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Comment on Is Auburn Turning the Corner? by Pine Mt Tiger

Pine Mt Tiger — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:29:35 +0000

Don’t know if Auburn’s turning the corner yet but sure do feel better about things than i did before these two hires. We’ll know more about that turn after football season. But your right, got to give JJ credit for now. Good read Jay.

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by Pine Mt Tiger

Pine Mt Tiger — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:25:17 +0000

This ain’t big 10 country. Cry-babying about the unfairness of the hunh will not do any good. Bielema needs to put his big boy pants on and get ready to play some real football.

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by dabble

dabble — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:32:00 +0000

it will never come to pass. too much hype, legitimacy and fan love/hate is on it. people watch hunh games more and longer. it makes for more commercial breaks. it ain;’t going away, no matter how much a few complain.

it appears to me the coaches who are the most against it are defensive coaches who’s strength lies in substitution of personnel, recognizing what the other side is doing and adjusting effectively.

i think it is here to stay.

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by Derrick Roberts

Derrick Roberts — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:59:47 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Good stuff! Great job, Aub!

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by Todd92

Todd92 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:58:57 +0000

Bielima had shown in the past what a whiney little b!t@h he is by screaming about Meyer breaking a supposed BIG10 “gentlemans ageement” while recruiting. Bielima will have a tough time at Arkansas unless he learns how to shut up and coach.

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by Third Generation Tiger

Third Generation Tiger — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:31:09 +0000

Bielema is probably afraid to become more flexible in his coaching and recruiting paradigms. His solution, change the rules.
Maybe he wants to install football’s version of Dean Smith’s famous 4 corners offense.

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by KoolBell

KoolBell — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:07:23 +0000

This goes along with what I was saying in 2009, and 2010. Ted Roof complained that the speed of the game was causing his defense to be suspect. Roof blamed the speed of the Auburn defense for causing his Auburn defense problems.

While Gene Chizik apparently agreed, the decision was made to slow down Malzahn’s attack, but by the end of the season the AU defense was able to hold Oregon, who was tabbed as the fastest offense” to a minuscule fraction of their “time of possession, and total points scored.

I say the answer is to better condition your defensive athletes. Piss on whining coaches, Full Speed Ahead!

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by daledotwd

daledotwd — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:57:41 +0000

Saban has a new friend. Hopefully this to shall pass maybe Bielema would like to get rid of the forward pass.

Comment on Message to Bret Bielema, “Don’t Whine … Deal With It” by Acid Reign

Acid Reign — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:10:58 +0000

…..The strategy finally adopted to stop the wishbone was these things: Nine in the box, make the quarterback keep it, and keep hitting him hard. A QB can’t throw effectively if his arms and shoulders are sore from getting hit that many times.

…..Spurrier’s offenses, when they were slowed down, it was with a “hit the quarterback” mentality. Honestly though, not many folks stopped the old ball coach. Steve Spurrier had 122 wins, 27 losses and a tie at Florida.

Comment on To Know Where You Are Going You Have To Know Where You Have Been by Acid Reign

Acid Reign — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:53:08 +0000

…..The real reason that Legion Field was not like an Auburn game was a bit more complicated than some folks believe. The way that stadium was originally financed was the sale of “stadium certificates.” I’m not sure what the original figure was, something on the order of $25,000 per seat, which was an astronomical sum back in the early 20th century. In modern dollars, it would be like coughing up a million bucks. Over ten thousand of these certificates were sold, and the vast majority of the buyers were Bama fans. Auburn did not have the same following back during that era, and teetered on the edge of bankruptcy several times.

…..The stadium certificate guaranteed the right to purchase a premium seat ticket (at face value) for any event held at the stadium. Whether it was a high school football game, Alabama/Auburn college game, or even a concert. When ever tickets were to go on sale, the certificate holders got first crack. In practice at the Iron Bowl, that gave Bama over 9000 fans in a 75,000 seat stadium BEFORE the so-called 50-50 split. So if you ever were at any of those Iron Bowls and it seemed like more Bama fans in the stadium than Auburn, it was not your imagination.