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Title: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Aubie16 on April 30, 2010, 09:02:16 AM
That didn't take long...

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The NCAA Division I Board of Directors finalized legislation Thursday that becomes effective immediately that limits no more than two football coaches per school from visiting a prospective recruit’s school in the same day during an evaluation period, NCAA spokesman Erik Christanson confirmed by e-mail Thursday night.
The rule change takes direct aim at recruiters riding to high schools in stretch Hummer limousines, a controversial tactic Auburn coaches did beginning last year.
Auburn coaches visited Columbus Carver High School in a limousine on Tuesday, prompting teachers there to talk about it, Carver coach Dell McGee said Thursday.
Florida State sent four recruiters to Carver on Wednesday.
Six Georgia assistant coaches were at Carver on Monday without the fancy ride, but coach Mark Richt got word by Thursday evening that his staff won’t be allowed to do that anymore because of the NCAA’s action.
“We knew if we were going to do it in numbers at a certain place, we better do it right now,” Richt said before speaking to the Greater Augusta Bulldog Club, “but next week was kind of a time for everyone to disperse anyway. So it worked out about how we hoped it would.”
The object of many schools’ affection at Carver are rising seniors Gabe Wright, a defensive lineman and Isaiah Crowell, a running back, both highly-regarded prospects.
The rule change in the Football Bowl Subdivision was backed by the Big East Conference.
The rationale for the rule, according to the draft of the proposal that was approved by the NCAA Legislative Council on April 13 before it became final Thursday, specifically mentioned the use of limos and “extravagant buses.”
It said the rule was needed because “multiple coaches are appearing at the high schools of the prospective student-athletes just as much to be seen as to actually conduct an evaluation. Many institutions are unnecessarily expending resources in order to have multiple assistant coaches attend these evaluations as a result of the perceived recruiting benefit.”
McGee said ultimately the decision of recruits still will come down to things like the recruit’s family, the player’s interest level and developing a relationship with a position coach.
“The limo deal and them coming in packs is impressive to a certain extent, but at the same time that’s not going to influence all kids,” McGee said.
Auburn signed a recruiting class in February that was ranked No. 4 in the nation by Rivals.com
Auburn coach Gene Chizik said Thursday that he did not know what impact limo rides had on that class.
“All of the different recruiting ideas that we came up with last year, people want to ask the question what kind of effect did they have on recruiting?,” Chizik said. “I don’t know whether that’s something that played a huge part in our success with our signing class or not. … It’s all about how hard you work and it’s all about relationships.”

http://onlineathens.com/stories/042910/bre_628291205.shtml (http://onlineathens.com/stories/042910/bre_628291205.shtml)
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Godfather on April 30, 2010, 09:06:11 AM
That didn't take long...

http://onlineathens.com/stories/042910/bre_628291205.shtml (http://onlineathens.com/stories/042910/bre_628291205.shtml)

They take immediate action on something like this, yet we will never have a playoff...FUCK THE NCAA!


in da mouf!
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: GH2001 on April 30, 2010, 09:20:42 AM
The take immediate action on something like this, yet we will never have a playoff...phuk THE NCAA!


in da mouf!

Yep - it was also backed by the Big East. Call it College Football socialism. Giving them little guys a fair chance. Pfffffttt!!
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on April 30, 2010, 09:42:13 AM
Okay, so two coaches per limo then for future prowls.....   :silence:
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Buzz Killington on April 30, 2010, 09:44:32 AM
But we just spent all that money on the Ice Cream Paint Job...
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: AUChizad on April 30, 2010, 10:24:05 AM
This article from yesterday before the ban was made "official"

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http://Auburn's Gene Chizik: High school visits are not part of 'Tiger Prowl'
By Evan Woodbery
April 29, 2010, 3:56PM
Press-Register, G.M. AndrewsAuburn assistant head football coach Trooper Taylor speaks to Auburn fans during during the Tiger Prowl stop at Lipscomb Field in Mobile on Monday.

