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17 minutes ago, Old fan 47 said:

Yes. There are good D and O coordinators that can be hired. I would keep caddy and etheridge. I was all for giving BH at least 3 years but his dismal recruiting won’t change anything in another year. Win or lose the time has come. And I don’t think Deion is ready, so Grimes or Kiffin are my choices. 

Grimes as HC. Dell as OC. Steele as DC. Absolutely bring back coach G. Make it happen, otherwise, it’s gonna be bad for a long, long time. 

4 minutes ago, jptiger said:

Never had this crap with Steele. 

I miss Steele, ONLY as a DC, and coach G

On 6/28/2022 at 9:37 AM, warbiscuit said:

So Cade Granzow and Seaver sheets have removed any mention of Auburn baseball on their Instagram Bios when they had them in the past. Most likely gone. Also recruit George Meyers will go to Pensacola State instead of Auburn.

What happened with Seaver Sheets?  Bad attitude, grades? There was a great article on why his father (Ben) loved AU and the coaching staff when he chose us. He was highly ranked by Perfect Game. Looking occasionally at his Twitter and Instagram posts this past season, he was all AU. I assumed he was redshirted. 

4 minutes ago, Dual-Threat Rigby said:

Almost felt like a redemption moment for Burkhalter, for some reason 

great job 

For the hair loss, ulcers, and high blood pressure many of Burkhalter’s white knuckle Saves have caused me this year, it was all worth it. Eight outs to Omaha and Burky pitched his tail off. 

CWS in two of the last three seasons!  Keep it going Butch, Gabe and Huddy, This is something special!  War Eagle!!

7 minutes ago, tgrogan21 said:

 Would have went with Gonzalez and Barnett first to try to get 2 wins before we had to go with Bright.

Absolutely! Gonzo has been eating innings every weekend, and with the way Barnett finished….  Now we’re in a critical game with what is essentially a bullpen start. Gotta win Game 1. Come on Auburn! 

My goodness. Starting off the Super Regional in a big hole. Gotta question why Bright started such a critical game, even more so, why he was left in so long to flounder 

Just now, BJCrawford said:

That’s his name? (Serious question ….I know nothing about Oregon state)

It’s spelled Hjerpes. I’m sure he’s heard that one before. All kidding aside, he is their best pitcher. He put on a clinic against Vandy

On 6/10/2022 at 12:54 PM, mustache eagle said:

I just read the 247 article about their pitching … good grief … they appear to have a few ridiculous arms.

Thankfully we’re not up against Herpes in the opener. He is nasty 
 

HR Sonny D!  Would love to get on the board big early in the game 

Awesome throw from LF!  Salvaged a W from the cowbells. Would’ve loved a 4th series win, but will take any W after Thursday and Friday. 

On 4/14/2022 at 10:21 PM, dmbseeker00 said:

Well we did it! We gave Mississippi St another win in Athletics!!! Not even a single hit allowed in the 9th inning and we still blew a 9th inning lead and lost, you can't make this crap up! 

Auuughh. 3-2 lead, bottom Nine. Walks the leadoff man.
Come on Tigers. We can’t gift the cow bells another W

That’s a winner! 

Goodnight, Salty.  War Eagle!

Bobby Pierce!  

I’m ready to put this one in the books and pick up more SEC series! I like our chances against Miss St (not your Dad’s Miss St) and USCe

5 minutes ago, SaltyTiger said:

Back to back walks to lead off inning. Tim to mound. BP active

We needed that K

Yes. I can’t tell who’s on the call with Mark.  From your updates (thank you), the broadcast is a few minutes behind in real time.
We’ve left some RISP tonight.  Samford looks better than their record. 

Watching on SEC+. Is that Beth Mowins calling the game?

8 minutes ago, Taco said:

Somebody post the Justin Lee article. That was a brutal shot at Harsin. 

https://oanow.com/sports/college/auburn/lee-in-auburn-things-will-get-better-with-harsin-or-things-will-get-better-without/article_bdee8dfe-860c-11ec-a6d7-db0d91d11463.html

On 2/2/2022 at 7:58 PM, CR said:

1. We are losing players and coaches at a dizzying rate. Seem to be totally lost recruiting players either high school or transfers. Acquiring talent matters more than ever and there is no sign we are improving in this area. OL and now DL will be decimated after 2022.

Agree:  1

6 hours ago, Viper said:

So let’s hold on to a HC who’s OC AND DC have each run for the hills, in their own separate directions, in the last 3 weeks. This after the first losing season since 2012 with a very good chance of repeating a losing season given the 2022 schedule. That will certainly get the titanic steered around that giant glacier. 

