OT: Trading in the GusBus for the LaneTrain
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I’m all aboard. Started telling folks after the game yesterday that I’m ready to start a T-shirt campaign promoting him as the next AU head coach. Time for the Bible thumpers and morality police to step aside and let this man come in and make AU a consistent winner.
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I'd be fine with Lane, but would want to be told no by some others before we settled in on Kiffin
I’d like to make a run at Fuentes or Brohm. Give me a solid football coach without a gimmick offense. Lane wouldn’t be bad though. I could get behind it.
You think Gus is about to put Chip on the chopping block?
Worst case scenario to fire Chip and keep Gus. No one will take that job and we will likely promote Kodi/Tim or hire Pat Nix
I never really understood the Lane hype. Dude singlehandedly broke UT and USC for several years. I mean, he’s a top notch OC, but I’m not sold on him as a HS. That said, he’d probably be multitudes better than our current shit show
He can fire Chip if he wants but it won’t help the team. Chip ain’t the problem and for Gus to think the fans will fall for it proves how stupid he really is.
I’d take him everyday over Gus.
No doubt. But I could say that about literally almost every coach in CFB
I’d be good with the Lane Train. His press conferences would be better than Gus’s.
man, looks like Rob Pate has pulled the plug on Gus as well.
Rob Pate: Gus Malzahn's shortcomings are no longer defensible
The Gus Bus is in disrepair. It is broken and untenable.
It is not entirely Gus Malzahn's fault. Against Tennessee he had too many players in position to succeed but simply fail to make the play. Still, it is wholly his responsibility.
The frustration with the Malzahn regime — the up and down, schizophrenic, consistently inconsistent Auburn identity — has worn thin and demolished any cache of Malzahn goodwill. He has lost the majority and I believe it is irretrievable.
I don’t enjoy writing that because I like Gus Malzahn. I like the character and selectivity of the kids he chases on the recruiting trail and their representation of themselves and our university upon their arrival. I like that he attempts to run a clean program, is a good human being that sees his profession as a ministry opportunity to young people. I can not unremember the offensive onslaught he unleashed upon his arrival, the improbable turnaround of 2013, or the elation unleashed on our campus last fall with consecutive dominating victories over our rivals positioned at No. 1 in the land. His teams never quit. His teams are often in it until the final possession.
But for every stair-stepped, incremental gain there comes a sudden free-fall, an avalanche of inexplicable, undeniable failure that is no longer defensible. At some point you must recognize and rightly deduce the continued duds aren’t the outliers — the lofty successes are.
Malzahn has been close to scaling the wall in his tenure, but his teams have not finished and consistently fall flat along the way. There is seemingly a disconnect between the practice field and the bright lights of SEC venues as the lone supremely consistent aspect of this program has been stellar practices without matching outcomes.
When long-running SEC losing streaks are ending on your field, when average quarterbacks put up career-high gains and display uncanny accuracy, when one-dimensional offenses have their way with the strength of your team, when struggling defenses find their footing against your offense — problems abound. Sometimes your opponent is just better and you tip your hat to that supremacy. The college football world knows that is not the case, however. That’s why every victory over this team means so very much to those programs.
Worse than opponents successes at Auburn’s expense is Auburn’s regression in areas that simply baffle and where regression cannot occur. An argument could be made for each of Auburn’s quarterbacks. They have gotten worse the longer they were in the program: Jarrett Stidham’s regression is the most alarming. What looked like a surefire NFL talent has devolved into a shell of his former self.
Feeling the pressure to make a play for his team, Stidham’s decision making has been freshman-esque and his inability to protect the football has proven costly. His confidence is low, his protection is nonexistent, his running game is below average and his willingness to surrender his body to extend the drive is below that of his peers. No position has defined the Auburn offense like quarterback play and Stidham’s regression is directly proportional to Auburn’s lack of success.
Another area you simply can’t play so poorly to win in this league is along the offensive line. Finding five guys that can effectively communicate, that can drive block, that can give a quarterback any semblance of time shouldn’t be such an impossible endeavor six years into a coaching staff. The fact that it is displays poor roster management, poor evaluations, poor development or poor coaching. This is a lineman’s league. Those that control the trenches raise the hardware. Those that get eaten alive up front end up searching for new coaches.
The reasons for finding ourselves in this predicament are long, exhaustive, beyond one man’s opinion in one column. It started with the university and a three-man committee choosing comfort over a proven resume. It extends to the president of the university getting taken to the woodshed by agent Jimmy Sexton in contract negotiations and its tentacles reach all things Auburn football.
Now a decision has to be made. Can we afford to cut ties with coach Gus Malzahn versus can we afford not to? There are no good choices in this debacle. The optics are horrible as is the mountain of money either decision will entail.
It is a brutal profession where few find sustained success. It is a brutal sport where one’s failure results in the units demise, and where a physical pounding is a prerequisite for participation. It is a brutal conference where the demarcation between champion and pauper is razor thin. It is a brutal state, where Auburn enjoys little sympathy competing against the best to ever coach college football — in a state dominated by fans, media and traditional success from the in-state power.
64COMMENTS
Don’t cry for Auburn. Contend for her. Rise up and demand better. The Auburn family can take no more of this cyclical whiplash nonsense. Be bold. Be decisive. Most importantly, restore belief.
Rob Pate is a former Auburn defensive back. His columns appear exclusively at Auburn Undercover.
Rob Pate: Gus Malzahn's shortcomings are no longer defensible
The Gus Bus is in disrepair. It is broken and untenable.
It is not entirely Gus Malzahn's fault. Against Tennessee he had too many players in position to succeed but simply fail to make the play. Still, it is wholly his responsibility.
