re: 2023 Recruiting

Sometimes as fans we look at a man trying hard and we see a guy we can relate to. Most of us appreciate the work Harsin is putting in. I have no doubt he’s busting his arse.

If Harsin can’t navigate the portal and NIL it’s understandable. A real goddamn nightmare. But if he’s not that guy then there’s a guy out there that can do it and that’s ultimately the job right now.

Clemente has a new confidential out so here's a rundown:

— he expects Cobb and English to commit to Auburn despite English pushing back his commitment date.

— What's went right and wrong in recruiting:

Right: Auburn's been building relationships and getting recruits on campus and while that hasn't resulted in immediate results they're building toward the future. Every recruit left their OVs with glowing reviews and a lot of that was because of the small things they did like Brahms player hosting Connor Lew who wants to become a pilot.

He also gives Auburn credit for the camps that they hosted and the recruits they got on campus for the camps like JC Hart, Air Noland, Kamari McClellan, Hevin Brown-Schuler, and English.

There are other big name and fringe recruits that Auburn got the chance to see but haven't offered yet. He was told by recruits and attendees like parents and coaches at the camps that they enjoyed their time and getting to spend time with the coaches.

Wrong: Auburn exited the month with the same amount of commits they entered the month with, and they are one of 2 schools the other being AZ State with 2 or less commits with AZ State only having one and they're dealing with a lot of sanctions.

He said that the February debacle has handicapped the staff and other schools are negative recruiting against them, telling recruits that the staff may be fired after this season. He said that it's impossible for Auburn to overcome that until the season starts and they start winning. The first 5 games will be a make or break for recruiting.

— Don't write off Cedrick Hawkins even though he said he was fully committed to Ohio State, Clemente said after he talked to trusted sources, to not write him off that it won't be easy to flip him from Ohio State, but Auburn's not giving up on him due to what he said during the exit interview and there's a reason Auburn hosted him on an OV.

— on Russaw and Smith he said Auburn, Bama, and UGA are the three main schools and they're expected to be a package deal and this weekend's OV went strongly for both and has kept Auburn in the hunt with both recruits and if Auburn has a 8-9 win season and a competitive NIL deal that they would be in a really strong position to land them.

— He expects Auburn to aim for multiple commits at big Cat and the list is already shaping up to be full of talented recruits.

I think you are forgetting that Harsin was a shitshow before our boosters stepped in, not because of it. Things were off the rails LONG before our boosters stepped in.

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The school/boosters/whomever fricked Harsin and the staff completely with that.

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He screwed himself. He showed little interest in recruiting when he should’ve been hyper focused hence the hit job. Anybody that wants Auburn to succeed should be crying that the PTB didn’t finish their job.

I feel like most are trying to assign total blame to one party when in reality it looks like both parties had some major screwups that have only compounded.

Nothing Harsin did warranted the personal attack that was directed toward his marriage, to his children's potential opinions of their father, and to this squad of current players. Whomever is responsible should be weeded out, pubic-ally tar and feathered, and their personal copy of 'The Creed' taken away in public as they're forever escorted away from Auburn. There was no justification for the fictitious load of crap they were marketing.

. . . And if they could have done so for football reasons there wouldn't have been the race baiting claims and tales of made-up infidelity.

This staff fricking sucks.

It's a long way til October.

And nobody but 3stars are looking to commit to us before then.

And if yaw keep melting like this your pants will be around your ankles way before then.