Regardless of the mood of the board...

[volsforever27]

Possibly true. However, without reviewing my Tivo, I'm betting it was the same defense he ran that held Auburn without a 1st down in the 4th quarter until that point. If the DLineman is 1/2 a step faster, or the DB makes a better break, that play is stopped. They weren't, and it wasn't. I have a hard time blaming that on coaching.

Why play soft on a 3rd and 5? That's coaching.

 

[Cartervol]

The game was over on the third down conversion. The timeout was all they could do. 3rd and chavis=first down.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Possibly true. However, without reviewing my Tivo, I'm betting it was the same defense he ran that held Auburn without a 1st down in the 4th quarter until that point. If the DLineman is 1/2 a step faster, or the DB makes a better break, that play is stopped. They weren't, and it wasn't. I have a hard time blaming that on coaching.

There is no way our corners have any business one inch behind that first down marker. Not one freaking inch.

It absolutely should have been different than the rest of the half, because being beaten deep didn't matter. A first down ended the game, so the risk was 100% warranted. It was a special situation, no two ways about it. If he played it like all the other series, he should be escorted from the building after cleaning out his office.

 

[SuperVol]

...I thought that was a pretty well coached game.

Is this Philip Fulmer?

 

[cotton]

There is no way our corners have any business one inch behind that first down marker. Not one freaking inch.

It absolutely should have been different than the rest of the half, because being beaten deep didn't matter. A first down ended the game, so the risk was 100% warranted. It was a special situation, no two ways about it. If he played it like all the other series, he should be escorted from the building after cleaning out his office.

Again, it is very difficult for me to blame a loss on the director of a defense that gave up 7 points.

 

[volsforever27]

Again, it is very difficult for me to blame a loss on the director of a defense that gave up 7 points.

...but it's easy to blame it on a DC who went soft. He had no control over the offense, but that was horrible play calling that gave them a 1st down. You can say what you want... it is what it is.

 

[kptvol]

Again, it is very difficult for me to blame a loss on the director of a defense that gave up 7 points.

We're talking about an offense that put up 3 points against Mississippi State. Stopping them was no great feat. In crunch time, Chavis failed once again. He always will. Who cares if you hold Bama to 6 points but on the most crucial down of the ballgame put a no-name cornerback on Bama's best player and let them pick up 50 yards? It happened in 2005. It happened last year. It's already happened twice this year.

I'm not blaming the game on Chavis, but I'm not about to say he coached a great game.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Again, it is very difficult for me to blame a loss on the director of a defense that gave up 7 points.

against an awful offense.

The biggest play of the day and he blew it.

I'm not blaming the game on him in the least. Our QB play is simply insurmountable and the D was the reason we were even in the game. We appear to handle the run reasonably well. Regardless, that play was a small picture of all that has ailed Chavis throughout his career as DC. That's not the modern football game from the D side. D's are complex and attacking. Force you to beat them over the top with shoddy QBs.

 

[cotton]

Is this Philip Fulmer?

No, it is a fan who is attempting to look objectively at a tough loss. The UCLA game was a debacle, and the Florida game was disappointing because Tennessee fumbled and bumbled it into a blowout. This was a 2 point loss to a very good team on their home field despite some obvious limitations on offense.

 

[dyer_maker]

Almost beating an Auburn team that had an offense that is quite possibly as bad as ours does not equate to good coaching. If AUB had a decent offense our defense would have been worn out and in turn the game would have been a blowout. Did anyone catch how disgusted Berry was on the sidelines? He knows he can play QB better than Crompton.

 

[GoBigOrange86]

No, it is a fan who is attempting to look objectively at a tough loss. The UCLA game was a debacle, and the Florida game was disappointing because Tennessee fumbled and bumbled it into a blowout. This was a 2 point loss to a very good team on their home field despite some obvious limitations on offense.

There is one huge, glaring limitation on our offense.

It's scary to think where we could be with a better quarterback.

 

[orangeblooded2]

The only difference in this game was one turn-over.Any coaching differences,any quarterback differences,any game stats,anyway you look at it.Even the fans in the stands.:nono:

 

[kptvol]

No, it is a fan who is attempting to look objectively at a tough loss. The UCLA game was a debacle, and the Florida game was disappointing because Tennessee fumbled and bumbled it into a blowout. This was a 2 point loss to a very good team on their home field despite some obvious limitations on offense.

This great Auburn team has beaten no one of note. They are going to lose several more games.

 

[BigPapaVol]

No, it is a fan who is attempting to look objectively at a tough loss. The UCLA game was a debacle, and the Florida game was disappointing because Tennessee fumbled and bumbled it into a blowout. This was a 2 point loss to a very good team on their home field despite some obvious limitations on offense.

I do appreciate the objectivity and think you're being entirely fair, but I'm just tired of the same failure on the part of John Chavis.

 

[cotton]

There is one huge, glaring limitation on our offense.

It's scary to think where we could be with a better quarterback.

I didn't see one limitation on offense. I saw a running game that couldn't do squat in the fourth quarter;, I saw Lucas Taylor drop a ball in a crucial situation, and I saw G Jones drop one earlier. I also saw a QB that did a few good things but couldn't get the job done when it mattered (late in the game and turning good drives into touchdowns.) All of this was against a very good defense that took advantage of every miscue.

Alright, I'm going out. Please keep your flames succinct so that I may respond to them in turn later.