re: U-high Christan Harris decommits from A&M, and commits to Bama

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Not a U High and I have no idea.

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Sorry, wrong Cubs

Lol

Harris was begging for an ALA offer when he last visited. A&M was the bride's maid since he never recv'd a committable offer to yesterday. Here is Harris' statement following his visit to ALA earlier this year ... he was ALL Bama.

.."“Well, the Alabama visit was the best visit I’ve ever had,” Harris told BamaOnLine. “I literally couldn’t say anything negative about the place. They have everything I’m looking for in a school, which is a great academic program with academic support, great coaches who are willing to push you to your best potential, and a head coach who doesn’t just care about football, but cares about your life and your future.

“I talked with Coach (Pete) Golding, Coach Tosh (Lupoi), and Coach (Nick) Saban and loved every bit of it. Also, I know if I got there, they can help me with fulfilling my dream which is to play in the NFL. They have the best program in college football for that. I enjoyed my time there today and plan on coming in the spring for sure to see some of the practices.”

I have a feeling this one might come back on us later, seems like a solid player.

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It's not lying if you say you'll give him a shot. And I personally think it's dumb not to give him a shot at LB.

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They gave him the shot to come camp as a LB, he did not. Why blindly offer him as a LB while quite literally never seeing him play a snap there or even workout there?

In the end it's pretty clear he didn't want to come here, he was enamored with Bama from day 1, and wanted to commit there a long time ago.

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Nah, they won't sign 3 NTs.

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If it means making sure that we come up empty handed, yeah they will. That's one of Saban's tricks.

Saban making more inroads in Baton Rouge, offering a kid we didn’t who could very well end up being very productive

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he was enamored with Bama from day 1, and wanted to commit there along time ago.

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Then why did he commit to A&M first?
I work with his dad and have seen pictures of Christan with Kirby, Saban, O, Jimbo, Gus and some others. He really did have a first love of A&M. Saban never stopped courting him. I've seen a video of Saban driving Christan in Saban's 150K+ convertible. Saban is a salesman who delivers the goods. Can't blame the kid for picking a sure winner.

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Then why did he commit to A&M first?

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Apparently didn't have a commitable offer from Bama

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I work with his dad

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Well heck man...you got sources...so ask him.

Did he have a commitable offer from Bama? Why didn't he come to camp at LSU? Does he hate LSU?

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Then why did he commit to A&M first?

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Because he tried to commit to Bama earlier and was told to wait. He was holding his spot at A&M in case Bama couldn't take him. It was a matter of them seeing if they had room or not.

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Don't kid yourself if Saban wanted him he's going to be a player

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Come on, man. Alabama misses on players, too. Hootie Jones and Tony Brown were barely contributors until their senior years. And they weren't even that great by the time they did get playing time.

The problem is, when Saban misses on a kid, he usually got one who he didn't miss on either the year before or the year after, so it's hardly even noticeable.

As opposed to when we have missed on kids (Clifton Garrett, Trevonte Valentine & Deondre Clark come to mind) we were counting on those guys to pan out, because we had holes at those positions in the years before and after.