 2017, 11:11:31 AM
You know who fires 10-win coaches?

Ole Miss and Nebraska.

How'd that work out for them?

Wouldn't be apples to apples in this case, IMO.  I've backed Malzahn to a fault up until last year.  During the last 3 years, he's proven to be a Head Corch with no direction and no self confidence.  He's changed stream in his philosophy 4-5 times during that stretch and now, he's basically said I can't do this.  I need to step away and be a figurehead and let my assistants handle it. (He probably won't, given his history) 

He may have finally hit on the right formula.  I hope so, but I stand by what I said earlier.  It's a minimum of 10 wins AND beating at least one of UGA and UA. Anything less won't do.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: wesfau2 on July 27, 2017, 11:19:54 AM
Wouldn't be apples to apples in this case, IMO.  I've backed Malzahn to a fault up until last year.  During the last 3 years, he's proven to be a Head Corch with no direction and no self confidence.  He's changed stream in his philosophy 4-5 times during that stretch and now, he's basically said I can't do this.  I need to step away and be a figurehead and let my assistants handle it. (He probably won't, given his history) 

He may have finally hit on the right formula.  I hope so, but I stand by what I said earlier.  It's a minimum of 10 wins AND beating at least one of UGA and UA. Anything less won't do.

Then you set an unrealistic bar for the new coach...and you're stuck taking another up-and-comer.

Rinse repeat.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUChizad on July 27, 2017, 11:48:41 AM
Then you set an unrealistic bar for the new coach...and you're stuck taking another up-and-comer.

Rinse repeat.
Auburn fans are fickle AF. You have to fire a coach after the year Chizik posted before we fired him. And you have to fire a coach after multiple under .500 seasons in a row. You maybe get by firing a coach if he can't post more than 7 wins several years in a row.

You don't fire a coach for 12-2, 8-5, 7-6, 8-5, 10-3. The grass is not always greener and Auburn fans always have a hard time grasping that concept. Especially when the other team in the state is dominating nationally.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: wesfau2 on July 27, 2017, 11:52:05 AM
Auburn fans are fickle AF. You have to fire a coach after the year Chizik posted before we fired him. And you have to fire a coach after multiple under .500 seasons in a row. You maybe get by firing a coach if he can't post more than 7 wins several years in a row.

You don't fire a coach for 12-2, 8-5, 7-6, 8-5, 10-3. The grass is not always greener and Auburn fans always have a hard time grasping that concept. Especially when the other team in the state is dominating nationally.

Yes yes yes.

Gets it.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: WiregrassTiger on July 27, 2017, 11:56:42 AM
Yes yes yes.

Gets it.
^^I doubt the first time he's screamed yes...yes...yes to Chizad.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: wesfau2 on July 27, 2017, 12:12:06 PM
^^I doubt the first time he's screamed yes...yes...yes to Chizad.

You don't wear green well, lover.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Kaos on July 27, 2017, 12:34:46 PM
Auburn fans are fickle AF. You have to fire a coach after the year Chizik posted before we fired him. And you have to fire a coach after multiple under .500 seasons in a row. You maybe get by firing a coach if he can't post more than 7 wins several years in a row.

You don't fire a coach for 12-2, 8-5, 7-6, 8-5, 10-3. The grass is not always greener and Auburn fans always have a hard time grasping that concept. Especially when the other team in the state is dominating nationally.

The point is that I don't give a plastic shit how many times an Auburn coach beats Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Vandy, Arkansas, Missouri, Mercer, Western Kentucky, South Dakota or Chicken Dick State. 

Those things better happen most every time.  A blind capybara could coach the average Auburn team to six wins.

It's what happens against LSU, Georgia, Alabama and to a much lesser extent A&M that matters. Period. 

If we are Big Six, we should act like it. 

Can we get a better coach than Malzahn?  Can't answer that.  Florida did okay after Zook. 
Do I want to go coach searching with the oily hustler leading the parade? Nope.

BUT... we've crapped the bed against some of the weakest UGA teams in memory. Looked clueless and inept in doing so.  That cannot continue.  There was NO excuse for losing to that abysmal team last season. The losses to A&M are not tolerable.

I can handle staying competitive against the most corrupt and unethical team in the history of the sport. I'm patient with that knowing that all things must end and when they do it will be glorious. I'm sort of okay with LSU because we trade blows and I have no expectation that Orgeron will be successful.  But we can't start dropping inexplicable games to the yaw yaw bengals.

So. I don't want to start the process over but it's past time for this learning-on-the-job greenhorn to prove he's more than a glorified in over his head high school coach. 

