{"id":439464,"date":"2018-05-29T09:45:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T15:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=439464"},"modified":"2018-05-29T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T15:45:27","slug":"by-what-metric-does-someone-think-malzahn-is-underachieving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/by-what-metric-does-someone-think-malzahn-is-underachieving\/","title":{"rendered":"By what metric does someone think Malzahn is underachieving?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts-12-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-419599\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/NutsBolts-12-8-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An anonymous coaching source was asked by Lindy\u2019s preseason football team what he thought of Gus Malzahn\u2019s work as Auburn head football coach.<\/p>\n<p>This kind of anonymous source reporting is as much a guilty pleasure for football fans as the Kardashians are for young mothers.<br \/>\nYou know there is better media to consume. You know you\u2019re wasting your time and encouraging this drivel, but it\u2019s just hard to look away.<\/p>\n<p>About Malzahn, this anonymous coach said, \u201cAuburn\u2019s going to pay $50 million and he underachieved again. They give him a new contract? For What? Mediocrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I suppose mediocrity depends on your standards. For the record, Malzahn won 10 games last season and convincingly beat two No. 1 teams, which happen to be Auburn\u2019s two biggest rivals and the teams that eventually played for the national championship.<br \/>\nA lot of schools would love that kind of mediocrity, but what about the underachiever claim?<\/p>\n<p>Malzahn has won 45 games in Malzahn\u2019s five years. In the previous five years, Auburn won 38 games.<br \/>\nMalzahn\u2019s nine wins per year far exceed what Auburn has accomplished throughout its history. And all of that history wasn\u2019t spent battling an in-state dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you can find maddening examples of Malzahn doing goofy stuff and losing games he probably shouldn\u2019t. But exceeding the standards of recent and all-time standards doesn\u2019t add up to underachieving.<br \/>\nFor Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Nuts and Bolts of the Game.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-439464-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NutsBolts052518.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NutsBolts052518.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NutsBolts052518.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>An anonymous coaching source was asked by Lindy\u2019s preseason football team what he thought of Gus Malzahn\u2019s work as Auburn head football coach. 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