🏈 Just how BAD is the Barn at recruiting and developing QBs?
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rolltide66
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Don't underestimate his running ability...pretty good receiver in high school. Seems I recall he was in a 4.5 - 5.5 range.
They missed out on an exodus of quality QB prospects who have attending a pretty well known in-state prep school this year.
Max
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Or Sean White, or Jeremy Johnson, or Tyler Queen, or Woody Barrett, or Devin Adams ...
bradenob
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Man guys, I can't be a homer here..... SLO and the rest of you are acting like we've been great at developing QBs lately - when tons of posts over the year have lamented our own inability to develop some of our highly recruited QB recruits.
Stidham is supposed to be a great athlete. Previous 'great athletes' at QB for Auburn includ Cam Newton and Nick Marshall. They were coached under Malzahn and they both did a lot of damage when they played us.
I think Malzahn is a VERY average head coach, but you guys may certainly be eating your words next year. This seems to be a good get for Auburn, who only loses one receiver and 2 OLs off their offense for next year. We'll see.
Stidham is supposed to be a great athlete. Previous 'great athletes' at QB for Auburn includ Cam Newton and Nick Marshall. They were coached under Malzahn and they both did a lot of damage when they played us.
I think Malzahn is a VERY average head coach, but you guys may certainly be eating your words next year. This seems to be a good get for Auburn, who only loses one receiver and 2 OLs off their offense for next year. We'll see.
It is a good get by them, BUT, how well will he do considering he has sat an entire year? Malzahn and Lashlee's ability to screw up a QB is pretty high? @bradenob, you mention losing 2 OLs this year. That can be HUGE, considering that their depth chart only had 8 OL to begin with and they only have 1 in this recruiting class.
On the plus side for them though, he only has about 4 pass plays to learn along with their 3 run plays. People getting all giddy about his committing but they forget that his stats in 2015 came against 3 of the worst defenses in America.
On the plus side for them though, he only has about 4 pass plays to learn along with their 3 run plays. People getting all giddy about his committing but they forget that his stats in 2015 came against 3 of the worst defenses in America.
@bradenob This is from Tate.
He could, or perhaps should, have a major effect on what happens next season. Stidham's arm is powerful and true. His legs are good enough to make him elusive in the pocket and a capable runner when defenses aren't prepared to account for the quarterback.
That's all good news for Auburn. Stidham looks like the guy who can unlock this offense's potential. We already know what Kevin Steele has accomplished on the other side of the ball. Long story short: These Tigers, the same group that backed into the Sugar Bowl, may soon become a team that challenges for a playoff berth. How soon? Twelve months.
There is another side to this coin, however.
Malzahn and Lashlee now have no excuses. Their biggest weakness now has been fortified in a big way. They'll have nine months to evaluate Stidham, to train Stidham, to understand what Stidham can (and cannot) accomplish on a football field.
When Auburn takes the field against Georgia Southern on Sept. 2, 2017, the expectations will be clear. This team needs to be good. It must be good. The Tigers have been gearing up for another championship push for a few years now. Results? They've been mixed for sure.
With the Georgia and Alabama set for Jordan-Hare Stadium and a depth chart loaded with depth at experience at nearly every position in 2017, the time has come for Auburn to show that it belongs -- in a big way.
Jarrett Stidham can be a central player in that affirmation.
Or the central player.
Either way, it's time.
He could, or perhaps should, have a major effect on what happens next season. Stidham's arm is powerful and true. His legs are good enough to make him elusive in the pocket and a capable runner when defenses aren't prepared to account for the quarterback.
That's all good news for Auburn. Stidham looks like the guy who can unlock this offense's potential. We already know what Kevin Steele has accomplished on the other side of the ball. Long story short: These Tigers, the same group that backed into the Sugar Bowl, may soon become a team that challenges for a playoff berth. How soon? Twelve months.
There is another side to this coin, however.
Malzahn and Lashlee now have no excuses. Their biggest weakness now has been fortified in a big way. They'll have nine months to evaluate Stidham, to train Stidham, to understand what Stidham can (and cannot) accomplish on a football field.
When Auburn takes the field against Georgia Southern on Sept. 2, 2017, the expectations will be clear. This team needs to be good. It must be good. The Tigers have been gearing up for another championship push for a few years now. Results? They've been mixed for sure.
With the Georgia and Alabama set for Jordan-Hare Stadium and a depth chart loaded with depth at experience at nearly every position in 2017, the time has come for Auburn to show that it belongs -- in a big way.
Jarrett Stidham can be a central player in that affirmation.
Or the central player.
Either way, it's time.
:rolf:
Now that Saban has gone the way of the tempo Spread, coupled with our stifling D that has figured out that high school offense, they'll be even further behind the curve.
They're placing all their eggs in this largely untested basket. I think next year is do or die for the Gus bus.
That I can agree with.
With this rising wave of emotion coming from our friends on the Plains, I'm concerned just a bit. I have to at least admit that.
So, to alleviate those concerns to some degree, I've supported this PSA:
With the Fambly's communal living and cult like mentality, the introduction of another failed savior to deliver them from Saban could very well end in a compound-esque standoff in the Auburn field house to oust the new sect Branch Davidian leader and recent influential convert, Gus.
Name on thing about Nick Marshall or Cam Newton that Malzhan "developed." Both were rented mules for a season.
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