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Warbird posted:It would be nice if our players stopped leaving. Counterpoint: it’s actually really funny EDIT: snipe so bad they callin’ it Isaiah Bond
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Warbird posted:It would be nice if our players stopped leaving. I disagree
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drat we had a 4-star DL just not show up and get released from his NLI. Losing Bo Davis continues to suck.
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Jan 17, 2024 13:13
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facialimpediment posted:Also, his Michigan buyout apparently drops in mid-February, so it'll still be weeks of this stuff. It appears that his price to return to Michigan is basically Show Cause protection, which Michigan may not be able to legally meet because lol ncaa There was also some post about him wanting to have any firing for cause be determined by a panel of 3 people instead of the AD. If its true it’s such a high ask I can only imagine he’s out the door and all of this is window dressing
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Thermos H Christ posted:drat we had a 4-star DL just not show up and get released from his NLI. Losing Bo Davis continues to suck. Pretty sure he ends up at LSU. If not them, Colorado.
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https://x.com/jeremyo_johnson/status/1747621061204615634?s=46 The transfers will continue until morale improves.
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Adun posted:There was also some post about him wanting to have any firing for cause be determined by a panel of 3 people instead of the AD. If its true it’s such a high ask I can only imagine he’s out the door and all of this is window dressing If those reports are true either he's trying to poison pill the extension so he can say "Aww shucks, we just couldn't come to an agreement" as he walks out the door, or he's a big dummy for not just pushing for a giant statue of him in front of the Big House.
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Cthulu Carl posted:If those reports are true either he's trying to poison pill the extension so he can say "Aww shucks, we just couldn't come to an agreement" as he walks out the door, or he's a big dummy for not just pushing for a giant statue of him in front of the Big House. From what I've gathered, a lot of this is weirdo Harbaughbrain. He wants to be wanted and wants respect, but not like normie brains think about wanting and respect. In his brain, that currently means getting paid the highest, even though he doesn't really need/want the money, and being insulated from any NCAA punishments. That's the rub - Michigan would happily pay him, but that punishment immunity stuff gets legally icky in a hurry. Stuff like "I know the NCAA has it out for me, but how about if a show cause penalty comes in we simply do nothing?" Or sure the NCAA requires that I be fired or the program gets a gigantic punishment, but what if my contract specifically says we must tell the NCAA to pound sand? Michigan might not legally be able to do that stuff - but that appears to be Harbaugh's price.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:27
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A Sneaker Broker posted:https://x.com/jeremyo_johnson/status/1747621061204615634?s=46 Wow it’s like they were only at Alabama for the coach.
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Jan 17, 2024 15:55
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Silly Burrito posted:Wow it’s like they were only at Alabama for the coach. Who would want to live in Tuscaloosa when you can live in Tallahassee?
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Jan 17, 2024 16:12
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facialimpediment posted:From what I've gathered, a lot of this is weirdo Harbaughbrain. He wants to be wanted and wants respect, but not like normie brains think about wanting and respect. In his brain, that currently means getting paid the highest, even though he doesn't really need/want the money, and being insulated from any NCAA punishments. That's the rub - Michigan would happily pay him, but that punishment immunity stuff gets legally icky in a hurry. I heard it described as wanting to make sure he's paid at least one cent more than Ryan Day as a respect thing, because he's got the money already and doesn't really use it (the whole 'owning a racing team' era has come and gone long ago), but the reassurances on the NCAA issues is certainly an interesting one. I think there was also mention/suggestion that Michigan also wanted him to not openly flirt with NFL teams for at least a year? as well the NCAA stuff gets weird because it's not laws, this isn't state or federal law, but bylaws or rules of an organization. and remember, the NCAA has already racked up that 0-9 decision in the Supreme Court. So who knows exactly what legal standing this all has.
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Jan 17, 2024 16:15
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He negotiating in public with his public employer so that his potential private employers will have to counter that offer
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Why do these NFL teams keep announcing they've interviewed Harbaugh? Two NFL teams have interviewed him, so at least one of them is guaranteed to be turned down. It's like announcing to the school you asked a girl to prom and she's neither said yes nor no.
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Komet posted:Why do these NFL teams keep announcing they've interviewed Harbaugh? Two NFL teams have interviewed him, so at least one of them is guaranteed to be turned down. It's like announcing to the school you asked a girl to prom and she's neither said yes nor no. I believe they either have to or are highly encouraged to cause it keeps the nfl/their team in the news cycle during the offseason
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Jan 17, 2024 16:37
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I'm enjoying this. https://twitter.com/Alabama_FN/status/1747628174320468101?t=zO9jG6w1qAAL7dXe_5dfWQ&s=19
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I didn't know saban, deboer and fisch had the same agent. All makes sense now.
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I am hydrated by the tears of ‘bama fans.
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It would be nice if our players stopped leaving.
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Judgy Fucker posted:Who would want to live in Tuscaloosa when you can live in Tallahassee? I’m not sure if you’re joking or not but Tallahassee is really just southern Alabama.
