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re: Oregon offers rodney
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:13 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:13 pm to ProjectP2294
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You think it's out of the realm of possibility that he called his former assistant and asked him for a favor?
For this "favor"? Absolutely absurd.
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Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:16 pm to ProjectP2294
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You think it's out of the realm of possibility
I do. It's completely out of the realm of possibility that a major college head coach would use a scholarship on a guy that he feels isn't scholarship worthy based on the request of his former boss.
Oregon is like a top 20 job nationally. You really think the head coach is going to do something to possibly jeopardize is job to help his old boss out?
This is some tin foil hat stuff, man.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:16 pm to TheCaterpillar
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It is silly to think Saban can tell him to do something like that.
You keep saying tell. I said ask.
And Oregon may not have a roster crunch currently and might value that initial counter and 1/85 spot differently.
Personally, I see no reason for any school to offer Rodney, at any level. He was a nobody in high school and couldn't get on the field at two different (low level) JUCOs. And he's not even academically qualified at this point.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:19 pm to ProjectP2294
We’re still trying to get to full 85 from the Helfrich day and there are a lot of kids to process.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:19 pm to whitefoot
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This is some tin foil hat stuff, man.
Yeah, because nothing like that has ever happened before. And Saban has never tried to pull strings ever.
And he certainly hasn't pushed the angle of anywhere but LSU to certain Louisiana recruits.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:20 pm to ProjectP2294
This wouldn’t actually be a favor to the elf. Can you imagine Oregon with Sophser in the middle and Thibodeaux on the edge in the PAC 12?
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:22 pm to bisonduck
Depends, does Oregon have enough staffers to babysit Sopsher and make sure he actually puts forth effort? If not, then you could line Lawrence Taylor up next to him and he'll still be mediocre.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:22 pm to ProjectP2294
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Yeah, because nothing like that has ever happened before.
When has one major college coach of school A called in a favor to another major college coach of school B to waste a scholarship that he wouldn't otherwise waste just to spite a division rival at school C, a school that school B is not going to play.
That is some flat Earth shite
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:22 pm to BayouCowboy
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I thought that said Orgeron and thought, huh? He already did.
same
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:24 pm to bisonduck
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This wouldn’t actually be a favor to the elf. Can you imagine Oregon with Sophser in the middle and Thibodeaux on the edge in the PAC 12?
I've never seen you guys play defense before, so I have no choice but to use my imagination on this.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:25 pm to ProjectP2294
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pushed the angle of anywhere but LSU to certain Louisiana recruits.
Pushing that angle and Jedi mind tricking his former employee into offering Rodney are two completely different things.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:25 pm to bisonduck
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:26 pm to TheCaterpillar
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That is some flat Earth shite
Not really. bisonduck just said they still don't even have a full 85 on scholarship. If they don't have a better player with an offer that could take that scholarship, their marginal cost is minimal.
It's much more stupid for LSU to offer Rodney, considering that taking him would preclude us from taking a better player with that initial counter spot and also pushing a player off the 85 man roster.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:27 pm to ProjectP2294
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And Oregon may not have a roster crunch currently and might value that initial counter and 1/85 spot differently.
Then wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that Cristobal would make this decision on his own and not as a favor to Saban? It's not like this is completely out of the blue. I'm pretty sure these guys visited Oregon in December.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:28 pm to whitefoot
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Pushing that angle and Jedi mind tricking his former employee into offering Rodney are two completely different things.
Why are you assuming he would have to trick him? Everyone values things differently.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:28 pm to whitefoot
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I do. It's completely out of the realm of possibility that a major college head coach would use a scholarship on a guy that he feels isn't scholarship worthy based on the request of his former boss. Oregon is like a top 20 job nationally. You really think the head coach is going to do something to possibly jeopardize is job to help his old boss out? This is some tin foil hat stuff, man.
I'm not saying I believe it, but I think you are interpreting the "scenario" wrong. Saban calls Cristobal and says Ish is a good player and worth taking, but Bama doesn't have the room to take Rodney and tells Cristobal if he has room it's worth it. Bama saves the scholly and doesn't have to worry about Ish in the SEC/LSU.
Not really shady, just a smart tactical move by the leprechaun.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:29 pm to ProjectP2294
Oregon went out and got 3 full time S&C coaches and a bunch of directors of personnel staff. That’s one of the big differences we’ve seen with Cristobal compared to the rest of the PAC.
This post was edited on 1/14/19 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:30 pm to Tigerguru96
If we sign the Amite players, does that cure SDS, or will it take a Tiger victory over Bama to heal the most severe cases.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:30 pm to whitefoot
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Then wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that Cristobal would make this decision on his own and not as a favor to Saban?
Sure, that's definitely reasonable. That's why I said "possible" in my first post.
And even if he did come up with it on his own, the "don't go to LSU even if you don't come to us" angle will be pushed by Saban.
I mean, our own head coach used that tactic against us before.
This post was edited on 1/14/19 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 1/14/19 at 1:31 pm to ProjectP2294
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Not really. bisonduck just said they still don't even have a full 85 on scholarship. If they don't have a better player with an offer that could take that scholarship, their marginal cost is minimal.
So if that is indeed the case, wouldn't Occam's Razor tell us that Cristobal offered Rodney on his own and not because his former boss and now competition called him and asked him to do it as a favor?
A favor would mean he would not otherwise be doing it. I seriously doubt he changed his plan of who he was offering a scholarship to because his recruiting competition asked him to.
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