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Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:22 am
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:22 am
Marcello tweeted this morning where Grimes has resigned from UCONN. Might be nothing.
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Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:26 am to warcry
Serious question. How does Grimes compare to hand:
A. Developing players
B. Recruiting
I feel like Hand is a better recruiter, but I can’t remember year-to-year who brings in whom.
A. Developing players
B. Recruiting
I feel like Hand is a better recruiter, but I can’t remember year-to-year who brings in whom.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:33 am to atlau
I feel like Grimes develops better though
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:34 am to warcry
He's coming to Auburn.
Do we like the return hire? I felt like he did decent when he was here but then again I feel like we had to rely on transfers after he left
Do we like the return hire? I felt like he did decent when he was here but then again I feel like we had to rely on transfers after he left
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:39 am to atlau
quote:
Serious question. How does Grimes compare to hand:
A. Developing players
B. Recruiting
I feel like Hand is a better recruiter, but I can’t remember year-to-year who brings in whom.
Check out my last post in recruiting thread. Just went year by year on who recruited whom
Hand is the better recruiter but I think Grimes is better at developing talent. I am not stoked by this hire because was hoping AU was gonna get someone that felt confident could do both at high level. But I don't hate the hire either as I felt Grimes did a good job with the talent on hand when he was here last. I think it will really help guys like Ashley & Sammons. But the worry is 2-3 years down the road will he be able to keep AU well stocked with talent
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:43 am to warcry
Meh hire, but a definite upgrade over Hand.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:46 am to TigerPaw1
Grimes is probably one of the best technical coaches out there. He is great at teaching technique and developing players. His recruiting was meh, but Hand recruited better players but that dont mean shite if you cant teach them. Raw talent only gets you so far. Most linemen out of HS rely on raw talent. When you go up agianst better competition technique wins. Just look at Gregg Robinson.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:47 am to golfntiger32
We had no true OTs on our roster after three years of JB Grimes. This is not a good thing
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:53 am to warau
Source: J.B. Grimes, who spent last season at UConn, headed back to Auburn as Tigers’ OL coach, replacing Herb Hand. Grimes was at Auburn from 2013-15
Posted on 1/17/18 at 8:54 am to warau
brett mcmurphy has confirmed the hire
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:02 am to beaver
Good ol Pee Paw Grimes. I seem to remember many thinking his departure last time was more of a "look for other options" deal. I always liked him and think hes a good coach, but wouldve liked some flesh blood. This feels like a stop gap.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:12 am to warcry
Grimes develops better while Herb is a better recruiter: advantage Grimes as Herb still wasn’t that great of a recruiter.
Grimes helped develop G- Rob for our system as well as:
Coleman
Avery Young
Dismukes (Remington)
Don’t forget, Grimes got in the action late for Braden Smith and still brought him on board. He isn’t a terrible recruiter.
Grimes helped develop G- Rob for our system as well as:
Coleman
Avery Young
Dismukes (Remington)
Don’t forget, Grimes got in the action late for Braden Smith and still brought him on board. He isn’t a terrible recruiter.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:12 am to warau
2014 sacks allowed Penn St 124th AU 13th
2015 sacks allowed Penn St 113th AU 33rd
2016 sacks allowed Penn St 44th AU 25th
2017 sacks allowed Penn St 75th AU 114th
Looking at these numbers, I guess you could either argue Herb sucks as a coach, or he recruited well and left Penn St with some better players.
2015 sacks allowed Penn St 113th AU 33rd
2016 sacks allowed Penn St 44th AU 25th
2017 sacks allowed Penn St 75th AU 114th
Looking at these numbers, I guess you could either argue Herb sucks as a coach, or he recruited well and left Penn St with some better players.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:23 am to SlimCharles140
I liked Grimes when he was here. Don’t remember the recuiting problems that others do though. Seems like Hand has had more trouble
This post was edited on 1/17/18 at 9:24 am
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:27 am to Weagle25
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I liked Grimes when he was here. Don’t remember the recuiting problems that others do though. Seems like Hand has had more trouble
In his first 2 classes we signed 2 JUCOS, Deion Mix & Braden Smith. Smith is only one that turned into anything. None were offensive tackles which is why we have had to rely on transfers past couple of seasons
His 2015 class hit on Horton & Harrell but again weak at OT. Tega was recruited as a DE & switched over. Our current OT pool all came from Hand (Sammons, Ashley, Troxell)
Edit: I am being disingenuous on Ashley. He's really a bridge recruit so will give Grimes some credit there. Point still stands that Grimes struggled to find OT talent in his 3 recruiting classes previously at AU. Hand wasn't the powerhouse recruiter we had hoped but he was a step up from Grimes
This post was edited on 1/17/18 at 9:28 am
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:42 am to TigerPaw1
Grimes swung for the fences and missed on Martez Ivey in 2015 and then got Horton as the backup plan. I can not fault him for missing big.
Regardless of Herb being a better recruiter or not, we never got to benefit from his recruiting prowess. We have a roster of 85+ dudes and we are still having to hit the GT market for OL starters while we have players like Carr, Sharp, Sammons and Kim doing nothing but eating schollys.
Regardless of Herb being a better recruiter or not, we never got to benefit from his recruiting prowess. We have a roster of 85+ dudes and we are still having to hit the GT market for OL starters while we have players like Carr, Sharp, Sammons and Kim doing nothing but eating schollys.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:54 am to TheSandman
I dont recall an OL under Grimes getting owned. I cant get those images out of my head under Hand. I'll take a developer over a recruiter any day. Especially with the emergence of UGA as a superpower in the east. We will have to hold our own against better talent.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:56 am to BigBlueAU
The OL definitely regressed in 2014... with that being said, I’d take that 2014 OL in a heartbeat compared to what we had this year... we’d be sec and national champs.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 9:56 am to warcry
Tubs 2.0 getting his BBQ bunch back together! 
Posted on 1/17/18 at 10:01 am to jvilletiger25
Got your shot in
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