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New Offensive Coordinator! Rhett Lashlee of Auburn

I'm good friends with a big Auburn fan. Quite the shocker to him last night. He like OCRL quite a bit and doesn't understand how he left for UConn. Thinks he'll do really well though up here.
 
Best guess is that he felt that if he wanted to advance his career he needed to get out from under his mentor. UConn is still a better gig than many other schools.

AD Dave connection probably gave him the reassurance to move here as opposed to somewhere else.
 
My reaction was that Lashlee must not love the Auburn head coach and would rather get away and be happy. I've learned this first hand. Money can't buy happiness. We maybe sometimes it can.....
 
Strange that he would leave Auburn for UConn for the same coaching position. Had to be some conflict down there. On their message board some fans seem happy that he's gone.
 
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BugsyCT said:
Strange that he would leave Auburn for UConn for the same coaching position. Had to be some conflict down there. On their message board some fans seem happy that he's gone.
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I saw at least one poster noting that he was a very good recruiter as well. Experienced P5 OC AND a good recruiter.....expecting to wake up from the dream soon.
 
UCweCONN said:
My reaction was that Lashlee must not love the Auburn head coach and would rather get away and be happy. I've learned this first hand. Money can't buy happiness. We maybe sometimes it can.....
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After reading everything out on the internet about this, I've come up with the following three most likely options (or a combo of some parts of all three):
1. He knows that Gus is on the hot-seat and likely out after this season. Wanted to pick a landing spot before he was forced to pick one.
2. There was some talk on the Auburn board that Gus may have been looking at bringing in a new OC (possible demotion)
3. He now gets to be the guy with full control/could be in for some big publicity if he can turn this dumpster fire around in short order
 
Before 12/28, I wasn't going to renew my season tickets. Once Edsall was hired, I was back on the fence. With the Lashlee hire, I'm jumping the gd fence and begging Aspire to come take my money.
 
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Gotta think he is only here for a year or two but I like it. This adds to the value proposition of season tix. Pretty much cancels out the effects of the BC/Fenway thing.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Serious question: I know Auburn had a (relative) down year this year but Lashlee was a Broyles finalist a couple years ago and is a pretty big name for an assistant. How the ____ did this happen?
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Must be a HC opportunity eventually
 
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Hi guys. Auburn fan here. Any questions you want to ask?

And to the person who said AU ran a lot of 2 TE sets... Yeah no... Know how many receptions TEs have had the last 2 years? 1. Sure sometimes we run 2 TEs, however the OFF chance we have... The 2nd was another OL. Last season it was Robert Leff who was our starting RT this season...

Anyway, I've always been a BIG UCONN basketball fan....since I was a teenager in the 90s. I was surprised to see the move, but not blown away like some our our fanbase... Since you know... The AD...

Also, whoever posted a link to the rant, that is kinda the no holes barred forum. The scout.com one and auburn family forum are the more down to earth ones...

Anyway, I am sitting here binge watching House of Cards on an off day. Ask away if you like, or completely ignore my post. Your choice.
 
auburn2eugene said:
Hi guys. Auburn fan here. Any questions you want to ask?

And to the person who said AU ran a lot of 2 TE sets... Yeah no... Know how many receptions TEs have had the last 2 years? 1. Sure sometimes we run 2 TEs, however the OFF chance we have... The 2nd was another OL. Last season it was Robert Leff who was our starting RT this season...

Anyway, I've always been a BIG UCONN basketball fan....since I was a teenager in the 90s. I was surprised to see the move, but not blown away like some our our fanbase... Since you know... The AD...

Also, whoever posted a link to the rant, that is kinda the no holes barred forum. The scout.com one and auburn family forum are the more down to earth ones...

Anyway, I am sitting here binge watching House of Cards on an off day. Ask away if you like, or completely ignore my post. Your choice.
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Which locales would you say Lashlee is strongest in as a recruiter?
 
auburn2eugene said:
Hi guys. Auburn fan here. Any questions you want to ask?

And to the person who said AU ran a lot of 2 TE sets... Yeah no... Know how many receptions TEs have had the last 2 years? 1. Sure sometimes we run 2 TEs, however the OFF chance we have... The 2nd was another OL. Last season it was Robert Leff who was our starting RT this season...

Anyway, I've always been a BIG UCONN basketball fan....since I was a teenager in the 90s. I was surprised to see the move, but not blown away like some our our fanbase... Since you know... The AD...

Also, whoever posted a link to the rant, that is kinda the no holes barred forum. The scout.com one and auburn family forum are the more down to earth ones...

Anyway, I am sitting here binge watching House of Cards on an off day. Ask away if you like, or completely ignore my post. Your choice.
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Do you have a sense for how philosophy-driven vs player-driven Laslee's offensive schemes are likely to be? Do you think he's more likely to recruit and coach players to succeed under a particular approach, or look for playmakers and design schemes to suit their talents? (And yes, I know any good coach does a bit of both!)
 
