re: Question from a State fan on Garrett

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Miles has already set that precedent.

I think it was last year (if not the year before), he let Phelon Jones (highly rated defensive back from Alabama who had fallen pretty far down the depth chart) out of the committment and let him enroll at Alabama under Nick Saban.

I'm sure these things are a case by case situation, but I sense that if the kid is not a starter, Miles tends to be more lenient on not prohibiting the kid to sign at certain schools.

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That's what I thought. I think Miles did the same thing with Garrett that he's done with others, including Jones. He realized the kid's career at LSU wasn't working out, but he wasn't going to be a dick about it. He knew the kid was really interested in a particular other school, so he gave him the freedom to try it out. I think it's a smart move. It builds trust and credibility in recruiting, which is very important. Besides, this situation is almost never going to come up except with a player who isn't contributing anyway.

Miles also let another player go, last year, to an SEC school.

It was to Bama or Auburn. A DB. someone from Bama.

And, since Garrett was originally a MSU commit, its decent of Miles.

i think getting a release means you can play immediately. not getting a release means you have to sit a year, so no, he didn't release phelon to bama

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i don't think phelon was released. he had to sit a year.

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Even with a release, you have to sit out a year. Without it, you have to sit out two years.

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