I think the point is, you can pull someone's offer privately and still let the kid have his moment. He still could have his ceremony and put Auburn's hat on the table. There's not some auditor who only lets you put hats on the table of teams who have publically made it known that you have an offer. Making the fact that they pulled his scholarship offer public knowledge just screams desperation to control the spin.
You do that when you fly by the seat of your pants to the in-state rivalry win for the 2nd time in 3 years but are still second fiddle to your in-state rival. It is no doubt butthurt but I don't blame them either. They seized the narrative so they didn't have another top in-state prospect flip on em and look like a punk on NSD.
My issue isn't with Auburn not sending a NLI...he already said he wasn't coming...you move on and focus on other targets, but to make it seem like you dropped the kid or pulled his scholarship AFTER he let's you know he is not coming and put out articles spoiling the kid's moment...was classless. Alabama has been in situations just like this...and they move on...but you don't see articles being published about how Alabama dropped them...
This is fair, but what the kid did was also "classless". IMO, both parties were wrong.
had a kid commit that didn't have an offer a few years ago Saban never said a word
Yep! Kids put Bama hats on tables at the Under Armour and Army All American games every year...and the staff hasn't spoken to them in forever and some never even received offers.
one party is a teenager and the other are grown adults sorry the adults should know better
I hold my teenage sons to a higher standard. You are free to hold yours to whatever standard you wish.
im not saying he wasn't wrong but kids make mistakes especially when emotions are involved
Which party is the supposed "professionals" here?
