Blake Countess Named Auburn Starting CB per Depth Chart
Congratulations to Blake Countess on being named a starting CB in Auburn depth chart!
http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2015/09/auburn_releases_2015_depth_cha.html
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:31 AM ^
Nor was he a draft selection. The Seahawks signed him as an undrafted free agent.
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:24 AM ^
Yes, get that man a legends patch!
September 1st, 2015 at 10:46 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 10:47 PM ^
Great for him! Congrats Blake! Good luck--hopefully, he excels against all non-Michigan foe. Always enjoyed watching him play.
September 2nd, 2015 at 7:59 AM ^
I don't wish ill on him, but I'm saying if he's starting at CB for Auburn then they're not a playoff team. Saban will abuse him in the Iron Bowl - but that's so far off he may not be starting by then.
Anyway, good luck and Go Blue!
September 1st, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 10:53 PM ^
if muschamp thinks he's good enough to start...
September 1st, 2015 at 10:54 PM ^
Pretty sure he would've been a starter here too.
Side note. How in the living hell did Hoke think that Roy Manning, who had never played nor coached DBs in his life, was going to be able to teach proper press coverage techniques? I mean in what peyote fever dream does somebody come up with this as a workable plan?
September 1st, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:06 PM ^
I read that here all the time but can somebody point me to an example where a coach, who never previously played or coached a position, was given the position coach job and was successful at it? And especially when you're implimenting a radical scheme change like we did last year?
Sorry - seemed insane and doomed to failure to me last year at this time and still does.
September 1st, 2015 at 11:18 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:24 PM ^
I'm guessing you're really worried about how the TEs will perform this year. It sounds like they might be doomed to failure.
September 1st, 2015 at 11:45 PM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:00 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:00 AM ^
You honestly think that was a good idea?
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:23 AM ^
New coach and similar scheme at Auburn. He didn't have a problem with that combo at Auburn.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:11 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:56 AM ^
Yeah I still think it was pretty dumb on Hoke's part but i do see your point.
You're right that DBs wasnt exactly our #1 issue last year.
September 2nd, 2015 at 9:09 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^
Mallory had been the only DB coach up until last year. It made sense to get him some help if they were going to implement a new system. I don't think Mallory just stopped coaching the CBs altogether. Our current DB coaches work together. It's reasonable to think Mannng and Mallory did too. I think the biggest problem was that the new system suited Peppers very well, not Countess.
September 2nd, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^
I think most of them coached positions they didn't play.
Jerry Hanlon was his long time OL coach, but in the middle of that coached QBs for 6 years. He was a college RB.
Garry Moeller was a LB at OSU. At Michigan he coached DEs and QBs and was an OC and a DC. He also coached TEs in the NFL.
Lloyd was a college QB and coached DBs.
September 1st, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:26 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:28 PM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 7:24 AM ^
I imagine it was the same fever dream that convinced him that Darrell Funk was getting good development out of his offensive line personnel...
September 1st, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^
I wouldn't expect anything less. Congrats to him!
September 1st, 2015 at 11:06 PM ^
I'm surprised to Blake as a KR
September 1st, 2015 at 11:11 PM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:37 PM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:05 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:38 PM ^
NC State's AD says: "Time to give him a Legends patch!"
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:05 AM ^
September 1st, 2015 at 11:53 PM ^
Congrats Blake hope to see you in the National Championship Game thats where we're headed
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:21 AM ^
Insert Kozan joke here
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:31 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^
This is a head-scratcher to me. Kudos to him for saying only the right things as he left, but man, I wish I knew why he left.
I think he probably just didn't get Harbaugh and/or didn't like the implications of bringing in people like Lyons. The other explanations don't seem to make sense. Scheme is the same - can't be that. Academics - yeah, can't be that. NFL opportunities are plenty possible with Durkin/Harbaugh, so I doubt it's that.
I read the article above that mentions a 'bargain,' but I didn't get the feeling that Blake was seeking a guarantee of playing time. It sounded more like the coaches just promised to rep him at different positions and give him a full opportunity, which seems to me exactly what would have happened here. (I did find it interesting that Malzahn said he was surprised that Countess could play - not a surprise, but further evidence that Malzahn doesn't exactly have the highest opinion of the Big Ten).
So... I guess he just didn't like Harbaugh?
September 2nd, 2015 at 5:02 AM ^
Yeah...I get the same feeling. The Lyon's talk was pretty strong for several weeks and it mostly felt like as a replacement for Countess. Most fans loved Blake but also had written him off as a fit for what Durkin wants to do...but then he goes to Auburn and is being asked to do the same thing. So a Lyons for Countess trade hasn't worked out the way most expected...
Now, if Stribling is REALLY ready then it might not matter anyway...
September 2nd, 2015 at 6:42 AM ^
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September 2nd, 2015 at 8:02 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:09 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 5:11 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 6:42 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 7:26 AM ^
Best of luck to Blake on his final college football season. Still, Channing Stribling is going to make us all forget about him, right? Right!????
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:01 AM ^
Tell Kozan I said what's up.
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:03 AM ^
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:14 AM ^
He visited Arizona this summer, but he did not transfer there.
September 2nd, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
Thanks!
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:09 AM ^