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re: Portal Extravaganza: Round 2! I’ve been twittered. The search for scout team QB continues.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 2:21 pm to metafour
Posted on 1/8/25 at 2:21 pm to metafour
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It looks like Harsin was correct in his evaluation on this one lol.
He's no different than Holden, so Harsin dropped the ball somewhere lol
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Posted on 1/8/25 at 2:33 pm to metafour
Tanner Bailey will at least count as a blue chip so that the team talent index nerds can brag about our talent.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 2:36 pm to jangalang
Do walkons count towards the blue chip ratio?
Posted on 1/8/25 at 3:15 pm to metafour
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I mean, what ball did they drop lol? He signed South Carolina out of HS and made zero movement on their depth chart. He entered the Portal on December 4th, 2023 and then essentially "retired", so clearly there wasn't much interest in him (otherwise why "retire"?). He is now coming back in a position that basically confirms that he will never play a snap (#4 QB) and is essentially just there for numbers purposes
He only retired because he wanted to come to Auburn. Anytime you have a 4* level kid that wants nothing more than to come to your school you at least entertain the idea.
I’m not saying he’ll ever really play here, but you never know how different he could have been in a place he was actually happy.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 5:02 pm to smuphy72
A good arm nothing more nothing less for spring reps.
If we get to Tanner the season is shot already. I’m sure he’s a great kid and welcome to the team young man
If we get to Tanner the season is shot already. I’m sure he’s a great kid and welcome to the team young man
Posted on 1/8/25 at 8:55 pm to smuphy72
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I’m not saying he’ll ever really play here, but you never know how different he could have been in a place he was actually happy.
Plus he might not have fit into their system. .
Right now he might be just getting a scholly for school and I bet no NIL money will be used on him. Basically insurance if the others go down. Sounds like a bargain. He could also be a late bloomer.
This post was edited on 1/8/25 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 9:34 am to leeman101
I read somewhere that he has been enrolled at Auburn since last January.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:12 am to smuphy72
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He only retired because he wanted to come to Auburn. Anytime you have a 4* level kid that wants nothing more than to come to your school you at least entertain the idea.
C'mon lol, are you being serious now?
If the kid retired because he "only wanted to play for Auburn" (and no one else?) then that confirms that this kid never had the inherent drive to ever succeed at Auburn anyway even if he WAS signed out of HS by us. Period. Unless you are an absolute freak of nature (a "natural"), you need to actually possess the mental drive to want to compete and play in order to make it in the SEC. If you are willing to literally give up playing football entirely for the sole reason that you're not getting the opportunity to do it in an certain colored jersey, then you weren't really serious about playing football now were you? To argue otherwise is insanity.
I remember this kid out of HS. Below average size and frame with below average athleticism for this level of football. OK arm strength, but nothing special. Good passing feel/accuracy. I'm really not even complaining: this is a fine addition as a #4 QB on the team. But to come out and suggest that Harsin somehow "missed the boat" is wild. Ultimately it didn't matter because they took Geriner over this kid and he ended up being just a bench-warmer himself, but out of Harsin's million mistakes that he made in his short time here, choosing to pass on Tanner Bailey probably doesn't even register on the list.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:22 am to metafour
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I'm really not even complaining: this is a fine addition as a #4 QB on the team.
Me too
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:23 am to jangalang
I will never understand why some people melt down about depth commitments. Not every guy we get is expected to be relied upon.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:26 am to auburnnyc94
I dont think you are reading the conversation right. I havent seen anybody but jville complain that we need more quality QBs in the competition
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:39 am to thirdlawson
Hugh Freeze's record at OM = 39-25 with bowl games 3 of 5 years.
Bruce Pearl's record at TN = 145-61 with an elite 8 appearances and 2 sweet 16 appearances.
You can compare the levels of the programs at AU they inherited, but there's no comparing the level of success prior to them arriving at Auburn.
Pearl would have been hired by someone else if we didn't jump on him early, before the show cause clause was up.
Hugh would still be at Liberty if AU didn't come calling.
I'm hopeful that Hugh can figure it out at AU and I'm completely supportive of giving the man time, but I think the comparison to Bruce is weak.
Bruce Pearl's record at TN = 145-61 with an elite 8 appearances and 2 sweet 16 appearances.
You can compare the levels of the programs at AU they inherited, but there's no comparing the level of success prior to them arriving at Auburn.
Pearl would have been hired by someone else if we didn't jump on him early, before the show cause clause was up.
Hugh would still be at Liberty if AU didn't come calling.
I'm hopeful that Hugh can figure it out at AU and I'm completely supportive of giving the man time, but I think the comparison to Bruce is weak.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:44 am to jangalang
Don’t think you read my post right. Jville is probably who I was alluding to but also just a general observation
Posted on 1/9/25 at 12:29 pm to auburnnyc94
I read your post is fine. Nobody is "melting" over a 4th string guy.
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 1:24 pm to slacker130
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Bruce was a winner before Auburn. Freeze is an 8 to 9 win coach in the good times.
Except he won 10 with a sugar bowl at Ole Miss
So youre basically making shite up.
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 1:28 pm to slacker130
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I'm hopeful that Hugh can figure it out at AU and I'm completely supportive of giving the man time, but I think the comparison to Bruce is weak.
There is no comparison between coaches nor the confidence attached to them beyond what was already stated.
Why yall choose to put your blinders on the parameters of the conversation just so you can advance your tired antifreeze agenda I have no idea. Why dont you go read a book?
Posted on 1/9/25 at 1:30 pm to jangalang
Carson Beck to enter the transfer portal....
Posted on 1/9/25 at 2:02 pm to thirdlawson
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Carson Beck to enter the transfer portal....
How wild would that be. He's an ugly dude and had some WTF moments, but I'd take him for sure. Not sure we'd be willing to pay what he's gonna be asking for though
Some uga folks have said that Auburn, Tennessee and Miami may be in the mix. He'd probably be smart to go somewhere in the ACC to try and play his way back into a higher draft pick.
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 2:02 pm to jangalang
My B, you’re right. I was conflating reading over at O3
Posted on 1/9/25 at 2:11 pm to Rhymenoceros
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Miami
I'd heard Miami 2-3 weeks ago before he decided to declare for the draft...
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