How many arrests have their been under Saban? How many of those were actually removed from the team due to the arrests? I seriously can't keep up. I want to say that at least 10 times more players get arrested and play the next week than players who actually get "processed". The only one that comes to mind is Jimmy Johns, but it would have been awful hard for him to play from his prison cell. That is reserved for those that break "undisclosed team rules" or suffer injury, or just don't turn out to be as good as advertised.
The first year was pretty rough, but since then, they seem to be few and far between. Off the top of my head, I can think of Calloway, Barron, Elder (dismissed within a week of the arrest), Rashad Johnson, Upshaw, Johns....probably 1 or 2 more I'm missing.
Shit, AU had 5 just this year if we're going to throw stones here. Oh, and you can't give credit for kicking the 4-pack off the team, because it would have been awful hard for them to play from their prison cells. Why wasn't OMac kicked off the team? He was arrested earlier this year. I mean, that's the standard that
you set, right? Why did it take like half a year to boot Eric Smith? Where was the next day swiftness?
Just saying, I think your perception of shit is a little skewed. Am I saying it's OK for guys to get arrested? No. But, I don't believe in kicking them off the team right then and there just because they got arrested for something like simple marijuana possession, etc. It doesn't matter if we're talking about Alabama, Auburn, St. Mary's School of the Blind, or whoever. I think every arrest is situational. Not to mention the fact that we're talking about 18-21 year old kids who are going to to dumb shit in the first place. If the AU standard is to kick every guy off the team that gets arrested (which it isn't), then that's great. More power to Chizik. I just don't think it should be the automatic answer, depending on the situation.
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