ATH Victor Beasley commits to Clemson
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Re: ATH Victor Beasley is scheduled to announce his decision Friday (8/14) at 8:00 a.
Quote from VB about Bama turning down Ladarius Owens is interesting.
http://clemson.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=975838
Quote from VB about Bama turning down Ladarius Owens is interesting.
http://clemson.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=975838
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Re: ATH Victor Beasley is scheduled to announce his decision Friday (8/14) at 8:00 a.
I guess you can add me to the list. Beasley was fast, athletic and probably has huge potential. However, he did seem a bit of a project. This leaves a space to hopefully sign a more experienced position player. I won't name him but I feel similarly about another prominent athlete on our board.
It will be interesting to watch how Beasley develops. Good luck to him.
I guess you can add me to the list. Beasley was fast, athletic and probably has huge potential. However, he did seem a bit of a project. This leaves a space to hopefully sign a more experienced position player. I won't name him but I feel similarly about another prominent athlete on our board.
It will be interesting to watch how Beasley develops. Good luck to him.
Re: ATH Victor Beasley is scheduled to announce his decision Friday (8/14) at 8:00 a.
That is a really interesting quote. I was thinking that if the Beasley domino didn't fall our way, Ladarius might be given a green light and might even go ahead and commit. Maybe another domino has to fall first. :conf2:
That is a really interesting quote. I was thinking that if the Beasley domino didn't fall our way, Ladarius might be given a green light and might even go ahead and commit. Maybe another domino has to fall first. :conf2:
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Re: ATH Victor Beasley is scheduled to announce his decision Friday (8/14) at 8:00 a.
You don't know that Bama lost him. Ironically, in your arrogance, you are assuming arrogance on others' part. Read his own comments. Bama does not get every prospect it wants but there are many cases like Beasley where there are others ahead of him. Please get off of your high horse.
You don't know that Bama lost him. Ironically, in your arrogance, you are assuming arrogance on others' part. Read his own comments. Bama does not get every prospect it wants but there are many cases like Beasley where there are others ahead of him. Please get off of your high horse.
Re: ATH Victor Beasley is scheduled to announce his decision Friday (8/14) at 8:00 a.
Now worries, Coach Saban has a plan and we have someone much bigger in mind. Good luck to Victor.....you'll need it at CU.:wink:
Now worries, Coach Saban has a plan and we have someone much bigger in mind. Good luck to Victor.....you'll need it at CU.:wink:
Are you serious? Well if this doesn't pertain to everyone on this site then why did you start out your post with, 'It's amazing how everyone on this site is coming up with all these reasons why we didn't get this guy... BTW? If Beasley was more impressed with Clemson he certainly did not say that any time and especially after his most recent visit their. Immediately after that visit Beasley is quoted as saying, "Alabama is leading. When I visited there (Alabama), I just fell in love with the place. The coaches are great. The facilities are great. And the way they treat their players is great." The last thing anyone here wants is a lecture about Bama arrogance delivered from someone passing along a barner perspective. No one here is making excuses, just intelligently discussing a Bama recruiting prospect.
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I think we were after Mr. Beasley very hard early on...but we definitely backed off a little bit the last month or so.
I think it's a combination of things. I think he wanted to be able to play offense in college...Bama told him from the start we wanted him at LB.
Also, I don't think many people realize how tight we are on numbers, especially with the 3 greyshirts from the 09 class...we are going to have to turn some really good players away. I can't say for sure that Beasley was a victim of the numbers crunch, but it's a strong possibility. Keep in mind that there were a lot of things that went down in the last month in terms of getting the numbers down to 85...and it affected how many we could take in 2010 as well. This could have had an affect on whether or not we had room for Beasley in the class.
FWIW I think his 3-star rating is a little low given his measurables and high ceiling.
I also found the comments he made about Owens very interesting...
However, we need to be careful about copying and pasting material from the premium articles on here...
I think it's a combination of things. I think he wanted to be able to play offense in college...Bama told him from the start we wanted him at LB.
