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17 hours ago, JMR said:

The linebacker group is getting better every week

Do you think these linebackers could turn out to be some the best we had in a long time? I love the way Britt is playing, he brings that linebacker mentality with him when he hits someone.

3 hours ago, Nightmare said:

Yeah I know.  Go against the mob mentality get thrashed.  I guess we will see in 4 years.  Hope he's everything we want a player I've just seen this type of LB struggle in the SEC where they aren't able to free themselves on blocks and rely to much on being able to out speed players and not plugging their gaps or taking themselves out of plays to get free.  Sure he will make some fantastic plays some highlight plays.  

Don't worry about the mob. Welcome to the family. It's just like a family with all the in fighting. ha ha  

13 minutes ago, augolf1716 said:

Who gives a rat behind just be happy we got somekind of OL commit for now. God this crap gets old and its only frickin Feb

I am happy, but the constant bashing of JB gets pretty old too. Some people talk out of both sides of their mouth on the issue. First it's Gus fault that JB can't recruit then it's JB's fault then it's all about relationships blah blah  blah. We all would love to sign more 5 star o-linemen and make first round nfl draft picks out of all of them wouldn't we?

1 hour ago, AU-24 said:

From the kids mouth:  

Jernigan informed Gus Malzahn and offensive line coach J.B. Grimes of his decision. Jernigan and Grimes have developed a strong bond over the past year. 

“(Grimes) has been the main one recruiting me and I love him,” Jernigan said. “He’s a very down-to-earth person. He’s going to shoot it straight with you and he’s going to tell you the truth. If he says something he means it. That’s what stuck out to me about him. I really like Coach Grimes.”

https://auburn.rivals.com/news/georgia-ol-commits-to-auburn

Now you know we can't have this. You can't be giving JB any credit for recruiting, it just doesn't fit the narrative.

3 minutes ago, gr82be said:

Joe Sullivan's brother. 😉

Would that be older or younger brother?

1 hour ago, Tigerpro2a said:

Man that Bama Bump surely looks evident....my goodness

That's why you have to take these stars and rankings with grain of salt. If you only went by that the turds should have won the natty again but they didn't. They can be beat no matter how many 5 stars they have.

You can't measure heart and it sounds like this kid has heart. I look for him to be a player for us. Welcome and  

33 minutes ago, aujeff11 said:

I’d allow it assuming it’s against Georgia or bama and we still win.

FIFY

1 hour ago, ellitor said:

With 27 spots available we have enough room to take care of all the needs in the class & have room to bring him in to.

Probably a good while if ever since he was planning to Blue Shirt at UGA. He also can play slot WR or DB & is open to those positions as well.

Do you think we use all 27? And what is a blue shirt? same as a redshirt?

7 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

I would pull for him either way, but it would be very impressive of Griffin to stick there. I know the high school sweetheart he married is adequately attractive but he's getting approached by some supermodels. 

What? He's married, didn't know that, then there is no way he comes here.

I hope MAR is great because my gut tells me we ain't getting Griffin. Think he sticks with NC St. 

40 minutes ago, ellitor said:

offensive coordinator Kenny Gillingham

Have we already replaced dilly dilly with this guy? You would think an Auburn reporter could get the names right.

2 hours ago, bigbird said:

Bring him in as our QB coach or "off field" coach

And head coach in waiting, I can see it now. I think I'll pass on him myself.

I said I wasn't going to get into the recruiting this year because of Gus. But like the guy on the sonic commercial  it just keeps sucking me back in.

On ‎12‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 7:52 PM, abw0004 said:

Regarding Grimes, I actually felt the OL did pretty well the last three games against top talent in Georgia and Alabama.  I think with the OL, it takes time to develop properly, which is why most OL freshmen do not start.  I think Hand could not develop at all, just using guys that Grimes developed before him.  I think this rang true this year seeing Hand’s guys he was supposed to develop tanking.  Not saying we keep Grimes, but I think we started to see Grime’s efforts pay off at the end of the season.

I actually agree with you on this post. But what we need is a coach that can develop players like Grimes or even better, but can recruit lights out to go with the coaching. I don't who that coach is, but that's what we need.

1 hour ago, ellitor said:

Yes the problem is on the coaches but guys not wanting to come here is the issue only on some. The bigger problem on the OL is Gus's talent evaluation. He runs OL recruiting as he does for all O positions. The guys we have were gotten by orders of Gus.

You telling me the o-line coaches don't get to recruit the players they want and Gus decides who we recruit on the o-line? What in the hell does Gus know about the o-line and what we need ? No wonder our o-line looks like crap, let the coaches do their job Gustav.

11 hours ago, bigbird said:

Many times it looks like he charges right into the chest of the OLineman

Which does not work well against bammer because they will wrap both arms around you and hold the hell out of you. And the announcers will say what a great job of blocking by the tide O-line. Makes me mad as hell.

Could someone please post and pin the basketball schedule.  Didn't know a good place to post this and thanks.

The best defense is a good offense as the saying goes. But really it's time to just fire them all and have a fresh start with all new coaches.

13 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

Btw, let me give you an example of something that is 100% on Gus and has nothing to do with our offensive line. We have a freshman kicker who is 1 for 8 on FG attempts over 50 yards. With one of the top defenses in the country. Just let that sink in. Our coach is not fit for this job. 

In no way am I taking up for Gustav but I think he is taking a chance on the long FG's because he knows he can't score TD's.

9 hours ago, Linayus said:

What the coaching staff cannot do - is make every throw. They can't make Stidham throw the ball away or just take a sack instead of trying to make something from nothing and throw pick after pick that kills all of our momentum. They can't block the guy Horton/Troxell/Tega/Cox/Whitlow misses. They can't catch the damn near perfect deep ball that Stidham throws to Slayton.

But what they can do is coach the players to do those things and if they can not be coached to do these things, then the coaches can sit their butt on the bench until they can do them. It all comes back to coaching no matter how you cut it.

1 hour ago, JMR said:

Horton again went after the wrong man

Or went after no man, time and time again. He needs to be on the bench and Brahms needs to be sitting beside him. Maybe sit all the starters and let them watch at least for a couple of series. If we are going to run the ball it looks like we need to bring in two tight ends and an H-back to get any blocking at all.

 I saw a team in moo st that was fired up and ready to play and a team in AU that seemed to have zero fire in their belly to win this game. As poorly as this team played we still had plenty of chances to come out on top even if we didn't deserve to win.The refs absolutely killed us with every review of critical plays.

3 hours ago, bigbird said:

It's not about the backs.  Any and all of our backs would be very serviceable behind an average line.

Agree on running the ball but not on pass protection.

15 minutes ago, meh130 said:

In terms of pure talent, we are above average. Many of our 2-deep are rated at least 4 star by one of the recruiting services.

IMO they were over rated, people put to much stock in those recruiting services . But they may still become good players with more time and coaching.