michaeldwde

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Also, in these days of the portal, I love that our staff is building relationships with players they might not get to coach out of high school but could be an option down the road

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Great point. It's never been more important to develop strong relationships with kids out of high school. 'Back in the day' if you didn't get a commitment, that was it.

Now, however, you never know what could happen in 2, or 3, years. It could be the difference maker between getting some 5* guy for his last two seasons or getting nothing.

The man possesses a certain level of intelligence that I find impressive. We all want this to work out, obviously, but having an intelligent coach is a breath of fresh air, for me, personally.

Go fricking get 'em, Coach!

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Am I ridiculous for thinking its suicidal for college football to be okay with a school contacting a player who has signed a contract with another school, offering them more money and to buy out the contract?

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The shite is going to kill college football if they don't get it under control. It's already doing damage. We're all still watching now, but a lot of people, myself included, are losing interest. In many ways, these fricking kids are worse than the Pros.

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Today through Wednesday is the dead period so no visits are happening.

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Right. However, they can still commit & sign during the dead period, so we're still hoping to get some news on a few of the players we're chasing...

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But he said from the get go he wasn’t going to poach from the school he’s leaving

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I believe that, but, if we're being completely honest, it's their decision, and if he thought they could help UF, and they insisted on following him, he would probably let them.

These 4, and 5, star guys are becoming rich entitled little bitches. Not all, but a lot of them aren't as hungry as they were when they were working to get that first million.

The 3-star kids are hungry, and train like they have a chip on their shoulder. They're more open to hard criticism, and coaching, since they're still trying to work their way to the top. I don't think it applies to everybody, obviously, but there's a lot that going on, imo. It's only natural for complacency to set in.

Alex Golesh is looking for hungry arse football players who are ready to work their arse off and win a title. If that's a blue-chipper, fine. If that's a 3-star, ok. If it's a unrated player who worked his way up from the bottom, let's fricking go. At least that's my opinion.

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I guess declaring no longer makes it official? I thought once you declared for the NFL draft, you couldn't return. Maybe the recent NIL rules changed that?

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I think the rule was that as long as you didn't hire an agent, you were good to come back. That rule certainly doesn't matter any longer...

I wouldn't be surprised if some of these guys were taking pay cuts to be on better teams. The suck tax is a real thing, from what I've read...

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Things might be trending back in Auburn's favor with Sigler. We will see how the next few hours play out, but I like what I'm hearing right now.

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