Could we lose Nkemdicie?

BulldogShannon wrote:

Ok, I know we had a great 2011 class. We need 2-3 of them in a row to get above Bama. Is this another case of us not trying hard enough?

Hear Denzel Nkemdichie cj=hooese Ole Miss. His brother Robert supposedly will go where his older brothewr goes.

dammit, looks like we are letting the three best LBers and RB's get out of the state for 2012.

Now, could the nations number one prospect get out of our grasps in 2013?

TG, don't let it happen

I have been busy and am chiming in late but could there be "other" issues CMR see's but you and I can't see.......ie.....character issues?......grades?

The reason I say this is CMR definitely has used the tactic of offering one brother to get the younger STAR brother to come. Look no further than Theus, the long snapper from Bolles HS. His younger brother will be a senior this year and will probably follow suit and come to Athens......uh, btw, best OL in the state and one of the best in the country....a BEAST.

wlayton, sure hope Theus follows. Just for giggles, I looked up the best Ol for 2012, and I noticed something.

On rivals, there are three 5 stars.

Bama has at least offered all three of them. 2 of those, they have someone assigned to the kid.

On those same 3 kids, UGA has two offers, with neither of them having someone assigned. One of those two ,kids, Theus, has a brother here, so we probably don't have to work as hard.

There are two 4 star OL from georgia. bama has offered both, as has UGA. But only one of them has a coach assigned to him, Garner.


I know I am a homer "sky is falling" fan, but it just seems to me that bama puts more into this position than do we. We need to have an offer out to every 5 star OL and every 5 star DL in the nation--that is where games are won.



Just seems we are lazy on the OL. We'll probably get Theus, but not because we worked hard.


I need a pep talk guys. It's gonna be a great year, but I'm already pissed about 2012 recruiting:)

I certainly agree with you on everything revolves around the OL and DL, no argument from me there. The big boys are what get it done up front and Saban KNOWS that. He is very obvious in his philosophy......control the line of scrimmage.

Sometimes working "smart" is better than just plain old working hard. Time efficient which helps leverage your time. Imo, getting Theus' younger brother is the example. Work smart, done deal, no need to waste a coaches time on him, move on to the next one. I'm a big believer in working efficiently and smart........I can get 3 days of work done in one day. Leveraging your time usually wins out....oh, imo.

We as fans don't see why every 5 star isn't offered but you can bet there's a reason. CMR and others aren't that stupid NOT to offere ALL the 5 starts........my belief is there ARE reasons the staff has that we aren't privy to.

One more that stciks in my craw. We are 6th on his list?

blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2011/05/25/geno...fid=blogs_recruiting


I refuse to believe that every 5 star we stay away from is because of character.

BulldogShannon wrote:

One more that stciks in my craw. We are 6th on his list?

blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2011/05/25/geno...fid=blogs_recruiting


I refuse to believe that every 5 star we stay away from is because of character.

Me either......most are probably grades.

Good coaching is worth more than stars. I would take a roster full of well coached 3 stars of a roster full of primadonna, undisciplined 5 stars any day of the week.

If a kid wants to go to an already peaked Auburn team then that demonstrates the quality of his decision making and we should encourage him to leave.