GwillMac6 20,671 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Well... you have to admit, he's seen the great and the not so great of Auburn's offenses. Gives him plenty of perspective to analyze from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFE12 9,191 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I don't know how to feel about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 1 minute ago, WFE12 said: I don't know how to feel about this. Think of it this way... there's no limit on analysts, so even if we're just giving an Auburn guy a foot in the door to work his way up in the coaching ranks, there's no downside for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 33,982 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Very Malzahn thing to do. Welcome to the staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corchjay 5,311 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Barrett is a super nice guy or used to be. Might be a good hire might be a bad hire. Being an analyst we will probably never know unless one of the coaches specifically points to his help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aufan57 922 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Craig Sanders moved from being a Grad Assistant to Defensive Analyst, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, aufan57 said: Craig Sanders moved from being a Grad Assistant to Defensive Analyst, also. He just needs a job teaching how to have heart. He was the closest thing I ever saw at Auburn to a real Rudy Rudiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Instead of more analysts, what they need is one of those "get back" coaches like they have on the sideline. You know...keeping the HC from creeping too far out onto the field preventing a penalty, etc. Except, this one's job is to keep Gus out of the offensive meeting room, the OC's office when he's game planning, off the headset when the offense has the ball during a game..... I'm sure they could call him an "analyst" if they want since that seems en vogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthGATiger 1,801 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, GwillMac6 said: Man I am amazed that Gus would bring in a former player or past coaching assistant to be with the program. That is truly revolutionary. Maybe if Burns ever leaves he can be promoted to WR coach. Just having fun guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 The best thing Barrett ever did was quit the team. Had he stayed for 2012 we might have won 3-4 more games and kept Chizik employed longer. He was certainly better than anything else we had that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Gus offered Neil Caudle a grad assistant spot in 2011. Said he knew the offense as well as anyone. Neil didn’t want to coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abw0004 10,112 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I hope Chris Todd gets a nod as an assistant or analyst one day. He could be a great QB coach in my opinion. I have seen his coaching that he does here and there the last year or two and have come away impressed. And congrats to Trotter! Welcome home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Like I said about Al Borges. You’ll never know he’s there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 55 minutes ago, alexava said: Like I said about Al Borges. You’ll never know he’s there. So, you think THIS is Gus' real purpose for all these analysts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan4Auburn 1,626 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 My understanding is that he is going to scout the message boards and find potential individuals to wear hounds tooth, crimson, and repeatedly sing Dixie Land Delight to simulate hostile environments. Mean really, many of these analysts do nothing but watch film and fetch coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, AUsince72 said: So, you think THIS is Gus' real purpose for all these analysts? No every team has analysts and they are not seen or heard from during the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, alexava said: No every team has analysts and they are not seen or heard from during the season. Umm.. Thank you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 4 hours ago, AUsince72 said: Umm.. Thank you? What i mean is, i am glad for Barrett. He deserves it. But there will not be a game or play next season that we win and in the post game presser, Gus or Chip says " we owe all the credit to this game plan to Barrett". None. So as far as for Auburn's success it matters not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUsince72 11,084 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, alexava said: What i mean is, i am glad for Barrett. He deserves it. But there will not be a game or play next season that we win and in the post game presser, Gus or Chip says " we owe all the credit to this game plan to Barrett". None. So as far as for Auburn's success it matters not. Oh, absolutely. I imagine it's mostly breaking down opponent's D film or self-scouting AU's O film and giving notes to the Offensive Coaches for their meetings basically. Then getting coffee for the coaches, polishing their shoes, maybe knocking out some laundry... I was just playing off the "never know he's there" with my (what I thought was brilliant at the time) Invisible Man joke. Your deadpan reply made me doubt my humble attempt at humor though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 12 hours ago, alexava said: The best thing Barrett ever did was quit the team. Had he stayed for 2012 we might have won 3-4 more games and kept Chizik employed longer. He was certainly better than anything else we had that year. You could be right, but I think Loeffler could have screwed up any QB we had. 12 hours ago, alexava said: Like I said about Al Borges. You’ll never know he’s there. So true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I like to see AU coaches give the younger guys a chance. Coaching in college football can be the road to a prosperous life for those who have what it takes....but someone has to enable them to make the first step. Good for BT ...and good for Gus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeek 16,650 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Barrett Trotter had this uncanny ability to throw Pick 6's...Or am I thinking of Clint Mosley? One of them, every single time they threw an INT, it was also a touchdown. Man what a rough few years of QBs... Barrett Trotter Clint Moseley Kiehl Frazier Brandon Cox - way overachieved Kodi Burns Jonathan Wallace Jeremy Johnson All great guys, as far as being decent human beings goes, but dear lord we have had a rough slate of QBs over the years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lca408 366 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I think it was Moseley you're thinking of with the Pick-6s. Trotter was never the same after the Clemson game in 2011 - something happened in the 2nd half, think he got banged up and was never 100% after that. His play declined the next several games until he got pulled vs. UF for Moseley. Then he had that awesome Peach Bowl performance against UVA when Moseley went down and everyone loved him again. Then he said he was leaving. I always though Trotter was the best of that bunch but that was not saying a whole lot. He could maximize his own abilities but had a relatively low ceiling - kind of like a responsible Sean White - capable of making most if not all of the throws but limited by lack of overt athleticism and size. He's good enough to get you 7-8 wins on the season but would need a lot of help from a supporting cast to get you to championship level success. That said, he's been with the Rams for at least a season or two now as an offensive analyst and he was coaching at Briarwood right after he left Auburn. He's got at least some promise for coaching in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionheartkc 6,150 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, lca408 said: I think it was Moseley you're thinking of with the Pick-6s. Trotter was never the same after the Clemson game in 2011 - something happened in the 2nd half, think he got banged up and was never 100% after that. His play declined the next several games until he got pulled vs. UF for Moseley. Then he had that awesome Peach Bowl performance against UVA when Moseley went down and everyone loved him again. Then he said he was leaving. I always though Trotter was the best of that bunch but that was not saying a whole lot. He could maximize his own abilities but had a relatively low ceiling - kind of like a responsible Sean White - capable of making most if not all of the throws but limited by lack of overt athleticism and size. He's good enough to get you 7-8 wins on the season but would need a lot of help from a supporting cast to get you to championship level success. That said, he's been with the Rams for at least a season or two now as an offensive analyst and he was coaching at Briarwood right after he left Auburn. He's got at least some promise for coaching in the future. Don't forget, Barrett also looked better than Cam in the one A-Day Game they both played in. Still he was from the days where we didn't try so hard to get a top QB. He was the 49th best QB in his recruiting class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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