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1.20.2009

Anthony Gulley WAS in

EDIT @ 5:30 p.m.: OK. So maybe Anthony Gulley didn't commit after all.

Our friends at AUTigers.com reported earlier today that Brantley High standout Anthony Gulley officially had cast his lot with the Tigers. He said last weekend that he would commit to the Tigers in the future, but wasn't prepared to make that assertion public until after visiting Troy this weekend. He thought it was honorable to stick with his promise to visit the Trojans, which I thought was commendable.

Sounds like that trip to Troy still is on.

Here's what I had to say about Gulley earlier this week:

Anthony Gulley, WR from Brantley: Very country. I initially was surprised to see Gulley paired up with Ryan Pugh and Lee Ziemba last weekend. Then I met Gulley. He's very country. Shy kid, very quiet. He really likes baseball, too, and seems eager to play both football and baseball at Auburn. He's a shortstop by trade. Gulley also can play centerfield.

302 Comments:

atlantatiger said...: 200; 8:41 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: atlantatiger is correct. article the other day mentioned interest in AU from Cobi Hamilton (Luper and/or Trooper connection); 8:41 AM
atlantatiger said...: oh well...I do think they are stopping in to see C. hamilton.; 8:42 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: my guess is whoever got off the plane in Dallas yesterday visited Eguae, then hopped in a car and went to see Tyrik, then on to visit Cobi. Plane now going to pick coach(es) up in Texarkana.
(those one way car rentals are expen$ive, but thats what our TUF contributions are for)

Still curious about the plane stopping in New Orleans on the way to AU yesterday.; 8:45 AM
atlantatiger said...: THT...I think that was apick up in New Orleans as well.; 8:48 AM
DoWhat? said...: I would be interested to see the historical flight logs and see if the plane did this much flying when Tub's and his staff were at AU.; 8:54 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: DoWhat?-
I'm afraid you'd have to do some computer hacking...
From Q&A
How far back does FlightAware's airport history go when browsing through recent arrivals and departures? (Back To Top)

Although FlightAware keeps the data forever, currently only the most recent 48-72 hours of activity are available for viewing; 8:57 AM
atlantatiger said...: Dowhat?...that would be a nagative goast rider.; 8:57 AM
atlantatiger said...: Excuse the spelling only on one cup of coffee today.; 8:59 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: I just hope the planes are going to get some "Big Time Players".; 8:59 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I wish the plane would come get me. I think it would be cool to fly around on an AU Jet visiting all the Hotties.; 9:03 AM
michael said...: I wish we had an invisible jet like Wonder Woman. That thing was cool.; 9:05 AM
Anonymous said...: Good morning everyone!!

A nice tidbit on recruiting this mornign I just read.

Reid, the AJC’s Player of the Year, said that now that he had a couple days to think about last weekend’s official visit to Florida, he really didn’t enjoy it.

“It didn’t feel like home anymore,” Reid told the AJC on late Tuesday night. “I wish the Gators the best. It’s just not the place for me.”

Things are changing so quickly for Reid that he said there was only three things he knows for sure: Florida State is one of his finalists, he will take an official visit to UGA on Jan. 30, and he will announce a college decision on signing day (Feb. 4).

In another turn of events, Reid said he will likely visit Tennessee rather than Alabama this weekend. “They [Tennessee] have been with me longer than Alabama.”

Also, Florida State, Auburn and Alabama sent coaches to meet with Reid on Tuesday. Reid said Auburn “is growing on me more every day” but has yet to agree to take an official visit with Tigers.; 9:09 AM
Anonymous said...: And one more note...

The recruitment of M.L. King running back/defensive back Joel Kight took an unexpected turn on Tuesday when he eliminated Georgia Tech from consideration after picking up a scholarship offer from Auburn.

“[Auburn] coach [Gene] Chizik called with the offer,” M.L. King coach Corey Jarvis told the AJC. “It really didn’t shock me because I had heard some speculation last week. But I didn’t want to say anything until it became official.”; 9:11 AM
atlantatiger said...: on the invisible jet...would there be an invisible AU on it?; 9:12 AM
DoWhat? said...: just heard James Willis is heading to the bad guys. Got it fom the Rivals site. that would suck.; 9:13 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Yes, Michael, it was cool. But not as effective as the stealth bomber since everyone, including her enemies, could still see Wonder Woman sitting in her invisible jet.