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Warbird posted:It would be nice if our players stopped leaving. https://twitter.com/GeorgiaBullD0GE/status/1747291739658887256?t=OHcAQ7MrG31Uj32tszgMTw&s=19 I'd say he's going to Georgia. Also, woof 
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Warbird posted:It would be nice if our players stopped leaving. It would but idk what anyone, anywhere was expecting. Coach leaves and so does a chunk of the players they brought on because they have more ties with coaches at other programs they were originally looking at than with the new folks. And that's before factoring in the coach that left being Nick Saban
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wandler20 posted:I'm enjoying this. Boo, and I say this will all due respect, loving hoo.
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Oh Snapple! posted:It would but idk what anyone, anywhere was expecting. Coach leaves and so does a chunk of the players they brought on because they have more ties with coaches at other programs they were originally looking at than with the new folks. Oh I’m not surprised and don’t blame them but it doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it.
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LeeMajors posted:All the folks laughing at the end of Bama hegemony are not considering how annoying the subsequent UGA will be if it continues unchecked. LSU will lead the gallant fight.
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Warbird posted:Oh I’m not surprised and don’t blame them but it doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it. It definitely sucks, I just can't muster up...anything like that dumbass tweet about it lol. Situation is what is, and ultimately doesn't say much about anyone besides Nick Saban and the draw he was, especially for players on defense.
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LeeMajors posted:I’m not sure if you’re joking or not but Tallahassee is really just southern Alabama. Definitely a joke, riffing off the folks recently arguing in earnest that locale matters much if at all on where coaches and players go
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Oh Snapple! posted:It definitely sucks, I just can't muster up...anything like that dumbass tweet about it lol. Situation is what is, and ultimately doesn't say much about anyone besides Nick Saban and the draw he was, especially for players on defense. The dumbass tweets have a nugget of truth in there that isn't new but has become extremely apparent to the homers. I love that the kids are getting properly compensated and can more reasonably move schools, but I do wonder how long this can go on without regulation or it all just exploding. I'm not sure it's a solvable problem either as any attempt to reign things in will just have it go back to bag men and so on. "Ignorance" was bliss I suppose. Warbird fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Jan 17, 2024 |
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Feeling better about Oklahoma drawing Alabama in the "welcome to the SEC" schedule sweepstakes
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Warbird posted:The dumbass tweets have a nugget of truth in there that isn't new but has become extremely apparent to the homers. I love that the kids are getting properly compensated and can more reasonably move schools, but I do wonder how long this can go on without regulation or it all just exploiting. I'm not sure it's a solvable problem either as any attempt to reign things in will just have it go back to bag men and so on. "Ignorance" was bliss I suppose. The sport is firmly on a trajectory to ‘even more hosed than it currently is’ on a few fronts. Transfer portal windows, NIL wild west, and coaching - Bama just hired two G5 HCs as assistants. It’s a period of massive change and it’s going to be interesting to see where it ends up. E: player agency is a good thing, my point is idk if it’s at a sustainable place atm
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Warbird posted:The dumbass tweets have a nugget of truth in there that isn't new but has become extremely apparent to the homers. I love that the kids are getting properly compensated and can more reasonably move schools, but I do wonder how long this can go on without regulation or it all just exploiting. I'm not sure it's a solvable problem either as any attempt to reign things in will just have it go back to bag men and so on. "Ignorance" was bliss I suppose. Oh yeah there's a lot of uncomfortable questions around it and I don't like that I can't continue being detached from that conversation lol
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All this would’ve been avoided if the NCAA hadn’t held so tightly to fake amateurism. They made the kids scrap for any compensation whatsoever, lost badly, and now the floodgates are open. There will be no roster stability until we get to some equilibrium with standardized compensation and employment contracts. It’s going to be hosed until then as the kids (and let’s face it, their families and agents) do everything they can to milk as much money out of the system as they can.
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As someone who had to watch something like 40 kids transfer out when the Pruitt stuff happened I can confidently say: lol
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I completely forgot Pruitt existed lol
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LeeMajors posted:All this would’ve been avoided if the NCAA hadn’t held so tightly to fake amateurism. They made the kids scrap for any compensation whatsoever, lost badly, and now the floodgates are open. It was a ""noble"" notion and, if it was enforceable or realistic in any real shape fashion or form, one worth sticking to imo (with better support for transferring and paying kids and so on of course). That said we live in the real world. I have a good friend that was a started on LSU's O line back in the late aughts. Took a cheap shot from a Florida player, got concussed and that was pretty much that. Could have gone pro but that's life. He was lucky in that the school paid for his treatment and so on, but that's millions gone with nothing to show for it. Thankfully he is a good people person and was able to jones some of those football connections into a very well paid gig as a drug rep, but that isn't the case for a lot of these kids. I'm not sure what point I'm trying to make, but it would be nice if we stopped bleeding players I guess. Speaking of, what's the situation over at Washington like with that? With the domino nonsense going around post Sabes we can't be the only ones in this situation.
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Warbird posted:It was a ""noble"" notion and, if it was enforceable or realistic in any real shape fashion or form, one worth sticking to imo. That said we live in the real world. Washington only has one player returning on their OLine.
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