Recruiting Football Talk VII

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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Wow..professionalism at it's finest right there..
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I had to look this up because Ian Eagle is considered a great announcer. This was from 2012. I read an article where Eagle was asked about it, and he said it was all sarcasm. He said most Nets followers would have realized it. Mike Fratello was the analyst, and I can say that he wasn’t the most well-liked when he coached the Grizzlies.
 
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Orange. said:
Has it dawned on the Bama cult yet that Saban lied to the face of every new player in their program?
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Recruited VIGOROUSLY up until the day he announced! Knowing full well he was leaving months beforehand…no matter what he said in his PC. And the timing was deliberate. Intended to discourage transfers imo. More BS from the Bama brass that Deboer was their top candidate from the beginning. Lanning keeps more players. Still think Deboer is a helluva coach and this will level out in the long run. But not with the cartoon advantage talent wise that Saban wrought.
 
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Vols410 said:
So from your perspective what’s changed? If the only factor here is rampant cronyism and Bama favoritism, why wouldn’t we expect DeBoer to get the same benefits?
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NIL! NIL means that Bama's competitors can pay players too now. The other teams don't need Saban's or Bama's corrupt special exemption from rule enforcement. It never mattered that everyone in the country talking that Julio Jones was going to have to take a pay cut to play in the NFL, and the parking lots full of Chargers, etc., etc. NCAA always refused to investigate Saban.

Just listen to Saban himself: he has been screaming bloody murder about the his rivals being able to counter his illegal under the table payments to players with legal NIL. Of course, Saban lyingly refers to this leveling effect that goes with the reduced ability of the corrupt NCAA to play favorites and the rising parity as "the end of parity." Don't be fooled.

Now Saban still had the unearned reputation derived from having bought every class since his first and stacking the most NFL-likely athletes in the county. That is a great recruiting pitch. But going forward, he now had to compete on an equal playing field. And he hasn't won anything since NIL got going.

1. Missed the playoffs. 2. Needed blatantly crooked Birmingham officiating to get into the playoffs -- and then lost in the first round. 3. Then he quit. 😆

Saban quit to maintain the lie that he deserved his fraudulent reputation. Fraudulent because it was always based on buying players with impunity. There is absolutely no evidence that he could win at Bama otherwise because it has never happened.

Alas, Saban's new work is the get new NIL rules in place that he knows Alabama will be able to break with no consequences while most of his competitors can't. He's still focused on cheating, but he working the NCAA and Washington to do it.
 
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Orange. said:
NIL! NIL means that Bama's competitors can pay players too now. The other teams don't need Saban's or Bama's corrupt special exemption from rule enforcement. It never mattered that everyone in the country talking that Julio Jones was going to have to take a pay cut to play in the NFL, and the parking lots full of Chargers, etc., etc. NCAA always refused to investigate Saban.

Just listen to Saban himself: he has been screaming bloody murder about the his rivals being able to counter his illegal under the table payments to players with legal NIL. Of course, Saban lyingly refers to this leveling effect that goes with the reduced ability of the corrupt NCAA to play favorites and the rising parity as "the end of parity." Don't be fooled.

Now Saban still had the unearned reputation derived from having bought every class since his first and stacking the most NFL-likely athletes in the county. That is a great recruiting pitch. But going forward, he now had to compete on an equal playing field. And he hasn't won anything since NIL got going.

1. Missed the playoffs. 2. Needed blatantly crooked Birmingham officiating to get into the playoffs -- and then lost in the first round. 3. Then he quit. 😆

Saban quit to maintain the lie that he deserved his fraudulent reputation. Fraudulent because it was always based on buying players with impunity. There is absolutely no evidence that he could win at Bama otherwise because it has never happened.

Alas, Saban's new work is the get new NIL rules in place that he knows Alabama will be able to break with no consequences while most of his competitors can't. He's still focused on cheating, but he working the NCAA and Washington to do it.
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Sure, but that also doesn’t explain the immediate drop-off. Downs, Grady, Williams, and entire secondary. In the current landscape Bama still pulled in a top-3 class. DeBoer doesn’t look like he’ll get there.

All in all, yes. NIL has massively leveled the playing field. In addition to that, going from Saban to DeBoer in terms of promised development / recruiting has narrowed the gap even further.

edit: Re-read your post, @Orange. and see what you're saying in the bolded. Got it.
 
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