An AU jet invisible to flightaware would allow me to do something more productive with my time, and waste less of yours with my inane posts.; 9:13 AM
weagle251 said...: Has anyone else heard a damn dirty rumor that bammer is looking at James Willis to replace Lance Thompson? I can't even verify the rumor, so I'm inclined to tell the TI subscriber that passed it on to me what I think of his "insider information".; 9:14 AM
michael said...: Yeah Tar, but who is afraid of a Woman flying around in seated position? Rather than taking cover, people would come out and look, thus making it easier to bomb them.; 9:15 AM
Norm said...: Wonder Woman's plane reminds me of this - http://www.guzer.com/videos/familyguy_wonderwoman.php

Sorry, I don't know how to edit the hyperlink here on HABOTN.; 9:15 AM
Fearless Freep said...: Zteve:

Why do you think that AU will 'likely decline' in 2011-12?

You do realize that we have absolutely no idea who at least 40% of our players those years will be, don't you?

Think of it this way: exactly 10 years ago there was no logical reason for AU fans to expect that we would be the West representative for the 2000 SEC Championship. And yet, we were - mostly due to the performance of a player who none of us had even heard of in '99, and who our staff wasn't even considering until he was recommended by his JUCO teammate.

As for our current staff, I don't think it's worthwhile to compare them with their predecessors. Just like with recruits, you can't really assess them 'on paper', you'll have to see how they perform before you can make those kind of value judgements.

In any case, our current assistants have far more impressive resumes than the crew Tuberville brought with him in '99.; 9:18 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If the pilot is Omnica, we should all be afraid ;-); 9:19 AM
michael said...: Monica is probably in the "Bomb first, ask questions later" line of thinking.; 9:25 AM
Jet said...: Freep ...

You're making way too much sense for me.; 9:25 AM
Jet said...: Michael ... why would you think Monica would be asking questions?; 9:26 AM
atlantatiger said...: Nothing wrong with a Karl...another Fox New Contributer!; 9:37 AM
atlantatiger said...: What is the Willis Rumor?; 9:41 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: just that, a rumor. Jay G Tate hasn't said it, so it's not true.

And it's not on Rivals main page.; 9:46 AM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: Coaches going to Gadsden later today. As Jet sez Carpe Recruitem!!; 9:48 AM
Anonymous said...: TarHeel....

Going to Gadsden huh?

I'll have to make a few calls this afternoon to see how that went...; 9:52 AM
Anonymous said...: Who is in Gadsden?; 9:54 AM
Anonymous said...: Kendall Kelly and Dre Kirkpatrick; 9:55 AM
Anonymous said...: Thank you sir!; 9:55 AM
Anonymous said...: And for the record, I am worried that Auburn could pull Kelly.; 9:57 AM
astatguy said...: It's pretty obvious we're recruiting second tier running backs. We're also looking at backs 5'9" and shorter, which I hear is OK in the spread. We're also getting some "No's", which given our volatile environment is understandable.

So why aren't we going after Jonathon Davis? He's only 5'7", but for those enamored with stars he's got four of them. He's the Atlanta kid who had his scholly revoked by South Carolina, and he's on the clock to give UCF an answer. His high school (Tucker) won the state championship and is a program on the rise. Even if Davis doesn't work out we'd have an "in" on other kids later. This HS sent us Neiko Thorpe.; 10:00 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: I don't know if I can take Tom Peavy references here.

I'll get a ruling on that asap.

I know people are saying Knox to MSU, but I don't think that's correct ... at least not yet.; 10:04 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: astatguy ... there's a reason people are backing off him.; 10:04 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: ps: Avenged Sevenfold is good workout music.; 10:05 AM
astatguy said...: Thanks, Jay. It just didn't make sense to see everyone ignore him. I thought it was the 5'7" thing. (Visions of Markeith Cooper and the Tot dance through one's head).; 10:07 AM
DoWhat? said...: Seeing how they have a 20 minute ground time before they takeoff it is safe to say they were picking up folks (Malzahn, Taylor, Luper) who probably spent quite a bit of time with Rollison, Hamilton and Eguae yesterday. Now on to Gasden to wreak havoc on the REC's back yard!; 10:09 AM
Will said...: Jay, have you ever listened to Disturbed while working out? If you are weight training, it fits. If you are doing cardio, it might be a little harsh. Those guys have serious rage issues, which is appropriate at times when you are in the gym.; 10:14 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Jay- Do you have any details on the Arnold Gamber (sp) firing?; 10:23 AM
Anonymous said...: For the record as the resident Bama fan here...

