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Auburn's Bryce Brown, who had 20 of his 22 points in first half, critical of Aggies' effort. Said he expected more 'fire' from A&M defensively when a ranked opponent comes on to Aggies' home court -- 'They probably could have played a little harder

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For someone that usually somehow has found reasons to stick up for BK and the effort that his team has sometimes chosen to display, tonight was an absolute debacle. That, I think, is the least effort I've seen made since Watkin's days by any Ag to even try to block out or fight for a rebound on either end of the Court. Also, were the Ag defenders actually trying to encourage the guy with the ball to dribble and drive inside right past them straight to the basket without even trying to keep them out of the paint? Were they purposely staying away from Brown so he could try to set a school record on uncontested 3's? Were most of the Ags, excluding Chandler and one or two others, intentionally not going after the ball the few time Auburn let us knock the ball loose around our own basket? Do we ever play man on man defense where we play remotely like a man on fire? Were our big men totally and hopelessly intimidated by Auburn as they couldn't/didn't get the ball and do anything with it all night and were ALWAYS out of position to get rebounds? Can any one on our team at least make free throws on the rare occasions they actually drove close enough to the basket to draw a foul while throwing up a hopeless desperation lob towards the basket? Can Stark just stay on the bench for the good of the team? Did the entire team just declare it a season after their single SEC victory against Alabama? Is every member of the team still running wind sprints outside or running stairs in Reed Arena and if not, why not? Does our team have one single guy who is a leader who pushes or inspires the others to play their best?

In short, after tonight, I think that BK should retire immediately just for his own good because if tonight's effort was any indication of the quality of his coaching, he needs to quit because he is not doing his job and if tonight's exhibition was solely the result of his team deciding they simply don't give a *****, then he needs to quit and not take the blame for the team's horrendous lack of effort or ability.

I hate watching the Aggies lose, but every loss brings us closer to a new coach and an exciting new era of Aggie basketball!