re: 2013 Alabama Football Recruiting Thread - DH Decommited from UGA

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Buttmunch from WoollyAL

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Not sure who wrote this but I found it interesting.....
Unless something is breaking, I anticipate this being my only chance to cover some ground for a while. I want to emphasize that some of this stuff will venture into opinion from myself and others I respect and we'll leave it there. Some of the topics I have seen asked about on this and other Boards are:
-As for Nkemdeche, he is still solid to UA and that is considered very secure
regardless of articles you have read or will likely follow. Ole Miss has been
the leader in attempting to fracture the kid's relationship with Conn by
planting seeds that he was being controlled but it hasn't worked.

-As for Ruben Foster, this will be a dicey area for me to cover but I'll be very
candid. As of last weekend, I am still hearing UA is not confident in it's
outlook with the kid and my personal opinion is that he shouldn't be considered
a commitment. Reportedly, the kid wasn't honest about several situations from

UGA people trying to set him up in an Atlanta-area High School to giving
Oxford High the finger and enrolling at AUHS. One thing I want to really hit on
the head is a response to people singing the praises about former AU player
and AUHS's Coach by saying that whether UA called him on false assertions or
not, my understanding is that Bama people did confirm Carter was actively
assisting in the process to get the kid away from Oxford and to his program.
Frankly, I don't begrudge a Coach from trying to improve his Team but the guy
evidently misled UA of his involvement. For those who claim to know what UGA people trying to set him up in an Atlanta-area High School to giving
Oxford High the finger and enrolling at AUHS. One thing I want to really hit on
the head is a response to people singing the praises about former AU player
and AUHS's Coach by saying that whether UA called him on false assertions or
not, my understanding is that Bama people did confirm Carter was actively
assisting in the process to get the kid away from Oxford and to his program.
Frankly, I don't begrudge a Coach from trying to improve his Team but the guy
evidently misled UA of his involvement. For those who claim to know what
everyone considers to be a guy with a great personality I'll say that a Man's
true character is who he is behind closed doors not just the person you spend
time with in a social setting.
The bottom line is that from my over 25 years of following this stuff, there
is very little to hang hopes of signing the kid next year. Consider that by
employing the Mom, you can literally pay her whatever you want and who can
challenge that? He's transferring from one AU stronghold to another where they
will control the kid through who many consider to be from the same clothe as
the infamous Lynne Lang and was run out of the state I reside, Georgia, for
corruption. UA hasn't given up and I hope we can convince him that he should
forego the short-term temptation for quick rewards with a better long-term
option with being developed by Saban & Co. but all signs are that Flowers has
him under his thumb.
My understanding is that UA would feel good if it were just left to the kid
but it doesn't appear that's how it's shaking out as of May '12. Add to that,
that my access to AU people here in Atlanta further confirmed what I was told
when the Dad of a former AU player who played in the NFL for many years,
actually boasted to me that his Son, still strongly connected to the AU
"Family," was assured that "Foster was on the way after some details were
worked out." Our greatest problem is the lack of a strong family support
system for the kid which has given Flowers the access and influence he is
using. If Smart lands Foster on Signing Day, give him whatever he wants because
I'm told as of right now, he and Saban are highly ticked about what's going on.
By the way, that's the clean version.
As someone I respect told me last week, UA should do it's best and move on if
the situation doesn't change because Pat Dye & Co. know that even with Foster,
AU has little chance of competing with UA as long as Saban has good health.
Their best and maybe only hope is dragging UA into a muddy situation which
would hurt the Program and possibly send the Saban's packing. The official
probationary period is over in a month or two and UA will dominate with or
without the kid. So, I think I've navigated my way through this topic in a
PG-13 explanation.
UA still leads for OJ Howard but word is a short Blonde may make it a tough
situation for UA and help AU but we'll see.

-The Marynowitz stuff was commonly known last weekend but everyone was told to
allow the University to release it so I guess that was amended. Saban will
just bring in someone who will be sought after too after working under him
a couple of years. He makes a lot of people more money.

-Smart wants the Georgia kid, Kamara and Pruitt is pushing for Henry so I
predict Saban will follow his pattern of taking the bigger and more versatile
prospect.
-Won't even touch the WR stuff so I'll beat anyone to the punch.

-Barrett Jones is not natural at Center which is keeping Stoutland busy. Jones
is not bad there but UA has to hope that Steen or a larger Kelly may give us
options there.

-Sometimes many posters including myself will overstate a situation but one
area that isn't an exaggeration is AU's focus on identifying Bama's key
targets and swooping in with promises that are legal or not. DeMarcus Walker
has been committed since Junior Day but Pelton said or did something to stall
that announcement out of the blue. His support system isn't happy with it
but the consensus is that UA will still ultimately land Nkemdeche's future
comrade-at-arms. I'm being told that High School Coach's have told UA that
AU staffers have openly commented that they can't allow UA to get certain kids
and as I posted last year, ESPN's Chris Mortensen will admit former AU Coach,
Malzahn, told him they couldn't allow UA to get the infamous DC.

-Bama staffers call CJ Mosely our best LB, period.

-Don't expect immediate dividends from Landon Collins because his High School
Coach's will tell you that pass coverage is his weakest area right now.
TJ Yeldon amazed the Staff with his toughness after he broke his hand on what
was called a cheap shot in a Drill by Brent Calloway. Evidently, the norm is
for kids to take 4-5 days to return after having a Screw implanted but the kid
came back the next Day and didn't miss a beat.

-I saw questions about Cyrus K and the extent of his Knee Injury and as I've
previously posted, he only had a partial tear not complete ACL tear.
-AU and the rest of the SEC is slipping further back because Saban has put a System in place that rivals many NFL Organizations. Yes, we have a superior Evaluation Program but what Dye & the rest can't duplicate is Bama's Player Development Program which is at a scientific level. Saban has personally identified issues with a certain Player which has helped them either Academically or Athletically which Chizik or whoever can't buy. As Ron Middleton told me years ago, "they're in big trouble."

-You know about proposed facilities improvements such as the Football-only Weightroom but what intrigues me even more is that evidently Saban would ultimately want to scrap the current Weightroom and turn it into a state-of-the-art Movie Theater unrivaled around the nation. The Man may be 60 but he is the greatest visionary UA's had in years or ever. By the way, this info may or may not have been discussed openly even to the BOT but came from the Man himself.

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