AUBURN -- Head coach Gene Chizik is distancing his staff's recruiting efforts this month from the term "Tiger Prowl."

In two separate interviews Thursday, Chizik drew a line between the visits to high schools that assistant coaches have conducted during the day and the fundraiser/pep-rally events they have attended every night this week.

"Tiger Prowl has nothing to do with recruiting," Chizik said on a spring SEC coaches' teleconference. "Tiger Prowl is basically a fundraising event that we do in the evenings."

Later, he downplayed Tiger Prowl's importance.

"I don't know if that's something that played a huge role in our signing class or not," he said. "It's all about how hard you work and it's all about relationships. All the other stuff ... I don't know what impact that had."

Chizik made similar comments about Tiger Prowl earlier in the day in a meeting with Auburn beat reporters, saying the Prowl was "an event at night" and the recruiting aspect was conducted "in the daytime."

Auburn made a recruiting splash with the original "Prowl" in Chizik's first year by taking limousines from school to school during the NCAA's spring evaluation period.

During the evaluation period, college recruiters are allowed to visit high schools and meet with coaches, administrators and guidance counselors, but are barred from actually making contact with any prospect.

Chizik said last year that Tiger Prowl and other creative recruiting ideas were "Marketing 101."

"We knew it would get a little attention. It probably got more attention that we originally had thought," Chizik said. "But the bottom line is, we wanted to make a statement to the 17-year-old players in this state who are coming out next year that it's important to us to be at their school. We wanted to make that statement to the high school coaches in the state of Alabama. We've said all along that we're stressing the importance of recruiting in this state so we wanted to start out with a bang."

This year, Auburn unveiled an enormous bus emblazoned with "Tiger Prowl" in big letters, but coaches have not actually used it to visit high schools. Instead, coaches have visited schools in stretch Hummers and the luxury bus appears at the evening pep rallies. The evening meetings with fans in Mobile, Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville were sponsored by Tigers Unlimited, the department's fundraising arm.
 
Chizik did not say what prompted his clarifications about Tiger Prowl today, and the university did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

However, Auburn self-reported several secondary NCAA violations stemming from last May's "Big Cat Weekend" recruiting event, and the compliance department likely wants to keep a distinct separation between recruiting work being done by coaches and events attended by alumni and boosters.

Looks like Gene saw this coming.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: jadennis on April 30, 2010, 10:54:02 AM
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Many institutions are unnecessarily expending resources in order to have multiple assistant coaches attend these evaluations as a result of the perceived recruiting benefit.”

I'd love to see someone break this down financially and show us how it's "unnecessarily expending resources" to take 7 guys at one time to one school.  Is that so much more expensive than sending 2 guys at a time to 3 or 4 different schools?
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Snaggletiger on April 30, 2010, 11:10:23 AM
Effective immediately.  Man that NCAA is a well oiled machine.  When they take something on, they move, move, move.  I mean, take the whole Reggie Bush thing.....
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: JR4AU on April 30, 2010, 11:40:02 AM
Bammer got them what they call "The Saban Rule" because they like to talk shit about the hardest working coach in the biz.  Said it was a direct result of all the lazy coaches in the league whining about Saban working 24/7.  Has Saban now whined and bitched that some other staff might be challenging him.  To hear all the bammers (Shane did this yesterday)...they will at once poo poo Tiger Prowl, say it's ineffective, then start talking about how the NCAA is going to ban it.  Which, it appears they've taken a bite out of something "so ineffective".  Why is beyond me!
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Pell City Tiger on April 30, 2010, 02:10:10 PM
Another change coming down the pipeline is any team that plays bama immediately after an open date will be required to spot them a 1 touchdown lead at the start of the game. Also, the no holding rule for bammer linemen will continue until opponents schedules are revamped by the uat athletic office.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: GH2001 on April 30, 2010, 02:15:17 PM
All this does is punish the schools that have the resources for FB. It sucks donkey balls.  But at least Ball State and Middle Tenn State will have a fair chance now right? As Ricky would say - HOWARRSSEEE SHIATTTTE!
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on April 30, 2010, 04:38:14 PM
Another change coming down the pipeline is any team that plays bama immediately after an open date will be required to spot them a 1 touchdown lead at the start of the game. Also, the no holding rule for bammer linemen will continue until opponents schedules are revamped by the uat athletic office.
I seem to remember that all of you found it amusing when the NCAA handcuffed Saban a little. Why are you crying now?
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: JR4AU on April 30, 2010, 04:43:05 PM
I seem to remember that all of you found it amusing when the NCAA handcuffed Saban a little. Why are you crying now?

