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***WR Robert Foster Commits to Alabama***

Tide Warrior said:
Actually in Robert's case his HC has been all Pitt and pushing him there the whole time. An assistant coach who Foster has been living with is probably the main reason we got Foster. He is the only one that appears to not lush one school over another. What I read is when he tweeted that he was ready to commit after his visit to UA that his HC got a hold of him and convinced him to hold off. Maybe it was to make sure he was 100% but his coach has always seemed to be pro Pitt and if what I read on the Pitt boards is true, he works the Pitt summer camps and has a great relationship the staff at Pitt.
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which is what you'd expect from Pitt, to groom their local High School coaches to get players into their local colleges....thats their lifeblood...

we do the same with HS coaches in Alabama.
 
That's great. I don't think I have ever been able to say this in my 32.9 years of living, but our WR's next year will be SICK!!!!:eek2:
 
dirtroadlizard said:
Can't get the link to work . Will someone clue me in to the jist of the article . Thanks !
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Published: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 12:01 a.m.
Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013

If Robert Foster was going to change his commitment from Alabama to Pitt, Friday would have been the day.
Panthers assistant coaches Bobby Engram and Desmond Robinson visited Central Valley in a last-ditch effort to convince him to pick Pitt.
Then Foster attended the Mercury Award banquet at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, where the guest speakers included Pitt coach Paul Chryst and former Panthers coaches Johnny Majors and Jackie Sherrill, as well as Pitt‘s prized recruit, Tyler Boyd of Clairton.
Afterward, Foster affirmed he was sticking with the two-time defending BCS national champion Crimson Tide.
“There‘s a lot of people that say I‘m going to decommit, but I‘m real comfortable with my relationship with Alabama and coach (Nick) Saban, and I want to make a name for myself,” Foster said.
“I‘m 100 percent sure I‘m going to be going to the University of Alabama.”
Foster was visibly torn when he announced Dec. 21 that he would attend Alabama, picking the Tide over the Panthers.
But playing alongside several future teammates in the Under Armour All-America Game earlier this month in Orlando, Fla., convinced the top-five receiver prospect that he made the right choice.
“There was a lot of pressure because a lot of athletes decommitted at the game,” Foster said. “We formed a friendship while we were there. We executed well as a family and represented the college we‘re committed to.”
A few days later, he watched Alabama hammer Notre Dame to win the BCS national title and couldn‘t help but envision his future.
“It was very exciting — the college I committed to just won the national championship,” Foster said. “Hopefully I can be there again next year and help us win another crystal ball.”
Pitt coaches wanted to make sure they hadn‘t done anything wrong in their recruitment of Foster, as they are going to pursue Central Valley sophomore Jordan Whitehead.
Foster‘s father complained about how Pitt supporters reacted to his son‘s decision.
“A lot of negativity is coming out of Pittsburgh from the fans,” Robert Foster II said. “All you ever heard was how he‘d be a great fit for Pitt. Now that he decides to take his talents elsewhere, you hear the negativity. Just be happy for him.”
Foster expected nothing less but promised to make his hometown proud.
“I‘ll always represent Pittsburgh,” Foster said, “no matter which college I go to.”


Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/hssports.../3296158-74/foster-pitt-alabama#ixzz2Iq7kV2zS
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Pitt fans are taking the article as his dad's attempt to make it public info that locals are disparaging his kid for going to Bama and not staying local. I can attest to the amount of venom and vitriol spewing from Pitt fans. I don't understand it as they've been unable to keep a single super-premium local skilled position talent here for decades (lavarr arrington, anthony johnson, ty law, terrelle pryor, r foster) except Shell. I do think their new OL recruit, Dorian Johnson, will be a star and possibly last year's RB Rushel Shell will be ok but I'd have assumed Pitt folks would be used to this by now. I never saw this type of anger with johnson or morelli or pryor but it's real ugly with foster.

good news for bama IMHO...I really thought he'd be a late flip but if the people nearby won't wish you well unless you play locally then screw 'em. I can't wait to see RF4 next year personally...
 
230kv_barehand said:
That's great. I don't think I have ever been able to say this in my 32.9 years of living, but our WR's next year will be SICK!!!!:eek2:
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Dude...there's not many positions on the field where we're not loaded...:) But yeah...our wide receiver corp is looking quite amazing.
Time will tell but, as far as sheer numbers of stud receivers, it may prove to be the best ever in college football.

sip
 
lots of flipping chat around my area. could just be hopeful pitt fans but it comes from the same sources that knew when he went from pitt solid to bama lean. not sure if that has anything to do with the surprise signing yesterday...
 
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