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

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Hearing the same

So maybe having only 31 post was not such a bad thing?

Heard lots of VERY interesting info today, went to dinner (double date) with wifey and someone very interesting I'll leave it at that had lots of great info

Also got the text at about 645 or so when Allen told staff

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The remaining spots are gonna be of utmost importance to fill needs, a guy like Henry from Yulee, while a great project, not gonna pursue his interest PARTICULARLY with a guy already committed, for instance the staff, Coach Rumph has been raving about Paige, telling Smart he can fix his stance and turn him into Dareus 2.0, Saban wanted a camp visit to determine because he hasn't seen him in person, but the offer list DOUBLED after a few game films were sent out and he attended Louisville camp I believe, he called Pruitt (main recruiter) and told him he was getting other offers but he felt his heart was Bama (kid is a HUGE Bama fan) and he would wait if he had too, but would commit with a solid offer and still come and shred camp competition, that impressed Saban and Smart enough along with Rumph's endorsement that he was given a solid offer and committed upon recieving word. Point is, we took a commitment from a need position NG/DT with little exposure YET over throwing our hat into a ring with a guy who wants to visit etc

The whole staff has really been impressed with Coach Nuss' ability to recruit so far, many on staff believe we are in a great position to land Robert Foster, as well as McNeil, who are both major targets for Nuss as well as Bateman (more on him later) and he has gone and been a major factor to the point of coming close to landing 2 and reeling in his QB, he has already gained tremendous respect.

Allen is a done deal, Demarcus Walker is very close to it, he has a lot of pressure still to attend UF but feels Bama's staff is significantly better at developing talent at his position.

I have confidence we will land Nkemdiche, and he will be a part of this class a lot sooner than most expect. Bottom line is he is growing tired of the process and he is now heavily involved in carrying around friends to get offers, but has become wary of that too, the most amazing thing I heard about this whole deal tonight is about HC Mickey Conn, who has not swayed him one way or another, but rather attempted to keep him level headed and help him make the best decision for his future.

I was told we still hold a VERY heavy lead for Kamara and that the staff was hoping to reel in a commitment to cool other staffs from fully evaling, they know how special he could be, expect his stock to skyrocket and when he comes back on campus, don't be surprised to see a commitment since the staff will be pushing for one from him.

I asked about Jonathan Cook and was told staff is very aware and he is another expected to blow through the roof soon with offers coming in droves. He will also come for camp, but depending on how the staff feels about other targets, he could get an offer sooner, and it likely wouldn't take him long to make a decision on it.

Staff was so pleased by not just the commitment of Bateman, but by his candor about it and vigor to already start helping out, he calls Foster twice a week and has talked to Kamara, Falkins, Deon, and ArDarius a few times already (he and Foster skyped ). Also interesting note, one other coach extremely high on Bateman was Cal coach Jeff Tedford, in fact he usually has a couple meetings etc with Dilfer a couple times a yr (The 2 are very close) and after his CB's 1st Elite 11, Dilfer told Tedford to put all his chips on the table for him and go all out to get him, the reason? He felt he was the closest thing, if not a clone of Tedford's greatest pupil Aaron Rodgers, even told him he thought Bateman was on par if not better now than when Rodgers arrived at Cal as a JuCo Soph, Tedford told that to anybody that would listen this past weekend. I think we have an elite guy at QB in this class.

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My guess is that since Pruitt was the guy pushing hard for Herny and with the limited number of spots left, He was asked to choose between Henry and Paige. Paige was a greater need so Rumph's need won out.

Wifey was aggravated as hell as was his wife, but they get along ok I told her beforehand you'll get to know her really well tonight so we can talk fball wink wink

Yeah I really don't want staff to pursue him and after talking tonight, seems like we won't, he told me Henry WANTS to visit more than staff wants him to, we are pretty set in the class with Tenpenny and Tyren and working on Kamara

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Yeah I really don't want staff to pursue him and after talking tonight, seems like we won't, he told me Henry WANTS to visit more than staff wants him to, we are pretty set in the class with Tenpenny and Tyren and working on Kamara

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That is what I heard about a month that Henry reached out to our staff to see if they were interested and he was flirting with the idea of switching if an option. I heard that Pruiit was really pushing for him but not all on the staff was and the spot was either for Kamara or Henry and that Kamara most on the staff felt was better. It makes sense since our spots are limited but if we could take both I would not mind.

It will be real interesting to see if Henry does visit as planned what happens.

I have no idea why we'd want Kamara over Henry. I don't know how many small shifty running backs we have to see fail before we cut it out. Even if he's good, is he better than Jones/Tenpenny? No. And even if we move him to slot, those slot guys are easy to find. Henry at least brings something different to the table. I think he's a take and right now, I think we may like him better. We'll see how it shakes out though

I think the staff sees Kamara as an elite athlete Sand, with speed enough to play slot, but also abilities as a RB, Henry might want to switch, but he won't be a RB at Bama IMHO