Parting ways with recruits.

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jason3713 said:
Well how about Bama who has won 4 championships recently. Saban does it all the time.
I used those two because they had each dropped a recruit the two days before.

One of reasons I just come here and play around just to see what people are saying. Half the guys just sling **** on the wall and see if it sticks. There are very few on here that actually know any info on recruiting.
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No one is even close to the same level as Saban so lets not use him as a measuring stick. The man is the best at what he does and no one else is even close to replicating his results, so lets lay off the comparisions. Besides, Saban simply doesn't take chances on subpar talent. He rarely chances on a project unlike Butch who has a habit of taking subpar guys early then dropping them for more talented guys later in the process.

Smart has legitimate reasons for dropping a recruit given his recent takeover and re-evaluation of former commits. Harbaugh is one of the biggest a-holes in the biz. So again, you might think you're making a valid point but in reality you're not proving much at all. Just that our coach has a bad habit of taking subpar talent too early and deceiving recruits to get what he wants.
 
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The coach gets paid to put the best product possible on the field, in order to do so he has to sign the best players available. At the same time a kid is recruited by a coach, visits the university, commits to play ball for the school then a few months or year later he is told he will no longer be needed. That had to be tough on an 18 year old kid. Recruiting is a dirty business. Going to 2 signing periods could help. We are a few weeks from signing day. A recruit have not taken any other visits, has been loyal to the school he committed to, then wham , all of a sudden the rug is pulled out from under him. It is a bad situation for the player.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Hey outofmyvolcanmind...Gibsonton is part of the Tampa Bay metro area. It is all one huge town. My route was Gibsonton, Riverview, Brandon and east and south Tampa. All one big city.
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I live here man. Gibsonton/Riverview is a stretch to call a suburb of Tampa.

The schools that have power in Tampa are Plant, Hillsborough and Catholic.

Armwood and Lakeland are the other beasts. The rest get a few players but rarely compete.
 
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volinbama256 said:
Then how the heck does AL do it EVERY year multiple times and get away with it without any backlash or publicity? I know they are at the top but that shouldn't be an excuse.
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Probably because they win National Championships on a regular basis :}:}:}
 
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C'mon man it is literally 10-15 minutes away. Yes it is the outskirts, but it is a lot closer to downtown Tampa than Alpharetta or Roswell is to Atlanta. You know as well as I do, it is part of the Bay area. Heck it is literally right on the Bay.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
C'mon man it is literally 10-15 minutes away. Yes it is the outskirts, but it is a lot closer to downtown Tampa than Alpharetta or Roswell is to Atlanta. You know as well as I do, it is part of the Bay area. Heck it is literally right on the Bay.
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Might be 20 miles but that's 1 hours during most business hours. Also, Gibsonton kids don't hang out anywhere near Tampa.
 
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jason3713 said:
Michigan and now Georgia have let recruits go the last two days. Georgia insiders are saying they might drop two more before signing day.

Please stop with this how bad Butch is for dropping a recruit. If you want to play with the big boys of the SEC this will happen. If you have someone in and someone better wants in, this is the way it works.
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Unless your building depth
 
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You ALWAYS get the best players you can land unless they have character or grade issues. Period.
 
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Here's the big difference. Saban's won 4 NCs at Bama. That's what he sells to kids. Championships. What does Butch sell? Certainly not championships. Part of Butch's sales pitch is the family feeling of UT. It's a level of caring and comfort. Dropping a kid on NSD flies in the face of that. He'd be hurting his credibility, which is the only thing he has to sell at this point.
 
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You always keep/accept the bigger fish!!!

My only discernment.....is why take commits of developmental players early? Never ever made sense.
 
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Weezer said:
Here's the big difference. Saban's won 4 NCs at Bama. That's what he sells to kids. Championships. What does Butch sell? Certainly not championships. Part of Butch's sales pitch is the family feeling of UT. It's a level of caring and comfort. Dropping a kid on NSD flies in the face of that. He'd be hurting his credibility, which is the only thing he has to sell at this point.
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He has a lot to sell- 5-7; 7-6; 9-4. That's improvement and development. Keep it up.
 
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For everybody that thinks Butch is bad about cutting recruits loose Alabama just tried to greyshirt this kid this close to signing day. He said he was decommitting and would play for a team that actually wanted him.
 
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chaseasl said:
For everybody that thinks Butch is bad about cutting recruits loose Alabama just tried to greyshirt this kid this close to signing day. He said he was decommitting and would play for a team that actually wanted him.
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Wonder how long it would be before somebody posted this information
 
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This practice of dumping kids just prior to signing day will continue--but the practice of yanking schollies from lesser players after they've been in the program for a year or longer may be curtailed soon as the NCAA is starting to crack down on this, and some conferences, including the Pac12, have committed to guaranteeing athletic scholarships for four years unless a student-athlete gives the school cause to pull it. I think this will affect non-revenue sports more than football, as they have far fewer schollies and so must split them up among numerous players, and often money is pulled or reduced year to year. Football, with so many scholarships, can afford to keep kids who may not be playing--though coaches will still give them a nudge by giving them the bare fact--you are not going to play. That alone will cause many to transfer, but not all.
 
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