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Clinic helps Tuberville stay in touch

Auburn coach brings staff to Fairhope to instruct prep coaches

Friday, April 06, 2007

FAIRHOPE -- With spring drills completed and a couple of months until next year's crop of recruits arrives for summer camps, April is a good chance for Tommy Tuberville and his staff at Auburn to get some down time.

But that doesn't mean they're sitting around the house or working on their golf games.

Tuberville and his staff were in Fairhope on Thursday for the Fairhope Coaches Clinic, meeting high school coaches from Baldwin and Mobile counties and the Florida Panhandle and trading some X's and O's at the James Nix Center.

Tuberville said being free to accept invitations to events like this is a good reason to have an early spring session. Relationships forged at clinics in the spring can often pay dividends in the winter, when recruiting get heated.

"We try to stay visible this time of year because this is kind of the slow time," Tuberville said. "We're in the business of marketing. Before you can recruit or raise money, you've got to sell yourself first. So I like to get the staff out ... and we like to go out and meet different people."

It's a particularly good time to be visiting the Gulf Coast, which has a large crop of blue-chip college prospects this year -- a group led by one of the top prospects in the Southeast, Foley receiver Julio Jones.

There will be plenty of competition for that talent, too. With its proximity to Mississippi, Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle, the Mobile-Baldwin area is recruited harder by more schools than any other part of Alabama, Tuberville said.

"We spend a lot of time evaluating players in this area because there's a lot of good prospects," he said. "A lot of it has to do with coaching and the coaching here is good, the competition is good. Whenever you have competition in high schools, players are going to become better because the coaches coach harder, they work them harder.

"I've seen it get better and better down in this area. The population's growing. You've got more people in the schools and more football players, so you're going to have more prospects."

Tuberville and the Tigers have gotten their share of players from the Gulf Coast area and he expects that to continue. While much has been made of the fact that Auburn has had more success in recruiting the Mobile area than Alabama in recent years, Tuberville said Auburn and Alabama aren't often fighting over the same players.

"Nick (Saban) is a hard recruiter, works at it hard, but so did Mike (Shula). So do we," Tuberville said. "We've gotten a lot of players from down here, but there really haven't been a lot of battles with some people -- especially Alabama -- because they didn't feel like they needed that person that year. They might have had more depth. This year when we had a couple battles, we won one and they won one. That's probably how it's going to be."

While the face time was important for Tuberville and his staff Thursday, it was also a good deal for the high school coaches. Getting to know college coaches now will make it easier to call them later with a tip about a player who is being overlooked. And the clinic was also an opportunity for coaches to pick up a new idea or two that might help their programs in the fall.

"It's just good for all of us to sit down and talk a little football and get to know the coaches at Auburn University," Fairhope coach Mark Lasseter said. "I think it's important that you build a personal relationship with coaches at universities. It's important you build a relationship with the assistants, especially the guys who recruit your area, just so you can put a face with a name. It just helps open up a lot of doors of communication."

Nice to see us strengthening the pipeline to Gulf Coast talent! Didn't one of our strong staff connections to that area just retire or move to an off-the-field position at AU (can't remember his name...)?

Did any of the UAT coaches make it, or were they all tied up with spring practice in West Vance?

Anyone have any early indications of what schools Julio Jones is interested in?

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I think this is particularly shrewd, given the kind of talent in the Mobile area. Right now, LSU seems to have a pipeline there.

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Clinic helps Tuberville stay in touch

Auburn coach brings staff to Fairhope to instruct prep coaches

Friday, April 06, 2007

FAIRHOPE -- With spring drills completed and a couple of months until next year's crop of recruits arrives for summer camps, April is a good chance for Tommy Tuberville and his staff at Auburn to get some down time.

But that doesn't mean they're sitting around the house or working on their golf games.

Tuberville and his staff were in Fairhope on Thursday for the Fairhope Coaches Clinic, meeting high school coaches from Baldwin and Mobile counties and the Florida Panhandle and trading some X's and O's at the James Nix Center.

Tuberville said being free to accept invitations to events like this is a good reason to have an early spring session. Relationships forged at clinics in the spring can often pay dividends in the winter, when recruiting get heated.

