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re: Little Slick Nicky purposely deceives his recruits

Posted on 12/19/21 at 11:19 am to
Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
9963 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 11:19 am to
Saban is as much about keeping recruits from his opponents as getting them for himself
Posted by mpwilging
Punta Gorda Isles, Florida
Member since Jan 2011
7090 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 11:32 am to
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Nick don’t promise recruits early playing time.


He message is always the best player will play


It's more of "wait your turn", but no matter how much a lot of them develop, he's got tons of new recruits or portal studs coming in that can play right away.

"Wait your turn" only works when they get some PT and Nicks not loading up with 30-35+ new faces every year (not sure how they do that but I guess via PWO). Anyway, my .02...
Posted by tenderfoot tigah
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2004
10449 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 11:49 am to
Saban has been a sleazy person for a long time.
Posted by nola2269
New orleans
Member since Nov 2018
493 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 11:56 am to
No. There were actual reports by recruiting pages that Bama wasn't interested in Ricks and only wanted Doman Jackson. Now. Maybe things changed when Jackson committed to USC. ORRRRR he was pushing the narrative either way of not being interested in Ricks to deceive recruits as the OP suggested. Which I totally buy.
Posted by CalTiger53
California
Member since Oct 2011
9058 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 12:14 pm to
No question a big part of his recruiting strategy is manipulating recruits and their parents. But with the transfer portal and NIL deals he may not be able to hold on many of them.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
98836 posts including my alters
Member since Jun 2005
40496 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 12:15 pm to
Tell me you don’t want to work hard enough to build a dominant program without telling me you don’t want to work hard enough to build a dominant program.
Posted by npt817
Prairieville, LA
Member since Sep 2010
1390 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 2:21 pm to
Doubt many guys go to Bama thinking they aren’t better than the guys ahead of them or in the same class as them.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
31260 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 3:05 pm to
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by telling guys like Eli to hold off on announcing his transfer.


1. Common knwpedge what his destination possibilities were and Bama or USCw were the only real possibilities.

2. Pretty sure if he transferred before the date he did, LSU would not have had the option to add a scholarship player via the portal to replace him.
Posted by Dudebro2
San Diego
Member since Dec 2011
8967 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 3:12 pm to
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Again, Little Nicky is nothing but a total POS...


Funny, we weren’t saying that when he was our coach! Just sayin

Lil Satan is the ultimate competitor, win at all cost! That includes, at the cost of his own players sometimes! As long as you understand that as a player, then you shouldn’t be surprised at his actions! They will always be geared to winning, even if it is at the players expense!
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
13131 posts
Posted on 12/19/21 at 9:41 pm to
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Little Slick Nicky purposely deceives his recruits by mpwilging by telling guys like Eli to hold off on announcing his transfer.

A guy like Ricks only plays one year (and probably not even a full year). I doubt a freshmen set to receive a scholarship to play for Saban looks elsewhere based on a one year guy transferring for his final year.
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