Rewind: Tigers offer elite OL

I hate to admit it, but I just don't think we are going to be able to bring in any top recruits to this bball program for whateevr the reason. I love bball and really miss the Person, Morris etc. era. I wish and long for those days, 5 straight trips to the big dance!

Wondering why a top DE recruit like Jarontay Jones from Stone Mountain, Georgia would list Florida over Auburn (1 and 2) ? Is it simply because two of his other teammates have already committed to the Gators, or perhaps does Muschamp recruit better than Roof? Or, maybe he wants to be closer to Disney World?

The loss of Rocker really set us back.

Lacey's snub is unfortunate, but not unexpected. I watched Sonny Smith put some strong talent on the gym floor for AUBURN back in the late 70's and early 80's when no one thought that it could be done. Give Coach Barbee a chance to put his style of BBall on the court and the talent level will rise. He recruited kids to El Paso and produced a few solid teams, so he knows what it takes to build a winning program. I do not believe we have another Lebo situation on our hands today.

The AUBURN Family needs to remain strong. Talented kids want to play for a winner with strong fan support. We downsized the arena to establish a better atmosphere for the games and to take advantage of some newer architecture that provides greater form and function for the BBall program. I know it is frustrating to attempt to pack the house to watch a team that is losing more than winning, but that is exactly what needs to happen in order to give Barbee the fan support necessary to build an exciting environment that will get that one special player to come aboard. It starts with one who entices another, and so on. Our FBall program has shown the way in how to recruit a winning program that yields dividends across multiple years versus a once and done syndrome.

A solid BBall coach needs three to four years to get a program on track with the right players for his / her system to take hold and demonstrate what their capable of delivering going forward. I live too far away to attend games personally, but I try to catch the AUBURN Tigers on TV at every opportunity. Barbee is a winner and he needs our continued support to finish turning this program around. I believe he will get it done, but he needs the fan base support to show strength in numbers, while he attempts to get the best available to build his style of game and yield a consistent winner from season to season. War Eagle!