Also, I don't think many people realize how tight we are on numbers, especially with the 3 greyshirts from the 09 class...we are going to have to turn some really good players away. I can't say for sure that Beasley was a victim of the numbers crunch, but it's a strong possibility. Keep in mind that there were a lot of things that went down in the last month in terms of getting the numbers down to 85...and it affected how many we could take in 2010 as well. This could have had an affect on whether or not we had room for Beasley in the class.
FWIW I think his 3-star rating is a little low given his measurables and high ceiling.
I also found the comments he made about Owens very interesting...
However, we need to be careful about copying and pasting material from the premium articles on here...
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Re: ATH Victor Beasley is scheduled to announce his decision Friday (8/14) at 8:00 a.
Wow! If that quote is truly his:
1. Owens wants to come to Bama, and has already been told to hold off once, and has discussed this with Beasley, both being sons of former Auburn players. Guys, Owens has already tried to commit once before. Are any Aubies reading? :cool2:
2. Beasley wants to come to Bama, but does not want to wait it out, like apparently Owens is willing to do. Sadly, he chose the Tigers. What's that, not the Auburn Tigers??? :eek2: :wink:
3. We are feeling good about somebody and have 1-2 others higher, because he obviously wanted to come here, and Clemson was his second choice. I don't take this as a negative at all, color me crimson, I don't care, I'm thinking logically at least!
AU needs to have another Big Cat Stripe Limo Prowl somethin-or-the-other again to get all these big-time recruits, I'm tellin' ya! Oh, what's that, they can't even snag legacies unless Bama either doesn;t want them, and sometimes, not even because of that (they go to Clemson instead). Never mind. :BigA:
Wow! If that quote is truly his:
1. Owens wants to come to Bama, and has already been told to hold off once, and has discussed this with Beasley, both being sons of former Auburn players. Guys, Owens has already tried to commit once before. Are any Aubies reading? :cool2:
2. Beasley wants to come to Bama, but does not want to wait it out, like apparently Owens is willing to do. Sadly, he chose the Tigers. What's that, not the Auburn Tigers??? :eek2: :wink:
3. We are feeling good about somebody and have 1-2 others higher, because he obviously wanted to come here, and Clemson was his second choice. I don't take this as a negative at all, color me crimson, I don't care, I'm thinking logically at least!
AU needs to have another Big Cat Stripe Limo Prowl somethin-or-the-other again to get all these big-time recruits, I'm tellin' ya! Oh, what's that, they can't even snag legacies unless Bama either doesn;t want them, and sometimes, not even because of that (they go to Clemson instead). Never mind. :BigA:
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Surf, he did say this doesn't apply to everyone on this site. I think you were probably the lone exception. :biggrin:
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I was answering for the ones that it applies to. lol The post has already caused people to quote him and challenge his opinion that Bama fans are perceived as arrogant. There are a lot of knowledgable folks saying that Bama apparently backed off on Beasley. If he was unsure as to whether or not Bama would have turned down a commitment from him, it certainly is apparent to me that Bama had indeed cooled on him. Beasley himself seems to indicate that he believed that also in a quote in the article below.
http://clemson.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=975838
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When it is all said and done it really doesn't matter, because who we want and like, does not matter to the coaches. They know who they want and what the team needs. I would have like to have him, but again we don't get them all. I am sure the staff had their chances, but I still feel they get what is needed and in the end we will all be happy. With regards to the numbers, if we are only going to get a few more than wait for the best players. I have no problem with that.
As for him going to Clemson I wish him the best, but really don't care since we won't see him, unless a bowl game. I also look at it this way, I only want players that want to be here 100% with no doubts and understand not only what it takes to play at Bama but the desire needed to play in the SEC. No all players can rise to meet both of those standards.
As for him going to Clemson I wish him the best, but really don't care since we won't see him, unless a bowl game. I also look at it this way, I only want players that want to be here 100% with no doubts and understand not only what it takes to play at Bama but the desire needed to play in the SEC. No all players can rise to meet both of those standards.
