Gus Malzahn faces questions about staff, personnel after Auburn's loss to Tennessee
After a strong start to the season with a 21-16 win over Washington in Week 1, Auburn’s 2018 campaign is trending in the wrong direction.
The Tigers fell in Week 3 to LSU, but the wheels have started to come off in recent weeks with back-to-back losses to Mississippi State and now Tennessee. The loss to the Vols, 30-24, particularly stings as UT had an active losing streak against every SEC team coming into the game. Tennessee had not won a conference game since the 2016 season.
Malzahn faced questions about the game, the starting lineup and his staff in postgame with the media.
Auburn’s Gus Malzahn: ‘Obviously, tough loss’
after losing to Tennessee 30-24. ‘Very disappointed.’— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 13, 2018
Malzahn: “I think the big picture of the deal was the three turnovers.”
“Very disappointed. I will say this, our kids fought to the end. Proud of our kids’ fight. But obviously very disappointed to lose at home.”
— AUBlog (@AUBlog) October 13, 2018
Malzahn on QBs: “We really felt like, going into the game, that Jarrett gave us the best chance of winning.”
Will he consider a change? He has to watch film first. “The bottom line is, we’ve got to get better.”
— AUBlog (@AUBlog) October 13, 2018
Malzahn is asked about his staff. “Right now, my feelings are that I’m disappointed for our team. I’m not ready to sit here and have any talk about staff or players.”
— AUBlog (@AUBlog) October 13, 2018
Auburn’s Gus Malzahn: ‘I’m disappointed for our team.’ Said he takes responsibility as the head coach.
— Auburn Gold Mine (@AUGoldMine) October 13, 2018
Malzahn is asked, ‘What’s going on?’
“We’re going to have to stick together in that locker room. We’re going to have to fix it. That’s my responsibility.”
— AUBlog (@AUBlog) October 13, 2018
JaTarvious Whitlow’s injury was to his shoulder/neck, Malzahn said.
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) October 13, 2018
Trash ahz team faq outta here…
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Boo, you know I love ya, but yo team is getting beat by LSWHO
*slurp slurp slurp* cup the balls, cup the balls yeahh *slurp slurp slurp*
Whistled past the graveyard-didn’t you boy? Lol
But X what about your team?
No excuses, poor play all around.
Dbs giving up too many 50/50 balls, and not looking at the ball.
Too many drops by players that should be catching balls that either hit them in the chest or both hands.
O-line (mostly RFr) look like they forget who they are supposed to block more than half of the time.
QB making poor decisions and either [1] not throwing the ball away and instead throwing a pick, or [2] holding on too long and getting sacked, or [3] overthrowing receivers who are clearly open and missing scores by leaving points on the field.
Play calling is too predictable and opposing defenses are calling the plays pre-snap (just like my dog does every game)…this of course is compounded with the above.
We have just imploded, and there is no excuse for it. Way too much talent on this team to suck this bad.
You have to look no farther than Gus. Your school chose to keep him, so now Auburn’s fan base is stuck with him.
Red, we get it. We don’t need reminding of the absurd contract extension. No one on the Plains is happy about it.
Y’all wouldn’t shut up about the Kick Six, so why should we shut up about this?
Cadet, Kick-Six will be talked about by football fans & media forever. It ranks with (or surpasses) “The Play” (Stanford-Cal, 1982) and “Immaculate Reception” (Steelers-Raiders, 1972) as one of the most memorable endings in all of football. Must-watch for any football fan -the spike on the trombone player is priceless.
If reminding Auburn fans about our coaching dilemma makes you feel good, have at it. You’re not telling us anything we don’t already know.
Having talent is one thing. Developing it is another. Gus has never been able to develop talent. This shows on the field. I truly do not understand why anyone would want to play at Auburn under this HC unless you grew up loving Auburn.