re: Trooper Taylor remains unemployed

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I know more than a few people who know Trooper personally, and theu all say he is a really good-hearted guy. They say he genuinely cares about his players and the people he works with. I think his fault is that he is not hard enough on his players when they frick up, which can lead to some problems, obviously.

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He also cares so much about them that he gives them free shite and arranges money transfers for them.

I have a buddy that was a grad assistant at Tulane when Trooper was there and said he would go meet with kids in the Nola area with wads of money in his hands buying them all sorts of shite.

This guy who told me this is a Tulane Greenie. He hates LSU so it is not biased against Auburn.


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And I don't know anyone that said he's a bad person. Every school dirty recruits, Trooper is just known for it.

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Man, I never really understood all the trooper hate. The guy waved a towel on the sideline? BFD.

I have heard folks say he was dirty recruiting, but when has that been documented even down to a specific player?

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I'm not sure he was such a polarizing figure within the SEC fans when he coached at Tennessee. If he was, I can't remember it.

He is an oddity on the sideline, he appears unprofessional to some people with the towel waving/backwards hat/chumming it up with the players, etc. But I think that's just his personality, IDK.

I remember hearing some questionable recruiting rumors back in his Tulane days. So those probably carried over throughout his career.

The Cecil Newton stuff hit the fan, the NCAA investigation, the BigCat, the Memphis kid with the grade issues, etc. AU didn't even get sniffed by the NCAA the whole time Tubs was there. Then all of the sudden there were multiple NCAA issues that were pretty high profile (Newton) and folks started to look at the main recruiters.

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He also cares so much about them that he gives them free shite and arranges money transfers for them.

I have a buddy that was a grad assistant at Tulane when Trooper was there and said he would go meet with kids in the Nola area with wads of money in his hands buying them all sorts of shite.

This guy who told me this is a Tulane Greenie. He hates LSU so it is not biased against Auburn.


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And I don't know anyone that said he's a bad person. Every school dirty recruits, Trooper is just known for it.

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Like I said in my previous post - Trooper's shady recruiting tactics goes way back to the Tulane days.

Whether he is shady or not, I don't know. I don't know he is a very approachable and likeable person. I went to a game at Gadsden High School when AHS came to town and he was there along with Luper. Trooper spent the entire game taking pictures with fans and letting kids try on his NC ring. The security guards/cops kept telling people to leave them alone but Trooper welcomed it. I know that doesn't prove he is a clean recruiter but it does put many reasons why so many recruits might be drawn to him. You can talk to him like he is your best bud...which may ultimately be his biggest downfall as well.

I figured someone would have hired him by now, dude can recruit.

Thought he had problems at UT as well.

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He is an oddity on the sideline, he appears unprofessional to some people with the towel waving/backwards hat/chumming it up with the players, etc. But I think that's just his personality, IDK.

I remember hearing some questionable recruiting rumors back in his Tulane days. So those probably carried over throughout his career.

The Cecil Newton stuff hit the fan, the NCAA investigation, the BigCat, the Memphis kid with the grade issues, etc. AU didn't even get sniffed by the NCAA the whole time Tubs was there. Then all of the sudden there were multiple NCAA issues that were pretty high profile (Newton) and folks started to look at the main recruiters.

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So no one really has anything to prove Trooper is a dirty recruiter. He just "looks like he would be dirty."

Anyone think those 100,000 letters from bammer fans to the NCAA accusing AU of wrongdoing had anything to do with AU being having "multiple NCAA issues." And it turns out he was never found to have done anything wrong at AU. Nada. No sanctions. No probation. Just rumors and people thinking he "looked dirty." Unreal.

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I said he appeared unprofessional on the sidelines, not that he looked dirty. He has always looked cleancut and hip to me.

His recruiting tactics over his career have been shady at best. Tulane had issues, Tennessee had issues (street agent shite in the Miami area), and issues at Auburn could be connected to him as well. His recruiting process, connections, and possible actions is known to raise an eyebrow or two. Obviously the NCAA has no issues with it since he's been cleared many times. He's kinda like a polyp found in a colonoscopy - it may not be cancerous - but it's something you have to keep you eye on in the future.

He was removed from off campus recruiting on 2 separate occasions.. that is a major slap on the hand outside of a show cause from the ncaa in my opinion