Tim Irvin transferring

#AbandonShip

Maybe he and Steele don't jive well? Whatever it is, hopefully it's for reasons that don't involve football.

New DB coach.

New expectations.

Good luck to him, but if you want to bash a head against a wall, I'd try Muschamp and T-Rob's first.

P.S. I'm going to take great joy when USCe crashes and burns this year and for years thereafter. It is sincerely going to bring a genuine smile to my face.

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I don't understand people who have a grudge against Muschamp and TRob. They each got offered better jobs and took them. What's the problem?

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Just the way things went at the end. Probably shouldn't have chased that rabbit in the first place.

They both were instrumental in bringing top talent to a depleted defense and got young guys playing at a high level by end of the year. Seems like a positive to me



Tim Irvins probably wasn't an ideal fit for Steele and is choosing to find a place that is. I'm sure his size was a big part despite how hard he hits


ETA: If Irvin wasnt a fit from AUs end, I hope we let him transfer to USCe. We don't play them and he may not have a ton of top options due to size

Nah make him transfer outside the conference. He can find a fit somewhere else

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Tim Irvins probably wasn't an ideal fit for Steele and is choosing to find a place that is. I'm sure his size was a big part despite how hard he hits

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A 5'8" DB with the skill set of a SS isn't an ideal fit for ANY defense. But Tim Irvin was a fricking football player with a nose for the ball and you FIND a place for a guy like that. Irvin is basically a Bob Sanders clone, and once teams started looking past his size and just let him play Sanders became an All-American, 2x First Team All-Pro, and NFL Defensive POY.

I really think that's been one of the biggest problems we've had on D since Tuberville left. Everybody we've had since is so concerned with finding guys that are the right "fit" that we pass on guys that are just flat out good football players that actually want to play for us and it seems like we get burned every time. Vic Beasley, Jayron Kearse, Jarrad Davis, Key and Bowers at LSU. I know I'm forgetting some big ones and could still go on but you get the point.

Well that fricking sucks. Was one of my favorite freshmen.

I hate Tims gone. I loved his tenacity. But I am also cautiously optimistic about this secondary, due to the size we have (and Tim lacked). I think we can be REAL good, with the starters at the very least.

Man hate to see that. Love the way he attacked the ball in the air and was super physical. Wonder if the grad transfer had anything to do with this?

Still very optimistic about our secondary in 2016 tho

frick.