"We try to stay visible this time of year because this is kind of the slow time," Tuberville said. "We're in the business of marketing. Before you can recruit or raise money, you've got to sell yourself first. So I like to get the staff out ... and we like to go out and meet different people."

It's a particularly good time to be visiting the Gulf Coast, which has a large crop of blue-chip college prospects this year -- a group led by one of the top prospects in the Southeast, Foley receiver Julio Jones.

There will be plenty of competition for that talent, too. With its proximity to Mississippi, Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle, the Mobile-Baldwin area is recruited harder by more schools than any other part of Alabama, Tuberville said.

"We spend a lot of time evaluating players in this area because there's a lot of good prospects," he said. "A lot of it has to do with coaching and the coaching here is good, the competition is good. Whenever you have competition in high schools, players are going to become better because the coaches coach harder, they work them harder.

"I've seen it get better and better down in this area. The population's growing. You've got more people in the schools and more football players, so you're going to have more prospects."

Tuberville and the Tigers have gotten their share of players from the Gulf Coast area and he expects that to continue. While much has been made of the fact that Auburn has had more success in recruiting the Mobile area than Alabama in recent years, Tuberville said Auburn and Alabama aren't often fighting over the same players.

"Nick (Saban) is a hard recruiter, works at it hard, but so did Mike (Shula). So do we," Tuberville said. "We've gotten a lot of players from down here, but there really haven't been a lot of battles with some people -- especially Alabama -- because they didn't feel like they needed that person that year. They might have had more depth. This year when we had a couple battles, we won one and they won one. That's probably how it's going to be."

While the face time was important for Tuberville and his staff Thursday, it was also a good deal for the high school coaches. Getting to know college coaches now will make it easier to call them later with a tip about a player who is being overlooked. And the clinic was also an opportunity for coaches to pick up a new idea or two that might help their programs in the fall.

"It's just good for all of us to sit down and talk a little football and get to know the coaches at Auburn University," Fairhope coach Mark Lasseter said. "I think it's important that you build a personal relationship with coaches at universities. It's important you build a relationship with the assistants, especially the guys who recruit your area, just so you can put a face with a name. It just helps open up a lot of doors of communication."

Nice to see us strengthening the pipeline to Gulf Coast talent! Didn't one of our strong staff connections to that area just retire or move to an off-the-field position at AU (can't remember his name...)?

Did any of the UAT coaches make it, or were they all tied up with spring practice in West Vance?

Anyone have any early indications of what schools Julio Jones is interested in?

Joe Whitt (former LB coach) took an admin position. However, he turned his contacts over to James Willis who is a pretty impressive recruiter himself. We will continue to recruit strong in the Mobile area.

My brother has worked spring camps for several SEC schools and he says that by far Auburn is the camp that is the friendliest to high school coaches. They view the camps as much an opportunity to forge relationships with the coaches as with the players. They seem to have no secrets. They will make copies of playbooks for anyone who wants them and have no problem going into great detail to explain their system to anyone who is interested. No other coaching staff (that he has visited) is NEARLY as forthcoming with information as Auburn.

BTW, unless something changes, Julio is Bama's to lose

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they were in decatur wednesday

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/s...05/clinic.shtml

this part stuck out to me.....

These coaching clinics aren't the only thing Tuberville's staff participate in during the slow offseason. Earlier this week, several of the defensive staff members were in Ohio speaking with the Cleveland Browns coaches.

Following this week's high school clinics, Tuberville's staff will go back on the road visiting more NFL coaching staffs.

Decatur hosts Auburn coaches for clinic

By Bradley Handwerger

bhandwerger@decaturdaily.com · 340-2462

If you were driving north on U.S. 31 near Calhoun Community College as the hour approached 1 p.m. Wednesday, chances are you saw two Auburn University planes touch down at Pryor Field

For the first time in at least four years, Tommy Tuberville and his entire football coaching staff were in town. They weren't in the area recruiting, though.

They were here to meet and greet and dispense the occasional piece of football knowledge.

