i agree with the bolded statement 100%. they are 17/18 year old headcases. how they deal with all this recruiting bullshit, i don't know. hell its bad enough trying to buy a new car dealing with a car salesman. but the statement works both ways. wouldn't you worry about what some guy that was the cog in your recruiting was going to say to these commits if they made their way to UT? and whats this bullshit about feeling trapped? if you have been commited to Alabama for this long and we're 1½ weeks away from NSD, i'm guessing that without any outside interference you're going to Alabama. it was fine to visit UT until CLT started recruiting Myles. thats where this whole mess started. one of our recruits even visited UT the day after CLT left. there are a few recruits that will visit on the 30th. recruits aren't the issue, its the commits. and i would bet that if CLT had in fact kept his word, we wouldn't even be talking about this right now. we're not 8 months away from NSD. if a kid wants to decommit because he feels CNS is being unfair, then i would certainly understand his feelings on that. Prowler has been saying for some time now that Trent Richardson is going to switch to UF or LSU, and i bet he could switch to any school he wants and the school he chose would be fine with that. AJ McCarron shouldn't have a problem either if he has such an issue with it.
Outside interference? Them coaches be puttin' lies in my boys' heads!
Recruits are allowed to visit any college they want to so that they can make a well informed decision about where they want to spend the next four-five years. It may be ethical for Thompson to stay away from Alabama commitments, but if those kids committed to Alabama or were interested in Alabama because of him, then who's to say that it's unethical for Thompson to speak to them? What if the recruits actually call Thompson first?
Commitments, nowadays, are nothing more than a quote in an article. I know Alabama fans don't feel like they're subject to recruits wavering on a commitment, but it happens. Every school in the country has to keep recruiting their "commitments" as hard as their prospects because a commitment means nothing. There's nothing binding about it. Trent Richardson, Johnathan Atchinson, and AJ McWhatever have zero ties to Nick Saban and Alabama right now. Until February 4th, they don't have to listen to a word Nick Saban says.
Except now they do. Now, they've been warned. Don't visit Tennessee. It doesn't matter that Tennessee may be a better fit for you. What matters is that they might tell you something that you like. They might put dem lies in yo head about how their school is better than Alabama. We can't have that. So, Saban says, don't visit. Or else.
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