re: 2022 Recruiting Thread

Don't read too much into my comments...ever. No, not all kids that commit elsewhere are dumb...I was overstating it for dramatic affect.

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TheJones

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What are your thoughts on our recruiting potential once the staff gets their feet under them?

Assume we are winning and looking good on the field

No it's not just 1 kid. Same people with concerns had concerns in the summer. Clemons is a solid player. Not denying that but it isn't about him. It's about the class as a whole. Take our rivals Bama, UGa, LSU. Anyone committed to us would one of those fanbases pencil in as a starter? Nope. None. They would be potential at best and depth as probable.

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Yea I've obviously been down on it but had a fleeting moment of hope after the last couple of commits and a couple of flip prospects (Woodyard, Woody, Rhym) and getting Clemons and maybe Perry. Not feeling good about much anymore.

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We're Auburn you fricking a-hole. Top 15 all-time. I suspect our recruiting will be similar. Like Gus, Chiz, Tubs, Dye...

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Auburn should never be outside of the top 12 in recruiting. Too much talent near by, and Auburn is one of the top football programs in the country.

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Completely agree. Coaching change we dropped last years class. But with 8-10 months we should be able to solidly finish inside the Top 15.

So the patience call until 2023 recruiting class, and I'm not calling out Jonesy, but will those claiming patience in recruiting be calling for patience in losses on the field in the 23 and 24 seasons? That will be he payoff on the patience.

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So the patience call until 2023 recruiting class, and I'm not calling out Jonesy, but will those claiming patience in recruiting be calling for patience in losses on the field in the 23 and 24 seasons? That will be he payoff on the patience.

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I mean, I expected us to go 6-6 or 7-5 so yes

Some of you guys argue about recruiting as if we control any of it. My job here is just to relay free information to the board. My opinion on what’s happening overall or during a specific recruitment has no bearing on how well we do on the trail. No amount of my patience or being right or wrong changes anything. The payoff of my patience is my sanity

Tuberville didn’t recruit well on paper in terms of the recruiting site rankings. Chizik really brought a high level of visibility to recruiting at Auburn by hiring a phenomenal staff of recruiters. We obviously saw the extreme highs and lows of that staff in terms of results on the field. Gus continued that higher level of recruiting with a bit more of those highs and lows. Although, he ran a better overall program.

Harsin arrived in the middle of a 18 month recruiting dead period. Everyone dealt with it, of course, but a PNW coach that doesn’t recruit even the PNW’s best was a larger hurdle than I think most realized. Derek Mason wasn’t recruiting the caliber guys at Vandy that Auburn does and Bobo was one year removed from competing for similar recruits as Harsin was out west.

Much of the current class starts 2 years prior. We’ve seen that clearly this fall when the 2023 visitors, in volume and pedigree, absolutely dwarf the 2022 guys. Relationships in recruiting are built in years, not months. And it starting to get to know kids in June, just 5 months and 2 weeks before NSD, was a tough starting point.

All this to say — it’s hard to say what 2023 recruiting will look like. We might not even know until next summer as kids these days commit later and later. I’m as patient as can be with these things but I understand folks are tired of losing and want quick fixes. But as I said when Harsin was hired, you don’t hire this guy for a quick fix. You hire this guy to build a program from the bottom up and that takes time.

Anyway, that’s my thoughts on it all. I never expected much from this class and it’s about on par for what I was thinking. We’ll have to wait and see what NSD week brings

Randy coming in shitting on recruiting, over nothing, always seems to arrive like clockwork for daylight savings each year. Stay gold ponyboy.

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it ironic that posters continually mention how LSU is kicking our arse in recruiting while simultaneously having lost two in a row to us, in the midst of a stretch where they’ve gone 7-9 against P5 teams?

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And is wrong 99% of the time.

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I guess it depends on your hope and expectations for the program. If you are cool with 8-4 and getting it pushed in by UGA every year and watching Bama, Clemson, LSU etc... rack up titles then yea everything is fine and there is nothing to complain about.

If you think our roster is in a good place to compete for titles this year and certainly going forward then yes I am wrong.

If you think a month from signing day being 13th in the SEC in recruiting is cool then I'm definitely wrong.

I guess it's all about perspective.