{"id":315307,"date":"2017-04-07T09:56:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T15:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=315307"},"modified":"2017-04-07T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T15:59:57","slug":"spring-games-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/spring-games-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring games are just tools for the coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s a very big weekend for spring football games across college football, including at Auburn and South Alabama.<\/p>\n

As always, fans will come away from these glorified scrimmages with many overreactions, both positive and negative, but here’s something to keep in mind: every team playing in a spring game will accomplish exactly what its head coach wants to accomplish.<\/p>\n

For instance, at Auburn, Gus Malzahn has made a commitment to improve the Tigers’ passing game. It’s important for a number of reasons, including the goal of showcasing explosive attack to recruits such as wide receiver Justin Ross of Phenix City.<\/p>\n

Ross, the state’s No. 1 recruit for 2018, said he is strongly considering Auburn, only because he believes they are now committed to a strong passing game. If Malzahn wants to, he can line up his best offensive players against a bunch of defenders who are deep on the Auburn depth chart.<\/p>\n

The result will be similar to what we saw at last year’s spring game in\u00a0Louisville, where Lamar Jackson threw for 500 yards.<\/p>\n

It’s not like there’s no reason to attend the spring game of your favorite team. Watching how newcomers or a certain individual player performs can be fun and informative, but\u00a0no matter how good or bad the offense or defense looks overall, just know that’s how the coach set it up.<\/p>\n

For Threaded Fasteners, I’m Randy Kennedy with your Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n\n

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