Quietmaninthecorner

I think 12:00 CST Someone will correct if not.

Well.... I heard a rumor that there was a rumor than he may or may not be thinking about it.

agree, but what do you do if you budget can not afford 8-9 4*+players ... AND, afford to give everyone else on the team a fair deal? You can only do so much every year. We have so many needs it is difficult to prioritize them. an extreme and simple example: You have the budget ($1M) to get a 5* QB at ($1M) or two 5*WR, ($500 grand each)? So it may take 2 years to get all three. Do you go for a QB in year one, even though you have crappy WRs, or do you get 2 WRs and wait on the exceptional QB? what if you have to pay NIL 100+ players in 4-5 years? you cant just lowball DBs and RBs and you are competing with other schools for their services also. Without a budget that will top other schools at every position (and sport) , you are kind of screwed. It's a mess.

I'm a defense guy myself. Q: If you have 4 spots (3 DL and QB) you need to fill with talent and $1 million, what are you going to do? Go for 3 5* DL and average QB ? or just one 5* QB? (assuming you had a good chance at signing all of them) glad I am not making those decisions. It would be interesting to see how much of the total football NIL budget goes to each player, and compare that to other teams. And, how each team allocates the NIL per position. Some may invest heavily in QB while other in the rest of the team. It is all so new, there is not a lot of data yet.

I wonder if it is an NIL issue ATM. We had/have sooooo many needs across the team that there is just not enough to go around. Top notch QB$ suck NIL away from the rest of the team (and other sports). We can afford to go out and get a top notch QB, but there may not be enough to go around to bring in top notch players at other positions, and we need/needed a lot! We have been playing from behind the 8 ball with our talent gap.

Hey now! I am unfairly being left out of a high star rating just because I am slow, uncoordinated , short, fat and lazy.

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Since all the cool kids are doing it, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have entered the portal.

This video from 3+ months ago on OTV podcast with Jason Campbell, Brown said he is up to 210. Concentrating on good weight. (@ 5:42 in vid)

Side note: Anyone have an updated weight on Hank Brown? and/or how he has looked with the team in practice? I have yet to see him in any kind of realistic practice video. The kid intrigues me. He set records in TN. CHF "He can make all the throws". The knock on him was "TOO skinny" at 6'4" 195 pounds. He was about 15 pounds lighter than Thorn. 20 ish pounds lighter than Ashford. I remember reading something about Brown a few months ago that he had gained about 9 pounds. Anyone with recent numbers on the guy?

I'm with ya on all but - the 4 plays off was likely not needed. A stinger on the shoulder can numb your arm for 10 minutes. Then you are fine. Not knowing the extent of an injury and suspecting a fracture or tendon / cartilage damage is a reason for a kid to get checked out before putting him on the field. Shoulder vs neck injuries can be hard to pinpoint quickly. Hind sight is 20/20.

I saw flashes of what we could be by the end of the season. A few stretches of well thought out and well executed plays, athletic shots and ballhandling. I saw more passing, all players in the position they need to be covering the correct guy on more plays than the first 2 games. I am exited. Lots of potential. final four could be possible if we continue to improve, the ball bounces our way a few times... and we reduce penalties.

He uses 4 in 1s. You wear them , turn them around and wear them again, turn them inside out and wear them again, and turn the around for the 4th time.

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First 20 seconds. I mean who hasn't done this?

yeah, you say some positive things, some are backhanded compliments, but you always start off with painting Auburn in the most negative light you can. We just played our most complete game in 2 years. You should be happy not making excuses why we won. Defeatist attitude.

The guy constantly finds anything negative about Auburn, and is just giddy to post it. Look through his posts for the last year or so.

Your defeatist attitude is astounding.

Wait, What? this team is not at all like last year. Completely deferent personality, very different philosophy, different player styles. I guess the "laid an egg at the end" is similar, but almost invariably, every team has losses where they lay an egg at the end.

Welcome to the NIL. These kids are paid well enough to take a little public criticism.

I would call it being professional.