I have to correct this, because while the site I checked showed no offer from Washington, someone posted a tweet saying Washington did indeed offer Sayin.
So, regarding Washington's tower, you hold it against him that his players are leaving because he's gone, and you're holding it against him that Alabama's players are leaving because Saban is gone?
In fairness, as a Cowboys fan, he would have stayed with the team if Bill Parcells hadn't wanted to go younger and cheaper. He thought he still had some football in the tank and went where he was wanted.
Relationships. Those guys and their staffs were recruiting most of the same kids Saban and his staff was. They have relationships with those guys and DeBoer and most of his staff doesn't.
But everyone looks at results as a sign of decline instead of the institutional strength. For instance… most people would say the Patriots dynasty died in 2020 when Brady left, but the dynasty probably actually started to die in 2017 when the front office started to shift priorities to account for an aging quarterback and a bad skill player room. The Patriots went from being a thrifty organization focused on building players from within and getting players at a discount to an organization making aggressive moves and hitting the cap ceiling. yeah they won the SB in 18 but they are still feeling the shockwaves from buying that team in 2017.
Teams that fall apart and give up don’t go in and win the SEC championship beating the 2 time defending champion. They fall apart like you saw at Clemson or A&M. This team still was a play away from being national champions. Also stop comparing teams and players from years ago. Players all across the country have changed the game changed if Saban didn’t change at all you would have had a Clemson type fall.
I think it was money and padding his lead on the all-time rushing list.
For the record, the two versions of events I posted that people are speculating about are not actually my initial interpretation. My initial impression was more simplistic, they got Mack to create depth but in doing so pushed Sayin out, who saw it as a sign of disrespect. That was just speculation, but so is the idea Sayin said he wanted out. Supposedly some "insiders" claimed Sayin was told the staff prefers Mack but that's also unverified.
No, but I hold his 30 something ranked incoming recruiting class (worse than his predecessor did) at Washington against him. He wasn't reloading at a sufficient rate.
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
The team was clearly in decline since the 2020 national championship, but it was "falling apart."
I'm not sure you can win a national championship anymore without an elite QB...and by elite I mean first round NFL talent.
Same. I've vowed not to watch another college football game until August 24...
I would say UGA too. Don't see Texas since they already have Ewers and Arch Manning as the heir apparent. Isn't this 30 day thing already over?
This is my favorite distraction from life and that is the way you have to approach fandom these days. You can still have fun with it but cannot take things too seriously because there is not a whole lot you can do but be a spectator. I was down about Nick retiring man. I thought we were headed down quickly. But we actually got us a pretty darn good coach and this staff is looking pretty killer. Don't leave us bro. Just got to find the humor in everyday life and take all this football stuff with a grain of salt. The posters are why I am on this board anyway.
