Saban goes on oversigning offensive

[Tiger Wench]

Per CBSSports:

Saban goes on oversigning offensive
Posted on: February 3, 2011
Posted by Jerry Hinnen

 After several years of coming to a steady boil, it appears the media spotlight on oversigning and grayshirting has hit critical mass; when the president of one of the nationa's highest-profile schools is putting pen to paper himself to essentially call out the presidents and coaches of his own conference, you know this isn't an issue that's about to go away quietly.

Which is no doubt why the usually taciturn Nick Saban -- who's previously treated questions about the topic the way most of us would treat questions about our commitment to dental hygiene -- took advantage of his Signing Day press conference to address the accusations leveled at his program head on :

"We have never gotten rid of a player because of his physical ability," Saban said ...  "Any player that has left this program prematurely has created his own exit route ... He's created his own conditions for leaving, if that makes any sense, whether they're academic in terms of not doing what he needs to do academically, whether there's some violation in terms of team rule or policy, whatever it is.

"We have never, ever grayshirted a guy here who when he decided to come here didn't know ... that he was going to be a grayshirt whenever he committed," Saban said.   

Even Saban's critics will have to give him credit for confronting the growing furor publicly (with something more revealing than his famous "the fans don't need to know " commentary from 2008), and for admitting to his recruits up front that he considers the Tide's scholarship offers only good on a year-to-year basis rather than a four-year commitment.

But even that honesty likely won't do him any favors in the press once the 5-10 players Alabama is believed to need to trim from the roster to reach the 85-scholarship limit begin departing the program. (It's also worth asking if Saban is stretching the truth by claiming the team has never grayshirted a player who didn't "know" he'd be grayshirting; Harrison Jones knew it was a possibility when he signed last spring, but Saban also allowed Jones to move into a university dorm before informing him he'd have to wait until spring to enroll. "It's disappointing when you don't really expect it," Jones's mother said.)

Whether the players involved "created their own exit route" or not, the atmosphere surrounding oversigning has become charged enough that this likely won't be the last time this offseason Saban has to take to the podium to defend his program.

[Jumbo]

Sounds like an NFL team.

[The Prowler]

Where's rws to defend and spin this bullshit?

"everyone does it."  Got that one outta the way.

[djsimp]

I just can't help but have an image in my head of Saban stomping his feet and pouting his way out of class after the bully called him out as a sissy.

[Token]

Baaaaa.  Baaaaaaaaa.

[Godfather]

He did not order the code red.

[djsimp]

Take caution in your tone, Commander. I'm a fair guy, but this fucking heat is making me absolutely crazy.

[RWS]

Baaaaa.  Baaaaaaaaa.

^^PROWLER^^

[Kaos]

Nick Saban is a cock-gobbling douche.  I have zero respect for that fuckchumper. 

[Godfather]

Nick Saban is a cock-gobbling douche.  I have zero respect for that fuckchumper.

What are you really trying to say?

[djsimp]

What are you really trying to say?

Kaos doesn't like fuckchumpers.

[AUTiger1]

He did not order the code red.

I'm gonna rip the eyes out of your head and piss into your dead skull! You fucked with the wrong Marine!

[Godfather]

Kaos doesn't like fuckchumpers.

What exactly is a fuckchumper? Is that like a jackwagon?

[Snaggletiger]

What exactly is a fuckchumper? Is that like a jackwagon?

Maybe we can waltz on over to mamby-pamby land...

[djsimp]

Definition of a jackwagon •A useless piece of equipment, usually military, used to refer to a mule-drawn freight wagon which had been pieced together from dicarded or substandard parts, and subject to frequent breakdowns. Jackwagons typically were good for only one or two uses, then abandoned or discarded along roadsides and in ditches, and were often re-cannibalized to create new jackwagons.

Still working on fuckchumper.

[JR4AU]

Im in Atl. typing this from my phone at a cohing cliniic.  Saban was one of the speakers this morning.  He said some all that same shit to a room full of HS/youth coaches.  Alsl whinef and bitched about other prgrams recruiting tactics, without naming names of course.  He was supposed to be talking on coaching todsys athlete in his early session.  He was whining about media, and other programs.  It was clear to me hes very frustrated with recruiting these days.  Ill type more later.

[Godfather]

Im in Atl. typing this from my phone at a cohing cliniic.  Saban was one of the speakers this morning.  He said some all that same shit to a room full of HS/youth coaches.  Alsl whinef and bitched about other prgrams recruiting tactics, without naming names of course.  He was supposed to be talking on coaching todsys athlete in his early session.  He was whining about media, and other programs.  It was clear to me hes very frustrated with recruiting these days.  Ill type more later.

So what you're saying is....

[CCTAU]

Im in Atl. typing this from my phone at a cohing cliniic.  Saban was one of the speakers this morning.  He said some all that same shit to a room full of HS/youth coaches.  Alsl whinef and bitched about other prgrams recruiting tactics, without naming names of course.  He was supposed to be talking on coaching todsys athlete in his early session.  He was whining about media, and other programs.  It was clear to me hes very frustrated with recruiting these days.  Ill type more later.

Dang. I thought I told them to throw you out of the state.

What clinic are you at? Glazier?

If so, you get to see Coach Lolley tomorrow.

And one of our local high school coaches, Ed Koschewa. He'll be speaking on the wonderful split back veer. He might show you his three pass plays. If you are lucky. LOL

[Snaggletiger]

So what you're saying is....

 

[Saniflush]

Dang. I thought I told them to throw you out of the state.

What clinic are you at? Glazier?

You'll know it by the run on penicillin that occurs.