Dual-Threat Rigby 8,574 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 move on to next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnphan 6,050 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 15 hours ago, lionheartkc said: Here's the rub about that Beaker... that's completely rumor started by a bunch of p***ed off fans who wanted someone to blame for the loss. Odds are just as likely that the play calling in that game was crazy because Rhett was struggling to find an answer when it became obvious that Sean couldn't play through the injury and the rest of the team wasn't stepping up to help. No one has any clue if Gus got involved in play calling, packages, or any of it at the end of the season or not. In all honesty the play calling was a three headed monster between Gus, Herb and Rhett. Rhett sent the plays in to the team, but Herb and Gus were in his ear on play calling and those two did game planning. Loyalty to Gus by JJ was the only thing that allowed Rhett to still be on the staff and an opportunity to get employed elsewhere instead of being fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 4 minutes ago, auburnphan said: Loyalty to Gus by JJ was the only thing that allowed Rhett to still be on the staff and an opportunity to get employed elsewhere instead of being fired. This I can totally see. Not to say he won't even be a big league OC, but he needs more time in the intermediate pool before living in the deep end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaolgatiger 520 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 14 hours ago, SumterAubie said: Was the 'keep up' barb necessary? <Lumps dag in with cole and jeff> They're not the same person?(sarcasm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 33,852 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 1 hour ago, imaolgatiger said: They're not the same person?(sarcasm) Do you add anything worth substance to any discussion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 15 minutes ago, DAG said: Do you add anything worth substance to any discussion? Don't get drawn in. It's one thing to debate talking points, its another to get pulled into a battle of insults. All it does is make everyone involved look worse. Cole falls into that trap all of the time, which is why he has a worse rep than he deserves. Stay above it where you belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker 2,457 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 On 3/8/2017 at 8:41 AM, lionheartkc said: This I can totally see. Not to say he won't even be a big league OC, but he needs more time in the intermediate pool before living in the deep end. I totally get it.... I am one of those fans who could not see straight after UGA. For the first time in a few years I thought we had the upper hand talent wise and we lost. Heck I wondered why we didn't toss Woody Barrett out there knowing our own weaknesses. I have since learned that would have been worse, but the UGA execution and plan looked liked 50 shades of Clemson. Thanks for the insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I'll be worried that Sean will break his arm again and not tell anyone. If that happens, Gus might put JF3 at quarterback. He did last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 16,624 Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Does Auburn's Sean White plan on working with private QB coach in offseason? Tom Green | tgreen@al.com Sean White will likely link up with a familiar face when he returns home to South Florida this summer. With Gus Malzahn's longstanding rule prohibiting his quarterbacks from working with private coaches in the offseason now a thing of the past thanks to new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey, White said he will probably reunite with his longtime private coach Ken Mastrole this summer when he returns home. "Yeah, they said, 'don't make it this whole big deal,' but it's not a big deal," White said. "You go home or something and you want to work with a quarterback coach you trust, that's fine." White will be at least the second of Auburn's quarterbacks to seek outside tutoring ahead of the 2017 season. True freshman Malik Willis has been working with private coach Sean McEvoy back in Georgia, spending time with him prior to the start of spring practice and then again while the Tigers were on spring break. White started working with Mastrole back when he was in the eighth grade, but in 2014 he was told to discontinue training with him by Malzahn. Mastrole runs Mastrole Quarterback Academy in Estero, Fla., and he has worked with quarterbacks such as EJ Manuel of the Buffalo Bills, Teddy Bridgewater of the Minnesota Vikings and Jacoby Brissett of the New England Patriots, as well as several college quarterbacks, including former Georgia signal-caller Hutson Mason and former Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds, among others. Although White has not worked with Mastrole since 2014, the two have maintained a close relationship while White has been at Auburn. Mastrole has been pleased with the progress he has seen from White from afar, noting how the redshirt junior has improved in several areas -- accuracy, mechanics, anticipating throws, to name a few -- during his two years of playing time at Auburn. Mastrole also said "there's no question" that he will work with White this offseason when the quarterback returns home at the end of the semester. "Those guys want to go work when they're away from here and really, they're just working on fundamentals and trying to improve and get better," Lindsey said earlier this month. "That's something that, as time has gone on, that relationship has changed over time. I'll just be honest." White 'happy' after surgery, competing for starting job with plate in forearm First, though, White needs to complete the rehab on his right forearm, which he broke in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2 and subsequently had surgery on. White has been limited to individual work and 7-on-7 drills this spring, and