re: Class of 2019 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: That's a Wrap Edition

Here's my take on the whole Tulia thing and I don't have any inside info, just speculating by trying to think of what I would do in the kid's shoes.

Jalen Hurts hasn't gone anywhere and is still the only guy on campus who has started a game at QB. He's 25-2 as a starter and has been a very dynamic player for us. Everybody saw what Tua did in January and everyone assumed he has taken over the job. Only Saban ain't saying that yet. He's playing his cards close to the vest and saying it's an ongoing competition. And Tua's opportunity to make a definitive statement in the spring was cut short, leaving the situation at least uncertain enough for there to be legitimate questions. I think Tua's position still stands that if he ain't starting, he's leaving. The kid's got to be thinking to himself, "what more do you want me to do?" So if that's the case, and little bro sees all that's happening to Tua, and he's already verbally committed to the coach and the school that in the end, might just be stringing big bro along to keep him on campus, wouldn't you keep yourself an out? A fallback? An ace in the hole? So if Tua doesn't start this fall, I fully expect both Tagliovoa QB's to walk out the door for greener pastures. What Tulia is doing, is really smart for himself, he's keeping an option open. And if you were in the kid's shoes, wouldn't you do the same? Who can blame him?