I don't believe the Willis rumors for a minute.; 10:23 AM
Jet said...: As far as the Invisible Jet program ... I have been an Invisible Jet for years, except for the rare times when I thought I was invisible when I really wasn't.

Just be careful how you handle it is all I'm sayin'; 10:32 AM
Unknown said...: LuvAU1968, I don't consider myself negative or positive, just realistic. You don't get rid of one of the most successful staffs in the SEC and not expect to go through years of rebuilding. I thought that was kind of a given.

I consider the hiring of Chizik as a Shula type hire. I mean that in terms of expectations, not in terms of coaching ability. Shula was hired to get Bama through a tough time, and was given a realistic number of years to turn around.

I see Chizik around to get us through the post Tuberville years while the stigma associated with the head coaching job at Auburn fades. By the time Chizik is given time to prove himself, we will be ready to go for the big dollar hire if needed.; 10:34 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: Steve- How do you rate Bowden? His winning precentage was one of the best. Tubs made it to the SEC Championship game in the 2nd year. I don't buy it takes years to rebuild. That is crap. It takes players, and sometimes not very many of them. We can be competitive next year and any year.; 10:40 AM
Unknown said...: FearlessFreep, 2011 and 2012 are when the affects of this and the previous recruiting class will be felt.; 10:40 AM
Unknown said...: Bowden was horrible. The talent level at Auburn steadily declined under his watch. I think it safe to say our talent level under Bowden steadily declined.

Players are only a small part of the puzzle. We have been getting the players until last season. We have the talent to be successful offensively. The defense has been very successful. The offensive coaching was obviously a mess.; 10:43 AM
Unknown said...: By the way, if we have had Borges as OC last season, we would have likely contended for the SEC West.; 10:44 AM
Unknown said...: By the way, in terms of when to switch to the Spread, I thought doing it last season was very poor timing. It would have had a much better shot in a season we had an experienced QB.; 10:46 AM
Jet said...: Steve ... your conclusion about Bowden is correct .. the talent level did fall off ... but (I can't believe I'm about to say something positive about Tot) 1993-94 wouldn't -- couldn't -- have happened under Dye. It required a regime change.

And that's why I am optimistic (not an over-optimistic type about to be chronic naysayer, as Hoopie categorizes some of my ilk).

Three or four years will give us a clue where we are heading ... and if the level of coaching and recruiting is where I think it is, I think we'll be fine.

I agree with Eddie and Freep that it can be turned around quickly -- Bowden and Tubs did it, and so did Pee Pants in West Vance.

It's about having a plan, pulling in the same direction, and recruiting/coaching. I think Tommy's plan was moldy, part 2 was never gonna happen, and I ascribe a certain level of competency to most (not all) collegiate coaches in the recruiting/coaching department. But that competency is directly related to how parts 1 and 2 are going in your program.

Translated, Yes We Can.; 11:01 AM
Commish of Old Pimps said...: Zteve, that's a good point. An experienced QB makes even an inferior product look better. Everyone wonders why the Franklin spread worked in the Peach Bowl but forgets that Brandon Cox was running it (in part).; 11:02 AM
Commish of Old Pimps said...: AuburnSports reporting that Chaz Ramsey is having 2nd surgery on back today.

Godspeed Chaz (and good riddance to Nall and the former training staff).; 11:03 AM
Will said...: I guess the NFL folks are doing some of those weird personality screening/ crazy tests down in Mobile at the Sr. Bowl/ Did you guys see Tyronne Green's response the "If you were an animal, which one would you be?" He said he would be a CatDog.

Do you think he was referring to the cartoon or to an actual by-product of a cat mating with a dog?; 11:05 AM
Unknown said...: Jet, I wouldn't change coaching staffs to have the occasional successful year like we did under Bowden. The reason for the initial success then is clear. He took a team that knew how the run the ball and was able to teach them to pass successfully.; 11:06 AM
Unknown said...: Jet, by the way, many felt the same about Dye around 85. Once the wishbone had it's issues, people doubted him. We stuck with him and things turned out well.; 11:07 AM
Anonymous said...: I am unhappy with Sprint's customer service. Their phone and internet service, I am happy with, but the smug, scripted robots they have in customer service ops make me realize why they are rated so low in that aread.; 11:09 AM
Norm said...: "Yes we can" I can believe in that.

