re: Bama's Cam Robinson, Hootie Jones Arrested on Felony stolen handgun and drugs

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I can promise you this, it wont be put to a team vote.

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If I am an Alabama fan, I am praying to the football gods that Saban takes a page out his mentor Les Miles' book and does put this to a team vote. Isn't depth on the OL kind of an issue for yall this year? and yall are breaking in a new QB AND RB? a RB who already tore his ACL once? man, I sure would hate to lose my All American starting LT. good thing they pay Saban all that money.

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I can promise you this, it wont be put to a team vote.

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This is one of the most overblown player discipline stories in recent memory. Les could have just reinstated Hill outright, would have been the same outcome.

It's not like Les didn't want him back but decided hey let's see where the chips fall. If you don't think Hill should have been let back on the team, fine, but that decision was obviously Les's.

The "team vote" was a formality and leaving it "up to" the players was a de facto reinstatement, obviously. If he wasn't comfortable with reinstating him he's not leaving it up to the players. Not like they'd override his decision.

Anyway that's without even noting the obvious point that (allegedly) possessing a stolen shotgun is bit more severe than punching a drunken fratstar who is hurling N bombs your way.