steeleagle

Agree. K. Briles has only been OC for 1 year, and most of the time he was WR coach i think before that. Hard to believe LSU would want such an inexperienced OC. But i guess same could be said about us hiring CGM and he only had 1 year of HCing experience. :).

Exactly. The issues with SW will still be there if we don't get JS. He again will be our best hope, injuries or lack of great stats against PF teams withstanding(and some that is on coaching to me). Only difference is now the chatter will be if Barrett can win the job as a RSFR or if they will unleash our secret passing weapon of JF3 next year. Let's hope JS comes. He seems to not be totally sure on AU to me, or he would have already tweeted his decision.

Thanks goodness for University Presidents who don't bow down to Board members or ADs(lol). He knew the backlash was too significant a hit probably for sure from students too. Briles just has to sit out another year or be only an advisor on a team, before he should be interviewing for HC jobs. JMO.

Its been a while we could say we are deep up front, and solid at LB. It was years we didnt think we could get good LBs. Just got to keep recruiting/signing those high level defensive players. This year proved, even with an up and down and mediocre offense, our D kept us in every game, and helped us win some too. In past years we would be looking at a losing season or .500 again like last year.

Really? I thought JUCOs would not be included in rankings? That's good if he is included. And I'm not sure how to take 'It went REALLY well on RL's in home visit'. I would expect it to be as good as JS's visit last weekend too. Not sure how it increases our percentages. I know it's not going down, which is a good sign...today.)))

I have this gut feeling that TaM will still come in late, resolve the issue with Mond, and get Stidham. I keep thinking TaM is putting out smoke screens about them offering him. Hope i'm wrong. And I actually feel we should have never been in this position for a QB. It seems we are desperate for a top level QB, and not doing our do diligence as a top program to consistently groom a QB capable of competing in the SEC and for championships. It seems it is one of the hardest things to do, but we are having too many problems with this...

agree, but raw in the passing department. That lies the tough part. Getting these guys in, teaching them how to QB at the college level, and not knowing if they have the 'IT' factor that the very good QBs have or show as they play. And we always need one of the top 50 if we are going to have a chance for championships. I'll be glad when he signs. It seems like we have been recruiting him since he was 10. ))

We do well with bridges (Cam and Nick) lol. Not so good with building from Lashlee Legos (JJ, KF, etc..). Anyway, it is amazing how we THINK Barrett will eventually perform or how Gatewood will perform. But we have NO clue. QBing is such a crap shoot. Unless the QB is top 50 over even top 25, a team doesnt know if their QB will excel to such an elite level to put your team into championships.

ofc RL can be a head coach, especially at a smaller college that will only allow him to try to enhance is resume, if one day he wants a major school head coaching job. He is young, expressive, and a good communicator. And his offensive abilities as a coach, have been enhanced being under CGM, and he was a finalist for the Broyles award in 2013. So he has had quite a lot of experience coaching, even though he is only 33.

I think as you pointed out the ups and downs come from such a young team. Your most important players are all freshmen, RSFR or sophs. As they mature on the court, and especially as SEC play begins, i hope to see more maturity and consistency from them. But expect a lot of ups and downs even during games with these youngin's. ))

Yeah, i heard that. Just didnt know if the source was legit. A team never can have enough QBs (just look at us..). Hope it works out....

This guy is never going to leave Texas, imo. With a gf there, and TaM is doing much better and has a great offense he would like to play in. The Mond thing will not impact this guy since he already knows he can play with the big boys. And we will just be too far away from all he has in Texas...no facts...just logic.

Would we have him for 3 scholarship years? That's assuming he stays 3 years, if his stock goes so high that he forgoes a senior year. If he is serious about AU, i think CGM and JJ will convince those in power that next year wil be a much better offensive year with a top level QB.

I think being successful with a game plan against Ark St means nothing when you play power 5 teams like Clemson and TaM. There is no way the game plan was to throw short passes but it does work as running plays if you are getting 5-7 yds on the passes like we were on our only TD drive in first half. But TaM adjusted and we didn't successfully adjust. White did not get the time to stretch the field but I also think the coaches give up too easy when it doesn't work at first then it seems he goes again for trickery and plays that are low percentage ( trying that wing t crap again with Cox).

The two Bama QBs in front of him have been in the program for now 2/3 years and both those guys were higher ranked/rated, even according to their Alabama site. So that is what I mean by 'top QB' coming to Alabama. ALL i am saying is knowing how a QB will perform for your team is a guess, until the lights come on. Hurt so far is the exception to a freshman can't succeed. He may fail at Ole Miss, because of that lack of SEC experience.

No.. just seemed to be a slow day...so I thought i would throw that in...There are exceptions to every rule..and the SEC will tell how he adjusts as good defenses know his tendencies as a FR QB or what his OC will allow him to execute. But he has done a pretty remarkable job...with 2 top QBs in front of him who are not doing as well as he is. And..another example of 'how no one ever knows until the lights come on'. Just look at DAk Prescott with the Cowboys. even the NFL with all their analysis and expert drafters dont know everything. Or Antonio Brown with Steelers. or our Kyle Davis may fit that to some degree. He did have the hype, but hasnt practiced in weeks...and now one of his catches is a ESPN highlight..))

Just like Freshman Jalen Hurt with Alabama? :)))))

The one thing I thought Gus' offense was key on was tempo and fast pacing. He always has talked about this during his coaching here as OC or as HC. SO my question is, and i wish someone would ask him this, How can you keep tempo at a good pace or even a faster pace when you are changing out the QB 40% of the time? I remember one series where JJ had to call a time out after coming in, because their was confusion because the play was coming in late or just on who should be in on that play. THEN, on this same drive, again confusion on a play call, and JJ could not get a TO so we were penalized 5 yards. I'm not even going to mention the 5 yard penalty because we had too many players on the field, when they were trying to decide which WRs should be in on a play. So Stat, how can any of the PTBs in AU, watch that game, and come away with a good positive understanding of what CGM is doing with his offense? To me, CGM thinks he HAS to make up a deficiency at QB by having PACKAGES for EACH QB, in order to have a succesful offense, but in the end, so far, he is making his offense worse than last years...Amazing...

Ahh... then i stand corrected. Pat only SEEMED taller in college. )). But it would be nice for son to grow an inch or two...

His arm does seem stronger than his dad's, and seems to have quicker feet. But he is not as tall as his dad, for now. I think he is maybe 6'1''. Be nice if he can grow some more. I think his dad was about 6'3".

Ok. Now tell me why there are discrepancies between the depth chart from the first posting above(which was to be Auburn's release) and the depth chart posted by JGT? (i.e. Pettway over Johnson, D. SLayton over T. Stevens, etc..). So which one is accurate?

Very good memory. I now remember this too. big win at the time...and we only had about 15 yards passing I think too. His press clippings as he was being recruited was WAY better than he actually was once we saw him on the field. He had some tools, but could tell he was not ever going to be an elite QB. As a matter of fact i think he was moved to running back or WR later in college.

Well I wondered how high CRL was setting his sights. He is only 33, most of us forget that. Starting at a lower level may be the best thing for him...

So that would mean RL is out? per Malzahn's choice? And the reasoning CGM would give for RL leaving?

totally agree. His QB recruiting had not been great. He couldnt recruit that top level QB, so he felt he could generate more offense with a DT QB as that is what the High Schools were doing more of, and then the Texas Techs and others began to use it in college successfully. CTT just didnt realize his loyalty to his other coaches (especially his OL coach) could not adapt to the new way of running this spread type offense. 2008 sealed his fate..and ushered in Chizik...