Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)

rolltide7854 said:

If you get the job let us know who the bagman is.:biggrin:

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If you know that, you are already on te short list...

Fans better check their tickets before going to the game tomorrow.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/36798891/auburn-warns-of-counterfeit-tickets-ahead-of-georgia-matchup

I'm still trying to understand when the expectations for a perennial 8-4 team became something greater.

bamamc1 said:

The folks that still run AU are the same crew that got caught in the tubbs jet gate scandal and were made fools of in 2004. I have a better shot at being the AD there.

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maybe he’s trolling them and should keep it up


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RTR91 said:

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Meh. Marcello's reading too much into that.

AUDub said:

Meh. Marcello's reading too much into that.

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I agree. I had a lady tell me once that she hated to hear a Pastor say "my church" because it was not his church, it was God's church. Ten a few minutes later she said, "my Sunday School class has 14 members." LOL. Note she did not say, "the SS class I teach", but MY SS class. We sometimes find what we are looking for in words instead of just letting them be words.

Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)

CrimsonForce said:

Have a hard time believing that for one major reason: the AAU circuit and basketball players being paid/recruited to agencies are only in school for 6 months then they turn professional. A player in a 7 on 7 league has a minimum of 3 years before he can come out for the NFL draft. Just doesn't make sense for agents/recruits to treat the 7 on 7 camps the same way they treat the AAU circuit. Now, I'm not naïve enough to think there hasn't been some money passed around at 7 on 7 camps or arrangements made but I don't think it's anywhere near the scale or operation of what's hitting college basketball right now for the reasons I mentioned..

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So you think the money to obtain a player and his services for three years would be less than the money to obtain a player and his services for only one year? Ok!


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rolltide7854 said:

If you get the job let us know who the bagman is.:biggrin:

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Speaking of Bo, I hope our Bo has a good game tonight. I'll leave it at that.

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I read that initially as he and chuck, otherwise, yeah reading it he had used his pronouns selectively in that interview...not like he said we the whole way through


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AUDub said:

Meh. Marcello's reading too much into that.

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I agree. I took “we” to mean the basketball program in general.


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AUDub said:

Meh. Marcello's reading too much into that.

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Think he was mainly trying to be funny based on the timing - two days removed from the ESPN report about his job security.


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Wonder why this hasn't made it to al.com yet?

http://start.att.net/news/read/cate...rn_placed_two_staff_members_on_leave_in-rtime

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jordan_verhulst_904501.html

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/frankie_sullivan_1046571.html

Please please please let basketball be what gets the FBI inside TUF.

OBMS said:

Wonder why this hasn't made it to al.com yet?

http://start.att.net/news/read/cate...rn_placed_two_staff_members_on_leave_in-rtime

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jordan_verhulst_904501.html

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/frankie_sullivan_1046571.html

Please please please let basketball be what gets the FBI inside TUF.

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This is starting to get even more interesting. How in the world did two lower level staffers get wrapped up in this?

And why haven’t we heard anything concerning reinstatement for Purifoy and Wiley yet? Beginning to wonder if there was something going on with players as well as the parents.

CB4 said:

And why haven’t we heard anything concerning reinstatement for Purifoy and Wiley yet? Beginning to wonder if there was something going on with players as well as the parents.

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Why would they be reinstated? This wasn't some minor violation...

If you notice I said “concerning reinstatement”, not “when they will be reinstated”.

CB4 said:

If you notice I said “concerning reinstatement”, not “when they will be reinstated”.

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Do you think Auburn is going to come out and go, well they're not going to be reinstated, like, ever. This is serious stuff, Auburn knows better than to run their mouths about it. May be the NCAA will be bros or something, but this isn't a sit a few games type scenario. Auburn does themselves no favors to advertise that fact.

Re: Plain Trouble on "Da Plains" (all AU posts here)

AlexanderFan said:

So you think the money to obtain a player and his services for three years would be less than the money to obtain a player and his services for only one year? Ok!


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You completely missed the point. There's no way to keep a commitment from a football player for 3+ years. He may not even be a player that the NFL would draft by the time he's eligible to be drafted. An agent or agency will not stick out their neck for a 17 year old at a 7 on 7 football camp who may or may not make the NFL in 3-4 years. The one and done players in basketball are much easier to identify with a much quicker "turn time" (most as short as 6 months for star basketball player vs at minimum 3 years for a football prospect) and that's why agents and runners try so hard to get in on them early. Much faster return on investment (typically 6 months) and less risk than trying to hold on to a football player for 3-4 years. Also, sneaker deals and apparel deals are considerably more lucrative in the NBA than NFL. Almost every star NBA player has a major shoe deal. Not so much in the NFL. You have to understand the 2 different markets and revenue streams to understand why basketball prospects are targeted in a way that football prospects typically aren't..

OBMS said:

Wonder why this hasn't made it to al.com yet?

http://start.att.net/news/read/cate...rn_placed_two_staff_members_on_leave_in-rtime

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jordan_verhulst_904501.html

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/frankie_sullivan_1046571.html

Please please please let basketball be what gets the FBI inside TUF.

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If it happened, it would be like letting kids loose in a toy store...

So much to find, so little time. The FBI would have to call in their reserves.

Redwood Forrest said:

I agree. I had a lady tell me once that she hated to hear a Pastor say "my church" because it was not his church, it was God's church. Ten a few minutes later she said, "my Sunday School class has 14 members." LOL. Note she did not say, "the SS class I teach", but MY SS class. We sometimes find what we are looking for in words instead of just letting them be words.

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"What you think about me says more about you than it does about me." How we see others shows what is going on inside us...every.single.time.