re: So the Washington High School AD lied about Paige?

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Apparently 'take care of academically' means that baldwin country schools operate on block scheduling, which lets you take up to 8 classes a year, and he could only get six in at Washington. Foley is like 30 miles from Pensacola and a major football program. This is sour grapes from a (soon-to-be-ex)school official.

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Exactly what it is.

NtY may pump it up with the help from their blind ignorant followers.

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Aren't there more examples of kids headed to Bama transferring to Foley? Maybe not

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One, a katrina refugee.

What I gather from this thread is kid transfers to the shadow of JHS= nothing to see here

Kid transfers 30 minutes up I-10 to gain the credits he can't receive at his current high school= bammers are cheating. Chris Casher was in the same situation last year, he wasn't going to have enough credits so transferred to a school on block schedule in an attempt to make up those credits. He is now enrolled at florida state

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Schellang told the Pensacola newspaper that Washington officials reported the transfer to the NCAA, but it appears there is no NCAA rule prohibiting a college coach from recommending that a prospect switch high schools.
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Is this what tigerbait65 posted and he works at school as a AD or Coach how dumb can you be...

Just needed to post again because BAMA assistant coach Jeremy Pruitt accused our new head football coach and myself of bullying Darius Paige. We simply told Darius that if he transferred that there was a chance of him being ineligible. The assistant coach mentioned again that he needed to know if we could take care of Darius academically. Again we told him we were not going to give Darius's any grades. I sure the hell will not cave in to these cheating SOBs.
Our head football coach resigned on June 11, 2012. About a week later I got a call from one of our assistant coaches, informing me that Darius Paige, a DT at our school Booker T. Washington HS in Pensacola, who is committed to BAMA that it was suggested to him by BAMA assistant Coach Jeremy Pruitt to transfer to Foley HS like DJ Fluker because he can be taken care of academically there because he knew the head coach at Foley HS real well. Our assistant coach call Coach Pruitt and asked what was going on and Coach Pruitt's response was since we were in between head coaches and he wasn't sure if we had an academic plan for Darius Paige. About a week later, I called Darius Paige to ask him if he was transferring and he said yes. I informed him that I would be contacting the NCAA, SEC, and the Alabama HS Athletic Association. I then left a message for Coach Pruitt to call me and he later called me back. I asked why he was telling Darius to transfer. He told me Darius was using him as a scapegoat because he really wanted to leave. I then told him that Darius wouldn't lie about something like this. I then told him that if Darius did transfer he would be ineligible. His immediate response was "NO" it is a bonafide move. My response was I thought you had nothing to do with it now you are telling me it is a bonafide move. He then proceeded to tell me that at Foley HS Darius could make up 7 core classes in one year. I informed him that I would be contacting whoever I needed to and hung up. Up til this afternoon Darius has admitted that he does not want to go the Foley, but it was not his decision that his dad was making him go. I also found out the link between Coach Pruitt and the head coach at Foley Todd Watson. Todd Watson was the defensive coordinator at Hoover HS in Alabama and Jeremy Pruitt was his defensive back coach at Hoover under Todd Watson. Up until 2:30 this yesterday afternoon Darius stills tells us he does not want to go

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Paige would be allowed to play immediately if his entire family leaves its Pensacola residence and moves to the Foley school district

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good luck finding jobs in this economy

Who cares??? There is no NCAA violation. I didnt want to do a lot of things when I was young but I did them anyway because my parents wanted me to and they knew what was best for me.

Mom has already found a job in Foley

^ he's sad he couldn't break the news.

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Both kids were Bama commits at the time of transferring and both likely had help from college football coaches in assisting with the transfer

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im sure bama coaches were helping with his transfer to auburn.