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Yeah because Brent Calloway switching on TV last year was ok. Did you complain about that? You know the Bama staff wasn't even aware of that before seeing it on TV right? I'm sure I couldn't find one post from an AU fan complaning about how that was handled. Maybe those 3 weeks he was 'lying', he was really thinking it over. That decision he just made had a huge affect on his life.

What i'm saying is... there isn't a good way to handle a switch. ESPECIALLY when your going to the rival school. According to the AU message boards, you guys are deeper at RB than Bama is so its not like it hurt you with depth. AU is a major program and the only think hurt by TJ's switch was your pride. You guys will probably get us back next year. It happens.

I hate to sound like a douche, but, there's a lot of that going on ITT when you compare your reactions to TJY and BC/CK.

Preferably.

When was CK committed to bama before he signed?

Is everyone on here this gullible that they really think that players are not recruited until signing day. Part of Nick Saban's quote mentioned that he wished that there was an early signing period so that players that were 100% sure, could put it on paper so that they didn't have to deal with the all the coaches continuing to hound them over their committment. The other reason is that it gives coaching staffs an accurate view of where they are at with their class.

Alabama people get mad when their commits go elsewhere, Auburn people do the same, and so does everyone else. No one is above this, untouched by this, or better than anyone in any of these actions.

There is no sense complaining about it. If you are basing your existance on the decisions of 16 and 17 year old kids, I feel sorry for you, regardless of what team you support. Personally I think that it says more about a kid's character when they stay to their word and those kids tend to be the type of players that end up being more successful.

There are exceptions of course in this as I think Cyrus is a different story with his family being a great part of his decision. I am sure they wanted him to make his own decision, but I will also bet that he saw some reaction from them and started questioning is choice. It had nothing to do with Auburn, as Auburn is a great choice for any kid to go to school and play football.

As far as Calloway, it would not surprise me one bit if this kid is a tremendous bust. Honestly, if there wasn't some room left last year in our class, I don't think Saban would have gone back after him. He is not going to be a great RB, IMO, and he needs to get back on the defensive side of the ball. If he stays put on offense, he will make for good depth, but nothing more.

You threw an outright fit at the thought of TJ switching schools. Demanding Jlee and PM were dead on. I simply stated we shall see. We did see and at the end of the day Lucky knew what he was talking out. Simple as that.

that guy was posting illegal info on Cam...

You know that I try to be as unbiassed as possible, but I think calling a 17 year old kid a "punk ass bitch" for choosing to go to school somewhere else is pretty classless, IMO. If you are just getting pissed because some Bama guy upsets you, be bigger than that. It makes you no better when you come back like this.

Look at Craig Sanders. How long was he committed to Bama? Almost an entire year. Why did he leave? Auburn was a better fit for his skill set. Sanders wasn't going to be a 3-4 end and probably not a great fit as an OLB either. Look at Cam Newton. He was committed at MSU for a while as well and probably was a silent commit to Mullen much longer than that. He made the switch because I am sure that Gus and Trooper showed him the depth chart. The opening at QB, the experienced line, and the experienced receiving corps. When he saw that, he saw a chance to come in and be very successful and take it to the next level.

Yeldon did the same thing. He saw what has happened in Tuscaloosa over the past 3 years with Ingram and Richardson, along with Lacy and Fowler getting a good bit of snaps as backups as well. He has a chance to make a great name for himself and possibly get to NYC if he is as good as he and others think he is. Of course, he will have to work to show it.

In todays world in which coaches leave without telling their players face to face and coordinators that recruit players are at the same time looking for their next job, don't expect the players to be anymore respectful in their approach. The players have to listen to everyone tell them that it is just part of the business and it can be like that for them as well. Sometimes they don't handle things perfectly. Everybody can make a mistake like that.

Maybe I'm wrong but I didn't think Cam was committed to anywhere. BTW I don't think people are THAT upset that he switched just in the manner that he did. The day of dead period and putting out statwments through his coach just a few days before the switch that he was committed to Auburn. I do agree with you that he shouldn't be called names as he is very young still. I think he handled it poorly but I'm not going to call him a bunch of names for it. I think he is a great player but don't think he will make or break our team. Cam Newton did but he maybe the only player that I have seen in years for Auburn to do that. Not even Carnell did that even though he was great for us we had other RBs that were very very good. During Carnell's time here we had Ronnie Brown, Tre Smith, and Brandon Jacobs.

Edit: meant Tre Smith not Tre Mason....

Read my post.....it's not that he switched that draws the most ire.

PS. I actually don't really blame him too much...he's a kid, in my opinion the classless way he handled things down the stretch should be blamed on the adults around him...whether that be his coach, his parents, or Alabama coaches. Those are the one's that should have made him make decisions like a man, but instead they used him to play games and made him look like liar. The adults are the losers in this story.

had to throw it in for comic relief. (so people wouldn't think I was throwing shit or something)

I try to hold myself to a standard of integrity... I would be happy he switched, but not in the manner of which it was done.