Is the ignorance that will do us in screaming for a coach’s head. Those are Gene Chizik’s players Paul Rhodes is winning with right now. Who knows, he may come back to Auburn one day, but damn stop screaming for Roof’s head. He has NOTHING to work with right now.

what a poser

There are a variety of psychological responses to stress. And there are a few personality types that have been identified. Here, we think of the airplane that crashes in a remote wilderness and chances of rescue look bleak. Or we think of those GIs captured on the Philippines in WWII and have to make the death march to Bataan.

Some will just lose hope and die while others will get busy with doing the best they can to make through the days ahead.

It’s time to realize that we have a very thin roster of inexperienced players, of which some are undersized by SEC standards. They are playing as well as they can, but the constant pounding without substitution is taking its toll. Other teams have big guys and are two or three deep at some positions. Those other teams have senior squads who have played together for years. Kentucky’s offensive line was like that.

My gripe is about the penalties, turnovers, and missed tasckles, things which can be addressed and corrected via coaching.

As the season wore on, our opponents learned how to counter Malzahn’s misdirection, making his current slate of plays less effective. Add to that the small but nagging list of injuries which depletes the limited firepower we had at our disposal at the beginning of the season.

These are the same coaches that coaxed a miracle from these very same players. How are they now so awful they should be fired, any of them?

If we keep going to a different quarterback we will destroy continuity. Todd is suffering a bit because the pocket collapses now, unlike the first five games. He was really cool in the beginning about waiting until just the right second to take a step or two forward to elude pursuers. But he has been crunched a few times and now, for what ever reason, is not taking that step out of harm’s way. He did run the ball okay a couple of times against LSU.

Many have criticized him for keying in on a few targets at the exclusion of open guys. Might be a valid point. Or maybe he doesn’t have confidence in those open guys to catch a pass even if he gets it to the guy.

In any event, we have some more games to go. Whereas Ole Miss looked beatable a few weeks ago, they look stronger now. But we all saw what Tennessee did to Bama and what Miss St did to Florida the first half. I am not willing to throw in the towel on this season and say let’s put all the cherries in for some game experience and concede the coming games as losses.

I was really happy when Chizik went after that last touchdown at the end of the LSU game. He’s a fighter. Me too.

……SenDerrick Marks, Pat Sims, Antonio Coleman, Raven Gray, Patrick Trahan, Tray Blackmon, Jerraud Powers. We don’t. Too many busts, and we are where we are. Tony Dungy would have a tough time with what we’ve got right now.

I gotta say 5 games in, I knew we had a disastrous defense. They’re aren’t good. Point blank. I don’t blame roof or Chizik for that. There is work to be done and patience is key here. Give it time. The last thing we need is to show a divided front. Recruiters will have no problem stealing recruits if we do that now. I’m vested in this deal and am hopeful for the future. Just keep in mind Chizik had at the very least equaled Sabans first year record. Says enough right there…..

I understand growing pains, we are bringing in a whole new coaching staff, and ANYTIME you do that your gonna loose some games, take your hits and move on. But I have to wonder about our future when I see soo many simple mistakes that honestly comes from a lack of the basics. I have seen a pretty fast defense that is quick to get to the guy with the ball, but misses sooo many tackles because they dont Wrap up.

Also something that is bothering me is the excessive penalties we are racking up in a hurry. In the SEC often times the winner of a game is the one who wins the turnover rate and whom ever is the least penalized.

One thing I am excited about is the way Kody Burns has handled not being our starting QB, the guy has heart!!! Another is the prospect of the Caudell, from the couple plays I have seen, he looks like he has a lot of promise.