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Maurice Smith-Gate; SEC grants waiver to UGA w/ strict guidelines and penalties

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“I wanted to set the precedent for the future that kids would not be able to go to Miami right away,” Smart said. “It’s very important that we understand that, and that’s pretty much standard operating procedure when a coach leaves one place, that a kid can’t go there with the coach. That’s important to me that people understand that.”
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Oh yea I knew about that. I meant has he said something about Maurice Smith? The poster above said he needs to shut up. I thought maybe he said something specific to this case.
 
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Lovefest officially over - season about to start - shut up Kirby before we jack slap you punk :D
 
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It's my understanding that this is an SEC rule, not a Saban rule. Am I missing something?? As for Maurice's mommy.....smh, wow, just wow. Be a man, Maurice and transfer to Texas or Louisville. You are not going to uga....or any other SEC school.
 
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Re: Maurice Smith Transferring; Alabama will not grant release to UGA

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If he didn't want it to escalate, he and his mother probably shouldn't have called Saban out in the national media in an effort to force his hand.

I'm sure he's really improved his playing time now...


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At this point, he HAS to transfer. This whole thing has gotten out of hand.
 
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JustinT256 said:
At this point, he HAS to transfer. This whole thing has gotten out of hand.
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I think so too





Also, I've got no hard feelings for Kirby Smart despite this transfer nonsense. He was a huge part of our program for 9yrs. I wish him the best of luck at Georgia, except against us. I think it is regrettable that he is taking this stance to cater to the crowd, but I don't suddenly think he is a dishonorable person...


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Re: Maurice Smith Transferring; Alabama will not grant release to UGA

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Some new info is out. Seems like a heated situation..







http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2016/08/a_deeper_look_at_maurice_smith.html
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I'm not blaming this on Kirby, Coach Saban . I'm blaming his parent for getting involved and creating a drama situation that could've been avoided easily. This article was told by one side to paint a positive picture for Maurice. It sounds like Whole thing escalated to the point where this became a negative story for all parties involved. I have hard time understanding why his parents had a discussion with his coach without Smith's knowledge? At his point, Smith is better off just transferring to Miami or somewhere outside SEC and be done with it.
 
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What it looks like to me is Maurice misunderstood the graduate transfer rule and once he and his mom found out they were wrong they just figured they could use the media to bully CNS into giving them what they wanted. If he knew he wanted out to follow Kirby he could have always left after the fall semester, taken a redshirt year for 2016-17, and then played his senior season at UGA. But no, he thought if he graduated at the end of the summer he could just use the graduate transfer rule and be-bop over to Athens and play right away. He didn't realize CNS could veto that, or at least he thought CNS would just rubber stamp it because he had his degree. Poor planning on his part. It's like i tell people at work: Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Maurice, all the negativity associated with all this you brought on yourself by going to the media and/or letting your mother go to the media. If you're going to call CNS's bluff then you have to be prepared to live with the consequences.
 
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I have a feeling most Bama fans will be back in Smart's corner on October 1 and November 12.

Smith just needs to throw in the towel on this and find somewhere else to play.


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i am tired of this story. i would rather talk about the hat thread, white helmets, or the bag man.
 
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Well, as I understand it he can transfer to uga if the wants to. He just has to pay his own way the first year and set-out a year. He just does not appear to want to pay the price for what he desires.
 
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Re: Maurice Smith Transferring; Alabama will not grant release to UGA

I believe Mo, his mom, and Kirby felt going public would force Saban's hand on the situation. It did, but not the way they wanted. He's not about to let Mo walk to UGA after all of this mess.

His mom says she couldn't enjoy him being the first to graduate in the family because they have to endure this. I'll just remind her Nick Saban didn't object to him enduring this mess at Miami.
 
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So she wants Saban to break the rules? Got it.


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Re: Maurice Smith Transferring; Alabama will not grant release to UGA

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he thinks he can just dig his feet in and that he will get what he wants. i guess we will see
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Doesn't bode well for him that he has to call his mom in to do his negotiating for him.
 
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mikeua69 said:
So she wants Saban to break the rules? Got it.
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Saban wouldn't be breaking a rule. Saban just has the approve the transfer (that's the rule.) No way that's happening at this point.
 
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