Why is it that bammer morons think that every response about a subject like this is "crying"?  Do you fucking goofballs jack your dicks every time you think that, or think that people are "skeeered a Saban".   
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on April 30, 2010, 04:49:02 PM
Why is it that bammer morons think that every response about a subject like this is "crying"?  Do you fucking goofballs jack your dicks every time you think that, or think that people are "skeeered a Saban".  
I replied to a post that mentioned Alabama three times. It also looked like a bunch of complaining about Alabama as well, i.e., crying. Do I need to explain this further, or do you think you got it? You're pretty upset over this Tiger Prowl ban, aren't you? I could have replied to any other post in this thread. I chose the one post that blatently blamed Alabama for this.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: GH2001 on April 30, 2010, 04:49:54 PM
I seem to remember that all of you found it amusing when the NCAA handcuffed Saban a little. Why are you crying now?

Then go find the ones who said it and address them. I never found it particularly amusing. And I dont find this amusing. I thought it was shitty to enact the Head Coach in Waiting Recruiting rules when there was only one. It might as well have been the Muschamp rule. That one was stupid as well.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: No Huddle on April 30, 2010, 04:58:07 PM
I think this is stupid. Allbarn is saving gas and trying to help the environment. I mean really let it go. So what if ya'll send a bunch of coaches to high school. This really is dumb.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on April 30, 2010, 05:32:47 PM
I think this is stupid. Allbarn is saving gas and trying to help the environment. I mean really let it go. So what if ya'll send a bunch of coaches to high school. This really is dumb.
It's the typical response by the NCAA. They're going to go after something trivial, and leave the serious things like the Bush scandal slide.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Townhallsavoy on April 30, 2010, 06:24:36 PM
It's the typical response by the NCAA. They're going to go after something trivial, and leave the serious things like the Bush scandal slide.

And Gadsden (Dre K, Jerrell H, and that wide receiver turned safety).     :haha:
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Pell City Tiger on April 30, 2010, 06:50:52 PM
I seem to remember that all of you found it amusing when the NCAA handcuffed Saban a little. Why are you crying now?
No crying here, lickspittle. I think it's fucking hilarious. USC runs amok, with slam dunk evidence presented for several years now and the NCAA jams this through in a matter of days. All of it coincides with nickys butt buddy being named NCAA president.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on April 30, 2010, 07:46:25 PM
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Florida State sent four recruiters to Carver on Wednesday.
Six Georgia assistant coaches were at Carver on Monday without the fancy ride, but coach Mark Richt got word by Thursday evening that his staff won’t be allowed to do that anymore because of the NCAA’s action.
We knew if we were going to do it in numbers at a certain place, we better do it right now,” Richt said...
Sounds like it starting catching on, because of the prospects' responses to it...."It showed me that they really wanted me when they showed up with that many coaches"..."It was a :civic: (Shocker) when I saw that many coaches showing up to my HS in a stretched Hummer, everyone knew they were there to evaluate me and some of my teammates."

Therefore the Big East, along with the little bitch in West Vance, decided that it should be stopped.  The little bitch realized that he couldn't send that many "Bag Men" to each school, because that would really cause a scene and quiet a buzz.

I wonder if the NCAA will put a stop to the "unnecessarily expending resources" that some High Schools use when the little bitch steps onto their campus (Red Carpet, Band, Cheerleaders, etc.)

