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Posted on 9/14/20 at 9:31 am to LanierSpots
Posted on 9/14/20 at 9:31 am to LanierSpots
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Kerryon was a surprise but since Mason, we have had what we need in the back field.
How was Kerryon a surprise? He was a 5* by some publications, a consensus top 50 player.
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Posted on 9/14/20 at 9:36 am to Rhymenoceros
He was a surprise that he lasted. That’s what I was getting at. He got injured most of his career at Auburn. His last year he did great until his late season injury. He was more of a 3 down back than I thought.
Someone brought up Pettway and I agree. He was the back we needed. Just needed him to stay the course.
And people need to stop bringing up Roc Thomas. That’s not even funny. He was obviously not the right kind of back.
Someone brought up Pettway and I agree. He was the back we needed. Just needed him to stay the course.
And people need to stop bringing up Roc Thomas. That’s not even funny. He was obviously not the right kind of back.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 10:04 am to AA7
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Not to sound like Brannigan, but one play doesn’t change the fact that he’s gone down very easily on a lot of plays.
exactly. And showing how he stacks up against a safety(that photo) is not what we are talking about.
Running inside requires a back to break tackles from DTs and LBs too. We know Shivers has great straight away speed.
I agree, while I like Shivers heart and drive, he will go down easier, which is nothing like edwards-helaire.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 11:10 am to LanierSpots
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Kerryon was a surprise but since Mason, we have had what we need in the back field.
That is an interesting take. Kerryon was a big time recruit and he panned out just fine.
Bubba Pettway worked out pretty well until other issues came into play.
As far as Roc Thomas goes...I know 95% of the fanbase that I personally communicate with thought he was going to be a frickin star. He did not become that at Auburn.
Asa Martin turned into a headcase.
I don't think Gus has really failed at RB recruiting/developing at all.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 11:17 am to Tigerpro2a
quote:fumbled first play of the game against Bama. Total bust
As far as Roc Thomas goes...I know 95% of the fanbase that I personally communicate with thought he was going to be a frickin star. He did not become that at Auburn.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 11:57 am to Luke
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Gus hasn’t produced anything but a few miraculous victories ... just enough to keep his job.... which imo doesn’t justify the expense or the needed trajectory of the program. We are sitting in neutral and have been passed by UGA, LSU, UF, and soon UT.... UA is in decline but still in better shape than we are.
Trajectory? I'm amazed at the takes on this site and other sites. Historically Gus is overperforming. He's also a young coach on a learning curve. We recruit better than we have historically, have minimal coaching turnover, have a minimal amount of player problems, are fundraising at historical levels, etc. Bitch and moan about the X's and O's play-by-play all you want but Gus is doing a fine job running the AU football program.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 12:14 pm to alpinetiger
alpinetiger Thank you for pointing that out. Some people don't get it. They are the reason I don't post much. 100% agree with you.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 12:17 pm to TTsTowel
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Then they trotted out that 3-3-5 defense and got gashed..
Maybe they were just soft against us. I don’t know.
The stats I’m looking at show they were 49th in nation in rushing defense. 7th in SEC as well.
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This post was edited on 9/14/20 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 9/14/20 at 12:25 pm to jangalang
I may be biased, but we would have rushed for 250+ against the '86 Bears defense.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 12:43 pm to alpinetiger
Bro. Our big dicks would have broke concrete that day
Posted on 9/14/20 at 1:51 pm to alpinetiger
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Trajectory? I'm amazed at the takes on this site and other sites. Historically Gus is overperforming. He's also a young coach on a learning curve. We recruit better than we have historically, have minimal coaching turnover, have a minimal amount of player problems, are fundraising at historical levels, etc. Bitch and moan about the X's and O's play-by-play all you want but Gus is doing a fine job running the AU football program.
I promise you guys with all my might. This is not my alter. Hand over heart
Posted on 9/14/20 at 2:38 pm to alpinetiger
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Historically Gus is overperforming
What history are you looking at? Definitely not the past 40 years.
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He's also a young coach on a learning curve.
He’s 54 years old. He’s in his prime as far as coach age goes.
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We recruit better than we have historically
Why is he not historically winning more games then? Why can he not win a bowl game against far inferior talent?
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have minimal coaching turnover
Sometimes that isn’t a good thing.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 3:02 pm to alpinetiger
Thank you. We have never recruited or performed like we have as of late. Dumb people are dumb.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 3:03 pm to jvilletiger25
You can’t convince some of these people that CGM is under performing.... getting your head beaten in by UGA and LSU yearly isn’t the norm...
Posted on 9/14/20 at 3:17 pm to AU_251
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have never recruited
We had 4 first round picks on a team that went undefeated. We have recruited much high that 3rd in the West talent we have under Gus.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 3:20 pm to CorchJay
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But if you think Shivers is the man because he's the "starter" you're mistaken. Like I said think 10-12 "touches" per game. Last year in the off season everyone was begging for that. So make your damn minds up what you want.
I agree. We have seen this before with Malzahn. He names a starter for the first game, and even in the first game, you may that starter 'maybe' carry 3 times, and overtime is replaced by the actual RB they wanted to be the 'main' carrier.
Shivers will help us, and is our 'emotional' leader it seems. But I expect whether it's Tank or MAR or a combination of the 2 to be the 'go to' guys down the stretch.
If DJ is in that mix..like you said...it's just not being shown in the media news bites.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 4:39 pm to AuSteeler
I like the way you think steeler, Tank and MAR will shine, and early.
Take a look at MAR's tapes, he glides through holes like Eric Dickerson (no Im not saying he is, just his style). He obviously has good hands and vision or he would not be taking snaps as punt returner. He is gonna be a good one.
I also love his story about deciding on Auburn when we were recruiting his brother, pretty neat.
Take a look at MAR's tapes, he glides through holes like Eric Dickerson (no Im not saying he is, just his style). He obviously has good hands and vision or he would not be taking snaps as punt returner. He is gonna be a good one.
I also love his story about deciding on Auburn when we were recruiting his brother, pretty neat.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:18 pm to LanierSpots
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But if you know anything about the system Gus runs, you will know that he needs ONE back that can take a pounding and make yards consistently in the middle of the field.
I’m confident that Gus has truly handed over the keys to Morris. Expecting a different offense this year, especially with involving the RB/TEs in the passing game.
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:54 pm to PubeCrab
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I’m confident that Gus has truly handed over the keys to Morris. Expecting a different offense this year, especially with involving the RB/TEs in the passing game.
I hope you are right, but IMO we will be out manned along the OL and that will make it tough to call plays no matter who is calling them.
This post was edited on 9/15/20 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 9/14/20 at 7:58 pm to Tigerman97
I’m worried about the OL as well, but it looked to be all juniors listed as starters. That can’t be all bad can it?
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