Yeah - just wondering how long it will take some pea-brained journalist at AJC to pick up on this, like they did last year with the RB (Taylor?) that ended up at UK.
OL Bradley Bozeman will greyshirt
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Apparently not long. I can't link it now, but Carvell already has an article posted about it on ajc.com.
What, does this guy give up sleep to write negative articles about Alabama and Saban? Apparently.
Here's an interview Bradley did with Kevin Scarbinsky and Scott Griffith about his greyshirt. I'll warn you that both ask a few times about him being sure about accepting the greyshirt to Bama. I personally don't see it as anything other as the two of them doing their job and asking a question like any reporter should do.
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Reporters are just that, reporters. Not interrogators. No need for "a few times". Gather news and report it should be their only jobs. Just sayin. You and I both know why they "asked a few times". They're trying to create news, which is not their jobs.
And how does a reporter report the news without asking questions? Or looking for clarification on the interviewee's comments? Folks attacked Thayer Evans for doing the same thing you are wanting Scott and Kevin to do.
Oh look, an article that isn't completely brain damaged.
I can't get how the media tries to turn this into a bad thing.
Let's see, a kid gets 6 years to be ready for a potential pro career, or 5 years. 5 is better, right? Right? Uhh... come on now, they act like it's a crime but the kid is going to have more time to prepare himself mentally and physically. What is he losing here?
I'm glad to see that at least the player isn't as easily brainwashed as the media and sheeple.
Facts don't matter. It's just that it gives them one more opportunity to bash Saban...
Um, perhaps re-read what I said? Asking the same question multiple times is necessary? Ring a bell?
Sometimes it is - think Manti Te'o.
Greyshirting can be abused, so I don't think that reporters should just brush the subject aside. But this sounds like one of the rare cases in which both the player and the school benefit, and both are more than happy with the arrangement. Ask away, but there really isn't anything to see here but a kid with his head on straight.
A school can't force a kid to greyshirt, he has a choice just like Justin Taylor did last year. So what instances are you referring to that would be abusive? Just curious, not a flame.
Kid can bench 470.
National High School record is 485.
These are the kinds of kids we get to grayshirt. The rich get richer.
National High School record is 485.
These are the kinds of kids we get to grayshirt. The rich get richer.
I think what he meant was if its done underhandedly...at the last minute to make roster room for a better player, but the kid isn't afforded the time or opportunity to look at other options.
Thats really where the issue resides.
Exactly. Our staff is up front about the possibility of grayshirting, especially with kids that are coming off injuries (Bozeman; Taylor). BB sees the advantages of it, especially for an OL, that extra year of maturity/ development is extremely beneficial. We can't force a kid to take the grayshirt offer; they can go elsewhere. I feel bad for the kids that expect to enroll early, only to be turned away (USC incident this season); that is worse than asking a kid to grayshirt, but there's not so much negative press on that incident.
Couple of thoughts...
First off, yes, it is the media's job to interrogate. That's the point of an interview - no one forced Bozeman to go on the air and from all accounts Scott and Kevin were persistent but fair. No harm in that. Asking questions is how they report, and given the controversy, it makes sense to ask a question in those terms. In fact, it gave Bozeman and, by extension, our program a chance to clear its name. Worked well, I would think.
As for the abuse, I could envision a scenario where a greyshirt was offered late in the process or done in an evenhanded way that perhaps a student (for whatever reason) chose not to make public. I don't believe that ever happened at Alabama, but I could imagine a scenario where that might take place. Again, I don't believe that happened at UA but it's certainly a possibility somewhere, sometime.. Clearly a greyshirt is the best option here for Bozeman.
First off, yes, it is the media's job to interrogate. That's the point of an interview - no one forced Bozeman to go on the air and from all accounts Scott and Kevin were persistent but fair. No harm in that. Asking questions is how they report, and given the controversy, it makes sense to ask a question in those terms. In fact, it gave Bozeman and, by extension, our program a chance to clear its name. Worked well, I would think.
As for the abuse, I could envision a scenario where a greyshirt was offered late in the process or done in an evenhanded way that perhaps a student (for whatever reason) chose not to make public. I don't believe that ever happened at Alabama, but I could imagine a scenario where that might take place. Again, I don't believe that happened at UA but it's certainly a possibility somewhere, sometime.. Clearly a greyshirt is the best option here for Bozeman.
When a kid is not made aware of the change until the last minute, limiting his opportunities to find another "home".
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