Don't get me wrong, I think it's hilarious that coach little bitch got his panties in a wad, because that tells me that this coaching staff are working their asses off and it's getting under little bitch's skin....Chizik Effect or Troop-a-Lupe Effect?
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Token on April 30, 2010, 07:49:15 PM
Sounds like it starting catching on, because of the prospects' responses to it...."It showed me that they really wanted me when they showed up with that many coaches"..."It was a :civic: (Shocker) when I saw that many coaches showing up to my HS in a stretched Hummer, everyone knew they were there to evaluate me and some of my teammates."

Therefore the Big East, along with the little bitch in West Vance, decided that it should be stopped.  The little bitch realized that he couldn't send that many "Bag Men" to each school, because that would really cause a scene and quiet a buzz.

I wonder if the NCAA will put a stop to the "unnecessarily expending resources" that some High Schools use when the little bitch steps onto their campus (Red Carpet, Band, Cheerleaders, etc.)

Don't get me wrong, I think it's hilarious that coach little bitch got his panties in a wad, because that tells me that this coaching staff are working their asses off and it's getting under little bitch's skin....Chizik Effect or Troop-a-Lupe Effect?

                                                                                          :haha:
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on April 30, 2010, 08:40:03 PM
BTW, this isn't going to stop Tiger Prowl.  I have a really...REALLY good idea of what they'll do next year.  But, only a select few here will know what it is, you winder lickers will just have to wait until this week...Next Year.  HAHA, biatches.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Birmingham on April 30, 2010, 08:54:38 PM
This clearly is a bad rule.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on April 30, 2010, 09:19:00 PM
No crying here, lickspittle. I think it's fucking hilarious. USC runs amok, with slam dunk evidence presented for several years now and the NCAA jams this through in a matter of days. All of it coincides with nickys butt buddy being named NCAA president.
You have now aligned yourself with Prowler.

Congratulations.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on April 30, 2010, 10:08:32 PM
For all da bammers, including Coach little bitch....

*Language Warning*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNAw99ZUx4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNAw99ZUx4#)
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: No Huddle on April 30, 2010, 11:13:28 PM
Sounds like it starting catching on, because of the prospects' responses to it...."It showed me that they really wanted me when they showed up with that many coaches"..."It was a :civic: (Shocker) when I saw that many coaches showing up to my HS in a stretched Hummer, everyone knew they were there to evaluate me and some of my teammates."

Therefore the Big East, along with the little bitch in West Vance, decided that it should be stopped.  The little bitch realized that he couldn't send that many "Bag Men" to each school, because that would really cause a scene and quiet a buzz.

I wonder if the NCAA will put a stop to the "unnecessarily expending resources" that some High Schools use when the little bitch steps onto their campus (Red Carpet, Band, Cheerleaders, etc.)

Don't get me wrong, I think it's hilarious that coach little bitch got his panties in a wad, because that tells me that this coaching staff are working their asses off and it's getting under little bitch's skin....Chizik Effect or Troop-a-Lupe Effect?

Now you sound like a bammer. Nick is all powerful and he got this rule passed blah blah blah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taEuL4EHAg#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3taEuL4EHAg#ws)
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: djsimp on May 01, 2010, 12:21:35 AM
Just for record, the Auburn coaches have already, before NCAA ruling, adjusted. There are many different methods of transportation dispersed across the landscape of the South with the regulated max amount of CFB coaches, plus coach Barbee. As already mentioned, this does not count the RV of which is only displayed at booster on non-HS school functions. Tiger Prowl has already morphed into it's boundary style.

As for the NCAA, phuk you, the SEC laughs at you because you're a diplomatic joke.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Birmingham on May 01, 2010, 01:15:32 AM
Just for record, the Auburn coaches have already, before NCAA ruling, adjusted. There are many different methods of transportation dispersed across the landscape of the South with the regulated max amount of CFB coaches, plus coach Barbee. As already mentioned, this does not count the RV of which is only displayed at booster on non-HS school functions. Tiger Prowl has already morphed into it's boundary style.

