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Auburn S Coach Tim Banks - Post-Transfer Portal · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  And my first just what's it what's it
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  been like to to make this move to Auburn
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  and kind of how's it been so far?
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  >> It's been awesome. You know, it's a lot
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  of um really good people here. You know,
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  I heard a lot of you know, a lot of
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  people have worked here. You know, spoke
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  real highly about the the area,
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  obviously the university, and it hasn't
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  been disappointing at all. You know, my
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  wife's enjoying it. So, uh it's been
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  great
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  >> for you. Just goish that connection.
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  >> What was it about him and this staff
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  that made this the right fit, right?
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  >> Yeah. I've known Al for a long time, you
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  know, and he's always been, you know,
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  very u good at what he does, you know,
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  building relationships. Uh he's family
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  oriented, you know, and obviously he's a
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  really good football coach. So, you
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  know, those are things that I gravitate
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  to. You know, you want to be around good
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  people and um you know, having a chance
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  to win and win at a highest level, you
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  know, to me it was a no-brainer.
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  >> For you, um how beneficial is it that
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  you've been in the league? So, a lot of
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  these guys that are on this roster,
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  you've recruited, you you've watched
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  kind of develop. Do you think that's an
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  advantage coming in in year one for you?
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  >> I I think so. You know, I know this
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  league, you know, I've been in it for,
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  you know, it's be my sixth year in the
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  league and um you know, I I would tell
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  you there's there's not a better league
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  in the country, you know. So, um just
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  understanding what the rivalries are
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  like, you know, um the different arenas
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  and different places. Um, and
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  definitely, you know, some of the guys I
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  recruited, you know, we wanted them at
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  the other place and didn't get them and
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  having a chance to work with them now is
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  going to be great.
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  >> Yeah. Talk about some of those guys. You
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  come in, you got a couple older guys
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  that have played a lot of football and
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  Caitlin and Sylvester. That's two guys
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  you known. So, Yep.
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  >> What's your thoughts on them? And I
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  guess as you heading into the spring,
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  maybe expectations for guys like that.
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  >> Yeah, I mean, super excited, you know,
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  uh, obviously you mentioned, you know, I
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  knew those guys from the recruiting
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  process and, you know, I've kind of
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  watched them from afar. So, you know,
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  I'm super excited to be able to have a
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  chance to work with them finally. Um,
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  but they're smart, they're relentless.
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  You know, football is extremely
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  important to them. Um, you know, we're
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  definitely looking to build off, you
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  know, what these guys have done in the
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  past and, you know, hopefully take them
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  even another step.
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  >> How about that that young guys that got
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  some experience last year, you know, New
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  Boy and then Eric are two guys that are
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  extremely talented, were highly highly
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  recruited guys.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> For those guys heading into year two,
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  what's what's the thought process for
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  guys that have to get experience in year
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  one? Yeah, I I think, you know, from
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  year one to two is usually where you
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  take your biggest jump, you know, and
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  those guys played a little ball last
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  year and um obviously had some success
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  and, you know, we're going to build off
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  that, you know, build off that
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  foundation. So, you know, really we
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  really just getting started, you know,
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  in a lot of aspects, but um but they're
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  smart. You know, they they want to work.
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  You know, it's important to them. You
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  know, they've done a really good job
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  building that room and like I said, I
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  can't wait to get a chance to work with
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  them.
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  >> Yeah. for you just when you look at a at
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  a player, what what's the thing you look
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  for it from a recruiting standpoint?
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  What do you what do you zone in on?
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  What's important to you when you start
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  recruiting a player?
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  >> Yeah, I mean it's a lot of things, but I
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  think the number one, do they love
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  football? You know, and these guys are
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  football guys, you know, football is
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  extremely important to them, you know,
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  it's hard, you know, to play at this
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  level, you know, and if you don't love
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  it, you know, it could be extremely
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  challenging, you know, to develop. So,
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  um, do they love football? And then
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  obviously the measurements, can they
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  run, jump, you know, all those good
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  things. But I think the the true secret
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  sauce is do they love football? Do they
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  want to compete? You know, do they love
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  Auburn? You know, and obviously those
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  guys do.
