Dual-Threat Rigby

Some QUALITY Teams on that list. 

1 hour ago, TexasTiger said:

Pretty low key, perfunctory boom. No punctuation, but at least he capitalized the first letter.

His boom would register on the Richter scale if they end up getting that AJ Dybantsa kid in the next cycle 

On 5/14/2024 at 2:44 PM, HAPvsOA said:

Not sure who this is, but it looks like we could be trending the right direction for an Edge from GA. 

edit: looks like Scroggins from Benedictine. Sounds like he's underrated based on ON3's previous pods, but Rivals has him as a 4-star now.

Unreal name

4 hours ago, aucom96 said:

I'm not sure football's can. Projected numbers I last saw have 8 teams in conference ahead of Auburn in available NIL dollars and we're way behind the likes of Texas, UGA, A&M and Alabama. Football is a sport with so many moving pieces that being behind will likely cement you in place with NIL. With basketball, I don't think that's as much the case. I know who Auburn is and know all the money is going to go to football, but in terms of purely investment, it's probably the worst sport for us to dump money into. Cincy and UCF understand that, but they don't have the football history.  

I think we have to wait to see how the collective NIL looks like when Auburn doesn't have to overpay for being a poor on the field product in football. I'm 100% sure that they're likely overpaying for some of these better players, which logically makes sense when you've been bad for a half decade. But hopefully they get to a point where they're either good enough on the field or they become a NFL pipeline, so that they can get some deals with guys. 

If they can become less of a black hole, it'd stand to reason that we can divert less to FB. 

4 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

This is what reallllllly overcooks my grits!!! I would say 97% of the time the most commented on threads of the past few years have been game threads we lost and not that we won!!!! It drives me absolutely Fuggin crazy! There are certain posters who will post in game threads where it’s obvious we will lose and not hear a peep from in game threads where it’s obvious we will win!

I can understand certain matchups, like there's not going to be much to say about most of our OOC matchups (they stunk) or the Georgia/Vanderbilt games (they stunk). But there definitely was a group that came out to pile on the losses. 

32 minutes ago, mustache eagle said:

This thread … good grief …

To be fair, this is BY FAR the most discussion basketball has gotten on this subforum in many many offseasons. I don't know why anyone would want the despondent corpse that it usually is around this time, even if they don't agree with the content in the discussion 

Hell this very thread has been more active than some of the game threads from this season. If people want a different spin, post more

1 hour ago, Lotto said:

It’s not that bad.  Stop acting like the sky is falling.  I still stand by point guard being much more dire than filling the 4 spot. 

Yeah it's still a competent team IMO. Could still compete for a double-bye in the SECT. Not a championship contender or really even close to one (on paper), but I think it'll be a tourney team 

2 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

 

May have been the weakest boom going back to the Gus era lol 

Can’t wait for the open tryout for the backup PG position. If I still had some college eligibility left…

2 minutes ago, AUSCalum87 said:

I think Mitchell would have provided more athleticism and around the rim presence than JWill. Don’t get me wrong, I love Jaylin, but there were many times he was a no show against better teams and Broome had to pick up his slack. My number one portal forward was Achor Achor and he would have absolutely made a big difference for us. I think Mitchell would have been an upgrade or at least comparable to JWill. Now, however, it seems like that position is going to be our biggest weakness.

Jaylin had the same problem really all of the years where he was a real contributor - it was just never consistent with him. The guy had a first team all SEC locked in if you just stopped his season at the ATM game. If you look at that second team, there’s a lot of guys on there I’d take over him once you zoom out and look at the whole year. 
 

I loved the guy and thought he was still our second best player overall, but I would’ve loved to have a more athletic and aggressive person, even if he was a little bit worse of a spacer. Broome apparently plans to play from the perimeter and be more of a 4 for NBA scouts anyway, so a slasher/dunker spot type of guy may not even be an overlap this year. 

5 minutes ago, Lotto said:

I’ve lost faith in Bruce’s intellect over the years.  I kind of get the vibe he’s stubborn and won’t adjust.  But maybe I’m mistaken.  Thoughts?

