Part of why I haven't said much. I was irked because I felt good about Downs and damn.... I just know he'll regret down the road ....not necessary about money but brotherhood he's leaving behind ....
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This whole 30 day transfer window is bullshit, but it's just going to have to be dealt with at this point. I hope they leave it as it is though, so that some of these programs that are having their raid parties right now, eventually get caught their pants down too. The only problem with that is, it's going to take some special circumstances for it to happen to a UGA, Texas, FSU, etc... It does no good if the coach leaves/gets fired/retires during the more traditional window in November/December. But man, I'd love to see Kirby take an NFL job or flat out retire in a few years at the same time Saban did and have this 30 day window still in place.
That's on the folks writing those contracts. If they're dumb enough to not add that language then they get what they get.
How many more days left of this 30 day window? I still want to believe that we will be ok come time to start the season and that our coaching staff can quickly start building relationships with '25 recruits. The bad side of me hopes that every player who transfers strongly regrets their decision and falls flat on their faces
No doubt. If coach tells them they need to go, by all means head out as long as it's mutual. If a guy wants to stay and coach wants him gone, let him stay. When the program wants to keep you, you're getting paid, you're starting, and have a bright future... and $2M can turn into -$1M in a heartbeat the way a lot of these guys are with their money. So $0M ain't always a bad idea until you know how to manage it. I trust Bryce Young to manage it. I don't trust a guy like Bond to manage it.
Caleb Downs is officially in the transfer portal now.
F him.
Fuck him. He chose NIL over brotherhood and loyal. He will regret this.
23, I guess? It's going to be a long ride down a shitty road... Just have to hold on and get through it.
Some of them will.
Oh they're gonna find out next year .... Remember TAMU and their NIL deals and how it blew up in their face. ?
- Josey Wales: Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up, then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.
LOL. I told you the other night, this is exactly how I felt a few months ago when several of the promising Bama baseball players bolted for better deals... Bama was the team that offered them when those other teams wouldn't, then first chance they got, they left Bama in the dust for those very teams that didn't believe in them to begin with. And unlike football, the baseball team wasn't/isn't in a position to replace them with equal or greater value players. But, the handful of top end players that stayed? Those guys showed what they were made of. Showed that loyalty meant something to them. And they are fan favorites now. We will see the same thing with the football side...
Josey Wales: “To hell with them fellers”
Bama financially cannot play the pure dollars game against TX and other similar programs. CNS so much as hinted at a level playing field and he was talking about stuff like this. With CNS at the helm players would come possibly for less because of CNS track record. Now the rest of the organization is going to have to step up or the NIL rules need to change. It is a harder road for Bama with the current setup and CNS retiring. This is not saying I doubt CKD it is saying the field is not level.
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To take the Baseball/Football comparison a step further... both new staffs are very serious about creating strong relationships with the players, and that isn't coachspeak or hollow promises by these guys. It's part of their core beliefs, part of who they are as people. There's a lot of positives that come from that style, other than the obvious ones like, it's a right thing to do. But it also creates a bond between player & coach/staff. A feeling of loyalty that runs both ways. Guys are still going to want their fair share. Some will still leave the program for various reasons. But a culture is going to be built over time where you have more Booker's & Milroe's and less Bond's and Little's. The new baseball coach talked about it after he was hired... [paraphrasing] The best way to prevent guys from transferring, is get players who are bought in and not bought. Guys who love the program and feel the love back... He made a good point, and said you can still get really good players that also fit the culture... and that's the key. I think on the football side, we will see some of that same philosophy going forward...
Looks like Young is locked in for next season
