re: Tide Hoops | Offseason

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Honestly this is kinda chickenshit. He's had a letter of intent signed for 6-months. If that happened to me or my child, Id be absolutely livid. The kid had a fair amount of big time offers and chose Bama. Who knows which of those offers are still open.

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You also never know what kind of communication he's had with the staff. If I remember, something similar happened with Darius Philon (sp?), Who ended up at Arkansas. Saban got hammered at the time. But eventually it came out that he knew there was a good chance he'd have to take a gray shirt, but he didn't want to accept the possibility.

I have no clue what happened here. But I've seen damn near every scenario on football recruiting and getting the numbers to work (part of the reason I don't follow football recruiting throughout the year anymore). I do know I feel terrible for Wilson. Because it's obvious that he really wanted to play for Bama. I hope he can still go to Kansas or Oregon, or another offer that was there earlier. Hell, that extra year of juco could be what he needs to develop.

To me, it's odd that NFL rosters have 53 and colleges football had 85 scholarships, but the NBA rosters have 15 (20 on the playoffs), but colleges basketball only had 13 scholarships. I understand why, but I'm sure you get where I'm coming from.