it is time for us to come together

[McLoofus 35,182]

11 minutes ago, ValleyTiger said:

Well, get ready the little worm apparently has another hit piece coming out....I despise the fact that he's allowed to tag anything #WDE. Little man didn't even have the nads to tag Harsin himself. 

 

This is one of the more impressive heel turns I've seen. Didn't even know who this dude was before the hat thing. Has it even been two weeks? 

[autiger88 3,777]

16 minutes ago, ValleyTiger said:

Well, get ready the little worm apparently has another hit piece coming out....I despise the fact that he's allowed to tag anything #WDE. Little man didn't even have the nads to tag Harsin himself. 

 

So I wonder if it was a former player who got there feeling hurt for not being chosen to play? Because I don't think it would be a player who is still on the team because that would suck for that kid if that's the case and he was found out. Also does this worry anybody else that all these hits on Harsin that we might lose our head coach before he even coaches a game? 

Edited August 25, 2021 by autiger88

[DAG 34,051]

17 minutes ago, ValleyTiger said:

Well, get ready the little worm apparently has another hit piece coming out....I despise the fact that he's allowed to tag anything #WDE. Little man didn't even have the nads to tag Harsin himself. 

 

The WDE

at the end …smh 

[3rdgeneration 6,473]

3 hours ago, aubiefifty said:

who is the other lady that used to be on here almost every day? it has been a while since i have seen her and i believe she was attacked but i cannot remember who or why. but there have several and there is not sense in it. none.

Are you talking about ToraGirl? She is a pastor's wife and I think the political talk amidst all of the football talk just led her to believe she didn't belong here. Fair move on her part. I have been missing a lot over the past year, primarily because there was so much stress in the world already, I did not need to absorb more here. I've turned off the news, focused more on family, retired from my job and just became a brand new grandmother to the sweetest baby boy 12 days ago. I miss my football, so I plan to hop in and out and just skip over the arguments. I used to enjoy learning things about football here and maybe I will get that opportunity again this year.

@Tigerbelle is the other female who is on here occasionally.

[Maverick.AU 13,281]

Goodman can go..... well, I'm trying to be civil here. He isn't even worth the time honestly. Someone that went through journalism school, the fact that guys like this are journalists is sickening 

Edited August 25, 2021 by Maverick.AU

[eaglenest 332]

27 minutes ago, autiger88 said:

So I wonder if it was a former player who got there feeling hurt for not being chosen to play? Because I don't think it would be a player who is still on the team because that would suck for that kid if that's the case and he was found out. Also does this worry anybody else that all these hits on Harsin that we might lose our head coach before he even coaches a game? 

can't you see, it's fear.. they are scared that we have finally found our guy..

[bigbird 60,596]

8 hours ago, ValleyTiger said:

Well, get ready the little worm apparently has another hit piece coming out....I despise the fact that he's allowed to tag anything #WDE. Little man didn't even have the nads to tag Harsin himself. 

 

I wonder what Big Kat's mom has to say now.

[auburnphan 6,050]

46 minutes ago, bigbird said:

I wonder what Big Kat's mom has to say now.

Was my first thought as well.

[auburnphan 6,050]

Goodman is gonna be our uniter.  We can bitch about our dirty laundry, but when an outsider does it, game on.

[Timbeaux38 300]

And here it is

 

https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2021/08/prominent-voice-explains-why-he-likes-auburns-bryan-harsin.html

[McLoofus 35,182]

4 minutes ago, Timbeaux38 said:

And here it is

https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2021/08/prominent-voice-explains-why-he-likes-auburns-bryan-harsin.html

That's one of the more even-handed sports profiles I've read in quite some time.

[McLoofus 35,182]

Also, the Story family sound like folks we want around the program.

[McLoofus 35,182]

1 hour ago, bigbird said:

I wonder what Big Kat's mom has to say now.

Turns out it was quite the opposite.

[Timbeaux38 300]

I honestly dont see how the guy puts anything in the public eye after he made himself look like an absolute moron on Finebaum a few weeks back.

[ValleyTiger 2,894]

Just now, McLoofus said:

Also, the Story family sound like folks we want around the program.

