re: Is there an undisclosed back story to the Patrick Surtain flip?

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It's more likely he saw Alabama win another championship in the last month and wants to be part of the winning culture.

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you really think one one championship sealed the deal. If that was his criteria he would have committed to Alabama long ago.

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The two programs are in different realms right no

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If Brennan is the quarterback we all hope he will be this equation might be flipped on its ear.

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It's more likely he saw Alabama win another championship in the last month and wants to be part of the winning culture. Meanwhile, at LSU, we ran off the splash OC after one year and lost in the bowl due to terrible goal line management. The two programs are in different realms right now.

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That's what the staff needs to get through their heads- we are on a lower level than Bama. You must include that in your strategy. CEO isn't doing, neither was Miles.

When you stuck on the notion that you are on the same level (elite):

- if you think you're neck and neck, you are not- you are behind

- negative recruiting against you is more effective, and yours is less effective. Put your energy elsewhere
- "relationships" matter less. At the end of the day there are bigger pulls, e.g. championships for Surtain (or Cam Rob for that matter)

- in the relationship department, every visit/call/mailer/camp by the higher level team has more value. They are more likely to beat down their door than yours. You have to 'show more love', make bigger gestures, etc. Simply put- you'll have to out hustle them, to the end.