Re: LB Riley Cole De-Commits from Alabama After Asked to Take Greyshirt
I tel my boys not to make promises that they cannot keep. I try to live my life that way. Again, this is about integrity.
And I am not "bashing" Alabama or Saban - I am calling them out on this one issue. That is far from being an Alabama basher. I have said more times than I could count that Saban is my favorite coach in college football, and the best in the business. But just as he deserves credit when Alabama does something particularly well, he deserves criticism for things like this.
I absolutely do. I have many posts on this forum in which I question the use of the word "commitment" from kids who then go on the recruiting trail and talk about their "leaders". If you are committed, have fun on the recruiting visits, but you should only have 1 leader. And if you change your mind, you lied.Here's the thing though. You bash Bama for doing this. Do you also bash recruits for changing in the middle of the stream as well as schools who encourage them to do so?
I tel my boys not to make promises that they cannot keep. I try to live my life that way. Again, this is about integrity.
And I am not "bashing" Alabama or Saban - I am calling them out on this one issue. That is far from being an Alabama basher. I have said more times than I could count that Saban is my favorite coach in college football, and the best in the business. But just as he deserves credit when Alabama does something particularly well, he deserves criticism for things like this.