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re: Mike Leach: It's selfish for players to opt out of bowl games
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:46 pm to kmm1730
Posted on 12/11/21 at 10:46 pm to kmm1730
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Jaylon Smith, ND - doesn’t matter how many else there are. A lot of people saw that injury in the meaningless Fiesta Bowl against OSU and saw him drop from a consensus Top 5 to 34th pick. Estimated loss based on other Top 5 draftee contracts was around $20 million
Same thing happened the following year to Michigan TE Jake Butt who was projected to be a Day 2 pick but fell to the the fifth round.
And Jerry Jeudy had a 200 yard game in the bowl and probably increased his value.
That's what Saban has managed to get his players to buy into: you don't increase your value by sitting on the couch.
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Posted on 12/11/21 at 11:01 pm to BamaGradinTn
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That's what Saban has managed to get his players to buy into: you don't increase your value by sitting on the couch.
And thats probably true in a lot of cases for Bama guys. They have excellent coaches. A lot of the guys that sit out dont. And are playing in meaningless games.
Its not about increasing your value. Its about protecting the value thats there.
Posted on 12/12/21 at 6:48 am to BamaGradinTn
True but if I recall there were at least a few starters that elected not to play when Alabama was in the non-playoff Citrus Bowl two years ago against Michigan
This post was edited on 12/12/21 at 6:55 am
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