Based on you disliking every post I’ve made about D**r, I got a feeling that your idea of adjusting may get us some SMU-esque sanctions lol 

3 minutes ago, AUSCalum87 said:

So I just read some very interesting things online about the reason we are struggling so much. Now, there’s no concrete evidence of this and I have no idea how valid this is, but apparently Bruce is the reason we are struggling. He provides an NIL package to the player and it’s basically a take or leave it. He doesn’t counter offer and if another team has a higher bid and the player comes back with wanting a counter offer, he apparently tells the player to go ahead and commit to the other team. Again, I have no idea how valid this is but what’s everyone’s thoughts on this?

The posters on here said that the staff was unwilling to go up on Tre’s NIL, so if you trust them, then this makes sense. If you believe we’re broke, then it also makes sense lol

Just now, AUSCalum87 said:

Oh I don’t mean to come across as actually being depressed, my posts are tongue in cheek. I’m really just venting and surprised at how many times Pearl has struck out this year. I know how basketball recruiting is fluid by the minute, but I don’t even think I can remember a team like Auburn struggling to get quality guys. But yea, I’m not taking this all seriously, it’s just disappointing to watch. I’m ready to talk about who will start and our backups, but can’t really do that right now.

We’ll always have mens and women’s Golf, at least 

2 minutes ago, AUSCalum87 said:

It’s not a definite, from what I read. They said it just doesn’t seem likely. I say we just go after some D2 or JUCO guys and call it a day. We can’t compete with any one it seems for quality guys. Gotta suck it up and hope the players Auburn has play above their potential.

I’ll chip in to the SEC’s NIL if they can make that a definite lol. The offseason is a success to me if we get out of it with him anywhere else and us having more than 9 playable players 

1 minute ago, AUSCalum87 said:

So I’m not the only one who’s becoming numb and deflated after this?

Good or bad I’m usually a pretty even keeled guy, so I may not give this trend the emotional weight some other posters do. That being said, I just don’t believe in letting your emotions be affected by the recruiting process in 2024. None of this is going to make sense if you follow it recruit by recruit, so all we can do is hope it works out in aggregate. 

I don’t know if that helps but that’s just how I operate 

At least we got blocked from taking Dior. That’s one positive note 

26 minutes ago, GwillMac6 said:

 

Can we go back to talking about Pearl’s replacement 

6 hours ago, GwillMac6 said:

 

The next head bball coach at AU will be Steven Pearl. Folks just need to understand this and accept it. It’s going to be a Pearl dynasty at AU. Or at least attempt to be one. I’m perfectly fine with it. The 2 biggest blue bloods just promoted in the last few years from  within a guy who had no head coaching experience. Who are we to turn our nose up at that? Steven already has more assistant coaching experience as scheyer did when he took over and maybe even Hubert Davis as well. Steven Pearl is a lottery ticket and I see it as low risk high reward. 

Probably, but I was just listing out guys that would definitely be preferable. If Bruce did allow them to get out from under the nepotism promise that I’m sure they’ve made, there’s plenty of good choices out there 

2 hours ago, AUSCalum87 said:

Yes, I’m right there with you on the high mid major or lower power 5 conference coaches. I always liked Todd Golden and believe he would have been a great pickup if Pearl wasn’t here. What do you think of Bucky Ball from Samford? I think we could easily get him and I love his style of play.

Seems like he’s developed some great players and they should’ve beat Kansas. He knows the state well. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was as promising as a Holloway or Golden in a few more years 

51 minutes ago, AUSCalum87 said:

Yea, I agree with you there! I think what is compounding the issue is that UAT didn’t really care about basketball until we started to be really successful and now they are getting any players they want while we are struggling to find quality backups. I know it has to frustrate Pearl. But I also know that we probably only have 3-4 more years with him so we better enjoy while we can. I think the next hire will be very underwhelming because it’s Auburn, 🤣 

Derailing the thread at this point (it's not like there's much positive transfer news coming in for us), but I'd love to give a look at a coach from a mid major or from a high major program that's also working with financial constraints. That to me would be one of the 2 biggest strengths a successor could have, and it's largely what has made CBP the guy he's been here. I'd be a bit scared to drop a big bag on a successful coach from a larger school who then has to try to change his whole approach to make it work here.