the coaching staff has had him on a pitch-count. Still, the 6-foot, 190-pound quarterback has been pleased with the rehab process -- even with a plate remaining in his surgically repaired arm -- and is eager to get back into the swing of things, hopefully by the end of spring, and compete with Jarrett Stidham for the Tigers' starting quarterback job. "Competition will make you better," White said. "You can't get comfortable or anything like that, so I think that part has helped me. Just trying to get back out there and get in the flow of things and get healthy soon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,801 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 They (the staff?) told him not to make it a big deal? It's the staff's fault it became a big deal in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aukooze91 11 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Tiger said: They (the staff?) told him not to make it a big deal? It's the staff's fault it became a big deal in the first place You got that right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 16,957 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cole256 16,957 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 On 3/7/2017 at 5:54 PM, SumterAubie said: Was the 'keep up' barb necessary? <Lumps dag in with cole and jeff> Lol. I definitely wouldn't ever have you on my mind on this site. But you can lump me wherever, but be sure to look at yourself in the mirror, you're a grown man judging me because you didn't like my opinion on sw because it was different than yours and you're such a big fan.....now who is really on some type of high horse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubiefifty 16,624 Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 oanow.com ‘I feel like the underdog’: Sean White is competing to be Auburn’s starting QB with a plate in his arm Josh Vitale | AU Writer Follow on Twitter Like on Facebook Auburn quarterback Sean White during the team's first spring practice on Feb. 28, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. On Saturday inside Jordan-Hare Stadium, Jarrett Stidham got his first chance to play football in a scrimmage situation in a year. Woody Barrett and Malik Willis got their first chances to go live under the watchful eyes of coach Gus Malzahn and offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey. Related When Jarrett Stidham announced on Dec. 10 that he had committed to Auburn, he was almost imm… Sean White could only stand on the sidelines and watch. White is a rising redshirt junior and Auburn’s incumbent starting quarterback, but this spring, he’s playing from behind. The two quarterbacks White competed with for former offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee’s affection last spring and fall — Jeremy Johnson (graduated) and John Franklin III (moved to wide receiver) — are out of the picture, but Stidham (the Baylor transfer), Barrett and Willis (the redshirt and true freshmen) are very much in it. And while that trio has been full-go all spring trying to learn Lindsey’s offense in the coordinator’s first year back on the Plains, White has been limited to non-contact work as he continues to work his way back from a broken right forearm suffered in the Sugar Bowl. “As a competitor, you want to be out there and playing,” White said in his first comments to the media since Jan. 2. “I feel like the underdog as far as I can't get out there and get reps. That's the hardest part. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can without getting actual team reps in 7-on-7 and getting timing down. We'll see what happens.” When White first suffered the hit near the goal line on the first drive against Oklahoma, he thought he was dealing with bruise. When the pain began to intensify as the game went on, he started to think, “You got to be kidding me.” Two months earlier, the sophomore signal-caller had risen to the top of the SEC leaderboards in both completion percentage and efficiency rating as he led the Tigers on a six-game winning streak that had them briefly in the College Football Playoff discussion. But White suffered a throwing shoulder injury on Oct. 29 at Ole Miss which severely limited him against Vanderbilt and Georgia and cost him the final two games of the season against Alabama A&M and Alabama. Auburn lost two of those four games. The Sugar Bowl was his first game back. “It was a tough pill to swallow, but it is what it is,” said White, who threw for 1,679 yards and nine touchdowns last season. “I’m fighting my way back.” White underwent surgery not long after the game, getting a plate inserted into his right forearm to help it heal. The rehab process included rest to “get the bone right,” bone stimulators to speed up the process and plenty of work in the training room trying to get his forearm strength back. The Boca Raton, Florida, native, who sports a scar on the underside of that right arm, said he has recovered enough that he’s been able to throw as much as he wants in individual and 7-on-7, non-contact drills. But he won’t be cleared for contact work until the summer. “We don’t want to put him in a situation in 11-on-11 where somebody hits his arm and all that, but I will say he’s progressing well,” Malzahn said. “I know Chip’s been impressed with him, with his retention. Obviously, he played last year, so he’s very familiar with things, and even the new concepts, he’s familiar with. He’s off to a good start, but he’s limited.” So on days like Saturday, and most likely the April 8 A-Day game, too, White will be held out of the action. But he’s keenly aware of what’s going on around him in the competition for the starting quarterback job. Related Most of the talk surrounding Auburn’s quarterback race this spring has centered, fairly, on … On Stidham, White said “he looks good out there and comfortable and seems to know the offense.” On Willis, he said “he has a lot of similarities playing-wise to how Nick (Marshall) used to play.” Stidham said the relationship between all four quarterbacks has “been awesome.” White said he is still getting to know Stidham, but that he seems like “a good guy, works hard and is a good competitor.” The injury hasn’t eliminated White from the competition. Malzahn and Lindsey have reiterated throughout the spring that they aren’t going to name a starting quarterback until after White is cleared and able to fully go through practice, even if that may not happen until the fall. That’s still the only thing on White’s mind. Asked how tough it would be if he had to be the backup next season, he said “I haven’t even really thought about it at this point.” “I want to be the starter,” White continued. “I think the coaches and stuff have done me right and given me a fair chance.