Is this the Goodman article he teased? I was just thinking this morning that he might just be going with a positive Auburn spin for a 180 degree turn bc he's well, a click whore. 

[cbo 8,056]

5 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

That's one of the more even-handed sports profiles I've read in quite some time.

Good column, and much needed right now. 

Honestly, I didn't have any problem with Goodman's last piece.  

[woodford 3,682]

1 hour ago, bigbird said:

I wonder what Big Kat's mom has to say now.

Doubt she has the mental capacity to pivot arguments or opinions on anything 

[McLoofus 35,182]

2 minutes ago, ValleyTiger said:

Is this the Goodman article he teased? I was just thinking this morning that he might just be going with a positive Auburn spin for a 180 degree turn bc he's well, a click whore. 

It is. 

We're all self motivated. 

It's a very good article.

[auburnphan 6,050]

even a blind squirrel can find a nut.  well done piece, gotta give credit when it is due.

[SRBautigerfan 1,040]

11 minutes ago, ValleyTiger said:

Is this the Goodman article he teased? I was just thinking this morning that he might just be going with a positive Auburn spin for a 180 degree turn bc he's well, a click whore. 

Indeed.  With that said can someone post the story so we don't have to support him with a click?  

[ValleyTiger 2,894]

7 minutes ago, McLoofus said:

It is. 

We're all self motivated. 

It's a very good article.

Yup, good article except that he circled back on his opinion that Harsin refuses to promote the vax. That's still an opinion. Could Harsin have done things differently? Yes

I still gotta retract on Goodman, he’s not such a worm afterall however a capitalist.

[eaglenest 332]

could careless about anything from him, he fits into the category of I don't mine a snake as long as I can see him coming.

[gr82be 14,522]

30 minutes ago, SRBautigerfan said:

Indeed.  With that said can someone post the story so we don't have to support him with a click?  

Here it is for those who don't want to click. 

 

Auburn Football

Prominent voice explains why he likes Auburn’s Bryan Harsin

By Joseph Goodman | jgoodman@al.com

Bryan Harsin is going to do really well at Auburn, a familiar voice told me on Tuesday.

In a recent column critical of Harsin, my doubts about Auburn’s new coach were loud and angry. Just wait, I was told.

More than anything — except for maybe that he is very pro-vaccine — that’s what Lanett High School football coach Clifford Story wanted me to know. Fall camp might have taken an unfortunate turn with Auburn’s coach and defensive coordinator out with COVID-19, but, according to Story, “once they get everything in the direction they want it going, and [Harsin] gets his guys in there, they’re going to have a lot of success at Auburn.”

We’ll see, but Story’s opinion of Harsin isn’t some take from an Auburn homer with a blog. His is the hope of an invested stakeholder who wants Harsin to succeed at Auburn, yes, but Story’s perspective comes from a place that’s built on sturdier stuff than blind trust. He doesn’t have a choice in the matter. It is his business to be a little more discerning when it comes to the character of coaches in college football, and their abilities to build winners. Story’s son, Caden, is committed to Auburn.

Story wants what’s best for Auburn, and that includes a team that understands the importance of vaccination against COVID-19, but Harsin’s noted refusal to promote vaccination aside, Story likes what he sees. One of the most respected high school football coaches in the state, his words carry great weight, too, so his perspective should come as a relief for Auburn fans who have questioned the new coach in recent weeks.

Still, make no mistake, this outbreak of COVID-19 at Auburn during fall camp threatens the success of the season. For parents of young people at Auburn, Story has a different message.

“Caden isn’t going to be at Auburn for another year, but as a parent I’m going to make sure that, a year from now, he has the booster or whatever the medical recommendation is at that time to protect him,” Story said. “We’re going to do what we’re supposed to do as parents, and that’s make sure that Caden is vaccinated.”

 

An elite prospect at defensive end, Caden could go pretty much anywhere next summer to play football. He loved former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, and viewed Malzahn as a “father figure,” according to Cliff Story. When Malzahn was fired, Caden’s recruitment was reopened and other programs swooped in. Harsin locked up Caden’s commitment, dad says, with a no nonsense attitude, and his detailed plan for the future of Auburn football.

