📝 Imagine yourself as a recruit and hearing a coach say, "not everyone can play at Alabama."

[TerryP]

How do you take that comment?

Fact is, there's a hell of a lot of truth in that statement. Setting that aside, if you're looking at ... let's say Bama and Auburn and you had Coach Steele tell you "not everyone can play at Alabama," how does that sit?

Before you start wondering why this comes up this morning ... heard last week there was a coach down there using that exact line on the recruiting trail. As it ends up, it's Steele and the quote came from Troxell (OL that committed down there this past week.)

 

[rammerjammer]

I agree with you that there is a lot of validity to that statement.

To make it and play at the college level takes a certain amount of confidence. If you don't think you can beat out the competition and make the cut to play in the rotation, then do we really want to waste a scholarship on you? Sounds harsh, but that is the reality of the situation.

 

[TUSKtimes]

You can sit on the bench anywhere and that is the cold hard truth. But confidence goes with talent. Being young and naive makes most of these kids believe not only will they play at Alabama but that experience will translate at the next level. Any coach that's selling that bill of goods and gets a prospect to buy in they both deserve each other.

 

[BamaFan334]

It's the stone cold truth, because we can carry eighty-five guys, and only eleven can play at a time. Recruiting top guys from all over the country is going to create competition and unfortunately there are a lot that have to sit and wait their turn. It breeds competition and an edge that has kept Alabama at the top under Saban, and it will continue as guys want to win and get better.

 

[UAgrad93]

A LOT of truth to those words. In a similar sense, I like to say, "football isn't for everybody!"

I have to wonder if those words from Steele were followed by, "they have 8 other OTs higher on their board than you. You won't see the field for them in a significant role!"

 

[OldPlayer]

Finish the statement. If I'm being recruited by Alabama, LSU and Auburn, and the Auburn or LSU coach says that to me, what he's really saying is, "Alabama has a lot of really good players and we don't think you're that good. But, you're good enough to play for us." I would go to the Alabama coach and ask, "Do you think I'm good enough to play for Alabama. What do I need to do to play at Alabama?"

 

[UAgrad93]

I'm sure they played the "fambly" bullshit card with him as well. He has 2 teammates down there, Kyrreon Johnson RB from the '15 class and another kid in the '16 class. Probably let him play on the inflatables in their indoor facility as well on his last visit.