Questions at Quarterback?

Not saying he should be the starter, it just blows my mind everytime I remember that. I trust Malzahn to put the best guy in the best position to be successful. Whether that’s Kodi, Tyrik, Barrett, or hell, Sen’Derrick, the best guy needs to play, period. I hope they make a decision quickly so that we don’t get the lingering effect we had before the season last year. I believe that not settling on Todd or Burns until after the season started hurt the team alot. I remember the grumblings that the offense was divided into two camps, one that thought Todd should be the starter and one that thought Burns should be the starter. Our offense needs to be unified behind one guy, and as early as possible.

I don’t think his problems are his talent, his problems are his mind. Apparently, the kid is just dumb and can’t learns the plays. By the time he learns the plays of the new offense, he will have one year left. I would rather let one of the freshmen play, learn and take their bumps and have 3 years of solid play left with them, especially instead of redshirting them and pushing the game experience back a year.

Well done!

Let’s assume all things are equal and that last year was a complete meltdown from the coaches to the scout team. Not really a stretch here. These players could sense, even if they were not absolutely sure, that something was amiss within the coaching staff. I for one find it hard to believe that anyone of us could have given our best when the assistant coaches(offense) were not buying into CTF’s game plans.

The new coaching staff has been quoted saying “all positions are open and the best player will play” With that in mind look for some real good lively spring practices and positive results.

The most important and overriding factor here is that Kodi, Neal, and Barrett will have many months of practice at real SEC speed which could and in my opinion, WILL make a huge difference

You’ve seen the things that his dad said last year when he was behind Todd, and Todd was a year older than Kodi. Just think of the outburst if an underclassman is starting ahead of Kodi.

if Kodi can’t get the playing time now as a junior he would most likely transfer to 1-AA in the blink of an eye. But if he can’t get the playing time because he’s not the best option then so be it. With that being said, I have a hard time not seeing him being the best option at least for now….spring and/or fall camp may prove me wrong. I still say with the proper coaching he will excel.

I hope you’re either in highschool or never passed English 101 or 102. I realize I have tons of typos and grammatical errors, but never have I mistaken something that simple on here. Good luck buddy with your future endeavors. You’ll need it.

Whole new coaching staff, new talent, old talent. Throw it wide open, like Chizik has said. Best guy runs it. Let it fall where it may. I’ll trust Gene and Gus’ judgement.

I was a Todd guy, then I was a Burns guy, but in the end I’m whoever will win for us’ guy. I am more prone to give these new guys a chance though. Maybe the political climate with the team was a cancer that poisoned Burns and Todd, or maybe they really aren’t as good as we hoped.

Burns may be good yet. He seemed to play really well in my eyes against UGA. As far as the Iron Bowl goes, he was inexperienced qb going into the most livid place Auburn will visit for at least two years. I doubt it will be that enthusiastic the next time we go up there. I really wish people would give Kodi a second chance. He did earn it by waiting on the sidelines.

…..the dismal Iron Bowl showing on Kodi. We came in with a particularly terrible offensive gameplan. Those damned shotgun handoffs into the short side. Linebackers in a 3-4 LOVE to flow to that stuff! Few attempts to take advantage of man coverage to the outside. No sweeps or screens to space, with our faster players (Fannin, Dunn). We DID start fumbling the ball away in the 3rd quarter. Probably wasn’t in the game plan, but who knows for sure?

…..Utah did sling that ball outside, and made Bama defend the perimeter. Then the middle opened up… We had no chance, with what we ran. We could have had Peyton Manning or Tom Brady last November, and it still wouldn’t have mattered.