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re: Steven Pearl introductory press conference
Posted by loganromp on 9/24/25 at 1:01 pm to marshallcotiger
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only reason he was considered and got this job is because of who his dad is
Disagree with this. I think of this more of a Jon Scheyer becoming the head coach behind Coach K. Impossible shoes to fill but with the culture and the legacy they have at Duke it may be better to higher from someone who knows the ins and outs of the program than to bring in an outsider who tries to change the culture. Scheyer also had never been a head coach before and seems to be doing alright. I know we won't have the same recruiting class and studs as Duke but you can't put a price tag on roster continuity. Also, you have to think that if SP wanted to he could have taken a head coaching job a year or two ago and then come back and taken over as head coach at AU, but no guarantee that we get to the final four without him last year. Time will tell but I'm riding with SP
War Eagle :dude:
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He definitely said the right things but it also seems like there isn't exactly anything he could have proven just yet. Time will tell but being able to keep the roster and staff together is a good start.
Press Questions:
-Emphasis on limiting the turnovers, transition offense, rebounding the ball on the offensive end.
-Says the offense is currently ahead of the defense at this point in the offseason.
-Says we have a extremely difficult start of the nonconference season.
-In terms of NIL the focus is on player retention and loyalty
-This year was different, trying to replace 10 guys, have been working on it a year in advance. John Cohen launched Auburn into the top 5 in NIL in the conference in order to put this roster together.
-There was a leak that announced BP's retirement before they could tell the players. "The room was heavy" but the players respect his decision.
-Mentions that SP is the youngest head coach in the SEC now.
-"How will you rely on BP as as coach and as a dad going forward?" "I think he can help but there definitely needs to be a separation so that he can enjoy his retirement but when the time is necessary I will definitely reach out and lean on his passion as a coach."
-Says that BP would have made a decision about the next year this past Sunday so he decided then and John Cohen offered him the job that day.
-Emphasis on limiting the turnovers, transition offense, rebounding the ball on the offensive end.
-Says the offense is currently ahead of the defense at this point in the offseason.
-Says we have a extremely difficult start of the nonconference season.
-In terms of NIL the focus is on player retention and loyalty
-This year was different, trying to replace 10 guys, have been working on it a year in advance. John Cohen launched Auburn into the top 5 in NIL in the conference in order to put this roster together.
-There was a leak that announced BP's retirement before they could tell the players. "The room was heavy" but the players respect his decision.
-Mentions that SP is the youngest head coach in the SEC now.
-"How will you rely on BP as as coach and as a dad going forward?" "I think he can help but there definitely needs to be a separation so that he can enjoy his retirement but when the time is necessary I will definitely reach out and lean on his passion as a coach."
-Says that BP would have made a decision about the next year this past Sunday so he decided then and John Cohen offered him the job that day.
Steven Pearl introductory press conference
Posted by loganromp on 9/24/25 at 9:07 am
Will try and update this as the presser goes on. Apologies for spelling errors and leaving anything out.
-Cohen thanking Bruce, calling him a HOFer, saying Bruce gave him a heads up 3 years ago he was close to retirement and they had been "searching" for a head coach for the past 3 years. Cohen saying Steven has "EARNED" the position and needed someone who can keep the team and staff together while having elite experience.
-Steven Pearl remained loyal to Auburn, "we pay homage to those that stay loyal for a long time" - Cohen
-Steven starts by thanking everyone for the opportunity, "it's an honor" "I have been preparing myself for this moment for my entire life"
-teared up thanking his wife Brittany saying sharing his best moments with his family makes it even more special
-thanking BP and reflecting on his entire journey to Auburn as a son and as a coach.
-Wanting to encourage the Auburn family to remember the retention of the staff. Stating that's a big reason why they have been able to reach the accomplishments they've gotten.
-Ira Bowman announced as associate head coach (broke the news live to him in the presser)
-Mike Bergamaster - assistant coach "future star"
-Corey Williams - best in the country as a relationship builder
-Ian Borders - hardest worker on the staff "better recruiters in the country"
-Matt Gatens - elevated to assistant coach
-Marquise Daniels - a coaches player who provides the experience unlike no one else
-a few more coaches mentioned but don't think anyone else got a big promotion on the staff
-To the current players (who are in the room): thanking them for how they've handled it. Saying they have gotten positive responses from all of them. "We were all rattled on Monday and surprised"
-Abdul Bashir walked out into the hallway and gave Steven a hug and said "we are with you coach"
-Doesn't seem like anyone knew this was coming until Monday morning, the video was put together in a day, Bruce told everyone together.
