Biggest bust

[cole256 17,056]

The jj stuff is hilarious. Auburn fans.....I know people say it's all fan bases but I haven't seen any fan base that will take stuff and run with it and be damned the facts like us. 

Make a guy a god and make some others just the suckiest of sucky......just so dramatic

[bigbird 60,518]

25 minutes ago, cole256 said:

The jj stuff is hilarious. Auburn fans.....I know people say it's all fan bases but I haven't seen any fan base that will take stuff and run with it and be damned the facts like us. 

Make a guy a god and make some others just the suckiest of sucky......just so dramatic

Like I said earlier, no way I would ever select a QB, any of them. 

[tigeraddikt 1,608]

Asa Martin, Kiehl Frazier 

[AUatHeart 624]

Asa Martin and Kyle Davis.  I was really excited about both of them, and neither worked out for us. 

[Old fan 47 770]

12 hours ago, sevenlee36 said:

Agree. He could of made a huge impact if he had lived up to his hype. What about Byron Cowart on the defensive side (although I think he made the nfl)

True about Cowart, but as of last season he was logging a lot of playing time for the Patriots I believe. Many times, busts in college are simply due to poor coaching, which a number of these guys mentioned on this post had. 

[aublaise 199]

Greg Smith.  5 star JUCO DT dubbed by tubs as internet king. Never saw the field. 

[EagleEye67 1,939]

20 hours ago, bigbird said:

I couldn't pick a single QB under that regime.  When you go O-fer across a tenure, it's not the multiple players. JMO

True, but JJs hype-to-actual-performance ratio makes him stand out to me

[LPTiger 5,154]

7 hours ago, aublaise said:

Greg Smith.  5 star JUCO DT dubbed by tubs as internet king. Never saw the field. 

I don't even recall Greg Smith's name?   Did he get injured, have academic trouble or was he just overhyped?   It would be interesting to see an analysis of how JUCO players pan out.  At first blush, you would think that because there is more tape to review and the tape is against better competition, JUCO guys flame out less often than high school signees.   

[aublaise 199]

24 minutes ago, LPTiger said:

I don't even recall Greg Smith's name?   Did he get injured, have academic trouble or was he just overhyped?   It would be interesting to see an analysis of how JUCO players pan out.  At first blush, you would think that because there is more tape to review and the tape is against better competition, JUCO guys flame out less often than high school signees.   

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1155393-auburn-football-5-biggest-recruiting-commit-busts-in-tigers-history.amp.html

[Mikey 16,582]

22 hours ago, bigbird said:

I couldn't pick a single QB under that regime.  When you go O-fer across a tenure, it's not the multiple players. JMO

Nick Marshall was a bust? Who knew?

[Gowebb11 9,320]

Raven Gray, 5 star JC transfer defensive end. Not sure what went wrong but he was never a significant contributor. 

[auburnphan 6,050]

On 12/24/2021 at 10:54 AM, bigbird said:

Calvin Ashley

Could’ve locked the thread after this post

[passthebiscuits 6,845]

On 12/24/2021 at 10:54 AM, bigbird said:

Calvin Ashley

Ditto. It’s not even close. 
He just didn’t want to play football. (For real.)

[passthebiscuits 6,845]

PS Jake Holland wishes you a very Merry Christmas! 

[Quietmaninthecorner 1,945]

That girl I tried to date in the early 1980's.  She was 36inches....  EACH!

[LPTiger 5,154]

4 hours ago, Quietmaninthecorner said:

That girl I tried to date in the early 1980's.  She was 36inches....  EACH!

But her waist was a 72 as well.   Dorm 9 if I remember correctly. 

[LPTiger 5,154]

22 minutes ago, LPTiger said:

But her waist was a 72 as well.   Dorm 9 if I remember correctly. 

She always ordered extra sauce, double fries and double Texas toast at Guthries...

[au302 2,669]

15 hours ago, Mikey said:

Nick Marshall was a bust? Who knew?

As much as I've criticized Gus, he is really good with Juco and transfer QB's. I'll get pushback on Stidham, and there's no doubt he was a poor marriage with Gus and had his flaws. But the guy is an NFL QB who has stuck in the league and led us to success, as frustrating as 2017 was at times.

HS QB's are a whole other story, unfortunately. Figured that's what the posters meant. I think it's fair to say he is poor, to put it kindly, at HS evaluation and development. Only one that arguably outplayed his ceiling and expectations was White. Obviously he didn't have the physical traits the others had, and expectations were low considering the situation he walked into after Johnson was benched. Still, despite his unceremonious exit, Gus would've been fired after 2016, probably 2015, if not for him.

[W.E.D 11,070]

20 hours ago, Mikey said:

So, you agree that every QB since Cam Newton has been a bust? That's a very strange position but carry on with it.

Every HS recruit since Bradon Cox has been a bust. And Cox would probably be looked at as sub par in this day and age.

 

Jason Campbell is the only good HS QB we've recruited this century. Damn

Edited December 26, 2021 by W.E.D

[W.E.D 11,070]

People building up Jeremy Johnson as some lock to he great and putting him as the biggest bust when he was a mid 100s rated recruit is just kinda silly.

It's not like he was a 5* legacy recruit that couldn't ever beat UGA nor get past 60% comp then transferred and blamed the Auburn fanbase for his failures.

If we the student section didn't Boooo that single time he'd probably comp 80% of his passes

[woodford 3,655]

JJ could’ve had a Brady NE OL and still would’ve been dreadful lol I wanted him to be great so bad

[bigbird 60,518]

22 hours ago, Mikey said:

Nick Marshall was a bust? Who knew?

The fact that you think Gus had anything to do with Marshall's performance is hilarious. Great athlete did freakishly athletic things.  Marshall made Gus millions, not the other way around. That's the telling stat.

[augolf1716 21,122]

13 hours ago, LPTiger said:

But her waist was a 72 as well.   Dorm 9 if I remember correctly. 

She still there????? Damn

[AUinGA44 265]

The offensive marriage of Tony Franklin and Kodi Burns.

Edited December 26, 2021 by AUinGA44

[ThurstontheWelshCorgi 576]

7 minutes ago, AUinGA44 said:

The offensive marriage of Tony Franklin and Kodi Burns.

100 percent.