He's got to solve the Georgia problem. And he's got to avoid us looking utterly inept and baffled in meaningful games.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUChizad on July 27, 2017, 12:40:49 PM
The point is that I don't give a plastic shit how many times an Auburn coach beats Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Vandy, Arkansas, Missouri, Mercer, Western Kentucky, South Dakota or Chicken Dick State. 

Those things better happen most every time.  A blind capybara could coach the average Auburn team to six wins.

It's what happens against LSU, Georgia, Alabama and to a much lesser extent A&M that matters. Period. 

If we are Big Six, we should act like it. 

Can we get a better coach than Malzahn?  Can't answer that.  Florida did okay after Zook. 
Do I want to go coach searching with the oily hustler leading the parade? Nope.

BUT... we've crapped the bed against some of the weakest UGA teams in memory. Looked clueless and inept in doing so.  That cannot continue.  There was NO excuse for losing to that abysmal team last season. The losses to A&M are not tolerable.

I can handle staying competitive against the most corrupt and unethical team in the history of the sport. I'm patient with that knowing that all things must end and when they do it will be glorious. I'm sort of okay with LSU because we trade blows and I have no expectation that Orgeron will be successful.  But we can't start dropping inexplicable games to the yaw yaw bengals.

So. I don't want to start the process over but it's past time for this learning-on-the-job greenhorn to prove he's more than a glorified in over his head high school coach. 

He's got to solve the Georgia problem. And he's got to avoid us looking utterly inept and baffled in meaningful games.
I mean I agree with all of this. The Georgia problem, primarily, is embarrassing. But as I mentioned, this "problem" dates back into the Tuberville era. Can changing the man at the helm radically redirect that? I doubt it. Same with beating LSU in Baton Rouge. Dates back even further. The Bama problem is tied the coach on the other team rather than ours, as much as I hate saying it.

What I'm saying is I can agree with all of that, but see that as a completely separate issue from whether or not a coach needs to be fired and a new one hired.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 27, 2017, 12:44:05 PM
I'm not looking for greener pastures with another coach and I still want Malzahn to succeed.  It's not about being fickle either. It's two things for me.  First, Malzahn appears to be someone who has lost confidence in his abilities.  His wishy-washy, "I'm running everything, no I'm not, yes I am, nope you take it....wait, I think I'd better step away because it's too much for me" behavior is unsettling at best. Bordering on incompetency as a head coach.  That may be extreme but have you ever seen a coach waffle as much as he has the last 3 years? And I believe it's been some of you that have placed the blame squarely on his shoulders for either ruining JJ, not giving Sean proper coaching or play calling and/or just plain screwing up in the evaluation of talent.

Second, you can call it fickle or fackle or whatever you want to call it.  Losing to both UGA and Bama 4 years in a row is unacceptable.  I go back to a talk I heard Tuberville give years ago.  He said championships are our goal, but make no mistake, Alabama is circled on the calendar every year.  You have to beat your rivals.

 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 27, 2017, 12:48:53 PM



He's got to solve the Georgia problem. And he's got to avoid us looking utterly inept and baffled in meaningful games.

^^This too^^.  Last night, I was flipping channels and came across last year's Texas/ND game.  ESPN has been playing the best (Their version) games from last year.  On a Texas drive, UT changed the QB a couple of times based on the situation.  The announcers said if you think this is bad, it's nothing compared to what Gus Malzahn did against Clemson. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: WiregrassTiger on July 27, 2017, 01:03:18 PM
The point is that I don't give a plastic shit how many times an Auburn coach beats Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Vandy, Arkansas, Missouri, Mercer, Western Kentucky, South Dakota or Chicken Dick State. 

Those things better happen most every time.  A blind capybara could coach the average Auburn team to six wins.

It's what happens against LSU, Georgia, Alabama and to a much lesser extent A&M that matters. Period. 

If we are Big Six, we should act like it. 

Can we get a better coach than Malzahn?  Can't answer that.  Florida did okay after Zook. 
Do I want to go coach searching with the oily hustler leading the parade? Nope.

BUT... we've crapped the bed against some of the weakest UGA teams in memory. Looked clueless and inept in doing so.  That cannot continue.  There was NO excuse for losing to that abysmal team last season. The losses to A&M are not tolerable.

I can handle staying competitive against the most corrupt and unethical team in the history of the sport. I'm patient with that knowing that all things must end and when they do it will be glorious. I'm sort of okay with LSU because we trade blows and I have no expectation that Orgeron will be successful.  But we can't start dropping inexplicable games to the yaw yaw bengals.

