Tuberville speaks, 9/30
The Head Coach has finished his weekly meeting with the press. There were some interesting nuggets being relayed. Accurate nuggets? I'll let you decide.- On his role with the offense: "Every week, I play some role. I give my 2 cents worth. With you, (Tony Franklin) is pretty blunt. He gives you the coaches' perspective. I'm a little more political. Sometimes, you can't handle the truth."
- On which offense Auburn is running: "We don't run Tony Franklin's Spread Offense. We run Auburn's offense. You can't put a square peg in a round hole. Why would you do that? I'm here to win games. I’m
not here to win friends and run for public office. I like (the spread). I think it's good. It's certainly helped us in recruiting. It's been tremendous." - On Tray Blackmon, who has a right wrist fracture: "He's going to have a club on his hand for a while. It's just unfortunate. He'll just have to play with it."
- On Blackmon's backup, Joshua Bynes: "He took command of the defense. He was a little apprehensive at simes -- that's just from not playing. He played with a lot of enthusiasm; he had a lot of fun."
- On why Bynes and Blackmon can't play concurrently: "Moving (Blackmon) to a new position ... It would be detrimental to Tray."
(**Note: Though the question provided no inference about which player would be forced to change positions, Tuberville concluded immediately that Blackmon would be the one moving in that scenario.)
- On the "War Eagle Formation" that features Wario Fannin: "You can't do a whole lot with it. If we add something to it, we probably dump something we had in last week. I like it. It gives you a couple of options."
- On the situation at placekicker: "Wesley will be our kicker. The big thing is fundamentals. He just lost his technique. You have to go back to Square One. We've been doing that."
- On Vanderbilt: "They're not going to do anything fancy in terms of making mistakes."
- On recruiting Vandy quarterback Chris Nickson, a 2004 Pike County High graduate: "We weren't in this type of offense. We knew about him. We looked at him. We didn't need that type of quarterback atr that time. We knew he was competitive."
Photo credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University
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posted by Jay G. Tate at
1:30 PM
31 Comments:
I'm so confused.
So the spread is just a recuiting tool, but we still run "Auburn offense"?
I think so.
Fellas,
Not football realted but I am doing on-campus recruiting in athens, ga today and the co-eds are still wearing shorts...its helped clear my mind on the AU offense situation.
So when recruits catch on that we aren't doing what we are selling to them, what happens?
If we aren't running the Tony Franklin System, why do we need Tony Franklin? Are we slowly going to move to this, or have we just given up on this and moving on?
Like I said, I'm confused.
Scottatl,
That's the best thing I've read in here since Jay posted that picture of Jenna Fischer.
"Auburn's offense" is 80% TFSO and 20% other principles (ie the "I" formation and under-center stuff) that have served the Tigers well in past seasons.
It was 95% TFSO in March.
Those are my numbers. I'm basing that on what I saw against Tennessee vs. what I saw during spring drills.
Ok, I read more into his quote than needed.
Was Franklin under the understanding that he would be bringing his his offense, but it would be altered to our needs?
It sill just seems like a mess either way. Maybe we can be the 1st hybrid spread/i-formation offense. Usually you are one way or the other.
He expected some alteration. Maybe not this much.
Oklahoma runs what I'd call a spread/power hybrid offense.
Oklahoma seems to be alittle bit of both. And OU is the ideal offense according to CTT.
We can call it whatever we want, but it's been awhile since we've had a home run threat at RB, WR or a QB that can get it to either.
We don't have that dynamic player or players that Oklahoma seems to cycle in and out.
If we could get an offense that you know would put 24-28 on the board each game, with our defense we'd be fine.
So like you've predicted, if we can get SEC average on offense we'll be fine.
The difference between AU and OU would be a current starting QB that can throw the ball effectively.
Dan, you're right.
Also, nobody at Auburn looks or plays like OU wideout Juaquin Iglesias.
I mean, Auburn has some good possession guys. Tommy Trott made an incredible catch last week. He's good. Rod Smith and Hawthorne, in my mind, are pretty good.
