re: Elias Ricks ratting on Saban.

He’s already shown himself to be a selfish player and a guy who immediately got in trouble upon transferring.

It hurts to lose the talent but luckily the person transfers with the talent.

I don't think he was talking to Saban prior to entering the transfer portal. I bet he had one of his players talk to him and told him how much he could make in NIL. We know Ricks was not happy about his NIL here. To these kids, money means more than school.

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Yeah, only arrested one time so far. Working out real well for him....

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Cut him some slack. He has to practice outside in the summer heat.

Yeah, I think you're reading into that too much. That said, they definitely tampered and cheated. We all know it but they'll do nothing about it.

I'm pretty sure we did the same thing to Ar-Kansas secondary players to a lesser degree.

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Ricks had zero ties to LSU and made a business decision

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His business decision is that he knew he wouldn't be able to frick off at LSU anymore. Kid was a top corner in the country and would be a surefire first rounder had he stayed at LSU for next year and did the right things off the field.

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after going 11-11 in his two years in Baton Rouge.

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what does the record matter if it was a "business decision"? You're having two different arguments here.

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There are a lot of people on this board lying if they said they wouldn’t look at all the options if they were in his position.

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No I wouldn't. Matt House almost went to three straight super bowls, and he coached a Kentucky defense that was ranked 6th in the country prior to that.

First of all, Pelini was awful and I still looked good (in this scenario im Ricks, but with my mindset and not his). The first half of 2021 defense looked bad, and I still looked relatively good when I was out there. Now you're saying we get an actual good defensive coordinator, and younger position coaches that have a fire in them? There's a guy out there giving NIL deals to the top players here as well? Brian Kelly, a hell of a coach that has been to a national championship, and in the playoffs, and runs the team like a Saban? Why should I go to Saban?

Saban does not improve his draft stock, that's complete stupidity. All he had to do was continue what he was doing here, get an NIL deal, stay out of trouble, perform at the combine, and he would be a first rounder.

Saban didn't make first contact. He uses third parties so he and his other coaches stay clean.

Was he stoned when these talks took place? perspective.

Has nothing to do with Ricks. LSU is better off without him. It’s just funny that one of the guys complaining about everything going on is doing it himself

Nothing Burger.