Someone like Todd Golden when he was at San Fran or Matt McMahon at Murray St makes sense to me. I think he's a NE guy through and through but Shaheen Holloway could be about ready to jump a level by the time Pearl is finished. Plenty of fish out there in the sea

9 minutes ago, AUSCalum87 said:

I understand what you mean, just frustrating to know we are on the cusp of being so much better in basketball but as you said, football will always be priority number one. I’m also biased towards basketball since I played it and been involved with it for over 25 years now. But yea, with the talent Pearl has had and the results we’ve had, he’s overachieving. The only criticism I have is the last two tournaments where we had the talent to make it to the Sweet 16. I’m hoping now since we have a legit PG now that it will help us in the NCAA tournament.

I definitely get it! But I do think that if we ended up having Pearl for 15 total years and ended with a string of tourney appearances, maybe a couple more trophies, and never having another long tourney run, I still think it would be considered a gigantic success of a tenure for Auburn. 

And who knows, maybe the conditions change and the money changes in Pearl's last few years. Or the money gets better for the next guy. 

17 minutes ago, JuscAUse! said:

We have 9 players that AU believes can play. We were beat several times by teams that didn't play near that many. If our two freshmen and our PG come around, we should be good to go. I would love to have 2 starters at every position. Most teams don't. 

I don't think this post is wrong, but I also think it's a bit loud that they have multiple pieces on the roster that you'd like some insurance on. Chaney could be an every game starter, but it'd be nice to have some insurance there. I simply don't think you can only have three guard bodies in the modern game. We also have 9 players, but 2 are brand new to the game and one is CMo who Pearl himself hasn't shown faith in being an every game player. 

When you got a roster like we did last year or appear to have this year where the overall talent level is inferior, I think you have to have power in numbers.

1 hour ago, AUSCalum87 said:

I think that is the most frustrating thing if you are an avid basketball fan like many of us on this board. The boosters don’t really care about basketball and put everything into football, no matter the ROI. Whereas we could have one of the most dominant program in basketball if we had anywhere near the NIL and resources that those other teams you listed have. That’s why I tell people that what Pearl has done here is nothing short of a miracle. He is succeeding in spite of the lack of resources and the types of players we have had. 

Well to be fair to them, that's a balancing act all programs have to make. From the earlier list, I'm sure Alabama pours a ton into their football program too. Regardless of what I personally want, Auburn football is what brings in the profit for the uni as a whole, so it has to be first billing.

The "problem" is we only have so much money in terms of the combined pool. Something's gotta give. I don't think it's anything wrong in eventually coming to a point where we just learn to accept the general level of talent and the typical placement we're at in the conference either. We're having great seasons, we're contending for conference championships every other year, we're fine. If we were operating at this level of talent and just stunk, then I'd understand the frustration a bit more

Btw I think Auburn has given Pearl about what it can in terms of NIL (while having all of the other successful programs it does). Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, these programs should and do have more NIL than Auburn for basketball. They always will really. We just gotta operate within our means and maximize them, which I feel like we have

1 hour ago, GwillMac6 said:

He’s not struggling he gets who he wants when he stays within his nil budget. Broome coming back. Pettiford and pegues most likely cost almost all our nil budget. We don’t have the deep nil pockets for bball like our direct competition atop the sec.

And while this will never be advertised to the fans, I think it should pretty much be understood at this point (at least amongst us who are on message boards and stuff). We aren’t going to be rolling in dough in both football and basketball. Just not going to happen. Which is fine for me personally, my expectations match with what we have on the roster

I do understand some people would like Pearl to be rewarded with finally getting one of those super team rosters…probably not going to happen even with increased Nike sales, a new TV deal for the SEC, etc. Esp not while the football program is trying to resurrect from the dead