None of those three are going to pull away from defensive backs.
Franklin wants to put these guys in one-on-one matchups. The problem is that, aside from Trott vs. linebackers, I'm not sure Auburn can win these matchups consistently.
Oklahoma also has no less than 4 game breaking WR's who stretch the D & they execute their offense far better than we can.
However the execution should come with time and practice, so we should get a lot better there.
So Jay, who's "supposed" to be our speed guys? Slaughter? Dunn? PPL?
Just wondering.
err... that was supposed to say speed receivers.
Maybe that was why this offense looked it's best in the bowl game. I guess that was 100% Tony Franklin doing what he knows how to do.
LSU has a great balance of the spread and traditional sets in their offense. Their OC, Crowton, was once at BYU and has brought elements of that to LSU. At the same time, they have been able to mix in the power sets that are needed to be successful in the SEC. They put their players in positions to make plays.
Of course, it helps that they has an embarrassment of talent.
I don't know how good our receivers could be if they had the opportunity to catch the ball in stride on wide open routes since they almost always have to stop and wait on the ball or its thrown way out of reach. Think of the quick swing pass to Wario that was out of reach, a catchable ball and he gains signicant yardage. As I posted earlier, I now believe CT is the bad gear in this machine.
PPL is a speed guy.
Slaughter, to me, is more of a jumper and a cutter. I wouldn't say he's a speed guy per se.
Swinton is supposed to be a speed guy. I gotta say -- I have no idea what has happened to him. He oughta be on a milk carton the way things are going.
So what gives with the offense and do you think that CTF is going to "adapt" to this idea. I like it. Personally, to use a basketball analogy, teams that like to run an uptempo game, much like the Louisville Teams of the 80s, still need an offense to kill the clock and a half court offense to score in situations like at the end of a half and coming out of timeouts.
I don't really see that with the CTF offense. I thought that was a weakness at Troy and definitely at UK. As a matter of fact, Mummee started having problems at UK when all the big linemen recruited by CBC and Elliot Uzelac that were run blockers graduated. You should remember that Jay G, you were in the Bluegrass state, as was I, when that was happening.
Thoughts?
CTF has to adapt. He's making a lot of money. A two-week notice isn't available.
I was covering volleyball when Uzelac was there. Hell, I may have been pouring concrete to fund my second degree. I don't remember.
Denny, you're solid gold. Great work.
Video will be up in a few minutes.
Jay G ... I didn't know you were a hod carrier.
What is hod?
I'm sure I should know that.
Jay G.
Come on you dont know what "hod carrier" is? that's a concrete finisher.... as in finishing hot mud straight from the truck!!!
Remember you don't pour concerte.... you place it...
BTW doing a story on my boy JB tomorrow.... Thank You.... he's gettn better and better each game.... remember Jay G. I ptoclaimed to be the president of the his fan club weeks ago.... give me my props!!!!
AUnMobile is the winner. Bonus question: define rod buster.
Actually, a 'hod' is an old masonry term for the box used to carry bricks or mortar to where they are placed. It has three sides and a pole handle. A 'hod carrier' was the lowest (i.e. dumbest) worker at the site; only good for the strength of his back and legs.
The term 'hod carrier' may be used for a concrete truck, but the term is much older than the vehicle.
A "rod buster" is the guy who cuts and sets the rebar pattern/grid for a reinforced concrete pour for a structure. It can also be the device he uses to cut/bend the rebar.
Sullivan013*
*Schooled as a Civil Engineer but went into the Army and then Information Security instead. No regrets.
Jay,
Re: Hod Carrier.
Present company excepted, of course. *g*
Historically, the Immigrant Irish were the 'hod carriers' at job sites in New York and Britain. Reference: Lyrics to Finnegan's Wake
"Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin Street,
A gentle Irishman mighty odd
He had a brogue both rich and sweet,
An' to rise in the world he carried a hod..."
Sullivan013
i learn so much on this blog. :)
Phred,
Come on give me something hard!!
thats a guy who ties rebar....
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