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Track Coach Concerns...
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:33 am
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:33 am
We lost Justin Hunter a few years ago and Tony Brown recently. Both are/were world-class track stars. According to some, we lost TB due to Bama track coaches. I know for certain that Justin felt way more love from TN track coaches than LSU track coaches. I was intimately involved in Justin's recruitment and he never got a visit from LSU track coaches. I was with Justin when TN flew in 5 or 6 coaches to meet at his Uncle's house, one being the head track coach.
Someone is dropping the ball IMO...
Someone is dropping the ball IMO...
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Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:34 am to mpwilging
el oh el
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:34 am to mpwilging
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According to some, we lost TB due to Bama track coaches.
Those people are stupid.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:35 am to ProjectP2294
What did the Bama track coaches tell him? You can make us 9th place in the SEC if you come here?
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:36 am to ProjectP2294
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Those people are stupid.
May be true, but still there is some disconnect...
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:36 am to mpwilging
brown went to bama because of saban...nothing more, nothing less
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:36 am to ProjectP2294
we lost brown because his mom envisioned more dollar signs after college if he signed with bama.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:38 am to mpwilging
It takes a collaborative effort between football and track. Les isn't dumb, he knows to involve track coaches when necessary. One thing I agree with you on, it gets tricky when discussing relationships with track coach and prospect. Some are a lot better at helping recruit football players than others.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:40 am to mpwilging
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but still there is some disconnect...
Yeah, the disconnect is that one school was willing to foot the family's medical bills and another wasn't.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:41 am to mpwilging
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This post was edited on 12/27/21 at 10:47 am
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:43 am to ProjectP2294
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Yeah, the disconnect is that one school was willing to foot the family's medical bills and another wasn't.
Hadn't heard this one. Guess we need to cheat better in the future
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:55 am to mpwilging
Alabama has a track program?
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:57 am to mpwilging
The track coach is not worried about a recruit whose first sport is football. He's using his schollies on track first only recruits. Football players are a bonus to the track program and are only available when it doesn't conflict with spring football practice. Only the world class ones anyway will be able to help with track.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:02 am to ProjectP2294
project, what is the story here? Medical bills?
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:14 am to Screaming Viking
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:24 am to L S Usetheforce
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What did the Bama track coaches tell him?
That he'd be the star from the minute he stepped on campus.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:25 am to Screaming Viking
It's been a rampant rumor that Bama paid the Browns family medical bills when the father had a stroke.
But LSU doesn't have the deep pockets as Bama for recruiting.
But LSU doesn't have the deep pockets as Bama for recruiting.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:40 am to Mudminnow
quote:straight REC funds... IF that happened.
But LSU doesn't have the deep pockets as Bama for recruiting.
On the flip side, LSU boosters can't even get LSU to respond to a request to set up a donation program (similar to what was done for Alfred Blue) for Dre' Clark.
This post was edited on 1/17/14 at 9:42 am
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:48 am to ProjectP2294
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Yeah, the disconnect is that one school was willing to foot the family's medical bills and another wasn't.
Get real, man. This makes us look like sour grapes. For MONTHS we all thought the kids was LSU and there was never a word about medical bills. You think the family just dropped that bomb on everyone, or is it more likely that's a rumor?
Everything we all saw and said about that family was how classy they were, how well they handled process, etc.
If it truly was about someone paying medical bills then LSU should turn Bama in. If they don't turn Bama in then we should shut up with this type of crap.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:50 am to I20goon
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LSU boosters can't even get LSU to respond to a request to set up a donation program (similar to what was done for Alfred Blue) for Dre' Clark
wouldn't that be a violation to do that for a recruit? If he was signed on at LSU it wouldn't be a problem.
If it was legal we know Bama would setup a fund for every 5 star recruit in the country. "Mom got a hangnail fund"
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