So. I don't want to start the process over but it's past time for this learning-on-the-job greenhorn to prove he's more than a glorified in over his head high school coach. 

He's got to solve the Georgia problem. And he's got to avoid us looking utterly inept and baffled in meaningful games.
Agreed on all counts with the exception of  Chicken Dick State. They are on a different level.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Kaos on July 27, 2017, 01:07:07 PM
I'm not looking for greener pastures with another coach and I still want Malzahn to succeed.  It's not about being fickle either. It's two things for me.  First, Malzahn appears to be someone who has lost confidence in his abilities.  His wishy-washy, "I'm running everything, no I'm not, yes I am, nope you take it....wait, I think I'd better step away because it's too much for me" behavior is unsettling at best. Bordering on incompetency as a head coach.  That may be extreme but have you ever seen a coach waffle as much as he has the last 3 years? And I believe it's been some of you that have placed the blame squarely on his shoulders for either ruining JJ, not giving Sean proper coaching or play calling and/or just plain screwing up in the evaluation of talent.

Second, you can call it fickle or fackle or whatever you want to call it.  Losing to both UGA and Bama 4 years in a row is unacceptable.  I go back to a talk I heard Tuberville give years ago.  He said championships are our goal, but make no mistake, Alabama is circled on the calendar every year.  You have to beat your rivals.

 

This is where I'm on your bus, fella.

Comparisons to Saban are unfair.  But you have to give credit. He said from the jump it was going to be his way. Win or lose he'd do it exactly the way he wanted and if it works it works. If not? Come at me bro. He wasn't afraid to piss anybody off.  His way isn't the only way. But he's in charge.

That's less possible for Gus because he's got the preening shiny peacock glory-hogging behind him. But take last year.  He's going to go back to doing what he knows best. Success or failure would be on his shoulders. Except NO!  That damn Lashlee.  Here. You do it. I can't do what I do best if I'm doing what I did best. 

I think he's a great coordinator.  When he can focus on that and not all the other things being a head coach entails, that is.  I'm still waiting for evidence that he's anything beyond a mid-major level head coach. 

Going back to Saban?  He's not a great coach.  He's just not. When faced with relatively equal talent and required to actually coach?  His teams are barely .500. He is, however, an effective manager.  He finds people to implement his overall vision. How many plays do you think he called last season compared to Gus?

In that respect chizik may have been a better head coach than Gus (for a while). He hired people and let them go to work. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 27, 2017, 01:25:54 PM
You don't wear green well, lover.
Desperation is a stinky cologne would also have been acceptable.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: chinook on July 27, 2017, 02:11:13 PM
Auburn fans are fickle AF. You have to fire a coach after the year Chizik posted before we fired him. And you have to fire a coach after multiple under .500 seasons in a row. You maybe get by firing a coach if he can't post more than 7 wins several years in a row.

You don't fire a coach for 12-2, 8-5, 7-6, 8-5, 10-3. The grass is not always greener and Auburn fans always have a hard time grasping that concept. Especially when the other team in the state is dominating nationally.

If you like medium okra sure but I don't necessarily care to change coaches every 3 - 5 years either. I'm torn.  I agree we are a finicky fan base and the success of Alabama has a lot of to do with that lately.   

10-3 ...cart before the horse. What about those three losses? ...the bowl game, Alabama and Georgia?

Gus is 1 - 2 in bowl games and 11 - 13 in conference play the last 3 seasons.  A lot of meh...quality wins well yeah, I suppose, in 2014 against Ole Miss, Kansas St.? and LSU.  You can't look at Texas A & M in any of those seasons.  Furthermore, last season's debacle was embarrassing. 

Auburn Football needs a coach who is truly an Auburn man...not one just looking to get a pay check.  The other thing that ticks me off is our coordinator position on both sides of the ball...no consistent year after year coordinator. Yeah Lashlee was in the program for 4 years or so but some of us grew weary of him.

I will take the chance on the fertilizer greening the grass but again you might find another inept lawn care service. 

Stidham is the make it or break it for Coach Malazahn this year. 
   
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 27, 2017, 02:33:31 PM
Stidham is the make it or break it for Coach Malazahn this year. 
I think we can all agree on this
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: bgreene on July 27, 2017, 04:30:08 PM
I think we can all agree on this

I agree!!
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 27, 2017, 04:38:43 PM
I agree!!
Well then we will just have to agree to agree.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on July 27, 2017, 05:02:33 PM
Well then we will just have to agree to agree.