Harsin is burning down AU football. It’s happening so fast. I don’t believe any of us expected this in year two in our worst nightmares. I’m almost afraid to check up on AU football after work these days.
Players. Recruiting and the portal. Players and recruits talk. 1) You can’t replace this many guys diving head first into the transfer portal. At this point, I don’t anticipate anything today as we close out this year’s recruiting class.   Coaches. Harsin canned Bobo without a plan. 2) CBH found Davis after rummaging veraciously. No play calling or recruiting experience, but still a coach I think most AU fans were willing to get behind. Now he’s gone before he even started. 3) Still baffling to me, Derek Mason leaves for Ok St. Ok St? With no bonus or pay raise?  4) CBH talks to every DL coach he thinks he can persuade. Every top tier DL coach says “no.” CBH is relegated to bringing in an AU alum that’s currently an analyst with a history of short stints at various programs and sadly, a historically sub par recruiter.
Taken together, all of this is not just a horrible look, it portends to more problems to come.

It seems that kids or coaches don’t want to be associated with CBH, after one season. We are hemorrhaging. It has to stop before we bleed out. When we hired Harsin, we weren’t in shambles (i.e. Arkansas). However, be it his coaching style, demeanor, or sheer bad luck, he’s lit a match that AU can’t put out without another change. In the shape we’re in, which I believe will be worse after the 2022 season, we’re not going to get a Cristobal or Brian Kelly level coach. My advice, make CBH hire Jeff Grimes as OC right now with a $2M+ salary and with the arrangement that he’s the HC next season (barring an SECC from CBH). That part of the contract isn’t public. I’d go as far as making it a separate contract. Grimes has been here and knows AU. He’s prepared to be a HC.  Coaches will sign on with Grimes. With Harsin, they’re only signing if they have no other options. Grimes’ offense just won the Big 12 and defeated Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl. He has extensive OL experience and knows coaches in the South.

I’m no expert, I just know the bleeding has to stop. Setting up Jeff Grimes as the next HC is a plan. At this point, ADAG and the BOT have to have some plan before we’re a heap of ash and rubble. 

22 hours ago, autan said:

Trying to be optimistic but looks to me like it may be just Farmer unless we take Vandy transfer. Good guys are high on Farmer.  Doubt if UF is showing much love. They may have bigger fish. Keeping my fingers crossed that we get a surprise. Sure was hoping Keith would toss out a couple of CBs.

We need Farmer and the Vandy kid (Steen). I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but Friend has been a huge disappointment. So many offensive linemen in the portal this season. Friend has either whiffed or failed to even get AU in the mix. Arguably, of all the position coaches, we need a strong OL coach and recruiter.  Any rumors on a coaching change after the Feb signing day?  The way CBH pulled the plug on Corn W., I’m surprised he’s allowed Friend to meander around this long.  

Big time fingers crossed we pull Citizen out of Louisiana. IMO, he has the potential to be as good or better than Tank. 

And Zeek, great job, as always!  Best of luck mastering the “good husband” part of everything you have going on. I’ve done my best for 24 years and (in my case) the definition of “good” can vary by the day.  

8 hours ago, W.E.D said:

Friend has recruited and secured 2 OL in 1.5 classes and 0 in two portal classes.  That's not getting it done.  None of the players in 1.5 classes are knocking the door on upper echelon players.  He's gotten them in the past at prior schools.  He's not getting it done here.  Even so when we add 2 3* kids in February.

In 2019, Friend was responsible for utk signing 5 OL in a class of 22. Two plug and play 5-star OTs (Wayna Morris was one), one 4-star OG, and two three star OL. Looking back, that entire class now reeks of McDonald’s bags. Of all the position coaches, I still believe the strongest has to be our OL coach (the reason I wanted Cristobal pre CBH then prayed we’d roll a Brinks truck up to Jeff Grimes house after Bobo was canned). We are so far behind, and have been. As you said, Friend isn’t getting it done, and he’s not even close. We can’t hire a great OL coach soon enough. 

Awesome job today, Zeek!  Many thanks!  Staying on top of everything today took a lot of time and effort, plus your insight is always appreciated.
War Eagle!

10 minutes ago, WFE12 said:

4 star OT Julian Armella is now planning to sign in Feb. so maybe…just maybe we still have a chance

https://auburn.rivals.com/news/auburn-helped-themselves-a-lot-during-5-star-ot-s-visit

7 minutes ago, AUght2win said:

EXCELLENT job by the staff! Who else is on the table that we should be watching for besides Perry and Clemons? 

Citizen?

23 minutes ago, Zeek said:

Sorry guys I'm lecturing about Citizenship this period so I have to be up and moving. Will try to catch up where I can.

Zeek! You are a machine!  
Does this mean we’re getting Citizen from lsu today?

42 minutes ago, AuburnTiger4Life said:

AU apparently has stopped pursuing him after Tank decided to stay. I assume RB isn’t a huge need now with Tank and Hunter coming back and Alston coming in. I think they’ll still pursue Citizen though 

Getting Citizen would be Huge. IMO, he has the skills to be as good or better than Tank. Unfortunately, I just don’t like our chances. As I understand it, he’s a February signee, which will give lsu (and other programs like uf that have joined the party) time to make up ground on AU. 
 

With Tank going pro after next season, I’d feel more comfortable having three horses in the stable (Hunter, Alston, and Williams). Now, if Cadillac and Trovon could continue the mo they’ve built up in LA and get Citizen’s autograph on ESD….