auburn4ever 1,266 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Now Gus needs to go out and hire a top OL coach. I know there's some real good ones out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucom96 1,618 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Don’t hold your breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticbear 8 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 The O-line will be much improved and I don't think anything will change with the coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weagl1 1,782 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Biggest issue is recruiting. J.B. is a good coach but when he left and came back the cupboard was pretty bare. That clown Gus hired while he was gone screwed that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsing 577 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 My guess is even if Gus is entertaining the thoughts of a new OL coach or JB wants to retire it would be after early NSD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangletiger 1,599 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Hopsing said: My guess is even if Gus is entertaining the thoughts of a new OL coach or JB wants to retire it would be after early NSD! Possibly even after the bowl game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roe4christ 940 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 JB Grimes seems to be a really good guy and has done an average to good job with the OL talent he was left when he came back. They have gradually gotten better but it took near a full season to do so. With a senior laden OL, should have happened faster in my opinion. Having said that, I really do hope that Grimes decides to retire. Now days, you really need a very good recruiter and a developer on the line of scrimmages. You can't be one or the other and hope to be really successful long term. With the hire of CCM as OC, I think going ahead with a change at OL would complete the immediate changes needed on offense. I think we are fine at RB and WR (although debateble) at least for another season. The change at OC and OL is enough for one offseason. Too much change to quick may not be good in the long run with players and recruits. If there is some twicking that needs to be done in either of those two positions, you address after next season. Just my thoughts. I am excited about the hire of CCM and am feeling cautiously optomistic for next season. We shall see. Really its going to come down to how much control Gus will give Chad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boisnumber1 2,818 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I think the worst part of our OL is poor evaluation in recruiting. Too many big recruits that turn out average, soft. But still, we may need an OL coach who is a good evaluator and recruiter, as well as coach. We do not have that right now. Hand really set us back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auskip07 930 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, boisnumber1 said: I think the worst part of our OL is poor evaluation in recruiting. Too many big recruits that turn out average, soft. But still, we may need an OL coach who is a good evaluator and recruiter, as well as coach. We do not have that right now. Hand really set us back. its been a problem before hand. OL is hard to evaluate looking at where the NFL offensive linemen went to college is very entertaining . High rated OL recruits are like fools gold to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilli13 600 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 17 minutes ago, auskip07 said: its been a problem before hand. OL is hard to evaluate looking at where the NFL offensive linemen went to college is very entertaining . High rated OL recruits are like fools gold to me. I dont feel it's that complicated. If you look at our starters this year, none were considered blue chip prospects out of high school. Kaleb Kim was in the army all american game but even he was low rated 4 star. It's pretty simple really...we need more of the high 4 and 5 star road grading hogmollies to make the Gus Bus go again. At least with the way Gus drives it now. We absolutely need an elite online coach. The fact Gus fiddledicks around and wont get that done is beyond infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auskip07 930 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 13 minutes ago, twilli13 said: I dont feel it's that complicated. If you look at our starters this year, none were considered blue chip prospects out of high school. Kaleb Kim was in the army all american game but even he was low rated 4 star. It's pretty simple really...we need more of the high 4 and 5 star road grading hogmollies to make the Gus Bus go again. At least with the way Gus drives it now. All pro NFL Offensive lineman last year 2018 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2009/david-bakhtiari-29124 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2007/mitchell-schwartz-27247 3 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2014/quenton-nelson-14848 5 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2009/zack-martin-24544 4 star Jason Kelce http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/30349/jason-kelce No stars not rated. Yeah i think it is that complicated. 2 of the 5 you would have considered to be good enough out of highschool to be recruited here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilli13 600 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, auskip07 said: All pro NFL Offensive lineman last year 2018 https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2009/david-bakhtiari-29124 2 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2007/mitchell-schwartz-27247 3 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2014/quenton-nelson-14848 5 star https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/2009/zack-martin-24544 4 star Jason Kelce http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/30349/jason-kelce No stars not rated. Yeah i think it is that complicated. 2 of the 5 you would have considered to be good enough out of highschool to be recruited here. What's your point? That has no bearing on whether or not our college team would better off with 4 and 5 star kids than 3 stars. Look at Bamas online....sure seem to be consistently damn good and they are mostly made up of 4 and 5 stars. That doesn't do it for ya? Go back and pull the star rankings from our 2016 and 2017 o linemen and compare them to the 18/19 bunch. Which line was way better? I'll take it a step further...what was the main changing factor between the 17 and 18 offenses? And which offense was better? I'll hang up and listen.... Who have been our most dominant offensive lineman in recent history....Greg Robinson, Braden Smith, Sean Coleman...going way back we had Marcus McNeil. Care to venture what they had in common? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFriction 1,179 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Grimes needs to be replaced. Coaching is the issue. The only player that was projected as a weakness on our OL is Horton, who was a higher ranked 3 star. Everyone else was a 4 star. These guys may have not been great, but they entered college ranked better than many of the other OLs we’ve fielded. They’ve been poorly coached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilli13 600 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, AUFriction said: Grimes needs to be replaced. Coaching is the issue. The only player that was projected as a weakness on our OL is Horton, who was a higher ranked 3 star. Everyone else was a 4 star. These guys may have not been great, but they entered college ranked better than many of the other OLs we’ve fielded. They’ve been poorly coached. I'm not gonna argue it could also be coaching, but again no high rated 4 or 5 star guys. Tega was a freaking d lineman who had barely played football. Herb Hand, not known as a good instructional coach, got better run blocking out of the 16 and 17 units than Grimes has out of the 18/19 ones. Again, 16 and 17 units had almost all 4 and 5 star guys with Braden Smith and Darrius James as 5 stars. I definitely agree Grimes needs to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXaubie 566 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 What do y’all think about the other recent ex coach from the SEC West? The Morris hire snuck up on me, but when Matt Luke got fired my ears did perk up and mind started wondering. If I’m being honest I didn’t know one thing about him before he got the ole Miss job, but since then every time I have heard him speak I have been impressed. Which means he is probably a good recruiter. Plus I think having head coaching experience is a good quality to have, and may be exactly what Gus needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG 33,980 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 1 minute ago, TXaubie said: What do y’all think about the other recent ex coach from the SEC West? The Morris hire snuck up on me, but when Matt Luke got fired my ears did perk up and mind started wondering. If I’m being honest I didn’t know one thing about him before he got the ole Miss job, but since then every time I have heard him speak I have been impressed. Which means he is probably a good recruiter. Plus I think having head coaching experience is a good quality to have, and may be exactly what Gus needs. Dude UGA grabbed him about a day ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War to the Eagle 363 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 We got a real problem, people: we've been putting band-aids on a major leak for a while now. The last several years, we've done well to get one or two four star OL each class. By and large we've been getting 3 stars, and the 2020 class looks eerily similar. We've been using grad transfers and juco guys as our talent base, and that's not sustainable. I don't understand how we're missing this: it's not just evaluation on the recruiting front, it's straight-up missing. In the 2010s and the 2013s, we were consistently winning big-time recruiting battles. Our running game was attractive, and we were successfully getting 4 and 5-star players to come to Auburn. We also built depth on the line with the talent we had. This is something that could actually take years to fix. I am hopeful that Chad Morris will bring an infusion of talent on the offensive line. Until that time, we remain susceptible to what we saw in the Florida and Georgia games this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXaubie 566 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Just now, DAG said: Dude UGA grabbed him about a day ago Lol. Well I guess I wasn’t alone in thinking that he would be a good hire. Excuse my ignorance!! Now I will look to see what happened to their OLine coach. I guess the Morris hire wasn’t the only thing to sneak up on me. Smh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangletiger 1,599 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, TXaubie said: Lol. Well I guess I wasn’t alone in thinking that he would be a good hire. Excuse my ignorance!! Now I will look to see what happened to their OLine coach. I guess the Morris hire wasn’t the only thing to sneak up on me. Smh!! He took the HC job at Arkansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,662 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Missing out on Luke really sucked, although I don’t even think we’re pursuing a new OL coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twilli13 600 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said: Missing out on Luke really sucked, although I don’t even think we’re pursuing a new OL coach Yep and ohhhh joy we have six 3 stars and one 4 star o lineman committed in this class. Color me tickled pink 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triangletiger 1,599 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, twilli13 said: Yep and ohhhh joy we have six 3 stars and one 4 star o lineman committed in this class. Color me tickled pink 🤣 But we have depth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBiGGiE 2,488 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said: Missing out on Luke really sucked, although I don’t even think we’re pursuing a new OL coach I'm honestly surprised Matt Luke took a position coach spot and didn't try to go the coordinator role even if it were G5 level. That said, "missing out" implies he was even an option to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 1 minute ago, JBiGGiE said: I'm honestly surprised Matt Luke took a position coach spot and didn't try to go the coordinator role even if it were G5 level. That said, "missing out" implies he was even an option to begin with. agree....or not sure AU staff sees him the same way that some posters see him. Probably a good OL but ...JMO..he was not a "must have" guy....and not likely to be at Uga for very long. I'm hoping if we make a change that it is someone who is not just trying to find a job while he looks for something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auskip07 930 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 14 hours ago, twilli13 said: What's your point? That has no bearing on whether or not our college team would better off with 4 and 5 star kids than 3 stars. Look at Bamas online....sure seem to be consistently damn good and they are mostly made up of 4 and 5 stars. That doesn't do it for ya? Go back and pull the star rankings from our 2016 and 2017 o linemen and compare them to the 18/19 bunch. Which line was way better? I'll take it a step further...what was the main changing factor between the 17 and 18 offenses? And which offense was better? I'll hang up and listen.... Who have been our most dominant offensive lineman in recent history....Greg Robinson, Braden Smith, Sean Coleman...going way back we had Marcus McNeil. Care to venture what they had in common? im pretty sure my point which was stated in my initial post and then reiterated in the response was that its not as easy as pointing to a star ranking. "its a hard position to recruit" historically you can point to a hand full that have panned out but the amount that dont is 3x that alteast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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