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re: Smith had belongings thrown in trash, banned from athletic facility
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:12 pm to cas4t
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:12 pm to cas4t
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Life lesson? I've left a few jobs and never had my shite thrown out of my desk
me either. i imagine it would happen to that guy in the office that everyone secretly hates
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Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:13 pm to JuiceTerry
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He had ample time after he inquired about the transfer to collect his stuff. When he didn't, he gave up his rights to complain about what happened to it. It's pretty simple.
Sure, but it's still shitty to just throw it in the trash if that's what happened. Throw it in a box for him to come pick up.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:13 pm to RB10
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diploma
They threw away his diploma?!
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:13 pm to Gradual_Stroke
So what
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:14 pm to Cow Phunk
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They threw away his diploma?!
No. He doesn't actually graduate until Saturday, and his diploma will be mailed to him in a month or so.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:15 pm to Gradual_Stroke
Saban is my least favorite coach and Bama is my least favorite team, like I despise both of them.
But, this whole case brings up a point that bothers me sometimes.
You have a spoiled athlete who is obviously dumber than he is spoiled getting a free education. At the same time some brainiac kid is working fast food or retail for minimum wage because he couldn't get into college.
I wasn't an athlete in college but knew that you could not transfer to another team in the same conference. This long-standing fact/rule seems to be lost on this idiot and his idiot family. It's not just Bama either - it is a conference rule that I think every conference enforces.
But, this whole case brings up a point that bothers me sometimes.
You have a spoiled athlete who is obviously dumber than he is spoiled getting a free education. At the same time some brainiac kid is working fast food or retail for minimum wage because he couldn't get into college.
I wasn't an athlete in college but knew that you could not transfer to another team in the same conference. This long-standing fact/rule seems to be lost on this idiot and his idiot family. It's not just Bama either - it is a conference rule that I think every conference enforces.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:15 pm to JuiceTerry
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He had ample time after he inquired about the transfer to collect his stuff. When he didn't, he gave up his rights to complain about what happened to it. It's pretty simple.
"Ample time"
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:15 pm to cas4t
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I've left a few jobs and never had my shite thrown out of my desk
cas4t, it's not hard to replace a 7-11 cashier.
...just kidding
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:16 pm to nb200016
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it's still shitty to just throw it in the trash if that's what happened. Throw it in a box for him to come pick up.
Who's job is it to box his stuff up? Alabama staff doesn't have time for that
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:17 pm to Cow Phunk
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They threw away his diploma?!
Did I say they did? I'm just including things that are easily replaceable, in your opinion, because they are made of paper.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:17 pm to stat19
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cas4t, it's not hard to replace a 7-11 cashier.
how come they always have now hiring signs up?
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:18 pm to Palmetto08
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Who's job is it to box his stuff up? Alabama staff doesn't have time for that
Hmmm...
Throwing stuff in a box takes more time than carrying it to the trash?
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:18 pm to Palmetto08
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Who's job is it to box his stuff up? Alabama staff doesn't have time for that
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:18 pm to Cow Phunk
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If we knowingly trashed a bunch of sentimental, ahem, "papers" and whatnot of his, then I think that is not cool.
But if he quit the team, and was told to clean out his locker, and didn't, then what is the big deal?
Yes, I agree. This story makes it sound like he expressed interest in transferring and was told not to come back. But again, 2 sides to every story.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:19 pm to Tiger Ree
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but knew that you could not transfer to another team in the same conference.
Actually you can. There are players on a few SEC teams this year that transferred from Alabama. Alvin Kamara at Tennessee is probably the most high profile one. There's just a process you have to follow, and you have to sit out a year. That option was available to Smith. He wasn't happy about that option, so he's lashing out.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:19 pm to RB10
Yes. 4 days is quite ample.
This post was edited on 8/3/16 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:19 pm to stat19
frick you stat
I'm a Kroger grocery bagger!
I'm a Kroger grocery bagger!
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:19 pm to Gradual_Stroke
I don't agree with throwing his crap in the garbage...but who's to say it wasn't a teammate who views Smith as a "sell-out"?
What if Smith did it himself and took the picture to help his chances of winning an appeal? Moreover, if he has already told the coaching staff he isn't coming back...why should he be allowed in the facility for Alabama football players to train and eat? Are you in or out? If you're out...be out. Don't say you're out and then act upset that others treat you like you're not a part of the program, that was your choice not theirs.
Smith using his momma to blow this up in the media says a lot about him IMO. When I was 21 I wasn't hiding behind my mom's skirt anymore.
What if Smith did it himself and took the picture to help his chances of winning an appeal? Moreover, if he has already told the coaching staff he isn't coming back...why should he be allowed in the facility for Alabama football players to train and eat? Are you in or out? If you're out...be out. Don't say you're out and then act upset that others treat you like you're not a part of the program, that was your choice not theirs.
Smith using his momma to blow this up in the media says a lot about him IMO. When I was 21 I wasn't hiding behind my mom's skirt anymore.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:20 pm to RB10
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I'm just including things that are easily replaceable, in your opinion, because they are made of paper.
I'm saying that the things that he specifically listed are things that are easily replaceable. The rest he was pretty vague on.
Posted on 8/3/16 at 2:20 pm to JuiceTerry
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Yes. 4 days is quit ample.
4 days?
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In the letter, Maurice Smith said he met with Alabama head coach Nick Saban and informed him of his decision to transfer on June 16.
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“On Friday, June 17, I arrived at the athletic facility locker room to find my locker cleaned out and all of my personal belongings in the trash (photo attached) underneath trash,” Maurice Smith wrote.
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