TitanTiger 22,260 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just a quick update on the fact that Alabama outside linebackers coach Lance Thompson is taking a job on the Tennessee staff. I just spoke with five-star running back Trent Richardson, the Pensacola, Fla. native and one of Thompson's recruits.What did he think? "It's kind of surprising to me, and it's kind of hard on me," Richardson said. "He was my recruiter and I was closer to him than my position coach (Burton Burns) at Alabama. It's hard. I never thought this would happen to me." Richardson hasn't spoken to Thompson yet, though he said he's been calling him all day. He did speak with Alabama coach Nick Saban, who seemed pretty frustrated. "I talked to Coach Saban today," Richardson said, "and he was very surprised. He was kind of upset with the situation, too." So, what does this mean for Trent's recruitment? "Well, I'm just going to finish going through the recruiting process, get to February, sit down with my mom and talk it over with my family and my coaches at my school now," he said. "Let it ride like that. I'm going to keep my eyes open, take all my visits. I'm just kind of stressed." Not exactly a resounding "I'm sticking with Bama." Come on down to Auburn, Trent. If those Tulsa RBs can tear it up like they did, you'll do great at Runningback U. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU Cav 0 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just a quick update on the fact that Alabama outside linebackers coach Lance Thompson is taking a job on the Tennessee staff. I just spoke with five-star running back Trent Richardson, the Pensacola, Fla. native and one of Thompson's recruits.What did he think? "It's kind of surprising to me, and it's kind of hard on me," Richardson said. "He was my recruiter and I was closer to him than my position coach (Burton Burns) at Alabama. It's hard. I never thought this would happen to me." Richardson hasn't spoken to Thompson yet, though he said he's been calling him all day. He did speak with Alabama coach Nick Saban, who seemed pretty frustrated. "I talked to Coach Saban today," Richardson said, "and he was very surprised. He was kind of upset with the situation, too." So, what does this mean for Trent's recruitment? "Well, I'm just going to finish going through the recruiting process, get to February, sit down with my mom and talk it over with my family and my coaches at my school now," he said. "Let it ride like that. I'm going to keep my eyes open, take all my visits. I'm just kind of stressed." Not exactly a resounding "I'm sticking with Bama." Come on down to Auburn, Trent. If those Tulsa RBs can tear it up like they did, you'll do great at Runningback U. The bammer loving local radio guy here was saying that Richardson was no longer a UAT recruit and was going to Tennessee. He was so miffed that he was saying there should be an NCAA rule stating that coaches couldn't switch jobs until after signing day so they couldn't pull recruits from other school. Completely irrational and ridiculous, but like I said, he's a bammer. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 22,260 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Funny, I didn't hear any of that kind of indignation when Auburn lost two DCs to Texas right after the season. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prowler 1 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I wonder how Trent feels when he heard that uat was going to the Spread this coming year? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyjeddah 1 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Ya'll take your bama crap somewhere else... This is an AU board .. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaGrad03 0 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Funny, I didn't hear any of that kind of indignation when Auburn lost two DCs to Texas right after the season. Really? I don't have time to dig it up in the search feature, but there's plenty of fodder out there. And Texas isn't a rival. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN TIGER 2 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Tennessee fans are lovin it! I live up in Vol country, and they are loving the fact that they are taking Bammers coaches for the same money they were offered to stay in T-Town. They say it is obvious Saban is A D#%#Head or else why would he leave. KARMA Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TidePride50 3 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I'd be lying if I said I wasnt a little bit concerned, but with Coffee leaving and Upchurch health in question, I think that is a good enough situation to land him. JMO. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 The bammer loving local radio guy here was saying that Richardson was no longer a UAT recruit and was going to Tennessee. He was so miffed that he was saying there should be an NCAA rule stating that coaches couldn't switch jobs until after signing day so they couldn't pull recruits from other school. Completely irrational and ridiculous, but like I said, he's a bammer. I'm no lawyer, but on what legal grounds could the NCAA base such a thing? Since when would they have the power or authority to dictate when universities could hire employees? And wouldn't that be the same NCAA Bammers wanted to sue and/or emasculate a few year ago? ...but now he wishes they had more power? ...as you said, irrational and ridiculous Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA-CT 1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Tennessee fans are lovin it! I live up in Vol country, and they are loving the fact that they are taking Bammers coaches for the same money they were offered to stay in T-Town. They say it is obvious Saban is A D#%#Head or else why would he leave. KARMA UT doubled his salary... Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 UT doubled his salary... Not according to Thompson himself. Speaking from Tennessee: http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/01/lance_...le_who_are.html " Nick Saban ... actually offered me more money than I'm making here..." Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA-CT 1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 UT doubled his salary... Not according to Thompson himself. Speaking from Tennessee: http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/01/lance_...le_who_are.html " Nick Saban ... actually offered me more money than I'm making here..." Thompson made 225 thousand at bama, it's my understanding that he will make 450 at UT. Whether Saban offered more after he accepted the job at UT, I don't know. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtftiger 40 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 UT doubled his salary... Not according to Thompson himself. Speaking from Tennessee: http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/01/lance_...le_who_are.html " Nick Saban ... actually offered me more money than I'm making here..." That's awesome. Great find. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-573864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKCAUB 0 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Ya'll take your bama crap somewhere else... This is an AU board .. HEE HEE...now that's funny! Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574186 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauxtigahs11 1 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 LSU and UF were his other two choices. We'll comfort you in these hard times, Trent. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
runswithscissors 33 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 i still think he will stay with Alabama. i don't blame him for being stressed out about it, i imagined there would be a few guys scratching their heads over this. i don't think it would have been as big of a deal had UT asked permission and gone through the normal channels of speaking to Thompson. Clemson did that while talking to Steele and there was no issue with it. i think when you totally hide it and nobody has a clue until the coaches meeting thats when it causes a problem. i'm not saying Thompson is a bad guy or anything like that, as i'm sure he had his reasons for leaving. everybody knows CNS is not the easiest person to work for. they know that when they come on board. but UT is putting together one hell of a staff up there, no doubt. i hope CLT finds great success at UT......except against us in the short term, i don't see his departure hurting us with any guys for this class. but he will be missed in the Mobile area in the future. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 22,260 Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 If he really wants to go somewhere that the NFL knows produces pro-quality running backs no matter what decade it is, he'd come to Auburn. William Andrews Joe Cribbs James Brooks Lionel James Bo Jackson Tony Richardson Fred Beasley Stephen Davis Rudi Johnson Heath Evans Cadillac Williams Ronnie Brown Just sayin'. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
runswithscissors 33 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 If he really wants to go somewhere that the NFL knows produces pro-quality running backs no matter what decade it is, he'd come to Auburn. William Andrews Joe Cribbs James Brooks Lionel James Bo Jackson Tony Richardson Fred Beasley Stephen Davis Rudi Johnson Heath Evans Cadillac Williams Ronnie Brown Just sayin'. i don't really know much about those other guys (except Bo, obviously), but Cadillac and Ronnie Brown were freaks of nature out of high school. i don't really think there was much coaching to do there. football. hole. run. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that there was absolutely no coaching attention given to them or anything like that. simply saying that AU didn't inherit two guys that were horrible and coached them into monsters or something. AU signed two incredibly talented guys and they delivered. now, it very well may have been the case with the other guys that AU just coached them into greatness from scratch, i just have no idea who they really are so i'm not going to say one way or another. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauxtigahs11 1 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Oh, I think he stays at Bama too, but yo never know. I've learned that more than a few times this recruiting year. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 22,260 Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 If he really wants to go somewhere that the NFL knows produces pro-quality running backs no matter what decade it is, he'd come to Auburn. William Andrews Joe Cribbs James Brooks Lionel James Bo Jackson Tony Richardson Fred Beasley Stephen Davis Rudi Johnson Heath Evans Cadillac Williams Ronnie Brown Just sayin'. i don't really know much about those other guys (except Bo, obviously), but Cadillac and Ronnie Brown were freaks of nature out of high school. i don't really think there was much coaching to do there. football. hole. run. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that there was absolutely no coaching attention given to them or anything like that. simply saying that AU didn't inherit two guys that were horrible and coached them into monsters or something. AU signed two incredibly talented guys and they delivered. now, it very well may have been the case with the other guys that AU just coached them into greatness from scratch, i just have no idea who they really are so i'm not going to say one way or another. The point is not that we coached them into greatness anymore than BYU or USC over the years have coached great HS QBs into greatness. But the bottom line is, good RBs come to Auburn and make it big on the next level. For all of Florida's success and great recruiting, they haven't put half that many productive backs in the pros. And neither has Alabama. The pros know if a kid goes through Auburn and puts up good numbers, odds are he's going to be productive at the next level. It's Runningback U. Period. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsixfive 341 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 i don't really know much about those other guys (except Bo, obviously), but Cadillac and Ronnie Brown were freaks of nature out of high school. i don't really think there was much coaching to do there. football. hole. run. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that there was absolutely no coaching attention given to them or anything like that. simply saying that AU didn't inherit two guys that were horrible and coached them into monsters or something. AU signed two incredibly talented guys and they delivered. now, it very well may have been the case with the other guys that AU just coached them into greatness from scratch, i just have no idea who they really are so i'm not going to say one way or another. Do we need to break out Tre Smith's 9th year of eligibility to serve you another piece of humble pie? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyg 2 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 i don't really know much about those other guys (except Bo, obviously), but Cadillac and Ronnie Brown were freaks of nature out of high school. i don't really think there was much coaching to do there. football. hole. run. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that there was absolutely no coaching attention given to them or anything like that. simply saying that AU didn't inherit two guys that were horrible and coached them into monsters or something. AU signed two incredibly talented guys and they delivered. now, it very well may have been the case with the other guys that AU just coached them into greatness from scratch, i just have no idea who they really are so i'm not going to say one way or another. Do we need to break out Tre Smith's 9th year of eligibility to serve you another piece of humble pie? And wasn't Ronnie a 3 star out of high school? little coaching to make him better get drafted higher than Carnell who was great coming. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU Cav 0 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 i don't really know much about those other guys (except Bo, obviously), but Cadillac and Ronnie Brown were freaks of nature out of high school. i don't really think there was much coaching to do there. football. hole. run. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that there was absolutely no coaching attention given to them or anything like that. simply saying that AU didn't inherit two guys that were horrible and coached them into monsters or something. AU signed two incredibly talented guys and they delivered. now, it very well may have been the case with the other guys that AU just coached them into greatness from scratch, i just have no idea who they really are so i'm not going to say one way or another. Do we need to break out Tre Smith's 9th year of eligibility to serve you another piece of humble pie? And wasn't Ronnie a 3 star out of high school? little coaching to make him better get drafted higher than Carnell who was great coming. I'm pretty sure he was a 4 star. He was at least the #6 rb prospect in the SE, but I thought it was overall. My mind is a little vague but there was a lot of hype about him when he signed. It's a primary reason why I wasn't surprised when he was a beast. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 3,206 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I don't put much faith in "stars" because they're all so subjective and too many 4-stars seem to not pan out while 1-star recruits like Dontarrious Thomas make it to the pros. Ronnie Brown coming out of HS was a 2-sport athlete. He was actually drafted by the Mariners. Still, he wasn't as productive from the start like Carnell was. It took him 2 years to mature -- 3 if you count his redshirt year. He also said Carnell being on the team motivated him to workout more & improve himself. By his junior season he was a legit star. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-574750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogaaufan 27 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 If he really wants to go somewhere that the NFL knows produces pro-quality running backs no matter what decade it is, he'd come to Auburn. William Andrews Joe Cribbs James Brooks Lionel James Bo Jackson Tony Richardson Fred Beasley Stephen Davis Rudi Johnson Heath Evans Cadillac Williams Ronnie Brown Just sayin'. i don't really know much about those other guys (except Bo, obviously), but Cadillac and Ronnie Brown were freaks of nature out of high school. i don't really think there was much coaching to do there. football. hole. run. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that there was absolutely no coaching attention given to them or anything like that. simply saying that AU didn't inherit two guys that were horrible and coached them into monsters or something. AU signed two incredibly talented guys and they delivered. now, it very well may have been the case with the other guys that AU just coached them into greatness from scratch, i just have no idea who they really are so i'm not going to say one way or another. Kenney Irons was a bench riding failure under Lou Holtz at SC. He led the SEC in rushing his first year at Auburn. He wasn't exactly a "freak of nature". He seemed to be shaping up to have some success in the league before his injuries. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/55474-trent-richardson-im-disappointed/#findComment-575343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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