Auburn fans should put aside their irrational expectations, and understand the challenges Tommy Tuberville faces. Tuberville has only been at Auburn nine years. That’s a short time in the annals of football history. Just look how long coaches like Jordan and Bryant were at their respective schools. What’s more, look at how long Paterno and Bowden have been at their schools. Does anyone think it easy for a coach to be at a place nine short years and compete with the likes of Bowden and Paterno? Of course not! Tuberville needs more time.
The expectations on Tuberville are excessive. He can’t be expected to win every game, every year. That’s just stupid. Sure Tuberville has made mistakes. Sure losing to rivals by big margins hurts (like Georgia in 2006 or 2003) and sure Tuberville has a career losing record against Arkansas at 5-6 and sure Tuberville has a losing record to Georgia Tech (0-2), but come on he has beaten Alabama five times.
That should really count for something! Even Pat Dye couldn’t do that. Sure, Pat Dye didn’t have to deal with Mike Shula, but he did have his Bill Curry!
Expectations shouldn’t cloud reality. Tuberville just hasn’t had enough time to get this current group of players educated in his system. That takes years. Obviously, it isn’t Tuberville’s fault the quarterbacks aren’t ready to play. It is Cox’s fault. It is Burns’ fault. It might even be Borges’ fault—but he is a genius, so probably not.
Just stick by your coach. Don’t expect to win every game and you’ll do just fine.
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Wow, that’s a whole lot of condescending crap for one article.
I have yet to decide whether bama fans are more insufferable when they are losing or when they are winning. But since winning has been fairly unusual for the past decade, I think it’s winning. You win three games and think you are “destined” for “glory.”
I have never seen any group of fans so determined to live in the past as bama fans are.
The Bama program is a train wreck, with dreams of past glory but nothing more. You just can’t accept Auburn has the real “magicâ€, the kind that will rise from the ashes and beat the Bammers for a sixth, seventh, eighth time in a row.
The same sort of redundant analysis from an Auburn fan. Auburn lost to Mississippi State! If a supposed major SEC program is losing to MSU, you should be pissed! This is how SEC coaches get fired, see Shula and Zook. If your an Auburn fan and you are relying on mystical (“magic”) forces for wins you should be afraid.