I for one am going to cut WhoLeo some slack. I think his intent was to improve the overall perception of bama fans (we represent the school in a way too). A lot of people will say "Who cares what they think of us?!" Some of us, however, do care.
In an age where you have to, unfortunately, shell out money for premium content which is only more timely or "inside" information, it can be frustrating knowing what's really going on. I was following the news on VB as closely as any recruit on the board. As soon as the free and speculative info. came out that he may choose Clemson there were several (free and speculative) statements that "I heard" we are backing off him. I thought the exact same thing WhoLeo did. I figured it was a speculative belief on someone's part fueling the I heard's and I wondered why, just because a recruit may choose another school, we are backing off him. It seemed pretty arrogant to me also but I let it go since nobody knows what's going on anyway and we need something to talk about. All in all it's not that big a deal, let him blow off some steam. We all draw our own lines in the grey areas of life. This stuff didn't cross mine. The one that did was when Corey Grant committed to us and an Auburn poster called him "scum." People like that need to get a life.
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In an age where you have to, unfortunately, shell out money for premium content which is only more timely or "inside" information, it can be frustrating knowing what's really going on. I was following the news on VB as closely as any recruit on the board. As soon as the free and speculative info. came out that he may choose Clemson there were several (free and speculative) statements that "I heard" we are backing off him. I thought the exact same thing WhoLeo did. I figured it was a speculative belief on someone's part fueling the I heard's and I wondered why, just because a recruit may choose another school, we are backing off him. It seemed pretty arrogant to me also but I let it go since nobody knows what's going on anyway and we need something to talk about. All in all it's not that big a deal, let him blow off some steam. We all draw our own lines in the grey areas of life. This stuff didn't cross mine. The one that did was when Corey Grant committed to us and an Auburn poster called him "scum." People like that need to get a life.
RTR
So it isn't just me....
The great thing is, the barner mentality (as so faithfully demonstrated by Messr. Wholeo, will simply not allow them to hide for too long. If I'm wrong about him then sorry, but I don't theenk so whooleo..
I hope I'm appearing extremely arrogant because..I AM!!
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I know you are not addressing me or anyone in particular in your post. I just wanted to express why I replied to WhoLeo's post the way I did. I agree with what you are saying, certainly the part about no one really knowing what is going on in recruiting until NSD and even then you have to wait until they report into camp to really know the situation.
However there were big indications just prior to Beasley's commitment to Clemson that Bama had indeed backed off of him, or was slow playing or whatever you want to call it. That indicates to me that Bama may already have a secret commit that is higher on the pecking order. Or at least a very good indication that they will likely get a commit(s) from a player(s) that Bama has rated a higher priority than Beasley.
I guess the part calling out some Tide Fans for what I consider very valid opinions and especially about worrying about whether or not the barners perceive Bama fans as arrogant struck me as misinformed and for obvious reasons just plain wrong.
No one was saying anything at all negative about Beasley. I think a lot of us were/are disappointed that he is not coming to Bama. I know I certainly thought he would choose Bama up until just the last few days. I wish we had room for him but that does not appear to be the case with the schollies so tight right now.
For the record I wish both Beasley and WhoLeo all the best.
However there were big indications just prior to Beasley's commitment to Clemson that Bama had indeed backed off of him, or was slow playing or whatever you want to call it. That indicates to me that Bama may already have a secret commit that is higher on the pecking order. Or at least a very good indication that they will likely get a commit(s) from a player(s) that Bama has rated a higher priority than Beasley.
Haven't agreed more with anything I've seen written on the subject lately.
Along with TiderinNC, I really hope you are right about the good indication thing.
I guess this all explains why Owens scheduled an announcement of his decision and then decided to delay until after the season.
Owens tried to commit to Bama....Bama wouldn't let him commit....Bama told him to wait until they saw how a couple of other players they are pursuing are going to decide.....and then Owens announces he is waiting until after the season.
I hope we can find room for him.
Owens tried to commit to Bama....Bama wouldn't let him commit....Bama told him to wait until they saw how a couple of other players they are pursuing are going to decide.....and then Owens announces he is waiting until after the season.
I hope we can find room for him.
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