Saban quit because he could not handle todays players

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Now, people support players yelling at their coach.

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and also seem to defend a player being held accountable by his coach. It’s a softer, pampered, petting puppy kinda world with the participation trophies.

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No coaches are dominant in NIL and the portal. It has not ruined college football, it has made if more fun.

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I guess if you enjoy mercenary players that have no ownership in the name on the front of the jersey, sure.

NIL is fine by itself. A kid should get a cut, and kids were doing so under the table already.

The portal is the issue. Get yelled at by your coach? I’m out. Don’t get playing time you want? I’m out. The NFL would be a shite show if a player could declare himself an unrestricted free agent at any point.

They need to rein it in, immediately. Give a kid one free transfer. Anything else, you sit out a year.

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DeBoer has three losses before November at a school with superior talent to almost everyone they play

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DeBoer doesn't have 3 losses. He has 2 and is highly likely in the CFP. And Bama has been pretty good as of the last few weeks.

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They need to rein it in, immediately. Give a kid one free transfer. Anything else, you sit out a year.

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frick that. These kids want contracts and to be paid like professionals. So do that.

If you sign a contract, you cannot break it until 75% of it is honored. You’re guaranteed your money though.

Choose not to sign a contract, and you can transfer whenever you want. You’re paid in game checks though, and the money stops once you leave the team.

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The portal is the issue. Get yelled at by your coach? I’m out. Don’t get playing time you want? I’m out.

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I’m sure the portal plays a lot into this, but this also translates the workforce today. In the past year, I had employees that when you hold them accountable, they either call in the next day or they quit in a few weeks. It’s this generation as a whole that has this soft mentality

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They need to rein it in, immediately. Give a kid one free transfer. Anything else, you sit out a year.

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Agree on the portal, but I disagree on the one free transfer.

Since they want to act like NFL players lite with their entitlement, give them contracts - 3 years and you only get a release in very limited circumstances (coach leaves, school cancels your degree program, death in immediate family and moving home, etc.)

NFL players can't just pack it up and move to another team, why should college players?

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They need to rein it in, immediately. Give a kid one free transfer. Anything else, you sit out a year.

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Good point NIL and Portal are a business transaction and the leverage for the transaction needs be an even split between player and coach. Money should be put in a trust or escrow and dispersed after graduation. Money changes people and attitudes. Good/bad/ugly.

Why not hire a pro coaching staff and hire agents to procure players on one year contracts?

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Now, people support players yelling at their coach.

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When Kelly got here many of us were glad to have a proven CEO type coach who could speak intelligently. Now he’s a bum who needs to be fired.

Are Nuss and the receivers practicing constantly like Burrow and Chase did? Just one example of what it takes to achieve success.

We have a few good players giving their all even if they aren’t 5 stars. We also have a lot of entitled self centered players who think they’re ready to be NFL caliber superstars.

Kelly isn’t running, throwing, blocking, catching or doing the work on the practice field to give us a chance to be a Team not worried about personal stats. I can’t name one leader who stands out and represents LSU football as it should be.

This Team is soft and has no chest, or pride. NIL and the portal have convinced them they are in control, not the coaches.

Welcome to the new paradigm in college football.

Saban as usual was correct.

Look at how well teams with players that aren’t millionaires are doing…. Army, Indiana, SMU, Tulane, etc. That’s because the players on those teams are still coachable. Look at how mediocre the SEC is now.