quote:
"So I'm saying to myself, 'Maybe this doesn't work anymore, that the goals and aspirations are just different and that it's all about how much money can I make as a college player?' I'm not saying that's bad. I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm just saying that's never been what we were all about, and it's not why we had success through the years."

I call shenanigans.

Here, I'll correct his statements for you...

Instead of ' Maybe this doesn't work anymore, that the goals and aspirations are just different and that it's all about how much money can I make as a college player?'

How about' This doesn't work for me anymore because the money we used to pay for good players can now be offered by every other team in the league - legally. So now it's a bidding war for the good players we used to sign without any competition, and I'm just not down for that.'

Instead of ' I'm not saying that's bad. I'm not saying it's wrong, I'm just saying that's never been what we were all about, and it's not why we had success through the years."

How about ' I'm not saying that's bad. I'm not saying it's wrong - it's neither, because we were doing it for nearly my entire career at Bama. It's why we had such overwhelming success through the years of my tenure there. And now that that advantage is gone, I think I might like to live in my villa and drive my Ferrari around a bit...."