Stairmaster said:
Which locales would you say Lashlee is strongest in as a recruiter?
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Lashlee has been an excellent recruiter. He was essential in us signing 5* Jared Stidham (and no to whoever asked. Lashlee coming does not help you with him. He has already signed and started taking classes.) However, most of us now question if we will hold on to former 5* (now 4*) QB Joey Gatewood. He has signed QB talent in the past. And I would say that's his strongest area, but he did offer JF3 (of Last ChanceU) who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. They chose JF3 over the Evans kid at VA Tech. So who really knows...
 
auburn2eugene said:
Lashlee has been an excellent recruiter. He was essential in us signing 5* Jared Stidham (and no to whoever asked. Lashlee coming does not help you with him. He has already signed and started taking classes.) However, most of us now question if we will hold on to former 5* (now 4*) QB Joey Gatewood. He has signed QB talent in the past. And I would say that's his strongest area, but he did offer JF3 (of Last ChanceU) who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. They chose JF3 over the Evans kid at VA Tech. So who really knows...
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First, thanks for posting here. Second, that Stidham kid looks incredible. Seems like an arm and legs destine for a long career on Sunday football. He's on my radar for the NY Giants.
 
VAHuskyFan said:
Do you have a sense for how philosophy-driven vs player-driven Laslee's offensive schemes are likely to be? Do you think he's more likely to recruit and coach players to succeed under a particular approach, or look for playmakers and design schemes to suit their talents? (And yes, I know any good coach does a bit of both!)
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This is a hot debate among AU fans. It is honestly impossible to answer this with any validity, because we (some) just don't know if it was Gus or Rhett.

However as for my personal opinion... Lashlee has known one offense his entire career. It's the Gus HUNH. Get used to that term. Get used to hurrying to the line and quick snap after a 1st. As far as designing schemes... Well... We haven't been so hot at adjusting... When it's working, we dominate and score close to 40 a game. When it doesn't we score 10. Again, we don't know if it was Gus or Rhett... Let's just hope he can come up with some sort of passing game. Running game he has in check. Passing game... Well that's just another story
 
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Exit 4 said:
First, thanks for posting here. Second, that Stidham kid looks incredible. Seems like an arm and legs destine for a long career on Sunday football. He's on my radar for the NY Giants.
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Most welcome. And yeah we hope he will turn out. I'm not so sure how JS feels about this move... He said Rhett, and being coached by Rhett had great influence on him signing with us. Rhett is a great man. A real class act. Auburn University lost a top notch man in this move...
 
auburn2eugene said:
Most welcome. And yeah we hope he will turn out. I'm not so sure how JS feels about this move... He said Rhett, and being coached by Rhett had great influence on him signing with us. Rhett is a great man. A real class act. Auburn University lost a top notch man in this move...
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Does Auburn have any potential grad transfers this year whom Rett might try to bring to Connecticut?
 
businesslawyer said:
Does Auburn have any potential grad transfers this year whom Rett might try to bring to Connecticut?
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JF3, lol... But seriously, dude has track speed. Legit 4.4/4.3 guy. Possibly WR Jason Smith who fell out of the rotation due to the absolute STUDS we brought in last season. Next season, possibly our starter from this year. Former Elite 11 winner, Sean White. But who knows if he will leave. He could stick around, but I don't see a former elite 11 winner knowingly sticking around to ride the bench behind our new 5* JUCO transfer (who has 3 to play 3.)
 
Hard to call JS a JUCO really, as he transferred from Baylor in wake of the Briles scandal, and transferred to some JUCO that didn't even have a football team... But i digress
 
businesslawyer said:
Does Auburn have any potential grad transfers this year whom Rett might try to bring to Connecticut?
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Also, when healthy Sean White is a GAMER. Some (myself included) question his ability to stay healthy in the SEC... But I before he was hurt this year he led the SEC in many categories. Doest really have an accurate deep ball, but pinpoint on short and intermediate passes. I think he would without question be all conference if he followed Lashlee to UCONN.
 
auburn2eugene said:
Also, when healthy Sean White is a GAMER. Some (myself included) question his ability to stay healthy in the SEC... But I before he was hurt this year he led the SEC in many categories. Doest really have an accurate deep ball, but pinpoint on short and intermediate passes. I think he would without question be all conference if he followed Lashlee to UCONN.
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So is White o.k. Coming to Auburn and competing for a job? Or were there rumors about him moving after graduation anyway (and if so to whom)?

Thank you for your time on this. Our prior idiot coach ran off the starting QB, with a year of eligibility left, for no apparent reason with no apparent replacement in site, so obtaining a QB immediately would be an amazing gift for us.
 
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