re: 4* ATH Malcolm Askew commits to AU

So your feelings are hurt as well, noted.

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Not on our end.

He claimed Georgia was his leader when Pruitt was still there due to Kirby not being high on him. When Kirby left and Pruitt was hired the consensus in our recruiting thread was we still didn't want Askew.

Let him be someone else's headache. Looks like it will be Auburn for now, but don't be surprised when he decommits because he wants to "feel like he is being recruited" again.

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I mean basically it sounds like a top instate recruit didn't think he was a priority by one of the instate schools. Chances are he wasn't for yall considering the 5* guys yall have higher on the board but I don't get this idea that some how he needs to be treated "special" or he is some kind of headacase. Everything I have read/heard is he is a good kid.

Not every recruit is going to love bama, doesn't make him some bad egg. If he flips or starts acting a diva you can bump this thread and say I told you so. But when one of the complaints is "he always picked against us" I don't think the needing to feel special is just on that kid....

Anyway, bama fans are happy he chose AU, AU fans are happy he chose AU so we both move on with out lives both happy and turn to fighting over Ignont

Dude, you're trying to talk logic to a fanbase largely devoid of it...

Good player who bama doesn't get = headcase. That's all you need to know.

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So your feelings are hurt as well, noted.

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To be fair, his feelings are always hurt

Tre Williams-maybe

Kerryon Johnson-I heard a lot of "he's not cut out to be a SEC RB"

Prince Tega- y'all weren't even really in that one

Jovon Robinson- y'all couldn't insult him because y'all had just got done bragging about landing him

Roc Thomas- I remember a lot of butt hurt Bama fans on this one. But a lot were still saying they wanted him.

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Kerryon Johnson-I heard a lot of "he's not cut out to be a SEC RB"

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It was more of a "our staff didn't make him a priority." Which seems somewhat true. (I think he is going to be very good, similar to Kenyan Drake, but what do I know?)

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Prince Tega- y'all weren't even really in that one

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Our fans liked him a lot. And we didn't call him a character risk when he went where most thought he would.

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Jovon Robinson- y'all couldn't insult him because y'all had just got done bragging about landing him

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We could have said he "lied to the coaches" or any of the other excuses typically used by the losing team in a recruiting battle.

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Roc Thomas- I remember a lot of butt hurt Bama fans on this one. But a lot were still saying they wanted him.

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I don't .

This was a case where our staff went all in for Fournette and Scarbrough and only got Scarbrough. Even when we tried to get in late on Roc Thomas's recruitment, he shut the door to us, and I don't recall very many Bama fans insulting him or questioning his character.

In any case, none of those guys were called headcases or had their character brought into question during their recruitments. Therefore, it is disingenuous to say that we are only calling Askew a character risk because he is a highly recruited player spurning Bama. FWIW when Pruitt first moved to Bama, it was looking like we might land Askew, and none of us changed our tone.

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Jovon Robinson was called fat and lazy by Alabama and Tennessee fans, IIRC.

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I don't recall that from Bama fans that I associate with. Link?

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was more of a "our staff didn't make him a priority." Which seems somewhat true. (I think he is going to be very good, similar to Kenyan Drake, but what do I know?)

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All I'm hearing is "You're right Weagle"

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Our fans liked him a lot. And we didn't call him a character risk when he went where most thought he would.

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You weren't in it for him so I'm not sure how it applies in this case.

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could have said he "lied to the coaches" or any of the other excuses typically used by the losing team in a recruiting battle.

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Actually now that you mention it I do remember y'all being butthurt about that. Making my point for me.

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I don't

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Well it definitely happened

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In any case, none of those guys were called headcases or had their character brought into question during their recruitments. Therefore, it is disingenuous to say that we are only calling Askew a character risk because he is a highly recruited player spurning Bama

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I wouldn't say none but I also wouldn't say all.

I don't know much about this guy so I can't really have an opinion on him. Y'all do have some history of exaggerating in this area in the past so I can't completely defer to your judgment.

In any case, I don't think being butthurt about a school not offering you makes you a "headcase". You see that all the time from very successful athletes. There's guys in the pros who seek revenge on every team that didn't pick them in the draft. Draymond Green (although not the best example for saying someone's not a head case ) can recite every team that did not pick him in the draft and who they picked instead of him from memory.

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All I'm hearing is "You're right Weagle"

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Certainly you see the difference between our staff not making a kid a priority and calling the kid a headcase