Jere Adcock invited Tuberville's staff to speak at a coaching clinic at Decatur Country Club, where nearly 100 coaches, including Adcock's Red Raiders personnel, gathered.

Tuberville isn't new to the clinic circuit.

"We try to do as many clinics as we can, especially in Alabama," Tuberville said from the Pryor Field terminal.

"We get as much out of it as the high school coaches do."

That includes meeting new coaches and making inroads for future recruiting purposes.

But the clinic doesn't benefit only Tuberville and his staff. Adcock, who invited all coaches from Alabama High School Athletic Association Districts 7 and 8, said "It gives guys in North Alabama a chance to spend some time together. We're trying to do that — create more camaraderie in the area. Events like this give us a chance to get together and do that."

The clinic began at 2:30 p.m. and went on for nearly five hours.

For the first time in a while, Tuberville appeared rested. Auburn is coming off an 11-2 season and the team just finished spring football drills two weeks ago.

Midway through the X's and O's clinic, Tuberville wasn't even talking football.

As Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, defensive line coaches Don Dunn and Terry Price, and linebackers coach James Willis answered questions from high school coaches about their positions, Tuberville joked with Adcock.

What did they joke about?

Coaching high school basketball and getting thrown out of games.

As Adcock reminisced about his days coaching boys, Tuberville laughed about his early days as a high school girls coach.

In the end, the clinics aren't real special. Instead, they're a good time for Tuberville to meet new coaches from the area and vice versa.

For Tuberville, now is the time to do these clinics. Spring practice is finished and the spring recruiting won't start until the end of April.

"We're really pressed for time before spring practice," Tuberville said. "It takes a good two to three weeks to prepare."

From Decatur, the Auburn staff will go to Fairhope High.

These coaching clinics aren't the only thing Tuberville's staff participate in during the slow offseason. Earlier this week, several of the defensive staff members were in Ohio speaking with the Cleveland Browns coaches.

Following this week's high school clinics, Tuberville's staff will go back on the road visiting more NFL coaching staffs.

It's all done with the idea to learn the latest trends in offense, defense and special teams.

"We try to learn as much from the coaches as they learn from us," Tuberville said.

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Joe Whitt (former LB coach) took an admin position. However, he turned his contacts over to James Willis who is a pretty impressive recruiter himself. We will continue to recruit strong in the Mobile area.

My brother has worked spring camps for several SEC schools and he says that by far Auburn is the camp that is the friendliest to high school coaches. They view the camps as much an opportunity to forge relationships with the coaches as with the players. They seem to have no secrets. They will make copies of playbooks for anyone who wants them and have no problem going into great detail to explain their system to anyone who is interested. No other coaching staff (that he has visited) is NEARLY as forthcoming with information as Auburn.

BTW, unless something changes, Julio is Bama's to lose

about julio, thats pretty much correct. i've spoken with him personally and a few of his teammates. he pretty much wants to stay close to home and playing time is a big factor.....with this being hall and brown's last season, i'm sure julio will get plenty of reps. yall should really see him play if you haven't. the guys on the team call him "freak show".

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Joe Whitt (former LB coach) took an admin position. However, he turned his contacts over to James Willis who is a pretty impressive recruiter himself. We will continue to recruit strong in the Mobile area.

My brother has worked spring camps for several SEC schools and he says that by far Auburn is the camp that is the friendliest to high school coaches. They view the camps as much an opportunity to forge relationships with the coaches as with the players. They seem to have no secrets. They will make copies of playbooks for anyone who wants them and have no problem going into great detail to explain their system to anyone who is interested. No other coaching staff (that he has visited) is NEARLY as forthcoming with information as Auburn.

BTW, unless something changes, Julio is Bama's to lose

about julio, thats pretty much correct. i've spoken with him personally and a few of his teammates. he pretty much wants to stay close to home and playing time is a big factor.....with this being hall and brown's last season, i'm sure julio will get plenty of reps. yall should really see him play if you haven't. the guys on the team call him "freak show".

well auburns an extra hour and a half closer than tuscaloosa, and we dont exactly have any world beaters at the WR position. Not saying hes coming here but if hes that good then he should have no problem getting pt anywhere he goes