Basilio on Pruitt & Helton

This experience tells me Pruitt isn’t going to hire anyone he doesn’t have strong ties with. I’m fully expecting Chip Lindsey at this point.

 

And such a vetting only goes so far in altering the optics from the public.

 

I will say that from what I’ve heard from my Auburn friends Lindsey continually gets his legs cut from under him by Malzahn on playcalling. If Gus doesn’t like the call he changes it... a lot.

 

That’s my guess. As soon as he gets that $100k retention bonus from Barn, I think he’s named.

Just my blind-assed guess.

 

Yeah, I mean hiring a well respected coach that's considered a bright football guy is a glaring example of it.

 

He didn't get what he thought he did, and apparently who his kin was was a factor. It is what it is.

 

Pruitt has spent a lifetime on the defensive side of the ball. The gap between offensive staffs and defensive staffs are wide. So what do you do? You network and get recommendations from the people you know.

 

I get it. But you do have to filter. I am certainly not close to this and merely speculating.

 

It's how coaching works

 

And let's be perfectly honest... outside of maybe a handful of coordinators... we all run the same stuff.

 

Let's see, trust a guy who was your roommate in college that you've kept up with that's worked with the guy and also a HOF college football coach.

This isn't Butch hiring Canales or Debord. This is getting, on paper, a good hire that is now a head coach.

 

In that regard, how much weight does Gruden’s recommendation(?) of Drinkwitz carry here?

 

Basilio not accurate about Shrout thoughts imo. Heard Pruitt likes his arm, but also that the OL recruits and staff love Maurer.

 

If I made a hire based on my roommate in college, I would be in trouble. If he was the best candidate without that, then it isn't even worth noting.

I am not invoking butch. I have just noticed a universal pattern of hirings of relatives of friends or friends of relatives frequently resulting in unsatisfactory hirings. As good of a guy as helton probably is and head coach he may now be, this was an unsatisfactory hire for Pruitt and the program. Apparently.

I'm not looking for a pissing match, you'll win. The dots I connected are all over this thread, though. I didn't make them.

 

The only comment Pruitt made was that Shrout had the strongest arm. The dude threw 25 interceptions his senior year of high school.

Maurer is an average QB in a terrible 2019 QB class. Harrison Bailey is the QB of the future.

 

You're whining about the way the world works. I'm sorry you're bitter.

 

I can imagine there isn't a soul on campus who will listen to anything Gruden says.

 

I think it’s just the game. To make it coaching college you have to put up with a lot of shit and hope that you get at attach your wagon to a rising star.

It’s a lot like acting in waiting to get your big break

 

This is very reassuring...

 

Both can play. Maurer a little bigger and better athlete, which is what I want to see.