-(inferring here, but seems like we should retain all players)
-S.P. doesn't want to change anything just to prove he's not Bruce Pearl,
-says the only difference is he might not be as active on twitter as BP :lol:
-Ends the presser before questions saying he will pour everything into the program as it has given him everything.
-Cohen thanking Bruce, calling him a HOFer, saying Bruce gave him a heads up 3 years ago he was close to retirement and they had been "searching" for a head coach for the past 3 years. Cohen saying Steven has "EARNED" the position and needed someone who can keep the team and staff together while having elite experience.
-Steven Pearl remained loyal to Auburn, "we pay homage to those that stay loyal for a long time" - Cohen
-Steven starts by thanking everyone for the opportunity, "it's an honor" "I have been preparing myself for this moment for my entire life"
-teared up thanking his wife Brittany saying sharing his best moments with his family makes it even more special
-thanking BP and reflecting on his entire journey to Auburn as a son and as a coach.
-Wanting to encourage the Auburn family to remember the retention of the staff. Stating that's a big reason why they have been able to reach the accomplishments they've gotten.
-Ira Bowman announced as associate head coach (broke the news live to him in the presser)
-Mike Bergamaster - assistant coach "future star"
-Corey Williams - best in the country as a relationship builder
-Ian Borders - hardest worker on the staff "better recruiters in the country"
-Matt Gatens - elevated to assistant coach
-Marquise Daniels - a coaches player who provides the experience unlike no one else
-a few more coaches mentioned but don't think anyone else got a big promotion on the staff
-To the current players (who are in the room): thanking them for how they've handled it. Saying they have gotten positive responses from all of them. "We were all rattled on Monday and surprised"
-Abdul Bashir walked out into the hallway and gave Steven a hug and said "we are with you coach"
-Doesn't seem like anyone knew this was coming until Monday morning, the video was put together in a day, Bruce told everyone together.
-(inferring here, but seems like we should retain all players)
-S.P. doesn't want to change anything just to prove he's not Bruce Pearl,
-says the only difference is he might not be as active on twitter as BP :lol:
-Ends the presser before questions saying he will pour everything into the program as it has given him everything.
Not that it matters anymore but Mateer has a thumb injury and will be out 3+ weeks... wonder if it happened in the game or practice.
(karma) :rotflmao:
(karma) :rotflmao:
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That revenue goes directly to the NIL fund for the four players involved in the announcement.
So correct me if I'm wrong but this essentially means we will have 4 players each year for the next 5 years making a combined $4 million? Or $4 million to play with for recruiting "elite" talent in the next 4 years.
I don't love the logo but like everyone else said to compete you have to have money and the same people that complain about the logo on the field are the same people that will complain when we don't win enough games and inevitably fire our head coach. Either you adapt and try and get ahead of the game or you get overtaken and end up as a dumpster fire of a program in the modern era of CFB.
re: A Farewell To the Darker Days I hope
Posted by loganromp on 8/7/25 at 11:04 am to Beachbum87
Would love for someone to do a detailed breakdown of the week one matchup. Like key positional strengths for Auburn/Baylor. Maybe throw in a few comps of Auburn X position vs Baylor X position etc. I just don't know much about Baylor to do this but I feel like it would be a cool concept to know where we stand even though we're still in fall camp.
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We have so many unknowns, its hard to predict. We will go with how Arnold goes
Agreed, but even outside of Arnold our team is vastly improved in almost every position. Outside of maybe RB I don't know if there's any positions we're worse off than last year. So even if Arnold is as bad as Thorne was last year, I still think there are a few more games we can win just because of how improved we are all around. With that being said, Arnold can definitely swing some games on his own. Arnold gets us a higher ceiling than last few years and our improved team raises our floor.
re: Cohen betting his career on Aug 1
Posted by loganromp on 7/24/25 at 9:41 am to TemperdTiger
I agree, I have nothing against Cohen and his decision to "play by the rules". Now I think a lot of people want a scapegoat and someone to blame anytime anything goes wrong (nothing has really gone wrong yet). Cohen just happens to be the next guy in line to blame. Recency bias is a real thing.
