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Posted on 5/4/17 at 2:19 pm to AuburnCPA
Have we found Luke's alter?
Posted on 5/4/17 at 2:30 pm to RandySavage
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The Gus/Lashlee show the last couple of years has broken us all down.
LOL...really? We've only set the SEC record for most consecutive 1k rushers (and counting). I think picking RBs isn't an issue.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 2:32 pm to TigerPaw1
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Watch his film. I think Teague is best fit for our system and would be a beast. Pettway was a 3* FB
CAP was a low 4 or 3* most places.
Tre Mason was a mid-low 4*.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 2:36 pm to AuburnCPA
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yall are probably right. No need in melting anymore. Just accept the reality of being second fiddle. Especially since Saban is signed through 2025.
Yup that's what we are doing. Just accepting mediocrity
Posted on 5/4/17 at 2:52 pm to TigerPaw1
Could have picked shite running backs and hit 1k yards a few of those years. That's what running 70% of the time gets you.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 3:05 pm to plaric
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Could have picked shite running backs and hit 1k yards a few of those years. That's what running 70% of the time gets you.
In 3 out of 4 Gus years we've had a guy avg >5YPC and be named 1st team All SEC RB
That isn't from just running 70% of the time
Posted on 5/5/17 at 6:54 am to GenesChin
Another Ohio State insider CBd Harris to AU. KN warns tho that UGA will be a major threat
Posted on 5/5/17 at 8:55 am to GenesChin
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In 3 out of 4 Gus years we've had a guy avg >5YPC and be named 1st team All SEC RB
That isn't from just running 70% of the time
Posted on 5/5/17 at 9:12 am to RandySavage
Get a Slim Jim and grow a pair.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 9:52 am to AuburnTigers
To add to the above , none of our three 1st Team AllSEC RBs were rated as top 250 recruits with two being 3* and Tre being a >250 4*
Whether it is our scheme or Gus finding diamonds in the rough, RB recruiting and star rankings clearly aren't something to melt over
Whether it is our scheme or Gus finding diamonds in the rough, RB recruiting and star rankings clearly aren't something to melt over
Posted on 5/5/17 at 10:19 am to GenesChin
If Gus can take a three star and make him highly successful, imagine what Gus could do with an elite RB!I personally believe that the success of our RBs is largely a product of the system we run. Like CAP, I don't really think he would have amounted to much had he played for any other school.
Edit: Interestingly, so far the "elite" RBs Gus has recruited (AKA Roc Thomas and even Kerryon Johnson to a degree) haven't had nearly the amount of success as his lower rated RBs have had.
Edit: Interestingly, so far the "elite" RBs Gus has recruited (AKA Roc Thomas and even Kerryon Johnson to a degree) haven't had nearly the amount of success as his lower rated RBs have had.
This post was edited on 5/5/17 at 10:23 am
Posted on 5/5/17 at 10:42 am to ThaiTiger24
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CAP, I don't really think he would have amounted to much had he played for any other school.
CAP was drafted as an old RB with only one year of production. His combine numbers were solid. He wasn't "sexy" but he had good burst and great patience for a college RB
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imagine what Gus could do with an elite RB
If anything we should go after more overlooked big bruising backs like Pettway instead of the home run guys that make up the "elite" backs
Posted on 5/5/17 at 10:52 am to GenesChin
Yep. The most important thing Gus might have learned during his time at Auburn is that the smaller "elite" RBs haven't had nearly the amount of success that the bigger less "elite" RBs have had.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:06 am to ThaiTiger24
Bruh, RB is a dime-a-dozen position, especially in our offensive system. The amount of quality backs in the South on a year-to-year basis is retarded. I don't even know what we're crying about here; this team's success under Malzahn will NEVER fall on the shoulders of whether we line a 5* or 4* at RB. Its QB, QB, QB, and then OL. Period.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:38 am to metafour
I don't know - what would Malzahn's offense had looked like had we signed a guy like Leonard Fournette? Obviously, its an extreme example but you get what I am saying. An elite bruiser can make a significant change to any offense, even Gus Malzahn's offense. Last year we saw just how unsuccessful an offense can be without that type of player when KP was hurt. KJ kept getting bounced backwards it seemed whenever he carried the ball (albeit he had a significant ankle injury).
Posted on 5/5/17 at 11:55 am to ThaiTiger24
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KJ kept getting bounced backwards it seemed whenever he carried the ball (albeit he had a significant ankle injury).
And when KJ was healthy he was running it between the tackled and running mother tickets over too, and doing it very well.
How he looked at the end of the season had everything to do with his injury, not that Pettway wasn't playing
Posted on 5/5/17 at 12:09 pm to BowlJackson
But even last year, our offense looked considerably better with KP running the ball than with a healthy KJ.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 12:24 pm to ThaiTiger24
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But even last year, our offense looked considerably better with KP running the ball than with a healthy KJ.
To be fair KP did his damage against defenses that were considerably less talented. That isn't KP's fault, but it isn't implausible that he would have struggled do to OL issues against uga, bama and oklahoma. Those schools had more talent along the front than KP saw in our stretch of games where he ran crazy.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 12:41 pm to ThaiTiger24
quote:Quick, make a list of AU RBs since 2009 who had attitude problems which ultimately affected their performance on the field, even to the point of quitting/transferring/getting dismissed from the team.
Edit: Interestingly, so far the "elite" RBs Gus has recruited (AKA Roc Thomas and even Kerryon Johnson to a degree) haven't had nearly the amount of success as his lower rated RBs have had.
Now make a list of those from that same timeframe who had successful careers and were considered solid teammates.
Which list had more guys labeled "elite" by recruiting services?
Obviously, prior performance doesn't guarantee future results, but I'm pretty sure there's a clear trend.
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