OT: Nick Saban on 2nd Chances. Agree or Disagree?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LJXyywQXsE
Edit: Since everyone's talking about Saban cutting people from the team etc. Here is a list of all the schools that actually offer multiyear scholarships in all sports and how many actually get cut.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jon-solomon/24711067/sc…
December 21st, 2014 at 2:20 AM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 2:30 PM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 2:24 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 11:15 AM ^
So you agree, but not fully agree.
December 21st, 2014 at 2:25 AM ^
It's hard to disagree. Now I see why he's so successful. He brought a tear to my eye, but I am a softie.
December 21st, 2014 at 2:32 AM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 3:12 AM ^
Until Saban cut him due to oversigning.
December 21st, 2014 at 8:57 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 1:23 PM ^
Sure that is fair to the athlete, but how is that fair to the rest of the coaches/schools that "play fair"? Either way, Saban gets an unfair advantage.
December 21st, 2014 at 2:40 AM ^
That's basically the reason I changed my stance a few years ago on kicking players off the team for run ins with the law or the university. If we really want to believe that schollarships for college athletes help to better them, we should want coaches to do everything in their power to get them to graduation. Shouldn't let them straight back on the field, but better on campus and around students then living on their own and fending for themselves at the age of 19 and often from a disadvantaged background.
December 21st, 2014 at 7:59 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
a lot of these guys wouldn't have the slightest chance of attending college if they weren't playing football.
December 21st, 2014 at 2:40 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 2:45 AM ^
OOOOOK....
December 21st, 2014 at 3:47 AM ^
You're on your phone and you keep pressing the next word it predicts that you'll say?
December 21st, 2014 at 7:45 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 7:55 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 2:42 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 2:56 AM ^
Are you having a stroke?
December 21st, 2014 at 10:20 AM ^
December 21st, 2014 at 7:16 AM ^
Bad weed?
December 21st, 2014 at 7:51 AM ^
When dictation software turns Big City Chicago pre-wedding party planning emails into MGoBlog posts?
Yes sir, put you on the e indeed.
December 21st, 2014 at 2:42 AM ^
My question to him is if he is talking about 2nd chances for the talented players or the ones that have not met his expectations?
December 21st, 2014 at 2:45 AM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 2:46 AM ^
Saban cuts players like it's an NFL roster. He doesn't have a whole lot of moral ground to stand on regarding the well-being of his players.
December 21st, 2014 at 2:50 AM ^
Damn. Saban is a powerful speaker. I can see how he motivates his players. I agree with him in most cases. The Csonte York thing though for example, he had to be let go. The video evidence was so overwhelming that what he did was malicious and violent, unprovoked attack...which he had lied about to Coach Hoke. In that case, he was cut and deserved to be. Other cases are not so clear cut. Most other cases are not captured on video either. Cases of extreme violence towards women in particularly do no deserve another chance.
December 21st, 2014 at 3:10 AM ^
In other words, if you're a great player, you should absolutely get a second chance. If you warm the bench, well, fuck you.
The fact that anyone buys this kind of crap from Saban is hilarious.
December 21st, 2014 at 3:47 AM ^
He may be a great speaker and is twisting that logic to suit his roster needs, but the message in the video is the right one. I'd rather have the kids on campus with a support system then out on their own facing a tough situation.
December 21st, 2014 at 4:43 AM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 8:07 AM ^
Read the M player comments from the last banquet.
December 21st, 2014 at 10:53 AM ^
Universities, coaches, AAU, players, parents, journalists, refs, dog catchers, garbage men, hair dressers, hookers, maitre ds and message board posters just to make it fair and more complete.
December 21st, 2014 at 10:24 AM ^
The worst part of college sports is when a kid gets in trouble then fans from other schools pull out their magical spread sheets and start computing what the punishment should be. Leave it to the coaches, as how they handle it will come back to them (see: Urban Meyer).
December 21st, 2014 at 5:35 PM ^
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December 21st, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
Not that he shouldn't have been kicked off the team and punished, but after he gets out of prison what's going to happen to him I wonder? Has he been expelled? Will he ever get a degree? Obviously his girlfriend is the victim here but what about the future? I don't think it's inconceivable that if left on his own the cycle will just be perpetuated and more people will suffer in the future just so that here in the present day we can entertain the belief that justice has been served.
December 21st, 2014 at 11:12 AM ^
Why not shove every person convicted of a crime through Michigan then? If this is about social welfare then it's pretty hard to argue that someone's ability to run around in a circle at a high speed is grounds for getting rescued while other poor people are left to attend Rand University.
December 21st, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^