The frustration with the Malzahn regime — the up and down, schizophrenic, consistently inconsistent Auburn identity — has worn thin and demolished any cache of Malzahn goodwill. He has lost the majority and I believe it is irretrievable.
I don’t enjoy writing that because I like Gus Malzahn. I like the character and selectivity of the kids he chases on the recruiting trail and their representation of themselves and our university upon their arrival. I like that he attempts to run a clean program, is a good human being that sees his profession as a ministry opportunity to young people. I can not unremember the offensive onslaught he unleashed upon his arrival, the improbable turnaround of 2013, or the elation unleashed on our campus last fall with consecutive dominating victories over our rivals positioned at No. 1 in the land. His teams never quit. His teams are often in it until the final possession.
But for every stair-stepped, incremental gain there comes a sudden free-fall, an avalanche of inexplicable, undeniable failure that is no longer defensible. At some point you must recognize and rightly deduce the continued duds aren’t the outliers — the lofty successes are.
Malzahn has been close to scaling the wall in his tenure, but his teams have not finished and consistently fall flat along the way. There is seemingly a disconnect between the practice field and the bright lights of SEC venues as the lone supremely consistent aspect of this program has been stellar practices without matching outcomes.
When long-running SEC losing streaks are ending on your field, when average quarterbacks put up career-high gains and display uncanny accuracy, when one-dimensional offenses have their way with the strength of your team, when struggling defenses find their footing against your offense — problems abound. Sometimes your opponent is just better and you tip your hat to that supremacy. The college football world knows that is not the case, however. That’s why every victory over this team means so very much to those programs.
Worse than opponents successes at Auburn’s expense is Auburn’s regression in areas that simply baffle and where regression cannot occur. An argument could be made for each of Auburn’s quarterbacks. They have gotten worse the longer they were in the program: Jarrett Stidham’s regression is the most alarming. What looked like a surefire NFL talent has devolved into a shell of his former self.
Feeling the pressure to make a play for his team, Stidham’s decision making has been freshman-esque and his inability to protect the football has proven costly. His confidence is low, his protection is nonexistent, his running game is below average and his willingness to surrender his body to extend the drive is below that of his peers. No position has defined the Auburn offense like quarterback play and Stidham’s regression is directly proportional to Auburn’s lack of success.
Another area you simply can’t play so poorly to win in this league is along the offensive line. Finding five guys that can effectively communicate, that can drive block, that can give a quarterback any semblance of time shouldn’t be such an impossible endeavor six years into a coaching staff. The fact that it is displays poor roster management, poor evaluations, poor development or poor coaching. This is a lineman’s league. Those that control the trenches raise the hardware. Those that get eaten alive up front end up searching for new coaches.
The reasons for finding ourselves in this predicament are long, exhaustive, beyond one man’s opinion in one column. It started with the university and a three-man committee choosing comfort over a proven resume. It extends to the president of the university getting taken to the woodshed by agent Jimmy Sexton in contract negotiations and its tentacles reach all things Auburn football.
Now a decision has to be made. Can we afford to cut ties with coach Gus Malzahn versus can we afford not to? There are no good choices in this debacle. The optics are horrible as is the mountain of money either decision will entail.
It is a brutal profession where few find sustained success. It is a brutal sport where one’s failure results in the units demise, and where a physical pounding is a prerequisite for participation. It is a brutal conference where the demarcation between champion and pauper is razor thin. It is a brutal state, where Auburn enjoys little sympathy competing against the best to ever coach college football — in a state dominated by fans, media and traditional success from the in-state power.
64COMMENTS
Don’t cry for Auburn. Contend for her. Rise up and demand better. The Auburn family can take no more of this cyclical whiplash nonsense. Be bold. Be decisive. Most importantly, restore belief.
Rob Pate is a former Auburn defensive back. His columns appear exclusively at Auburn Undercover.
He inherited the scholarship probation at USC. Think he only had 70 scholly players. Was just at UT one year and did well. I think he’s mellowed out and isn’t the brat he used to be
Honestly he's broke every program he's been in charge of, I like his personality but not sure he's what Auburn needs at the moment.
At least when that particular bus breaks down, the amount of half naked coeds fleeing the scene will be a sight to behold.
He actually lost 30 scholarships at USC so was down to 55 scholarship players.
Generally, I'm not one to put my name down on a coach, but I really like the idea of Jeff Brohm. If we're going with youngish offensive guys, I'd make him my priority. I think he could be as effective as an Urban Meyer type if he got Auburn's resources.
I could be brought on board very quickly with Brohm, assuming we hire ace recruiters at the OL, QB and RB positions.
Someone posted his national rankings on offense and how he improved them everywhere he went, WITHOUT SOME DUMB FCKING GIMMICK OFFENSE, and it got me on board.
The only thing I didn't like, at all, was that he has a BBQ crew of coaches that he takes with him. That is a potential red flag for me.
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I have strong doubts that Lane wouldn't throw each and every one of them under the bus to get the AU job.
How did he break USC? Or Tennessee for that matter?
I own a company that will make the t-shirts, tank tops, sports bras or whatever will get the attention of the people that matter. Maybe we can print lane train on the bottom of some lace boy shorts and start selling them to the collegiate coeds. I'm just spit balling here.
Can I help you evaluate your catalog models?
Welcome to the GREG.
Will need some 'EA' and 'BHYG' merch to get us started and of course evaluate the quality but great idea.
Thanks bruh, but I am going to shoot you straight because it's what I do. I am not leaving tbb and I will continue to engage certain members over there as I have no issues with them. However, I have found the GREG to be entertaining and informative, so I plan to add it to my weekly internet rounds. Without completely outing myself in gaydom and pulling my pants to my ankles, I have missed a few posters that have left tbb and found a home over here, so again I thank you.
