The Bodda Getta

Commissions don't accomplish anything - you must be located in the heart of commission land D.C. We need leadership - when leader's don't know what to do they appoint a commission then their out is well I did what the commission recommended. Forget it!!

Loosing recruits, AAU issues, whatever! it still does not explain the same insanity I witness each time I go to a game. The offense has been on life suppport the whole season. We do the same thing game after game. Spread everyone out, set a high pick for the point guard and all stand around a watch nothing happen until we have to throw up a prayer with 5 sec on the shot clock. No matter who sets the pick (chubb or ADT), or who the point guard is (wallace or sully) that move is useless!! Most teams have decided to let both defensive players defend the guard because we never try to dish to the big man. This causes our point guard to have to pull back out and start over. If Sullly is able to penetrate we get a turnover more often than we get a positive play and if it's Wallace then nobody defends him because he is not a threat to shoot. The only time it seems to work is if Denson is the point. BINGO!! Maybe we should try Denson up top more often. I have also seen nights where the team moves in and out, multiple picks, passes, etc and the offense look really good. However, those moments have been rare and the direction of the offense by our coaches has been dismal at best. Bad offense leads to lazy defense which leads to loosing and severe attitude issues. Then I look and see Barbee's reaction and he just throws his hands up. I don't like his demeanor on the court and i dont like him calling out our players in the media, even if they need a little butt chewing!!

That's a little oversimplified, don't you think? ... Yes, "blue-ribbon commissions" can be used to do nothing but produce reports that gather dust. They can also be good-faith efforts and political necessities to help shape public opinion and rally a majority behind a cause that would otherwise fail. (Think about Auburn's coaching search. Think some top players at Auburn knew that the wider AU public needed three accomplished lettermen standing alongside Jay Jacobs when he announced a new coach?) It's not always as simple as just making a decision and launching. If only life were that simple. This is really not an analysis on Auburn, per se. Just noting that you'd do well to acknowledge that life is about more than backbone and grenades.

I'm reading some Lincoln these days. He was a master strategist, always thinking several moves ahead of everyone around him. That led many of his contemporaries, including his supporters and his Cabinet members, called him all manner of names along the lines of equivocator, weakling, wuss (and worse). History doesn't view him that way now, does it?