As for the NCAA, phuk you, the SEC laughs at you because you're a diplomatic joke.

From what I've seen the ruling said nothing about the RV.  How have they adjusted the Tigerprowl to conform to the "only 2 coaches are allowed on the visit" rule?  As far as I can tell the 2 coaches can drive the RV for all the NCAA cares.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 01, 2010, 01:24:01 AM
Just for record, the Auburn coaches have already, before NCAA ruling, adjusted. There are many different methods of transportation dispersed across the landscape of the South with the regulated max amount of CFB coaches, plus coach Barbee. As already mentioned, this does not count the RV of which is only displayed at booster on non-HS school functions. Tiger Prowl has already morphed into it's boundary style.

As for the NCAA, phuk you, the SEC laughs at you because you're a diplomatic joke.
^^Bingo^^

The Auburn staff were already planning on doing something different next year anyway and it didn't include rolling six or seven strong into the High Schools.  Auburn got two years out of blitzing selected High Schools throught the State (formerly known as Tiger Prowl).  Like I said previously, the Tiger Prowl will still happen next year, it just won't include blitzing the High Schools.  We'll still use the Tiger Prowl Motorhome, next year we'll just spread our wings with the Eagle Prowl.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 01, 2010, 01:28:23 AM
From what I've seen the ruling said nothing about the RV.  How have they adjusted the Tigerprowl to conform to the "only 2 coaches are allowed on the visit" rule?  As far as I can tell the 2 coaches can drive the RV for all the NCAA cares.
It can't have anything on the vehicle that promotes the University or causes a stir at the High Schools...so no more Limos, Helicopters, Zeppelins, Hover Crafts, etc.  Auburn wasn't using the Tiger Prowl Motorhome to go to the High Schools anyway, but also that would mean no Tiger Prowl RVs at the schools either.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Birmingham on May 01, 2010, 02:22:11 AM
The Eagle Prowl sounds fun.  I'll be mad when the NCAA ends it next year.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: AUChizad on May 03, 2010, 11:17:33 AM
http://www.tigersx.com/forum/index.php?action=post;topic=9351.30;num_replies=30 (http://www.tigersx.com/forum/index.php?action=post;topic=9351.30;num_replies=30)

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Scarbinsky: Tiger Prowl may be dead, but AU recruiting? Very much alive
By Kevin Scarbinsky -- The Birmingham News
May 02, 2010, 5:30AM

Urban Meyer texted recruits like a mad man.

The NCAA banned coaches from texting recruits.

Some called it the Meyer rule.

Nick Saban bumped into one recruit after another in the spring.

The NCAA banned head coaches from hitting the road in the spring.

Some called it the Saban rule.

Auburn coaches staged a max blitz on high schools in the spring.

The NCAA just limited colleges to two coaches per high school per day.

Call it the Tiger Prowl rule. And consider it a compliment.

Good recruiters follow the rules. Great recruiters change them.

Sometimes the NCAA passes a rule to stop you because you’re doing something wrong. Other times, the NCAA passes a rule to stop you because you’re doing something right.

There should be nothing wrong with sending five, six or seven assistants into one high school at a time during the spring evaluation period, as Auburn and other schools did last year and this week.

It might be an advantage to show up en masse to show one prospect at one school — like, say, Chris Jones at Minor — how much you want him. At the same time, that strategy might be a disadvantage because, if Auburn has an army of assistants at one high school, Alabama might have seven different assistants at seven different high schools.

Different folks, different strokes.

The real difference is that the Tiger Prowl approach calls attention to recruiting, and the NCAA is preoccupied with perception. Coaches in stretch Hummers suggests that college football is big business.

College football is big business, of course, but true to its hypocritical nature, the NCAA is capitalist when it benefits the NCAA — see the new basketball tournament TV deal — and socialist when it doesn’t.

