re: 5* Demarcus Riddick

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Auburn will likely start recruiting better. Doesn’t mean it will come at our expense. We haven’t been building these classes with majority Georgia players for a while.

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Not taking up for Auburn, but DAMN they can't help but recruit better can they? Gus didn't recruit shite for olinemen for years, he pigeon-holed every WR he brought in with his stubborn passing schemes. He wouldn't allow a WR to ever shine on their own, and while he got a few RB's in his years he still managed to go a couple of yrs where he didn't field a 1,000 yr rusher. That shite's unheard of at a place with Auburn's history. Unacceptable!

Then Harsin refused to accept recruiting is paramount in the SEC. He didn't see the need to meet and shake hands with the region's biggest high school coaches. He built zero relationships with the top talent, some of which was less than an hour drive from the AU campus. Unacceptable!

Years of ignoring the oline, stuck in the mud offensive philosophy, stubborn head coaches made Bama, UGA, and even Clemson's recruiting the area a piece of cake. Because Auburn people weren't working tirelessly to recruit like they should've. Unacceptable!

Freeze knows how to recruit against the power programs, he has the hokey common touch and the "family" angle, and he knows how to ingratiate himself to the HS coaches and community. This alone will make recruiting waves for Auburn. It'll take time, but Freeze will build back up what Malzhan & Harsin destroyed.