re: Jerraud Powers/Daren Bates

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Some of y’all take this waaaaay too serious. Wish him well and hopefully he represents Auburn positively in the league as that can only help our program down the road.

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Yup. It's such baby-back bitch type shite. Ban him from Pro Day? Why - so everyone else on the roster trying to get a shot in the NFL can get less looks (newsflash: teams will be sending personnel to Auburn to get looks at him, which creates exposure for the rest of our draft eligible players - many of which are fringe guys who are looking for any opportunity to impress)? All because he opted out of the opportunity to play for Kevin Steele's goofy-arse in a Bowl game wherein all of those coaches were likely too busy trying to secure a job for next season to actually prepare a decent gameplan?

He needs to be supported because it benefits Auburn to do so. Who knows what happens down the line - many of these guys who fail end up coaching in highschool or elsewhere wherein they can influence recruiting. Schwartz in particular has elite genetics - maybe he ends up having a few sons who end up being elite recruits? You're not benefitting in any way by being a petty-bitch, especially over something so trivial as a player "quitting" this mess to enter the draft, whether you think he's ready or not.