OT: Nick Saban and Alabama React Poorly to a Player Who Wants to Leave the Program
So, the handling of transfers isn't always pretty - and UM hasn't always been above the fray...but an Alabama player had a pretty awful time attempting to transfer.
“On Friday, June 17, I arrived at the athletic facility locker room to find my locker cleaned out and all of my personal belongings in the trash (photo attached) underneath trash,” Smith wrote. “These personal items included my family photos, written goals, inspirational and sentimental items memorializing my deceased former friend, roommate and teammate, Altee Tenpenny, and items of personal value from my former teammates.”
And
Not long after, an unidentified Alabama staffer told Smith that he could no longer work out at the athletic facility. Another staff member later told him he was no longer allowed at the athletic facility “to workout, to eat, or anything.”
I am sure Nick didn't personally deposit the player's belongings in the trash, but I can't imagine his personal demeanor didn't trickle down to players and staff.
Pretty awful way to treat a player who has given a lot to your program...for people who have been in air-conditioning their whole lives, no less. /s
#KeepItClassyAlabama
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I am sure he shows those who wish to depart the Spoils, if you will, one last time before tossing them into the cold, cold night....and into their arrest as state criminals perhaps.
The Spoils = Saban's balls
All empires eventually crumble.
August 3rd, 2016 at 11:34 PM ^
I can understand being dissappointed, but if a kid doesn't want to play there anymore, why would you want him or make it a pain for him to leave? Just tell him fine we will do what needs to be done on our part to help you transfer. Tell him to clean out his locker and move on.
Heck he's graduating from the school and busted his butt for 4 years for you, have some class and wish him the best in the future.
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About what's happening in their program. I wouldn't put it past him just to tell his assistants, "throw his crap in the trash." He's a dick.
August 3rd, 2016 at 10:35 PM ^
August 4th, 2016 at 12:29 AM ^