re: Elias Ricks ratting on Saban.

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if they were in his position.

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What position would that be? One of the better players who still made All American at LSU? Someone who was still going to be a 1st round pick? This game isn’t always about winning and no one knows what the future holds so no I wouldn’t be lying if I said I wouldn’t have went anywhere. I would have stayed with my team and performed at the best of my ability to help that team win.

LSU will be LSU regardless of any 1 player. All this did was hurt him imo. I know if I’m the GM of an NFL team, I’m looking at real teammates before looking at this guy. Now if he fell into my lap and he was the best player on my board by a long shot then yes, I’d still pick him and do my best to keep him committed to the team. I would think that most GM’s would rather not have to babysit anyone, therefore, will look at others before this guy because of this.

Had he stayed I don’t think there would be much change from Bama to LSU. So it wasn’t a smart move by him. It was a very selfish move and that’s fine but teams want team players. It wouldn’t have hurt him at all to stay. He would have still been seen as one of the best corners in the draft. On top of that he would have been seen as a team player so would likely have been all eyes on him. This changes that a little. Maybe not much but it will come up.