This is a new day. I thought everything, EVERYTHING was supposed to be better today. I'm not picking up that sentiment here yet.; 11:11 AM
Unknown said...: Decision making by the QB is key to the spread. It doesn't take a running QB or even a QB with a great arm. It takes a solid decision maker at QB. One of the difference between going from under center and the shotgun is when adjustments are made. In the shotgun, adjustments are largely pre-snap. There is a delay in post snap adjustments because the QB has to focus on catching the snap. That is the big difference between the spread and the fly offense that GT runs. If you look at the fly QB, he is almost sitting down under center so that he can make his reads at the snap of the ball.; 11:12 AM
Unknown said...: gatiger, things can get better. Right now things are just a crap shoot. We have an unproven staff, although they may be as good or better than the previous staff at recruiting. I wish we could have kept Nall, Gran, and Price on this staff; but that would have likely caused issues.; 11:14 AM
Jet said...: Believe me, I know about 1985 and what happened ... but we were heading for the rocks in 1992 ... but it would be hard convince me that Dye had enough energy to turn it around from where we were in 1992.

I'm convinced we were heading for the rocks again with Tuberville -- some his fault, a large part not.

I nearly had a stroke when I heard Chizik was named the coach ... but every day, I pick something up that tells me that I think we'll be fine.

The old Thomas Jefferson saying, I believe, applies here: The tree of liberty is refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Now let's go make Nicky bleed.; 11:18 AM
Unknown said...: Any truth behind the rumor of Willis to Bama? I would be surprised because we heard nothing about Bama asking for permission to talk with him.; 11:18 AM
Alan said...: Steve,
You say Auburn wouldve contended for the west with Cox last year, yet you say it will take us years to get back. As you can see from your own statement, it only takes a few players to get us back.

The offense next year and the following years will have more talent than they did last year. You can book that.; 11:19 AM
Unknown said...: Jet, Dye was done in 92. He had health issues that weren't going to allow him to continue. There is no question there was no turning around to do at that point. We had a bad season, but we had the talent to play with anyone.; 11:20 AM
Anonymous said...: Steve - FSJ doesn't believe it for a minute regarding the Willis rumor.; 11:20 AM
AUnMobilz (CAM-"Da Man") said...: partially agree with you Steve....

We had to change or it will have been doom n gloom.... we had to break away and give persepctive recruits some sort of thing to bring them to AU...flashy offense to get away from the norm....kids are now playing in wide open offenses and want to be on the field and play, period.; 11:20 AM
Unknown said...: Alan, I never said we would have contended last year with Cox. I said we would have contended last year with Borges.; 11:20 AM
Alan said...: Id take Rocker and Grimes over Price and Nall anyday.

Price coaches ends and thats it plus most of his recruiting ties lie west of the Mississippi.

Rocker, on the other hand, does the whole kaboodle and has gotten just as much out of his line if not more than Price and Dunn combined. Plus he is closer to his recruiting area and expertise in his home town of Atlanta. Recruiting kids from GA to Auburn is a helluva lot easier than getting those same kids to Arkansas and Ole Miss. Just wait.; 11:23 AM
Unknown said...: AUnMobilz, that is very true. I think Tuberville recognized that a grind it out conservative offense and a great defense were no longer going to be successful in the SEC. I find it kind of profound, because when we got Franklin I heard many say that the spread was a high school offense. This last season showed that just isn't the case with the success of the Big 12 teams, as well as many others. Tuberville had the right idea, but we implemented it poorly and probably at the wrong time.; 11:24 AM
Alan said...: Well, if it all it takes is coaching, dont you think weve upgraded dramatically from Tony to Gus, Nall to Grimes, Knox to Taylor, and Ensminger to Boulware?

I respect your points, but taking 4-5 years for us to get back is just nonsense. It never has before, unless you count the Barfield years when our program was in ten times the amount of turmoil that we are in now, and even he had some good teams.; 11:26 AM
Unknown said...: If we had wanted success quickly, Paul Johnson would have been the obvious choice. His fly offense is what many think may replace the spread as the next big thing.; 11:26 AM
AUBigCat said...: This is my assessment of our bottom line: If we dont start developing QBs before their senior years, we will only have the potential to be really good every 4-5 years. If Malzahn can get at least 2 of our QBs really ready to lead this team on the field NOW, we will be fine.; 11:27 AM
Unknown said...: I have no doubt that Knox to Taylor was a huge upgrade in terms of coaching. Likely Malzahn will be an upgrade from Franklin, but the jury is still out. Grimes is definitely a downgrade from Nall. I don't know enough about Boulware to judge, but I do hope it is a big upgrade.; 11:28 AM
Jeremy Eubanks said...: Jay G, what tracking software are you using here? I'm digging Google Analytics, but want to view some other programs.; 11:29 AM
Alan said...: True BigCat.