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what is everyone's problem with Cohen
re: Malcolm Simmons Arrested (Case Dismissed/Chex vs Corch Cat Fight Continues)
Posted by loganromp on 7/22/25 at 3:45 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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what is the purpose of the preliminary hearings?
Not sure honestly, could be wrong but maybe to settle this outside of going to court? AKA financial compensation for it to be "settled".
"Following his July 16 arrest, Auburn wide receiver Malcolm Simmons is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Aug. 13 at 9 a.m., according to court documents obtained by AL.com."
Preliminary Hearing Scheduled
Preliminary Hearing Scheduled
re: SEC Media Day Thread
Posted by loganromp on 7/15/25 at 11:49 am to TemperdTiger
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well it was an Arkansas reporter
Yea I know, just a stupid question. I guess if that was the worst thing they asked Freeze during Media Days it was an overall good presser.
Don't think I've heard any excuses in the presser. He seems to have answered all questions well and notes that we should compete this year. Seems to know this year is make or break this year.
re: SEC Media Day Thread
Posted by loganromp on 7/15/25 at 11:37 am to TemperdTiger
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Caleb wooden to arkansas talk--blegh
This actually annoyed me... why do they let them waste a question asking about what someone will bring to a different program other than Auburn. Glad Freeze answered it quickly and moved on, but man they should have some screening for some of these reporters. :angry:
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Don’t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness later on
Sounds like a good idea, but we all know Bama & UGA will end up getting a slap on the wrist or have their coach suspended for a game against Ball State. Where as if we did it we would probably get a 10 year post season probation & a $20 million fine. :spank:
re: Cohen betting his career on Aug 1
Posted by loganromp on 7/8/25 at 2:56 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Why does any of this matter at this point if any school (including Auburn) can write a big check in December for a signing?
It doesn't (as seen by Na'eem Offord last season) but at the same time it's a lot harder to flip 15+ players when you only have 7 guys in your class. We would much rather be in the situation where other teams are trying to flip our players and all we have to do is match offers.
Nowadays with half of these guys transferring after collecting a check and not getting any playing time year one. I am a lot more ok with sacrificing a few high school guys for some portal studs like an Eric Singleton or Xavier Chaplin even if we only get to see them play for one year or two.
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I bet he doesn’t get much sleep July 31st
Worth noting that we shouldn't wake up on August 1st and expect to just flip 5 guys right away. It will probably take a few weeks for Cohens "strategy" to pan out. Players will have to go through a bunch of legal work and work with their agents to figure out how this new era will work. If all goes how Cohen thinks it will, National Signing Day and the weeks leading up to NSD will be a much bigger deal than August 1st.
Not exactly positive where his law background is from but the Auburn Live podcast mentioned it in the video about the whole collective stuff a few days ago.
From my understanding, and I could be wrong, August 1st is the first time the salary cap & NIL offers will be enforced and schools can directly pay players through their "cap" of 20.5 million per school. The reason we are so far down in recruiting at the moment is because we are not directly telling any of the athletes how much they can make outside of the salary cap through NIL at Auburn. From my understanding, some schools are telling the players that we will give you $X,XXX against our cap amount, and can guarantee/help you find an NIL deal for $X,XXX. I believe with the new regulations if schools were to facilitate any NIL deals outside of the amount they can legally give against the $20.5 million cap it would also count against the cap space. And also Cohen has said these schools will be "heavily punished" if they break the cap space rules. I'm sure I missed some things but long story short we are trying to play it conservatively and within the rules. With Cohen having a background in law he's not one to take any unnecessary risks without knowing the outcome.
If someone else has a further explanation or a better one feel free to fill me in. :cheers:
If someone else has a further explanation or a better one feel free to fill me in. :cheers:
Good new is we got our qb for the class of 2026. Looks like an uber athlete with a good bit of potential. Hopefully he isn't too expensive and we can still bring in a stud for 2027. :dude:
Bad news is he's a white qb named Peyton. :lol:
Bad news is he's a white qb named Peyton. :lol:
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