OT: Tide Clear Scholarship Room by Punting Thieves

I would rather Saban boot a player who broke the rules, than a player who didn't meet performance expectations.

It needed to be done.

Its good to see you again, Geaux.

And its good to see that at least Saban's practice is actually punishing players that should probably be punished this year.

But it was actually warranted.  

Terrible title.  We all bash the coaches for being too lenient on players who violate the rules.  So instead of appauding Saban for having a backbone you are making him seem devious by kicking off player who broke rules?  Saban might be a douche but give the man credit this time.

Sadly, I read the title and immediately wondered who this Thieves kid was, what position he played and how highly he was rated.  

To add to the troubles of Eddie Williams in particular, I believe there had been a story somewhere that said he was arrested the day before the robberies and attacks described in the Washington Post article for carrying a handgun without a license, and I think Calloway has been in trouble before as well, but for marijuana possession.

It is hopefully fair to say that what these players did should not reflect the values of ANY organization, to paraphrase Nick. Here is a slightly more detailed piece with some more of his quotes regarding this (LINK). Actually, it states that after their judicial review at Alabama, the four mentioned in the article are no longer enrolled there either.

Not fired in the truest sense, but...

For some reason I'm reminded of Gollum sprinkling the lembas crumbs on Samwise's cloak.

This is just next level roster management by Saban.  He's got a network of narcs following around non-performers. 

This is meant as a joke.

Probably.

I have tons of respect for Nick Saban.  I really do.

Quote from him regarding those kids:  "Some people learn by words, some people learn by consequences and some people can't learn at all." 

My eyes burn from reading the comments on al.com

I honestly don't think he did it to clear roster space. All 4 were really good recruits and 3 of them saw time as freshman. He wouldn't just drop them for unproven recruits. As much as I hate Alabama and Nick Saban I think he did it to teach a lesson to those kids. Just my thoughts

Now, I dislike the Dark Lord Nick Saban as much as the next guy, but that thread title is weak. That was very TMZ/Tabloid Magazine of you. 

Maybe they were kicked off the team for being turds, not for clearing scholarships?

So if Saban doesn't cut them ... He's Satan, and $EC and blablaba

If Saban cut them ... He's Satan because he did this to get room to sign other players.

Well, obviously Saban set them up on the crimes.  Must've been a handful of the 3-stars that he overlooked when they signed their LOI (aka letter-of-you-can-try-out-for-bama).  Now he looks like a Saint instead of Satan because he booted some "lawbreakers" from his team.  It's the perfect scheme!

/s <-- Someone would miss it.

The part of the story everyone is missing, is Saban didn't dismiss anyone, the University kicked them out.  Unless, I read it wrong.

University spokeswoman Deborah Lane said Wednesday that linebackers D.J. Pettway and Tyler Hayes, safety Eddie Williams and H-back Brent Calloway are no longer enrolled after a judicial review.

Good move on Saban's part, but I still hate him.

and coached at Mississippi State, no one would care. Not to mention, holding up Saban as the posterchild for oversigning is like making Andy Pettite the posterchild for PEDs. The only evidence that Saban has forced anything onto anyone is the NYT article that had very questionable integrity. He's easy to hate, I get it. I'm no fan of Saban, but following every roster decision he makes to try and uncover some dirt on him is silly. FTR, I realize that this thread was created at least partially for humor and the OP likely doesn't think Saban kicked the players off the team to clear roster spots. This is just something that has been annoying me for a while.

he still has 6 more players to get rid of to get to 85.

Saban didn't do crap other than follow along with the University's Judicial Review ruling (as if he had a choice).  The fact is that the University kicked them out and, of course, Saban is just spinning it like he did something disciplinarian.  He didn't do squat. 

I'm sure that this helps Saban's cause, but booting a couple of guys guilty of robbing doesn't strike me as repeatable "roster management."  Now, when a third-string LB gets pinched for missing curfew by 10 minutes, then we'll have something to complain about.

Fact that the school kicked them out means saban just followed what already was directed by the school. 

Oversigning...well it's roster management and what needs to be addressed isn't the 25 per yr limit but it needs to be 25  plus 3 in a yr or 85 total plus 3...  that way if you only have 15 available scholarships and you can't still sign 28 something the sec is still doing.

If you want to define a position of luxury this is an example of it. These guys are mostly well recruited guys, who couldnt make the two deep. Their dismissal means nothing probably and allows them to reload.

That said. That is the luxury of being the best and getting who you want. This would not be something we could afford. 

However our coaches would do the same thing. So dont think you can fault Saban. 

This is what sec does, they take chances on recruiting, sometimes the recruit will work just fine sometimes he will show its true colors as a thug.. How do u play representing the student body and then you go and beat up students and steal their stuff... Gangsta fooo life LOL