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn quarterback Sean White during the team's first spring practice on Feb. 28, 2017, in Auburn, Ala. On Saturday inside Jordan-Hare Stadium, Jarrett Stidham got his first chance to play football in a scrimmage situation in a year. Woody Barrett and Malik Willis got their first chances to go live under the watchful eyes of coach Gus Malzahn and offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey. Related When Jarrett Stidham announced on Dec. 10 that he had committed to Auburn, he was almost imm… Sean White could only stand on the sidelines and watch. White is a rising redshirt junior and Auburn’s incumbent starting quarterback, but this spring, he’s playing from behind. The two quarterbacks White competed with for former offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee’s affection last spring and fall — Jeremy Johnson (graduated) and John Franklin III (moved to wide receiver) — are out of the picture, but Stidham (the Baylor transfer), Barrett and Willis (the redshirt and true freshmen) are very much in it. And while that trio has been full-go all spring trying to learn Lindsey’s offense in the coordinator’s first year back on the Plains, White has been limited to non-contact work as he continues to work his way back from a broken right forearm suffered in the Sugar Bowl. “As a competitor, you want to be out there and playing,” White said in his first comments to the media since Jan. 2. “I feel like the underdog as far as I can't get out there and get reps. That's the hardest part. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can without getting actual team reps in 7-on-7 and getting timing down. We'll see what happens.” When White first suffered the hit near the goal line on the first drive against Oklahoma, he thought he was dealing with bruise. When the pain began to intensify as the game went on, he started to think, “You got to be kidding me.” Two months earlier, the sophomore signal-caller had risen to the top of the SEC leaderboards in both completion percentage and efficiency rating as he led the Tigers on a six-game winning streak that had them briefly in the College Football Playoff discussion. But White suffered a throwing shoulder injury on Oct. 29 at Ole Miss which severely limited him against Vanderbilt and Georgia and cost him the final two games of the season against Alabama A&M and Alabama. Auburn lost two of those four games. The Sugar Bowl was his first game back. “It was a tough pill to swallow, but it is what it is,” said White, who threw for 1,679 yards and nine touchdowns last season. “I’m fighting my way back.” White underwent surgery not long after the game, getting a plate inserted into his right forearm to help it heal. The rehab process included rest to “get the bone right,” bone stimulators to speed up the process and plenty of work in the training room trying to get his forearm strength back. The Boca Raton, Florida, native, who sports a scar on the underside of that right arm, said he has recovered enough that he’s been able to throw as much as he wants in individual and 7-on-7, non-contact drills. But he won’t be cleared for contact work until the summer. “We don’t want to put him in a situation in 11-on-11 where somebody hits his arm and all that, but I will say he’s progressing well,” Malzahn said. “I know Chip’s been impressed with him, with his retention. Obviously, he played last year, so he’s very familiar with things, and even the new concepts, he’s familiar with. He’s off to a good start, but he’s limited.” So on days like Saturday, and most likely the April 8 A-Day game, too, White will be held out of the action. But he’s keenly aware of what’s going on around him in the competition for the starting quarterback job. Related Most of the talk surrounding Auburn’s quarterback race this spring has centered, fairly, on … On Stidham, White said “he looks good out there and comfortable and seems to know the offense.” On Willis, he said “he has a lot of similarities playing-wise to how Nick (Marshall) used to play.” Stidham said the relationship between all four quarterbacks has “been awesome.” White said he is still getting to know Stidham, but that he seems like “a good guy, works hard and is a good competitor.” The injury hasn’t eliminated White from the competition. Malzahn and Lindsey have reiterated throughout the spring that they aren’t going to name a starting quarterback until after White is cleared and able to fully go through practice, even if that may not happen until the fall. That’s still the only thing on White’s mind. Asked how tough it would be if he had to be the backup next season, he said “I haven’t even really thought about it at this point.” “I want to be the starter,” White continued. “I think the coaches and stuff have done me right and given me a fair chance.”
gr82be 14,363 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 A fair chance is really all he can expect and it sounds like he understands that. Someone new coming in to a job situation can happen to people at any time. I'm a Sean White fan but the quarterback who gives Auburn the best chance to win is the one every fan wants to see play. Sean is a gamer and something tells me he won't go quietly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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