I think we can all agree on this.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on July 27, 2017, 07:16:24 PM
I think we can all agree on this.
Agreed
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: bgreene on July 27, 2017, 11:49:14 PM
Agreed


I agree that you agree that we all can agree to agree
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: AUJarhead on July 30, 2017, 01:26:19 AM
Agreed

I concur.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Ogre on October 23, 2017, 09:19:56 PM
I predict a lot of you are in for a letdown.  I see a 9-3 campaign with a bowl victory over <insert generic Big 12 team here>.  The season is too good to fire Malzahn, but not what we were hoping for which will cause a lot of angst among the Family.

Loss to LSU, but we head into Amen Corner on a roll.  We lose to UGA and Bama to round out the season.  Win the bowl game to end 10-3 with nothing to show for it.

I also predict the only thing brighter than the sunshine pumping taking place in this thread is the glow on Malzahn's butt as we enter the offseason.

#hottakes from 3 months ago.

I missed the Clemson loss, which would have only made the point I was making stronger.  Not so sure we'll skate by TAMU either at this point.  That 9-3 regular season is looking more like 8-4 or 7-5.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: wesfau2 on October 23, 2017, 09:48:19 PM
#hottakes from 3 months ago.

I missed the Clemson loss, which would have only made the point I was making stronger.  Not so sure we'll skate by TAMU either at this point.  That 9-3 regular season is looking more like 8-4 or 7-5.

This sucks.

Even Ogre is right about shit these days.

Fuck.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on October 25, 2017, 12:09:05 PM
If the dot  I am a gay twerker that has no balls!!!!  I also have no idea how to use the quote function to post stories, so I annoy the piss out of others.  I like male genatalia in and around my mouth. are correct, it looks like we may be back to full skrongness on the defensive side of the ball by A&M. Horton and Dunn were out on the O-line.  They said Horton was a game time decision for Arky so I imagine a couple of weeks rest should have him ready.  Have no idea what Dunn's injury is or how long he'll be out.  Pettway back at ultimate skrongness as well.

The pieces are in place so it's down to a matter of whether we get Chip or Gus running the show. 
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Snaggletiger on October 25, 2017, 12:13:14 PM
Also, I'll be interested to see how this weekend plays out with MSU coming to Bonfire U.  The Bullpups have outscored BYU and UK a combined 80-17 the last two games.  Yeah, it's BYU and Kentucky but I hope it means Mullen's Mutts are ready to get after some Aggie ass.

In other news and notes, Carry On Johnson (723 yds and 14 TD's) needs just 277 yards ( :thumsup: math) to become the 15th 1,000 yard rusher in the last 12 years in a Gus Malzahn offense.  Not hard to do when you get it 37 times a game up the gut.  But kudos to Kerryon.  I've never thought of him as an every down back and certainly not one to run between the tackles, but he's slowly making a believer out of me.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Godfather on October 25, 2017, 01:18:37 PM
-Wailing and gnashing of teeth by many members of this forum. Followed by pissed off sadness.
I pretty much nailed it
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Buzz Killington on October 25, 2017, 01:32:09 PM
Bert leaves his wife mid-season for Layla Kiffin.

Nick Saban loses to Miss. State and Auburn to finish the season and announces after the Iron Bowl that he's leaving for Kent State.

Stidham gets an invitation to New York at season's end, but finishes in 3rd place.

The evil stare eagle makes a comeback on the Gargantuatron and causes the bammer kicker to miss the potential game winner.

Prowler and Kaos meet and have drinks together before the Georgia game and have a civil political discussion.

Ole Miss goes winless in the SEC, prompting them to fire Hugh Freeze at the half of the egg bowl.  They hire Houston Nutt as a part of his settlement.
Still on target for them all other than the first half of my Ole Miss prediction.  They canned him before the season instead.  Still a chance for Hooten.
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: Godfather on October 25, 2017, 01:39:23 PM
Still on target for them all other than the first half of my Ole Miss prediction.  They canned him before the season instead.  Still a chance for Hooten.
Only way Stidham is going to New York is if he buys himself a ticket and comes in 3rd place at the Annual Skate-off at Rockefeller Center
Title: Re: Slightly too early predictions for this season
Post by: WiregrassTiger on October 25, 2017, 01:44:54 PM
Prowler and Kaos may be meeting and having more than drinks.

Something is going on. Kaos is claiming that he and Prowler can tag team some others. And, he’s mentioned hiring him as a coordinator if he gets back into coaching.

Weird stuff. He may be on spice.