Witness one argument the NCAA Legislative Council made in support of the Tiger Prowl rule, formerly known as Proposal 2009-35:

"Many schools are unnecessarily expending resources in order to have multiple assistant coaches attend these evaluations ..."

Unnecessarily expending resources? Karl Marx couldn’t have said it better himself.

That phrase alone indicates that this rule isn’t about too many coaches showing up at the same high school at the same time. It’s about too much money being spent to get these coaches where they’re going.

Clearly, the NCAA didn’t like the rides. The Legislative Council even mentioned "limousines and extravagant buses," with an air of disdain, in its rationale.

Just as clearly, the NCAA has no basis to dictate how its member institutions transport their employees. So it tried to eliminate the reason for the limos, the group evaluation.

It was sneaky smart, and another step down a slippery slope.

If the NCAA is going to legislate against "unnecessarily expending resources," where does it stop?

You could argue that a school unnecessarily expends resources when it spends tens of millions of dollars to grow its stadium to 101,000 seats. Or when it pays a head coach $4 million-plus a year and a defensive coordinator $750,000.

How soon before someone suggests a salary cap? Or a stadium cap?

At least there’s one group within the NCAA’s hierarchy that isn’t convinced socialism is the way to go. The Division I Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cabinet actually opposed the Tiger Prowl rule.

That clear-thinking group, which includes Tennessee AD Mike Hamilton, wrote the following in its formal dissenting opinion:

"The cabinet believes institutions should have the discretion to determine how to spend their recruiting resources and noted institutions are limited to a maximum of seven coaches who may recruit off campus at any one time.

"Therefore, if an institution has more than two coaches at one educational institution on one calendar day, fewer coaches are permitted to recruit at other locations on that same day."

That kind of common sense failed to carry much weight. So the Tiger Prowl, as a recruiting tool, is dead.

But just like Meyer after losing his freedom to text and Saban after being taken off the road, Auburn recruiting is very much alive.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: djsimp on May 03, 2010, 12:30:08 PM
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But just like Meyer after losing his freedom to text and Saban after being taken off the road, Auburn recruiting is very much alive.

Also, both coaches have won a recent National Championship.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on May 03, 2010, 05:15:21 PM
For all da bammers, including Coach little bitch....

*Language Warning*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNAw99ZUx4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtNAw99ZUx4#)
You do know that, according to the NCAA, the Big East requested this new rule, right?

http://blog.al.com/kevin-scarbinsky/2010/05/sabans_friend_didnt_kill_tiger.html (http://blog.al.com/kevin-scarbinsky/2010/05/sabans_friend_didnt_kill_tiger.html)
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 03, 2010, 05:34:44 PM
You do know that, according to the NCAA, the Big East requested this new rule, right?

http://blog.al.com/kevin-scarbinsky/2010/05/sabans_friend_didnt_kill_tiger.html (http://blog.al.com/kevin-scarbinsky/2010/05/sabans_friend_didnt_kill_tiger.html)
requesting and getting it pushed through are two different things...

Another thing, speaking of the "Meyer Rule", the "Sheban Rule" and the "Auburn Tigers Rule"...Coach Sheban was the only one that was breaking the rule in the first place, therefore the NCAA decided to take all of the HCs off of the road during evaluations because of it...because he was bumping all over the prospects, which was illegal.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: jadennis on May 03, 2010, 05:54:01 PM
requesting and getting it pushed through are two different things...

Another thing, speaking of the "Meyer Rule", the "Sheban Rule" and the "Auburn Tigers Rule"...Coach Sheban was the only one that was breaking the rule in the first place, therefore the NCAA decided to take all of the HCs off of the road during evaluations because of it...because he was bumping all over the prospects, which was illegal.

That's actually a good point...one that Skarbo left out.  The implication was that all three of these situations were essentially the same, which isn't the case.  Rules regarding texting and 7 coaches going to a school didn't exist before Meyer and the Tiger Prowl. 

