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Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:29 am to AUCE05
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:29 am to AUCE05
Gus is terrible at roster management for sure, but to say terrible at recruiting is wrong. We have talent all over the field at Auburn, we just dont utilize it and we sure as hell dont develop it
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Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:29 am to Lee County Tiger
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So, who flew from Auburn to Bloomington today?
I thought everything was being done on zoom for the interviews?
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:30 am to IAmNERD
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Tom Allen
Goes way back with Freeze. Worked under him at Lambuth, Ark St, and Ole Miss.
Was DC at USF for a year under Taggart and DC for a year at Indiana under Kevin Wilson.
Been HC at Indiana since he took over as interim in 2016 before bowl game. He took them to a bowl last year and is 6-1 this year.
This would be a very "blah" hire. I don't hate him, but I don't really want him either.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:31 am to AUCE05
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Gus' recruiting was terrible in the fact his roster management and eye for talent was lacking
Yeah, I can agree with that. He brought in plenty of talent at RB. He just wasn't able to keep them around. The RB rotation is one of the more baffling things about Gus and his tenure at Auburn.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:33 am to ChexMix
I disagree. Gus seemed to take guys like Hudson at WR. He never played the position in HS. Gatewood never played a full season at QB in his life, yet Gus thought he would be an SEC QB (everyone else projected him as a TE). We didn't have a backup MLB this year. We had low 4* guys on signing day, but our current roster is small and lower end talent. How many guys did Gus lose?
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:33 am to BuckFama334
Just seems like we missed out on 15 other guys if the head coach from Indiana is who we spent 21 million to bring in
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:33 am to AubieinNC2009
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I thought everything was being done on zoom for the interviews?
That's the impression I got.
Also, on the Split Zone Duo podcast, they did a whole episode essentially about our coaching search, and Steven Godfrey (yes, I keep bringing him up) mentioned how a lot of interviews used to be done either at Hartsfield-Jackson, or one of the many Marriots surrounding the airport just because of how busy those places are and how easy it is to blend in, and just get in and out.
I think everyone wised up after jetgate.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:34 am to IAmNERD
Look at all of the high star receivers that washed out at Auburn under Malzahn. Plenty of them.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:35 am to BuckFama334
quote:Arguably the worst beat writer ever assigned to cover Auburn
James Crepea
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:37 am to Lee County Tiger
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I think everyone wised up after jetgate.
Funny how that's a two way street.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:37 am to AU86
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Look at all of the high star receivers that washed out at Auburn under Malzahn.
Absolutely. DL and RB too.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:37 am to Rig
Rig, do you really think MC is leaving Oregon for Auburn???
Do you think there will be a press conference for his extension and he is going to tear off his Oregon polo and have the AU logo painted on his chest?
Do you think there will be a press conference for his extension and he is going to tear off his Oregon polo and have the AU logo painted on his chest?
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:38 am to BuckFama334
I don't care what a guy making 39k a year says.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:39 am to AUCE05
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Gus seemed to take guys like Hudson at WR. He never played the position in HS.
That’s not true. He only played QB his JR and SR year
And in Gatewood, he split reps because that’s his high school coach’s philosophy. But I do agree with you on Gatewood.
Not sure you have a point on the receivers as most of them were pretty productive high school wide outs. Just my thoughts having covered recruiting during his whole tenure at Auburn as an OC and HC
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:41 am to TheJones
Overall concept: Gus as a good recruiter is not accurate due to his roster management and taking hybrid guys when it was obvious his ability to develop anyone was lacking.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:44 am to BuckFama334
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Do you think there will be a press conference for his extension and he is going to tear off his Oregon polo and have the AU logo painted on his chest?
Go full wrestling, hit the AD in a back with a steel chair, followed by his finishing move. Then the new coach will be introduced when his music hits and he runs out of to make the save.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:44 am to BuckFama334
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I think Mario staying at UO is pretty much a lock at this point.
If he does stay there is no way imo that Freeze would turn down an opportunity to get back in the SEC. If not him i say go after Fickell at Cincy
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:46 am to AUCE05
From Rivals, free content LINK
With that in mind, there are two important areas Malzahn’s replacement could improve that would make a huge difference — recruiting and offense.......
As Jeffrey Lee has mentioned several times on our podcast, The Rundown, a talented assistant like Travis Williams can win a lot of recruiting battles against other assistants, but he can’t against Saban, Orgeron or Smart. He needs a head coach that’s there to back him up. Malzahn fell short in that area. AU’s next coach needs to be the commander and chief of the recruiting trail.
With that in mind, there are two important areas Malzahn’s replacement could improve that would make a huge difference — recruiting and offense.......
As Jeffrey Lee has mentioned several times on our podcast, The Rundown, a talented assistant like Travis Williams can win a lot of recruiting battles against other assistants, but he can’t against Saban, Orgeron or Smart. He needs a head coach that’s there to back him up. Malzahn fell short in that area. AU’s next coach needs to be the commander and chief of the recruiting trail.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 10:46 am to AUCE05
I think he was a good recruiter. The lack of consistent development lead to a lot of issues
We could probably start at a lot of places to end up at the roster problems but my opinion is development
We could probably start at a lot of places to end up at the roster problems but my opinion is development
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