re: Deboer didn’t return Bond call

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I don’t care who the coach is, as a fan, I want players that love the Crimson Tide.

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1. Okay, start by signing a bunch of kids from Alabama instead of all over the country. When you sign a 5 star from Los Angeles over a four star from Tuscaloosa, you invite less passion for a school. Don't take any portal players either because they originally signed somewhere else.

2. No one loves a school as much as they do money and opportunity. Ask the engineering students at Alabama if Auburn asked them to transfer there and it would result in doubling their lifetime earnings if they would do it. You can bet your arse they would.

If you want ambitious college kids with loads of opportunities ahead of them to love a school and turn down better opportunities to stay, you're gonna be disappointed. But similarly, if a loyal but mediocre player who signed with Alabama expects to not get replaced by a mercenary in the portal, he is going to be disappointed too.

It works both ways.