Gus has had a different QB each of his 3 years in college and has had success with all of them. I think he can do it here.

I know he will put them into spots where they can get comfortable and make plays.; 11:30 AM
Unknown said...: AUBigCat, you hit on it exactly. This is an issue that started with Bowden. We have never developed a solid backup QB since the Pat Dye years. We have occasionally gone with the QB rotation circle jerk, but we have never had the backup come in for a couple of series to get experience and rest the starter. It is one of the biggest criticisms I have had of Auburn since Dye left.; 11:30 AM
Alan said...: Steve,
If you just look at numbers, Grimes is an upgrade over Nall and has even sent just as many players to the Pros.

Nall began to decline, just like the rest of the staff.

Im sorry, but playing 250lb centers and gaurds every year just wasnt going to get it done anymore.; 11:32 AM
Unknown said...: What guards and centers did we have that were 250 lbs?; 11:33 AM
Alan said...: Grimes has been a part of some offenses that would make Jan Terri blush.; 11:33 AM
Unknown said...: By the way, Nall is widely known as one of the best offensive line coaches in the southeast.; 11:34 AM
Alan said...: Cope, Pugh, Ingle was around 275.

Bosley wasnt that much bigger and the ones he did get that turned out good, just happened to be bigger DL that we just switched to OL. Nall was tough and a hard nosed guy, but what OL coach isnt?

Nall was just good, but to think that Grimes is a downgrade means that you havent seen what Grimes has done either.; 11:37 AM
Commish of Old Pimps said...: Nall gets my vote ... for one of the best judges of BBQ in the greater Auburn area.; 11:37 AM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Steve, I was one of the few who didn't think Nall outright sucked as a coach. But if you agree with going with the spread, you have to think Nall had to go. The atrocity that we called an o-line this year has to be partly on his shoulders. When we were playing smash mouth football, he was in his element. He was clearly clueless when it came to coaching the spread. Either that or just didn't want to coach the spread.; 11:38 AM
Commish of Old Pimps said...: Nall also a raw but promising talent for mid-level manager of a regional trucking operation.; 11:38 AM
michael said...: Is Jan Terri blushing a good thing or a bad thing?; 11:39 AM
Alan said...: Steve,

You shouldve wrote:
Nall WAS widely known as one of the best offensive line coaches in the southeast.

He is also known as one of the hardest coaches to work with and play for.

Hence the no job offers from other schools.; 11:41 AM
Alan said...: Its a great thing Mike.; 11:41 AM
Fearless Freep said...: Zteve said:
2011 and 2012 are when the affects of this and the previous recruiting class will be felt.

Zteve also said:
Bowden was horrible. The talent level at Auburn steadily declined under his watch. I think it safe to say our talent level under Bowden steadily declined.

This pretty much proves my previous point: Bowden's last two recruting classes in '97 and '98 were way below average; Tuberville's first class was only marginally better.

And yet we were SEC West Champions in 2000, with a team made up almost exclusively of players from those three classes.

It's senseless to assume that AU will underperform in '11 because our '08-'09 classes don't appear to be above average. It may indeed turn out that way, but right now you're just making an unsubstantiated guess.

Not trying to pick on you - it's just as pointless to predict that AU will be SEC Champs in '11. There's really no way of knowing.; 11:45 AM
Unknown said...: The failure of the Franklin Experience was largely due to offensive line play. The responsibility for that certainly has to at least partially lie with Nall.

