CJ Smith gone/leaving
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So much for Cam Jones and CJ Smith being our future starting safeties. Neither lasted more than a year here.
Sounded like Cam didn't want to work. Maybe early indication was that CJ was going to get left behind due to the incoming freshman.
The timing of this tells me there is much more to this than we will ever hear. Best of luck to him.
Damn. Had high hopes for both of those guys. They came in looking like grown men ready to go.
What the hell?!?
This sucks. Looks like we may not be getting away from our long standing tradition of having our highest rated recruits fail to pan out.
That trend has to stop before our rebuild can really take hold.
This sucks. Looks like we may not be getting away from our long standing tradition of having our highest rated recruits fail to pan out.
That trend has to stop before our rebuild can really take hold.
maybe recruiting rankings are meaningless? just a thought
Given our recent history of sucking, I’d rather have the highest rated players stick around.
So reading this news and also reading thru the thread of the Mo Washington saga begs me to ask, is "Player XYZ announcing he will be entering the transfer portal" the new football speak for what use to be "dismissed from the team for violating team/school policy" ? If it is, appears to allow both parties to walk away without the drama. The timing of this is perplexing if that is not the case.
GBR!
GBR!
it's not like they're superstars when they leave. these guys probably just outright suck to start but have good measurables. it's why they're buried on the depth chart from day 1.
star rankings deserve a gigantic grain of salt imo
Now how would he know the freshmen that have not even seen the field are going to get ahead of him?
Another scholarship open. NU may yet get north of 22 spots for the next class.
Since no team without more than half of their roster scholarship players consisting of 4 and 5 star players has won a national championship in nearly 15 years I’m going to disagree.
Yes, that highly touted 1st class seems to be unraveling a bit.
Every champ since recruiting rankings have mattered have consistently had top 15 classes before winning or top 25 with cam newton or Deshaun Watson. I'm gonna go ahead and keep hoping for highly ranked classes.
No surprise that you would show up to let everyone know...
You would just replace Bama with the team Saban was coaching. Still doesn't disprove the point that you need top rated classes to win titles
when it's half your roster, fine. when it's 1 or 2, it's a crapshoot
I find it interesting that there’s a number of players that haven’t signed by another school, from what I understand the school there leaving from doesn’t have to take them back, some of these kid could possibly screwing them selves out of the scholarship to get a education
Nope they don't guarantee one, just guarantee that without top 15 classes you won't win one. Kind of like, playing the lottery doesn't guarantee you will win, but not playing the lottery guarantees you won't win.
This doesnt need to devolve into a recruiting rankings debate but if you haven't accepted that you have to recruit at an elite level to win a title you're delusional. Especially with the playoff, no undermanned cinderella is going to beat Georgia then Clemson or Ohio state then Alabama. Get great classes or have zero chance.
Anyone promoting paying players is essentially saying the same thing. Even though these student athletes walk out of college debt free with a college education, apparently $80,000+ is not enough reward.it's almost as if they view an education as secondary
College is hard for a lot of kids, being away from home is hard for a lot of kids. I wonder what the % is of "regular" students who go out of state and then realize they hate it and transfer happens to be.
I don’t pay any attention to the particulars of roster management at Bama/Clemson, but did the math on Bama’s last four years of commits, which numbers 100. Kids that don’t do the work either on the field or the classroom are processed out of the program.
Service ratings are imperfect. Not every kid who projects high is going to work out.
Service ratings are imperfect. Not every kid who projects high is going to work out.
The difference with Bama is, they replace one 4-5 star bust with another 4-5 star.
This is why you over recruit because there is always going to be unforeseen attrition. I'm sure there will be some more attrition right on through the end of Fall camp. That's just a part of football these days. Always keep recruiting and over signing as much as you can. Saban has been doing it for years at Alabama.
Room for another grad transfer now IF they could find someone they like to help them.
One of the biggest mistakes Riley made was NOT to over recruit and then his roster would fall below full scholarship strength with the attrition.
Room for another grad transfer now IF they could find someone they like to help them.
One of the biggest mistakes Riley made was NOT to over recruit and then his roster would fall below full scholarship strength with the attrition.
I think that we can only take one more transfer this year due to the limits on our class size. That scholarship could go to a walk-on though.
Would imagine that Hixson is a walkon that is slated for a scholarship.
