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8 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

💰🤑💵 there’s nothing going on besides that. We don’t have the deep nil pockets as other schools. It’s really as black and white and cut and dry as that.

Cincinnati would probably have more to spend on basketball because I doubt they need to spend more for less on football talent. Also Bruce might think he’s a starter and Mitchell might think he’s a starter but Bruce won’t guarantee it or at least I don’t think he would. 

10 minutes ago, bishoptf said:

Again no one disagrees with what he has done in regards to recruiting, it's the coaching that he appears to have a problem with...hopefully that will improve this year but he seems to make a lot of excuses instead of taking responsibility for his decisions. Again hoping he looks better on the coaching side of things this year...

NMSU was a complete failure but we probably had no business taking Alabama to the brink or being in the game with UGA. His coaching, as a whole, just isn’t the question for me that it is for some. 

I learned through years on the job to be careful who you complain about because you haven’t seen their replacement yet. That became true when Harsin was hired to succeed Gus. We need to be patient with Freeze as long as he is working his tail off like he is. We tend to forget that the other teams are always trying to get better too so to catch up Freeze has to work even harder.  Auburn getting consistently better isn’t the hardest part. Auburn getting consistently better than the top 3-4 teams in the SEC is what’s going to take more time. That’s where showing progress the first 3 years is so important. Unless Freeze does something harmful to Auburn we need to hope we can, at a minimum, get through his initial contract. Can’t keep paying coaches to go away 

4 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

you folks bare with me i have chemo brain

I will bear with you but I will NOT bare with you.  

I’d be fine with us playing Troy, Alabama A&M or another school along those lines but why did we drift away to the pitiful excuse of an ADay that we play now anyway? Reduced game time, weird scoring or spotting the defense points. Just put the first team offense and second team defense against the first team defense and second team offense and play the game as it used to be played. Trying to fix what is broken when you’re the one who broke it shouldn’t be that hard. 

10 minutes ago, RedDirtFan said:

What about the former PAC12 coaches that will now spend their seasons flying from coast to coast, away from families, trying to recruit into that mess...there are some quality coaches in there.

Excellent point. 

On 3/19/2024 at 9:04 AM, aubiefifty said:

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Dodgers Mistakenly Gave Their Minor League Team New Name That Translates To 'J*rk Offs'

Larry Leo

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The L.A. Dodgers didn't do their homework before naming their new minor league team...

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Per LA Times...

quote:
Chaqueta is the Spanish word for jacket. But it also has another meaning that is, let’s just say, NSFW. The word can also be slang for masturbation. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes were unaware of the word’s second meaning when they chose the nickname Chaquetas for Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversión series this season. The Dodgers’ single-A minor league affiliate has decided to stick with Chaquetas as their name during their three Copa events this season — but only after a few tense hours following their announcement of the moniker Thursday morning.

“We went live at 10 o’clock and we’re so excited,” Grant Riddle, Quakes executive vice president and general manager, told The Times in a phone interview Friday. “You know, we’ve been working for this for two years, gone through this extensive process, all of that. And then we started to get some comments that we didn’t understand.”

And through all of that, Riddle said, the team never heard anything about the slang definition of chaquetas. But folks on social media were quick to point it out Thursday morning, causing the Quakes to remove all of its announcements regarding the name from social media for a few hours while they went through an expedited version of the vetting process all over again.

(Barstool Sports)

As a Braves fan I think it’s the perfect name for them. 

That’s just really bad. 

Late to the conversation but this is something where you don’t just look at Dior and simply say he has baggage. I’m always for looking for redemption in a person but this one is a tough one. He didn’t steal something, he physically harmed another person and it was a female at that and the story reads like the girl may have feared for her life at some point. That, to me, requires a longer road to redemption than it has been. Bringing him to Auburn brings that potential to Auburn and if I was a female I wouldn’t go near him. Has there been enough time for him to have truly changed his ways and seek forgiveness? Sure there has, but there hasn’t been enough time for people to necessarily forget and welcome him if they know about it. It’s a risky move to entertain the thought of considering him as a player. I hope Bruce knows what he’s doing because if any one of our current players have witnessed domestic abuse against their mother or sister when growing up, it could be rough. 

Just now, TitanTiger said:

They look like cheap knockoffs. Amateur hour.

Yes, Walmart

6 minutes ago, cbo said:

We should only accept 10000% commitments. 

I think they should have to get a tattoo

…oh wait, never mind. 

16 hours ago, Randy4AU said:

I just read that he has decommitted from Auburn. 

I guess 1000% isn’t what it used to be. 

1 hour ago, AUFiend said:

Unless i've missed it, i'm very surprised that nobody posted about Jamonta Waller getting arrested.

A gymnasium floor is expensive, hope his NIL can handle it. 

I recall what my dad said to me when he found out about my speeding ticket when I was in high school. He didn’t yell or even get mad. He looked calmly at me and said “ if that’s the way you want to spend your money, okay”. I will never forget it and it was a great lesson for me with my kids. 

2 hours ago, AuburnNTexas said:

As long as Alabama does not allow lottery money for scholarships it will be hard for any coach to get the talent to win consistently at Auburn. 

👍. Wouldn’t you love to know the reason three supporters changed their vote three weeks later? 

On 5/1/2024 at 1:53 PM, bigbird said:

Depends on what you consider "best" 

 

Best leader: Shug or Dye

Best recruiter: Freeze

Best gameday coach: Bowden

Best ineffective play designer: Gus

Best program destroyer: Hasbeen

I understand it’s a different game today but we agree on Bowden and can you imagine what he could do on Saturdays with the talent Freeze is collecting? 

4 hours ago, Mikey said:

Anyway, as my grandma used to say, "All's well that ends".

What grandma would say about…

- Bryan Harsin tenure as AU HC

- A Recession

- Grandpa’s snoring 

44 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

Love coach Dye but he never won a natty plus got us on probation. Shug hands down

Just for a counterpoint one can argue that Shug got us on probation twice and Dye was somewhat cheated out of a NC on 1983. They are kind of 1a and 1b. 
 

Edit: Shug had one probation

My great Aunt was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Bham that day. She had helped raise my father so she was kind of like a Grandmother to me. I remember going into the funeral home soon after the game was over and watching a car go by and hearing screams of War Eagle. The funeral was not to begin before the game was over per her wishes. Bittersweet day. 

1 hour ago, maryland tiger said:

So what you're saying is that hindsight is 50/50? 

Kinda lol, I’m leaning toward the stiffer competition. 

4 hours ago, Mikey said:

He was our #2 WR last year. What is he looking for? A school where he won't have any competition for the position? Maybe the U of West Georgia has an opening.

He’s either not confident in his ability to beat out incoming talent or he’s not confident in our QB situation. Maybe a bit of both. 

13 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

See ya ✌️ mike! I wish I could say it’s been a lot of fun with ya…. But it just really hasn’t! 😂😂

 

Wow, being the GIF guru that you are you sure missed a golden opportunity. 😁

That being said, Mikey didn’t say he was walking off into the sunset. 

 

1 hour ago, TitanTiger said:

Exactly.  And the Judge he's facing now won't be swayed by lawyer tricks and obfuscation.

There are two key witnesses who have now had their chance to speak. 
 

He passed today but he died a long time ago. 

21 hours ago, AUBwins said:

Dang.  Lost it real close.  Bammers were the first in the comments so sabotage confirmed LOL.  Anyways, we just got that 6'6" 300# OT instead of them.  I think we win!

Understandable since they couldn’t vote for their own limp trunked elephant. 

UConn > ConU