re: Don't be shocked if we hire Gus Malzahn as an analyst this week

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He is a great DC and is really the one who made Steele look good at auburn. Will got them back on track and Steele had his recruits for quite a while to rely on.

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This just isn't true at all.

Will Muschamp was DC at Auburn for one season. He was hired 12-14-2015 and took the USCe job on 12-6-2016.

Their defensive signees in 2/2016 were:

Marlon Davidson - Stud player
Derrick Brown - Stud player
Antwuan Jackson - Never played at AU. Ended up at tOSU.
John Broussard - Played in a few games over 2 years at AU. Transferred to Memphis.
Nick Coe - Solid player but never lasted a complete season.
Paul James - Played in a few games over 2 years at AU.
Marlon Character - Never played at Auburn. Ended up at Louisville.
Jayvaughn Myers - Played in 1 game at AU. Quit the team.
Tre Threat - Played on special teams at AU, transferred to Jacksonville State.
Tashawn Manning - Signed as a DT, converted to OL.
Daniel Thomas - Solid player.

So, as you can see, Muschamp brought in a couple of real studs and a couple more very good players, but Kevin Steele fielded solid defenses at Auburn for 5 years. Those 4 guys Boom brought in were helpful but in no way did Steele rely on Boom recruits for his success. He earned that on his own merits.