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What's up with our recruiting?
Posted on 10/31/16 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 10/31/16 at 9:39 pm
for all the dandy press we're getting and the run we are on, I figured it would begin paying dividends in recruiting earlier. Very few 4*, mostly 3*, and only one 5*. Maybe, as Pat Dye once said, "the big dogs walk late"?
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Posted on 10/31/16 at 9:41 pm to TailbackU
He also said, "you cant fix stupid"
Posted on 10/31/16 at 9:50 pm to TailbackU
We have the #12 class in the country with 10 spots remaining 
It's like this every year. Auburn scoops up a healthy amount before the season and goes balls out after the regular season to snag higher ranked prospects.
Chris Peterson and Coach K talked earlier this week about high school recruits and they both agreed that these days kids love recruiting more than football.
It's like this every year. Auburn scoops up a healthy amount before the season and goes balls out after the regular season to snag higher ranked prospects.
Chris Peterson and Coach K talked earlier this week about high school recruits and they both agreed that these days kids love recruiting more than football.
Posted on 10/31/16 at 9:54 pm to TailbackU
And your post fairly misinformed.
We have 15 commitments and 9 are 4*+. Several of the 3* guys have 4* ratings by at least 1 scouting service and two guys are special teams specialists and those guys are never rated higher than 3*
We have 15 commitments and 9 are 4*+. Several of the 3* guys have 4* ratings by at least 1 scouting service and two guys are special teams specialists and those guys are never rated higher than 3*
This post was edited on 10/31/16 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 10/31/16 at 9:55 pm to TheJones
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Auburn scoops up a healthy amount before the season and goes balls out after the regular season to snag higher ranked prospects.
Hope that holds true. Seems like in the bumper crop years, we've had one or two highly ranked "lead recruits" that have come to multiple recruiting weekends to help recruit other guys.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 12:45 am to TailbackU
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Very few 4*, mostly 3*, and only one 5*.
Lol
Why don't you take another look at our class? We have more 4*s than 3*s
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 12:47 am
Posted on 11/1/16 at 6:47 am to Weagle25
At a closer look, I stand corrected. I was looking at Rivals which has its #18. When looking at the composite figures, others have our class looking better.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 6:54 am to TailbackU
It's start of November and we have #12 class. We are right where we usually are despite battling a ton of negative recruiting. Sounds like u are looking for reasons to worry
Posted on 11/1/16 at 6:56 am to TigerPaw1
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Sounds like u are looking for reasons to worry
Lol...you're probably right!
Posted on 11/1/16 at 7:08 am to TailbackU
I'm on the fence.
On one hand it's concerning because while we are in ok shape right now the number of big time recruits we are still in the mix for is way down compared to most years.
On the other hand barely over a month ago we looked like we were heading for another 2008 type season and possibly going to be looking for a new coach so obviously that's not attractive to recruits.
I'm worried our resurgence is too late to get back in on some guys but hopeful at the same time we can get a couple of big time guys to take another hard look if we can keep this momentum going through the rest of the year.
On one hand it's concerning because while we are in ok shape right now the number of big time recruits we are still in the mix for is way down compared to most years.
On the other hand barely over a month ago we looked like we were heading for another 2008 type season and possibly going to be looking for a new coach so obviously that's not attractive to recruits.
I'm worried our resurgence is too late to get back in on some guys but hopeful at the same time we can get a couple of big time guys to take another hard look if we can keep this momentum going through the rest of the year.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 7:48 am to RandySavage
The staff likes to have big guys that no one knows is interested in us commit on signing day. One thing I won't ever melt about is auburn recruiting with the current staff
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 10:46 am
Posted on 11/1/16 at 8:35 am to TailbackU
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I was looking at Rivals which has its #18
Rivals "team rankings" don't make sense at this point in the year as they use top 20 or so recruits to calculate. So if you have only 14 recruits right now, you are missing possible points from 15-20 that other teams get credit for. For example, Arizona with only 3 (4*) and 21 (3*) for an avg 3*'s is ranked #14, a solid 100 points ahead of Auburn
If Auburn gets to 20+ recruits at their 3.5* avg rating, they will be around Rivals #10-12 at a minimum NSD
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 8:37 am
Posted on 11/1/16 at 8:51 am to plaric
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The staff likes to have big guys that know one knows is interested in us commit on signing day
When has this happened?
Posted on 11/1/16 at 9:11 am to RandySavage
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I'm on the fence.
On one hand it's concerning because while we are in ok shape right now the number of big time recruits we are still in the mix for is way down compared to most years.
On the other hand barely over a month ago we looked like we were heading for another 2008 type season and possibly going to be looking for a new coach so obviously that's not attractive to recruits.
I'm worried our resurgence is too late to get back in on some guys but hopeful at the same time we can get a couple of big time guys to take another hard look if we can keep this momentum going through the rest of the year.
I think those concerns are valid. We have been spoiled by this staff with landing top 10 players 3 of the last 4 seasons with all 3 coming through on NSD (Montravius Adams, Byron Cowart & Derrick Brown). As of now I don't see any of those type of rated players on our radar & I think last season along with the negative recruiting has dulled our chances at players like that.
However I think we are building a very deep, well rounded class. Need to see how we finish at DL but if Garner closes as usual then I think we will be happy with the haul. Hopefully a strong finish on the field this season helps us put together a big time class in 2018 where we are already in play for some bigger prospects than this season (at least based off their early ratings)
Posted on 11/1/16 at 9:30 am to RandySavage
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When has this happened?
Hard to tell if it is more bringing in new coaches or what, but we have pulled in ~5 top 250 players that we weren't "favorites" for every year except 2014
Posted on 11/1/16 at 9:52 am to TailbackU
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I was looking at Rivals which has its #18. When looking at the composite figures, others have our class looking better.
Because recruiting rankings are fake. They are nothing to get Yoder about.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 9:58 am to CaptainBrannigan
Recruiting pre-melt already?
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 9:59 am
Posted on 11/1/16 at 10:46 am to RandySavage
Gene touches on it above.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 10:50 am to TigerPaw1
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As of now I don't see any of those type of rated players on our radar
Kind of the gist of my original post.
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 11/1/16 at 11:31 am to plaric
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The staff likes to have big guys that no one knows is interested in us commit on signing day. One thing I won't ever melt about is auburn recruiting with the current staff
Give us an example of this happening.
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