But there was already a rule about coaches only being able to "bump into" recruits during dead periods, and say no more than "hello".  Since the NCAA knew Saban was breaking the existing rule, but that there was no way to hold his hand on every trip, they decided coaches couldn't be trusted to stay within the spirit of the "bump" rule, so they took them off the trail completely for the Spring. 

Big difference.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 03, 2010, 06:00:56 PM
That's actually a good point...one that Skarbo left out.  The implication was that all three of these situations were essentially the same, which isn't the case.  Rules regarding texting and 7 coaches going to a school didn't exist before Meyer and the Tiger Prowl. 

But there was already a rule about coaches only being able to "bump into" recruits during dead periods, and say no more than "hello".  Since the NCAA knew Saban was breaking the existing rule, but that there was no way to hold his hand on every trip, they decided coaches couldn't be trusted to stay within the spirit of the "bump" rule, so they took them off the trail completely for the Spring. 

Big difference.
Yup...there's also a difference between skirting the rules and breaking them at every High School, Coach Sheban was breaking them at every HS, the Tiger Prowl wasn't.  Suck on that bammers!!!!  No matter how bad you want to say that our coaches are a bunch of cheaters with the Tiger Prowl, ya can't, because it wouldn't be true.  But, when have bammers let truth get in the way of saying stupid things.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: No Huddle on May 03, 2010, 06:05:45 PM
Yup...there's also a difference between skirting the rules and breaking them at every High School, Coach Sheban was breaking them at every HS, the Tiger Prowl wasn't.  Suck on that bammers!!!!  No matter how bad you want to say that our coaches are a bunch of cheaters with the Tiger Prowl, ya can't, because it wouldn't be true.  But, when have bammers let truth get in the way of saying stupid things.

You will never hear me say the allbarn coaches were cheating. I mean if you ain't cheatin' you ain't trying. But really the allbarn coaches were not cheating just visiting players. Use your coaches as you see fit. Dumb rule plain and simple.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: GH2001 on May 04, 2010, 09:25:02 AM
You will never hear me say the allbarn coaches were cheating. I mean if you ain't cheatin' you ain't trying. But really the allbarn coaches were not cheating just visiting players. Use your coaches as you see fit. Dumb rule plain and simple.

This is true. Whats being done here is essentially the same thing NASCAR did with trying to create disparity. It sucks. You shouldnt punish the schools with the resources to do these things.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on May 04, 2010, 10:41:25 AM
requesting and getting it pushed through are two different things...
Link showing that Alabama got it "pushed through"?
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: djsimp on May 04, 2010, 11:05:31 AM
Just curious, is not the AD at TN the guy people say is Sabans "buddy"?
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 04, 2010, 11:12:02 AM
Link showing that Alabama got it "pushed through"?
Behind the scene deals usually never get brought to the public's attention....especially when dealing with SPuat football.  Imagine the public humiliation that Coach little bitch would endure if it came out that it was him behind the cracking down of Auburn's recruiting efforts.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on May 04, 2010, 11:21:47 AM
Behind the scene deals usually never get brought to the public's attention....especially when dealing with SPuat football.  Imagine the public humiliation that Coach little bitch would endure if it came out that it was him behind the cracking down of Auburn's recruiting efforts.
Tin foil isn't very flattering on you. But I do understand that, with you, it is the norm. You have no other way to support the bullshit you spew other than "well it's a secret".
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Snaggletiger on May 04, 2010, 11:22:59 AM
Tin foil isn't very flattering on you.

He wears a hard hat and carries a big hammer.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: JR4AU on May 04, 2010, 11:52:48 AM
I replied to a post that mentioned Alabama three times. It also looked like a bunch of complaining about Alabama as well, i.e., crying. Do I need to explain this further, or do you think you got it? You're pretty upset over this Tiger Prowl ban, aren't you? I could have replied to any other post in this thread. I chose the one post that blatently blamed Alabama for this.

