Submit your questions for the return of the Observer Mailbag
Let’s try out a new way to get the ‘bag back going again, shall we?
Hey, y’all. We’ve taken a couple of weeks off from the mailbag, and I only got a few questions for this week’s edition yesterday.
So I thought I would try something different and try to ask for them this way. I’ve seen it work for other Substacks, at least.
You can send me any questions you have from this busy time for Auburn football and men’s basketball in one of three ways:
comment on this post with your question
email it to me at the1andonlyJF@gmail.com
send it to me on Twitter or Bluesky
We’ll bring the ‘bag back tomorrow morning, along with a new episode of the podcast, for a 2-for-1 Friday for subscribers.
And if you get to this late and just want to submit a question for a future mailbag in the comments, I’ll keep track of them here.
Thanks as always for your support of The Auburn Observer. Enjoy your Thursday. We’ll have plenty to talk about, both on the newsletter and the podcast side.
Hey Ferg, it’s obviously been a very frustrating start to conference play in basketball. At this point it’s pretty well established that for a good defense some keys are experience and experience playing together, both of which this team doesn’t have. What can we realistically expect from this team defensively moving forward? And has there been any improvement to this point in the season analytically? Who would be considered the best defender on this team?
Also, lots of football portal action going on, meaning we’re in scoop season. One of the things I like about the Observer is that it DOESNT deal in scoops since it’s mostly just engagement bait. Random merch idea I had was a sticker that said “reject scoops, embrace journalism” your thoughts??
Thanks as always for the great analysis
Steven Pearl was the “defensive coordinator” prior to being head coach. I know you’ve said Bruce let his assistants run practices a lot, but how much of Steven’s having to focus on being the head coach now rather than focusing mainly on defense and providing his scouting reports affected the defensive play? Or do you think it’s really been an issue at all since most of the staff is still the same as before?