Gus Malzahn faces questions about staff, personnel after Auburn’s loss to Tennessee
By Andrew Olson
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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
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