Charles Baldwin Dismissed for Violation of Team Rules
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Wasn't he the #1 JUCO prospect? Hope Jonah Williams is ready because this means Jonah will most likely be starting at right tackle..
To answer my own question:
Baldwin came to Alabama this spring as a five-star prospect. Rivals.com ranked him the No. 2 junior college transfer in the nation. Arriving from ASA College, the same place that produced former Alabama lineman Leon Brown, Baldwin was considered a prime candidate for the right tackle job.
To answer my own question:
Baldwin came to Alabama this spring as a five-star prospect. Rivals.com ranked him the No. 2 junior college transfer in the nation. Arriving from ASA College, the same place that produced former Alabama lineman Leon Brown, Baldwin was considered a prime candidate for the right tackle job.
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There's a lot of frustration in that quote.This Saban quote about Baldwin during Spring camp might give a little explanation.
We may never know but it had to be pretty bad considering he was only on campus for 5 months and Saban tends to give 2nd chances.
So can he transfer to another division 1 school or what are his options? Just curious. I don't remember a JUCO player being dismissed so soon after joining a program..
Travell Dixon had to sit out a year after transferring from Alabama months after enrolling from JUCO.
you can bet it's the right decision by Coach Saban, he doesn't make rash decisions, he'll go the extra mile to help a young man, both on and off the field. However he's not about to let one rotten apple spoil the barrel.
You know after this last season I think it was realized just how far team chemistry can take these teams. Obviously coach has always known that, but the way that he openly admired that group of young men last year and how their relationships to one another were the fuel that helped keep the fire burning may have really inspired him. The council also voting for Tony Brown to leave in the post-season is another indicator.This Saban quote about Baldwin during Spring camp might give a little explanation.
Perhaps he's not as lenient on his "buying-in" policy as he once was. I've heard him remark something to the effect of (and I'm paraphrasing) "You don't come out here and do the right things just for you, aight? If you were just letting yourself down, that's your decision to make. But, if you come out here and you haven't bought in, and haven't put in the work and aren't willing to do the right things you aren't just letting yourself down but your hurting your teammates and all the guys who have come out here and have worked hard and put the team before themselves - and there's no place for that here at Alabama - because those guys deserve better." (end paraphrase)
So all that to say that maybe Baldwin's unwillingness to buy in and creating a toxic team chemistry could have caused Saban to say "No way, I'm not gonna let one bad apple spoil the bunch." Maybe he's placing even more emphasis than he usually does (because I'm sure it's always been a focus) on togetherness and facilitating the building of relationships between teammates.
EDIT: I'm sure it wasn't just a bad attitude that got Baldwin booted, it would probably need to be something more concrete than a bad attitude, but this idea may have played a role in it - the goal being to achieve a unique chemistry like last year's team had.
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Good riddance. If he has been such a problem he gets kicked off after just one semester, we are better off without him. I hate it for whoever didn't get a scholarship here since we wasted one on this guy.
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I don't know what happened, but whatever it was, was bad.
There were no niceties, no thanks for time, contributions, etc. and no wiggle room for a possible return.
As with the previous poster, I hurt most for the guy who didn't get a scholarship because we gave one to Baldwin. Maybe a deserving walk-on can get one.
There were no niceties, no thanks for time, contributions, etc. and no wiggle room for a possible return.
As with the previous poster, I hurt most for the guy who didn't get a scholarship because we gave one to Baldwin. Maybe a deserving walk-on can get one.
That's sad, but you can't squander a golden opportunity. Good luck to him. Next man up!
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Sad the waste the opportunity of a lifetime. He didn't get the hook quite as fast as Antoneyo Williams during my Jr year.
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