I don’t question the call to go for 6 on the first drive, i think that we needed it to make a statement that we still have life in the offense and it failed. I didn’t work out but I still think it was the good call.

This offense is dysfunctional right now and they need to find some confidence and stability. We looked so good and so comfortable under center in the first quarter and then went back to chaos and the penalties started. I would love to actually know who’s call it was to abandon the Ace after the first three drives.

or at least ran it a good percentage of the game after the first quarter we would not be lamenting the failed 4th and goal call. Like you said hind sight is 20/20, but I kept thinking that they would go back to the 2 tightend set and they never did. 126 yards of offense in the first quarter and less than 100 the rest of the game kind of speaks volumes. The problem is Tuberville is recruiting for the spread and is almost finished. Its kind of late to start the recruiting over so if Franklin does get fired midseason look for a spread coordinator to be hired asap. I think Franklin will be running a 2 tight end set at least 50% if he stays for the remainder of the year.

CTT is the one to fire him and he didn’t. If he wouldn’t do it after last nights game I doubt that he will before the season is over. Can’t someone else do it for him? I think he won’t let TF go because he was the one that fired AB in order to hire him in the first place. Fact is, CTT should have intervened early in the game. It was obvious long before the game was over that his OC was messing up big time. Had the team all torn up. Too many errors were made by the players, yes, but when the coaching staff has them running in circles what can you expect!?

I see no indication that anything is changing, so expect the present outcomes to continue. To fix a problem in a computer malfunction you must determine the ROOT cause. AU can’t own up to the ROOT cause so it is likely to continue to crash and burn until we face the truth. Why we run the same plays that have not produce any real positive results in the past OVER and OVER makes me wonder if some one calling the plays is mentally ill.

I’d sure like to see some emotion from Tubbs. It appears he don’t care like the Auburn faithful do.
WAR EAGLE!

Sonya,
He did a interview on ESPN last week and was going on and on how he had never had so many recruits commited this early in October and he felt that was a product of the spread. And that is true, I just don’t Franklin is the man. As referenced this guy has broken the code in the coaching business and filed bankruptcy. He just plain sounds like a loser to me.

….I think a lot of Franklin’s ideas are revolutionary, and have merit. Unfortunately, he’s shown that he can’t scheme. Can’t make adjustments. Can’t call plays. He scripts ‘em up, but if game conditions change, we’re just throwing random plays/routes/runs out there. It’s like the old days of Jack Crowe. Guys, a draw isn’t going to work on 3rd and 15, unless you have a legitimate chance of chucking it that far for the first down! We’ve run that thing, over, and over again. Wasted plays…

…..Last two plays… QB runs out of a fairly stable pocket, and sits down without being touched. Then, we decide to load up on a deep corner route out of our own endzone. Maybe we catch ‘em in a blitz or something. A prayer. WHY not put a stronger-armed quarterback in there for it? Someone who has a prayer off getting it over a deep cover two? And why can’t the quarterback check out of it, when the safety is sitting on top of the route?

i’ll honestly be surprised if Franklin actually gets fired in the middle of the season….i mean just as far as how it would effect auburn’s recruiting class…we’d be pretty fucked. we obviously can’t afford to lose out on Ray Cotton because it’s pretty obvious we don’t have a QB on this team…not unless we wanna start running the triple option and put Fannin back under center…hmmm…actually that appeals to me and my love of cromag football. that’s it! let’s just turn into GA Tech and run the damn option. it’s working for them. they put up alot more than 3 points on Miss St.

it’s a heartbreaker to read those comments made by our boys who go out there every week and lay it on the line, trusting their coaching staff to make the right decisions. instead, not only is our OC a total moron,our beloved Tubbs won’t even step in and and show some emotion and try to salvage the rest of the game. i hate to see our boys lose their heart and confidence. this is a team full of talent, but CTF is a disease that shouldn’t have been allowed in to the Tiger family in the first place. and now that he’s done some damage I hope Tubbs will step in and do what needs to be done. our guys trust him to have their back just like us, the fans. we’re too good to be going through this humiliation that is the reign of CTF…..off with his head. Keep that Tiger spirit alive…dont’ give up on our boys! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR EAGLE!