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re: 2024 Auburn Baseball MegaThread

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/18/23 at 5:59 pm

Finally, someone put 2 and 2 together and we see the best uniforms in baseball (at least college) today. Hopefully, we can include an all pinstripe look. I'll allow the all blue look, since we have the proper all white traditional look....

re: Bobo taking over as OC at thUGA

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/14/23 at 3:48 pm

I'm now predicting at least a top two finish for UGA in the conference. (my new hire coordinator narrative will then be adjusted for the order of UA UGA finish)....

re: How do you feel about your team's strength & conditioning program?

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/9/23 at 3:04 pm

Not that concerned. I'm sure outliers could screw up any team, but I'm far, far, far more concerned with the acquisition of top 5 talent. I think ALL these "functional" S&C guys get a lot wrong anyways. They are all cut from the same cloth. They are not horrible, but they are not difference mak...

re: I think it’s the Big 4, not the Big 6.

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/4/23 at 7:55 pm

are you looking for confirmation? Go for it. ...

re: Is Tennessee the best sports program in the SEC right now?

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/4/23 at 7:43 pm

[quote] was doing something similar under their old AD no one threw a fit about it.[/quote] Give me the similarities. :lol: :rotflmao:...

re: Is Tennessee the best sports program in the SEC right now?

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/4/23 at 1:37 pm

You can't be the best sports program and not make any of the CFP, Final Four, or CWS. These carry weight, being pretty good overall does not....

re: Ghosting Others in Professional and Social Settings

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/3/23 at 6:57 pm

Random sales calls - come on, it's about transactional efficiency. Get a clue, two nonresponses and that should be it. It's beyond rude to keep calling. ...

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re: Good interview at Senior Bowl with Freeze

Posted by pdfield34 on 2/2/23 at 1:50 pm

All you could want. Nice to hear him directly metion "4 stars" and "5 stars." I didn't take much from the QB mentions - I thought it was more of a deflection of the reporter's comment ("you said you were going to sign a qb" yeah thanks for that)....

re: 2023 Recruiting

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/31/23 at 4:10 pm

[quote]Dave Bartoo has basically discovered that every time that Saban/Bama hasn't won or competed for the national title, they have had a poorly graded OC, DC, or both (by Bartoo's coaching metrics). [/quote] McElwain - Won titles, other years didn't Nussmeier - Won title, other year didn't...

re: 2023 Recruiting

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/31/23 at 11:29 am

Fresh water/ diamonds. both good to have, one is at a premium (by a wide margin). We are talking the level and consistency of UGA, UA, and OSU. Spot on about Richt and not getting elite talent. Plenty of Saban assistants / "developers" have gone on to be not great at all (even more so than...

re: 2023 Recruiting

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/30/23 at 4:50 pm

Elite Recruiting / talent is way more important than anything else and it's not even close. If AU were to have top 5 classes (balanced by position) the next 3-5 years, would anyone believe that we would not be competing for and winning championships? You may have to change a coach, or 2 or 3 or 4 b...

re: 2023 Recruiting

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/30/23 at 10:58 am

These days, zero coaches are going to have a technical advantage. Not the case when Spurier came into the league or when Pat Dye hired Pat Sullivan, or even when Urban Meyer came in with the spread. Recruiting and talent is the difference these days....

re: Arkansas boosters/PTBs are intentionally sabotaging Pittboss and AD Hunter Yurachek

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/28/23 at 8:59 pm

Very tough (not impossible) situation for football. Enjoy being at the top of basketball (as long as you take care of the current coach) and baseball....

re: 2023 Recruiting

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/28/23 at 2:09 pm

[quote]But going forward, being a pathological recruiter needs to be the top job requirement for an Auburn coach.[/quote] Absolutely. There is no more "this guy's a better game day coach." (If this ever was the case.) ...

re: 2023 Recruiting

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/27/23 at 10:03 pm

I think Haskins was initially shocked and bewildered at the scope of recruiting. Honestly, he has a point. The 24/7 nature of recruiting by Saban and Smart is just madness. Why do you have to spend your whole life making courtesy calls at every single high school? The prospects are already b...

re: Were the 90s Tennessee football the most underachieving ever?

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/21/23 at 6:54 pm

What are you talking about? Anyone with half a brain would know that Florida just happened to be better. They still won at least two SEC titles. UGA had the luxury of the playoff last year, or they don't win the title. (...only one)...

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re: Is it possible for a program like Alabama to turn into Nebraska?

Posted by pdfield34 on 1/20/23 at 5:06 pm

Is it possible that a school within 50 miles of elite baseball talent could be irrelevant for 30 years? Well yes. Is it possible that a school within 50 miles of elite basketball talent could be horrendous for 40 years? Well yes. Is it possible that a school within a state of elite football t...