Shit now your pathetic ass has resorted to the really, REALLY ignorant tactic of accusing someone on the net of being upset.  Do you bammers all read from the same fucking "Bammer manual for posting stupid shit on Auburn forums"?  Get this dumbass!  I don't have to be upset in the least to tell a stupid bammer to fuck off.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: djsimp on May 04, 2010, 04:40:15 PM
Behind the scene deals usually never get brought to the public's attention....especially when dealing with SPuat football.  Imagine the public humiliation that Coach little bitch would endure if it came out that it was him behind the cracking down of Auburn's recruiting efforts.

I was just wondering because it seems in this article that it was the TN AD that was against banning the Tiger Prowl.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 04, 2010, 06:35:15 PM
I was just wondering because it seems in this article that it was the TN AD that was against banning the Tiger Prowl.
If he spoke up about being against it, he probably got a Video Conference Call soon afterwards with Coach little bitch telling him to shut his pie hole.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: djsimp on May 04, 2010, 07:59:52 PM
If he spoke up about being against it, he probably got a Video Conference Call soon afterwards with Coach little bitch telling him to shut his pie hole.

I don't believe that because the ban nullifies any opportunity of copying the "Tiger Prowl".
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 04, 2010, 08:05:02 PM
I don't believe that because the ban nullifies any opportunity of copying the "Tiger Prowl".
$Puat only need$ one coach to hold a duffle bag.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Pell City Tiger on May 04, 2010, 08:19:20 PM
By the way, the crimson caravan rolled into Birmingham today with none other than ol' Saint Prick at the reins.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Token on May 04, 2010, 08:26:36 PM
$Puat only need$ one coach to hold a duffle bag.

(http://media.knoxnews.com/media/img/photos/2010/01/08/010810bcs-trophy01_t607.jpg)
Yeah, but we need a gaggle of coaches to carry all those bitches.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 04, 2010, 09:12:42 PM
(http://media.knoxnews.com/media/img/photos/2010/01/08/010810bcs-trophy01_t607.jpg)
Yeah, but we need a gaggle of coaches to carry all those bitches.
Good God, Coach little bitch is a tiny fucker aint he.

His shoulders aren't wider than the MNC Tropy stand and the MNC Tropy stand isn't that much wider than the Crystal Football, which is the size of a regulation college football.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Token on May 04, 2010, 09:29:24 PM
Good God, Coach little bitch is a tiny fucker aint he.

His shoulders aren't wider than the MNC Tropy stand and the MNC Tropy stand isn't that much wider than the Crystal Football, which is the size of a regulation college football.

Amazing how such a wee little guy can be vastly superior in football knowledge.  It must be tough for you.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: RWS on May 04, 2010, 09:42:44 PM
Amazing how such a wee little guy can be vastly superior in football knowledge.  It must be tough for you.
I thought he laid off this whole height thing when he figured out that Chizik isn't that much taller than Saban. I guess Prowler is feeling a little extra insecure this week.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: The Prowler on May 04, 2010, 10:09:23 PM
Amazing how such a wee little guy can be vastly superior in football knowledge.  It must be tough for you.
Well, he does have a big noggin....he's like a large sized midget.

I thought he laid off this whole height thing when he figured out that Chizik isn't that much taller than Saban. I guess Prowler is feeling a little extra insecure this week.
Yeah...you've paid attention haven't you.  I've just been calling him Coach LITTLE bitch for the last week or so.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Pell City Tiger on May 04, 2010, 10:23:16 PM
Is it the midget or the dwarf that has the stubby body with long arms & gigantic melon? Whichever one it is, they really creep me out. Seriously.
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: Token on May 04, 2010, 10:57:31 PM
Is it the midget or the dwarf that has the stubby body with long arms & gigantic melon? Whichever one it is, they really creep me out. Seriously.

It's little people. You got that?
Title: Re: NCAA Bans Tiger Prowl
Post by: AuburnChopper 3.0 on May 04, 2010, 11:06:40 PM
....or Little Chocolatiers.  .....or wait.... what are we talking about again?  What if it was a little Chocolatier named Crimson Tide Bryant?