re: Another RR Article in Bham News

dude i am not saying i am going to hate him??? i am saying what i think will happen around the state...like i said i feel for the guy and his family....

My post wasn't addressed only to you. But your posts are much like the others. "I feel sorry for the kid, but...."

Seriously, if he doesn't pick us, I don't think it has any long-term implications on the direction of the program. If he does pick us, I will be ecstatic because we'll be getting a difference maker who very much seems to have his head on his shoulders. The fact that he is mature enough to go through this and not cave to the pressures around him, well that tells me something.

Leave the kid alone. If he chooses LSU great, if he goes somewhere else good for him too.

No one knows for sure whether this kid will be great or not. Look at McKnight, went to USC and had one big game, that's all. McKnight is just another player from out of state playing for USC who may or may not play on Sundays. If he doesn't play on Sunday what does he have? The loyalty of the state of California for being a favorite son, I doubt it. A home state in Louisiana that appreciates his efforts after wanting him to represent the flagship university, I doubt it.

This is what the high price coaches get paid to do, and it is what they do best. They sell potential playing time on Saturday and Sunday through them. They don't sell the what happens if you don't make it category. They don't sell, you can establish roots in the state just like it was your own 5 years from now. We will bestow the customs and traditions on your family that has taken the last 100 years for you to develop in your home state. Because they know it is not the same. That is why the coaches get paid and the recruits don't.

The best thing Randle could do is talk with recruits who have left the state, and if they didn't play on Sunday is it easier for them now living in that state. As opposed to playing for the flagship home University and living in the state. Some I am sure it worked for, but for the vast majority I would guess it did not.

Leave the kid alone and good luck to him. He is just a kid trying to make a difficult decision. The unfortunate part to recruiting is they go into universities as kids and are expected to come out as men. It is as men that we realize the value of tradition.

Nothing sells better Hope!

Good luck Randle no matter what you choose.

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So why not announce then, and quit playing this game?

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Because he hasn't made a decsion.

Sometimes, the obvious answer is the correct one.

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So why not announce then, and quit playing this game? Seems to me the kid is leaving the state, and that's why he's prolonging his announcement until the last minute to avoid the angry mobs.

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You don't know what his reasons are. Respect the kid and let him make it on his time frame, when he knows what he wants to do. I think that the one thing it cleary implies is that he is not 100% sure where he wants to go. Would you rather him committ and change his decision, or make the right one in the first place? So all of you really want him to make a decision to satisfy your own needs. Wonderful.

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I think you are right. Something is rotten in Bastrop.

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I hope not!

"If a recruit can't take his little boy pants off"-Scoop



I sure hope this isn't how great, almighty bamer gets kids to their school!! Sorta pedophile-ish..



"I am sure that it takes a special player to play for someone like Nick Saban"

JPW was special alright

I agree that we need to be grown ups and not repeat our pitiful attitudes when McKnight left. That was sad.

But, as far as Randle goes, I have ceded him to Bama for the stated reasons. If he were coming to LSU, he would have done so, I think. I wish him well and hope he has a good life there, but he will join our most hated rival (because of Saban). There is no way to be happy about it.

Saban spins a convinving web of deceit. He tells players that he can develop them, put them into the NFL, and make them better men. Yet, he is not committed to his own players. He's graduating 9 and wants to sign almost 30. What does that tell you about his committment?

But, players believe him. I hope Randle comes to LSU, but I'm not counting on it, unfortunately.

What gets me is that Bama is selling the opportunity to "take pressure" off of JJ. That SHOULD push RR to LSU. RR is a first option WR and should be looking at which school has the WR stock to take pressure off of HIM! Also...someone needs to post those 5 year run/pass stats for LSU/Bama on a daily basis! That coupled with our QB situation vs. Bama's...I don't understand why is isn't already on board. We really shouldn't even be competing with Bama for RR. I chalk that up to the method that Saban uses to recruit and his ability to get into a recruits head!