Anyone have an update on Chris Todd? I thought he was suppose to have surgery. If he heals and gets his arm strength back, I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the running for the starting QB position, although I think a lot of fans will be shocked:); 11:47 AM
Eddie McCoy said...: IF Nall was such an outstanding OL coach, don't you think he still would be in coaching?; 11:49 AM
Unknown said...: Guessing at where we will be in 2011 and 2012 is definitely just a guess. Our 2008 recruiting class wasn't great, but there are some players with a lot of potential. It was just a small class and I actually beleive it was designed to be that way. The 2009 class is currently looking like the worst class I can remember since the Bowden era.; 11:51 AM
Jay G. Tate said...: I don't buy the James Willis talk for a second. No way.; 11:52 AM
Unknown said...: Eddie, Nall could still be coaching if he wanted to. He was even offered the head coaching position at Georgia Southern a few years back. My guess is he doesn't want to start from the ground up with another school. Wayne Hall could have coached again, but he didn't want to start over either.; 11:53 AM
AUBigCat said...: I think Nall could coach if he wanted to coach again. I vaguely remember someone commenting well before the 'end of days' that he would retire when xCTT left; 11:53 AM
Unknown said...: Thanks Jay. The thought of Willis to Bama is kind of scary.; 11:54 AM
AUBigCat said...: Is it official that Knox is going to MSU??; 11:56 AM
Alan said...: This class will definately better than this past years Seniors class. No offense to them, but that class never turned out. Injuries, attrition, and bad luck doomed that class which was really ranked lower than we are now.

Relax people, getting a top 25 or better class (which we will), is a good thing. Theres not a lot of difference between the classes of teams ranked 10-25. Only a couple players who may or may not pan out. I trust the coaches we have on staff to do the rest.; 11:56 AM
Fearless Freep said...: Based on recent developments I'd wager that this year's class will end up very similar to Tubs' first class in '99, for pretty much the same reasons.

We weren't exactly a popular choice for prospects this time 10 years ago if you recall.; 11:57 AM
Alan said...: I agree Freep and that class ended up doing well and laying the foundation. T Rob and crew turned out pretty good.; 12:01 PM
BinOBA said...: We have problems puttin a real good first team qb on the field. The recent past years we've undergone "growing pains" with our qb's and had to wait for them to come around a bit. I know it's a learining experience but i'd really just like to see one guy come out and set himself apart at the qb position.; 12:06 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Knox probably interviewed. I don't think he has been hired ... yet.; 12:08 PM
steven36117 said...: As a family member, we are happy we have complete offer from AU. This week, has been a busy week for Anthony and his family. Coach Chizik and Coach Malzhan arrived at Brantley High School around 3PM yesterday (01/23/09), and spent a hour meeting with the family and re-affirming there committment to Anthony Gulley.

Anthony, takes his final recuiting trip today and tomorrow, at Troy University, and plans to make his final committment and sign next Wednesday at Brantley High School.

With that being said, as for our situation with Coach Willis, he was considered a friend of the family, it wasn’t until this past Tuesday, that he almost ruined any chance of AU signing Anthony.

Coach Willis, mislead, Anthony, his parents, and Coach Lowery (Brantley HS Coach) and did not give them the proper information about the university's stance on his offer.

I recieved a phone call of Anthonys parents on Wednesday night, and both me and my father, decided to make a effort to contact AU directly, before they decided to write Auburn off there list.

Within, hours of Thursday morning, Coach Perry, Coach Chizik, Coach Trooper, and Coach Malzhan reasurred us of their committment to sign Anthony, and planned to visit him Friday afternoon.

AU Coaches kept their word, and did more than we had expected. Everyone, at AU, was helpful, and polite. But, the final decision will come down to Anthony.

The family has no ill feeling toward Coach Willis, but do not want Coach Willis to contact them, nor do they need to hear Coach Willis's explaination.

When we told the AU Coaches on Thursday morning, of what Coach Willis had relayed to our family. The AU Staff, seemed shocked, on what Coach Willis was doing. We actually felt bad for AU, as we believe that they are great coaches, but greater individuals.

Anthony is a very good boy and a extremely hard worker, with a difficult childhood. He embodies the character that we want people to know in our family. If you ever see us with Anthony, you will understand what I mean. Anthony has had big dreams, but many setbacks in life, everyone in our family will do anything possible to see those dreams come true.

If anyone has any questions, I will be happy to answer them, but I will not engage in verbel warfare over schools, I can only answer what applies to us and how the family were treated.

Anthony has narrowed his list down to 2 or 3 schools, and will make his final decision at Brantley High School on Wednesday. It will be a great day for Anthony, our family, Brantley High School, the coaches at Brantley, the students, and the whole town of Brantley, to see one of their own commit.

If you would like to speak to me directly this includes Jay, with the validity of this statement, you can email me: stevenwallace36117@gmail.com, and I will email my cell# to discuss.

The family will not be taking any phone call til Monday, at that time, will dicuss Anthony's options.; 3:46 PM