Well, what’s the plan?

“It would take me way too long to go through it all,” Story said. “But [Harsin] broke it all down with a long powerpoint presentation. All coaches talk about their plan, but he broke it all down step by step so we could see it.”

Harsin’s plan for Auburn is based on trust, building relationships and creating a family atmosphere, and he shows recruits and their families how those ideas are formed into practical, daily plans with detailed blueprints. And Auburn’s resources for helping Harsin make all that happen, Story notes, are second to none in the country.

Dad Story knows all the tricks in the recruiting game, and emphasized that Harsin “says what he means, and means what he says. He is very straight-forward, and he can command a room.”

“Everything he said he would do, he has done,” Story said. “He said he would make Auburn feel like a family, and he is doing it. The players really respond to him, and I like that he gets out on the field with them and practices. He has put together a great staff, guys who have bought into his vision.

“He has proven himself to my family.”

Families never agree on everything, and the Auburn family knows that better than anyone.

It is fair to criticize the current mismanagement of Auburn’s fall camp, but Story believes that the whole picture of Harsin is one that Auburn fans should embrace. This past week, with Harsin refusing to promote vaccines and then testing positive himself, cast a shadow on the start of Auburn’s season. There is no getting around that. Does Story wish Auburn’s coach promoted vaccines? Yes, of course, and Story is “praying” for everyone at Auburn to get vaccinated for the health of themselves, their teammates and their families.

But when it comes to football, Story says that Harsin and defensive coordinator Derek Mason set Auburn apart from other programs during recruiting.

“[Mason] is a player’s coach, and full of energy,” Story said. “What I like about him, in addition to that, was when he was breaking down Caden’s film, [Mason] was telling him what he needed to work on and how he fits into what Auburn wants.

“Caden is so athletic to be as big as he is (6-4, 250 pounds),” Story said. “He is one of those kids where he always trained to be a quarterback, and outgrew the position, but kept the ability.”

For measured context on Harsin’s plan for Auburn through the lens of a parent of a future player, know that one of Story’s other sons, Kristian Story, is a sophomore defensive back for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

For appreciation on Cliff Story’s understanding of what it takes to succeed as a coach, realize that he is one of the best high school football coaches in the country. Is that a biased opinion? Yeah, probably so, but there is no one — literally no one — who can do more with less than Cliff Story at Lanett High School in Chambers County, Alabama.

Name another coach anywhere whose football workout facility is currently a charred heap of wreckage from a catastrophic fire, but, despite that major setback, started this high school football season on Friday with a 47-point victory.

“We kinda got out on them early,” Story said.

His burned down football facility, Story is hoping, will be rebuilt by next year. They still could use some help to build it back better than before, he says. Story is pretty good at building things. When it comes to respect, no one commands more of it than the guy who has built Lanett High School football and its athletics department into an example of what small-town schools can accomplish with love and dedication.

That’s the kind of spirit, built by unflappable people, that makes Auburn great.

[McLoofus 35,182]

40 minutes ago, ValleyTiger said:

Yup, good article except that he circled back on his opinion that Harsin refuses to promote the vax. That's still an opinion. Could Harsin have done things differently? Yes

I still gotta retract on Goodman, he’s not such a worm afterall however a capitalist.

I can understand taking issue with his vax stance. It was a little heavy. You already know where I stand and I probably am a little more forgiving of it even if I'm not trying to be.

Man, I'm so cynical now about everything. At this point I don't even care about the "why" because I assume everyone's got an angle. As long as the end result does more good than harm. I guess. Sigh. 

[McLoofus 35,182]

58 minutes ago, Timbeaux38 said:

I honestly dont see how the guy puts anything in the public eye after he made himself look like an absolute moron on Finebaum a few weeks back.

 

44 minutes ago, SRBautigerfan said:

Indeed.  With that said can someone post the story so we don't have to support him with a click?  

 

20 minutes ago, eaglenest said:

could careless about anything from him, he fits into the category of I don't mine a snake as long as I can see him coming.

Just a thought: It's hard to complain about negative coverage when we refuse to even click on the positive stuff.