Auburn football's head coach feels the Tigers have to get better at a set of fundamental things as soon as possible.
These fundamentals impact both sides of the football for the Tigers.
"I think as a team, we gotta continue to grow in a big way, and we gotta do it really, really quickly, from a fundamental standpoint," Golesh told reporters on Monday. "And I'm talking about blocking in space, tackling in space, all of the little things that that can either turn a small gain into an explosive one. Defensively, keep you out of third and fourth and shorts, and allow you to create more negatives. Those are the biggest things, we talk about tackling. There were 16 missed tackles in that game for 68 yards, improvement from a week ago. But certainly, a big, big staple of our defense is the ability to get people down on the ground, and it's gotten better, it's not where it's got to be, and you go into an offense, like we're about to face, and that's truly what they make you do nonstop."
The Auburn head coach looks to be searching for ways to make the Tigers' offense more explosive, while making sure the Auburn defense is not giving up explosives. Missed tackles tend to lead to explosive plays, and effective open-field blocks have a tendency to spring ball carriers free.
The Tigers are coming off a win over the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Auburn offense produced eight plays that resulted in 10-yard gains or more during the victory. The Tigers' defense gave up six plays that went for 10 yards or more.
Auburn returns to action Saturday to take on the Tennessee Vols on the road.