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  >> Got a guy like Fred Cast, you know,
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  coming from South Florida where he was
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  the emotional leader for that defense.
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  How can you translate that leadership
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  here at
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  >> Well, I think leadership travels. Like I
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  really do, you know, and I've known Fred
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  through the recruiting process as well,
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  you know, great home, great kid, ultra
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  competitor. Um, you know, we're excited
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  to have him here. You know, he's going
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  into a room that, you know, has a lot of
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  talent returning. Um, but I think he'll
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  fit in nicely. You know, it's going to
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  be extremely competitive. You know, and
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  that's what you want. You know,
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  everybody here wants to win and to me,
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  the more good players you have, the
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  better it is. Clearly.
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  >> What about this this Durkin system kind
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  of you guys had such a wild couple of
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  months and now you start to actually do
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  some football. How fun is it to be able
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  to start doing some of those things as
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  you get ready for spring?
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  >> Yeah, it's always fun to get the ball.
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  You're right. That's what we love to do.
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  Um, it's a great system. You know, it's,
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  you know, a lot of similarities to what
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  I'm used to. You know, violence, right?
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  You know, guys running hit, putting guys
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  in the best situations to be successful.
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  Uh, no, it's been great. You know,
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  learning the terminology, obviously, you
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  know, different language in a lot of
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  aspects, but, you know, ultimately it's
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  going to get a guys the best
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  opportunities to be successful. And, you
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  know, what coach wouldn't love that?
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  How how big is it to to already have a
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  system in place and some guys that have
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  played in it even though some coaches
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  are having to figure it out and
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  newcomers too, but to have a a base to
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  start with heading into this?
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  >> Yeah, anytime you have a foundation, you
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  know, I think that's key. You know,
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  obviously you want to grow and every
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  year is a different year, but you know,
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  having a foundation, these kids
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  understand it, you know, right now it's
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  at the point, you know, where can we
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  continue to grow, you know, and and take
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  some make some strides and those kids
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  are hungry for that, you know, so for me
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  that's always exciting. What is it? I
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  know you you'll know more what you've
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  out on the field practicing with them,
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  but in the month or six weeks or
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  whatever that you've been around these
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  guys. What first impression of your
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  guys?
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  >> Smart, you know, very smart, you know,
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  very detail oriented. Um, like I said,
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  these guys love ball, you know, and
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  that's what we're looking for. You know,
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  guys that crave it, you know, you know,
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  first one in, last one out mentality,
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  you know, those guys are are um, you
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  know, they're used to that and that's
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  what I want. So, so having that
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  foundation has been refreshing.
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  Sorry if you've been asked about it, but
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  I wanted to ask you a twoparter on on
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  recruiting just in in the first place
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  just like what your biggest priorities
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  are when you're looking at kids and
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  looking at a recruit and then also
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  yourself as a reporter and just kind of
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  how you describe yourself.
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  >> Um I I think the very first one is, you
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  know, we did talk about a little bit is
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  do they love football, right? You know,
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  in this day and age, a lot of
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  distractions and sometimes kids don't
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  keep the main thing the main thing, but
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  you know, do they love ball? I think
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  that's the number one thing that you're
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  looking for. is kind of one of those
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  missing ingredients that I think
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  somebody some guys miss. Obviously, you
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  want size, you know, guys that can run,
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  you know, strike, you know, can they
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  play the football, you know, in this
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  modern day of football, you know, yes,
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  you still have to be able to tackle, but
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  you got to be able to cover in space,
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  you know, and make plays that way. So,
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  um that's extremely that's extremely
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  important to us with a versatility um
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  element, you know, combined with that.
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  You know, who am I as a recruiter? You
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  know, I think I'm genuine, you know. I
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  think um you know, what you see is what
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  you get, you know, and I and I love
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  kids. I love developing. You know, if I
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  wasn't coaching, I'd be a teacher
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  somewhere. My mom was an educator. So,
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  um I mean, that's who I am. You know, I
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  think I'm authentic. You know, I'm very
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  comfortable in my own skin. Um but I'm
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  excited. Like I said, you know, we have
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  a great product to offer here, a great
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  family atmosphere, uh great tradition,
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  you know, so there's a lot of things to
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  be able to sell, you know, when it comes
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  to all