re: Rich Eisen states Tua Tagovailoa 'had the Dolphins at hello'

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I'm not trying to get anyone's hopes up but Tua could return next season. Whether Tua leaves won't be his decision alone. His father will be very much involved and his father is football savvy. This won't be a situation where the family will be bowled over with millions of dollars.

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Barring catastrophic injury, there isn't a dollar amount I wouldn't bet against this prediction.

Why does everyone here think our players, somehow, are "so in love with the college experience" that they'll stay to soak it up? Family values? GTFOH.

We recruit kids on the premise that we are the place to be if you want to go to the NFL. It's quite literally on every recruiting pamphlet and media blast we send to recruits.

Why on earth would Tua (or his dad) decide staying and risking injury, when he is more than likely going to be the #1 overall pick in the NFL draft?

One more time for people in the back: Kids aren't coming from California, Hawaii, or Texas to Tuscaloosa because Tuscaloosa, Alabama is some oasis.They are coming because Nick Saban's program gives them the best opportunity to maximize their God given ability to play football, and quickly monetize it in the National Football League.

Can you blame them? If you were a bright engineering student, would you not, if given a free-ride, attend MIT? A gifted finance student, to attend Harvard?

Miami is no dynasty, but any team with the #1 pick is gonna be a train-wreck.

Even if they decide Miami is a place where they sacrifice polynesians on South Beach and it's no longer a spot they want to go to, there's precedent with Eli Manning and John Elway to force a trade.