AUgrad2013

4 hours ago, abw0004 said:

I don't see anything in the article stating Rich is the permanent AD.  He is only the interim.  It just talks about Jeff Whitehead as Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance.

https://www.al.com/auburn/2022/10/auburn-hires-jeff-whitehead-as-senior-associate-athletic-director-for-compliance.html

 

Who was the senior athletics director for compliance before this guy?

Per Al.com auburn just hired a “senior athletics director for compliance”. Rich McGlynn will be the next AD. Worst possible outcome. 

To me it’s simple:

Option A - Mark Stoops - two 10 wins season, recruiting, connections, turning UK into a football school. 

Option B - Kiffen and Freeze - who is their defensive coordinator 

option C - everyone else

I don’t understand why guys like Jeremiah Wright do not get opportunities. 4 star recruit by some services. Yes, the moving back and forth hasn’t helped but heck the guy has physical ability. At this point, why does Caden Smith not get some reps? 
 

just my thoughts. 

Start TJ, and use RA Strategically. Mainly not after a successful pass down field. I spend most of the games watching the offense/defensive fronts and even I questioned taking TJ out after a successful play. 

We have got to make it to 4th quarter their d is already putting hands in hips

1 hour ago, JuscAUse! said:

I remember a D coordinator saying the exact same thing about Spurriers O. Wayne Hall, maybe? When asked how to stop the Gator passing O, he said stop the run. I remember thinking what a DA he was. After we beat them that year, a statistician did his thing and Ole Steve had a back that averaged 100 YPG every year.  Not many folks knew that or even thought about it. Everyone focused on the pass.  Pre I phone days, those stat guys had to work, and they did good work. So you gotta make any O one dimensional. You can plan for that. 

 

That’s a great point. It’s has gotten so much harder to simply “stop the run” with these spread offenses. Ever play is basically 4 plays in one. You have any kind of run game with the QB read off of that. You also have teams running a bubble screen to one side of the field and quick game to the other side. It’s a numbers battle that the offense has an advantage unless you have a defensive line that can disrupt. 

1 minute ago, AUgrad2013 said:

A lot of different things can be done in coverage, but a lot Saturday will come down to D-Line play. 

#1 Stop the run

#2 Defensive Lineman can effect a quick passing game in a couple ways. First and foremost is interior guys getting pressure in the QB's face and getting him off his most comfortable spot in the pocket. On plays they are not able to get penetration they need to get their eyes and hands up to deflect short passes. Outside rushers and guys coming with pressure need the interior guys to force the QB off his sport in order to give them a extra second to second in a half to get sacks. 

 

Colby Wooden playing inside (1" & 3") would be my plan to collapse the pocket and a lot of Jayson Jones. At 6'6 he can get in passing lanes very easily. 

A lot of different things can be done in coverage, but a lot Saturday will come down to D-Line play. 

#1 Stop the run

#2 Defensive Lineman can effect a quick passing game in a couple ways. First and foremost is interior guys getting pressure in the QB's face and getting him off his most comfortable spot in the pocket. On plays they are not able to get penetration they need to get their eyes and hands up to deflect short passes. Outside rushers and guys coming with pressure need the interior guys to force the QB off his sport in order to give them a extra second to second in a half to get sacks. 

If that’s the case then I am frustrated to the core. Auburn will always be handicapped in recruiting. 

5 minutes ago, DAG said:

Well apparently this is just a Segway so he probably will be it in name only . But this goes to my main issues with Auburn…if we knew for the last 18 months that AG wasn’t a fit and not showing up to work, why don’t we have a permanent AD ready? 

That’s a great point. I just know rich McGlynn getting anymore power is bad for auburn. Also not good for the next AD trying to come in and hit the ground running. 

12 minutes ago, AuCivilEng1 said:

Why? Auburns compliance department has been stellar.

Auburn is required to compete with other schools for recruits with compliance departments that are not worried about making themself famous. Rich is more worried about telling students working for the athletic department they can’t give a player a pencil in class than helping auburn be competitive. 

51 minutes ago, autigeremt said:

Rich McGlynn named interim director. FYI 

Could not be any worse news

4 minutes ago, AUgrad2013 said:

Any chance we look at Eric Shaw? South Caroline transfer WR, from Notasulga. We could use a big bodied WR. 6-4

South Carolina listed him as a TE 6-5 212

Any chance we look at Eric Shaw? South Caroline transfer WR, from Notasulga. We could use a big bodied WR. 6-4

Kessler is not right with the shoulder tonight. Up 12 I would sit him and get stretch some minutes. We can’t risk him hurting it worse. 

Guys - Auburn, UK, Ark, UT - top 4 teams in SEC. Neither of the 4 have beat the other top 4 on the road. I’m concerned but we are okay. We also have played competitive basketball every game. UT and UK have blow each other out at home. 

4 minutes ago, e808 said:

That’s a helluva of an assumption. We don’t know what type of player Hunter is. Just because he left doesn’t mean he is soft. His story is just beginning and we will find out what type of player he is. It’s seems there are two sides to this issue and hard to gauge who is right and who is wrong. Respectfully 

Its not an assumption. He posted on twitter about a team that he no longer plays for. He needs to worry about UCF.

I put a lot more stake in comments from guys like hall and wooten compared to former players that transferred out. You cant build football teams around guys that do not want to be coached. We live in a soft generation. Harsin has a lot to prove in terms of offensive line play, but I want a tough smashmouth football team.  I want tough players, not cry babies that run to twitter when a coach chews them out and holds them accountable. 

Is it just me our have we brought in more DB’s than can actually see the field? I understand injuries and the age of spread offenses. Did our staff have concerns about the position after spring ball. Interested to know if anyone has some insight. I support the coaching staff and who they recruit/ target in portal. 

2 hours ago, Sizzle said:

Was he out of shape or did he play too many snaps? That line had no depth 

I think it had a lot to do with playing too many snaps. Truesdell and Fair would be great for each other. 

Would be a huge get. True NT size. Looks a lot like Jeremiah Wright with more D-1 experience. As mentioned above a true NT would free up some much for other guys up front, think of Colby Wooden and Derick Hall being single blocked. 

7 hours ago, oracle79 said:

That starts with recruiting. Accurate evaluation, roster management, and culture fit all play a role. No idea what happened with Handy, but I'll bet we see less and less of this as Harsin gets his recruits on the team.

I hope your right. Sick of seeing talented guys transfer. 

4 hours ago, boisnumber1 said:

Signed by a different coaching staff. Your first sentence sounds pretty silly to me. Panic much? How many months have these coaches been here? 

Other postered said it could be academic or behavior. My point was we have to stop losing players we sign. Period. I don’t care what the reason is. 

5 minutes ago, AUgrad2013 said:

If we want a defense that is comparable to bama and uga in scheme and to beat them on the field we have to start having bigger, more physical edge guys. 215 pounds OLBs dont match up well with TEs and 330 pounds OTs. 

With transfer today, I would like to see wooten get more reps at edge. He can slide back inside if needed.