Bama SBNation - Prattville camp was set up for sole purpose of evaluating Dytarious Johnson
After the putz at RollBamaRoll was called out for getting the Dytarious Johnson story wrong, he responded in the most reasonable way possible...
By doubling down on his claim that Harbaugh is evil incarnate.
While my title SLIGHTLY exaggerates his argument, it doesn't do so by much.
What makes this excellent is that instead of a true "light bulb" feel-good story, we have Michigan all but setting up a "camp" for the sole purpose of reviewing players they were considering offering. It was never about having a true teaching camp.The Michigan fans who've given us feedback can be upset about a prior mischaracterized sentence, and that's fine, because in the end the fact that the Prattville junket catered to these kind of targets makes Harbaugh's behavior worse, not better. Finding a diamond in the rough is one thing - intentional obfuscation and shady-as-hell torturing of the rule to turn this "camp" into a specific recruitment visit is quite another.
It might even be an NCAA violation.
There you go. The Prattville Camp was set up to evaluate a single, two-star recruit (since I'm unaware of any others who were nearing an offer) and therefore Harbaugh is dabbling in NCAA violations.
Also, to reemphasize the point, Dytarious was the ONLY recruit who went to this camp because of the coaches telling him he was on the precipice of an offer. So the entire thing was a charade (which included hundreds of athletes, coaches from a number of schools, etc.) to evaluate one possible recruit
Aw, that's cute.
"Bless his little Alabama heart..."
I say we invite them up here to run camps...but then again, everyone knows how cold it is in Michigan in June and July. Go ask Mark at UGA.
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Salty ass fudge? Sounds worse than asswater
He conveniently looks the other way of the oversigning and killing the careers of current players.
I wondered where Roll Damn Tide went...
The accidental self outing of Roll Damn Tide may have been the best moment on the MGoBoard. The lengths that guy went to mascarade as an Alabama fan with respect for Michigan and their recruits was unbelievable. He even had imaginary sources from down south to match his imaginary persona and imaginary degree. Roll on I say!
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How funny is it that the poster with Matt Millen for an avatar calls someone a "stupid dickhead"?
Pure fucking hilarity, right there.
Thank you.
They should be thankful for the tourism dollars.
... I heartily second this post.
Could you tell me more about what you do? Sounds pretty cush--huge expense account, plenty of 'sampling' opportunities, etc.
I'm sure this LB has been on the radar for a considerable time. The writer forgets that NCAA recently finished the spring evaluation period and Bama has actual spring football. Any member of the staff could have gone down and watched him back in May. Didn't need a camp to do this.
I would call it intentional obfuscation and shady-as-hell torturing of logic to turn this "article" into a specific hit piece.
This guy has no idea how illogical he is.
If DJ were good enough to hold a camp solely to evaluate him they wouldn't need to hold a camp to evaluate him.
I don't see where he said that Harbaugh setup the camp for the benefit of a single player, but he is trying WAY too hard. Few Michigan fans will deny that Harbaugh is primarily doing these camps to scout players and connect with recruits, but there is a teaching element to the camps that is beneficial to the players. And they're being pretty transparent about their motives when they brand the Ann Arbor camp as "Exposure U".
But I guess since these camps benefit Michigan's recruiting, they're pure evil. That's some solid logic.
I think it should be obvious - based on specific locations - that this is a recruiting tool. It also benefits the players.
So in the end we have an actual Win-Win situation. Imagine that...
As I said, my title is an exaggeration.
However, he does say that the camp was set up "for the sole purpose of reviewing players they were considering offering."
Considering that DJ seems to have been the only player that this applied to, that's the logical conclusion of his argument.
he at least strongly implied yesterday that the camp was all about DJ. (I gave the article the time it deserved, so my recollection isn't perfect; I refuse to click on the current one). I suspect he hedged his bets after rethinking the logic (such as it was) of setting up an entire camp solely for one "lightly recruited" two-star who was somehow simultaneously under Michigan's radar, yet worthy of setting up an entire camp to evaluate and recruit. In addiition, DJ could have been offered without doing the camp at all.
For anyone within 6 degrees of separation with the SEC to complain about this is absurd. He's just trying to gin up support for a ban.
didn't discuss recruitment at the camp, how is it a violation? On top of that, is it earth shattering news that a college coach evaluated a kid at a camp for a scholarship? Quite the novel idea!
SEC honks should be very careful about labeling things as "shady as hell" when it comes to recruiting...
on MGoBlog? It's more likely than you think.
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It's almost refreshing after all those heteros throw their "lifestyle" in our faces /s
Oversigning will be outlawed and I will cackle as the SEC fans pout and moan.
How could you be an Alabama fan and think you have any place to talk about skirting NCAA rules?
Consider the broader context ...
- For quite a spell the narrative was the SEC was dominant and would be so forever
- Then Florida State won the NC
- Then Ohio State won the NC
- Alabama looks merely mortal
- Florida has yet to prove they've come out of their slump
- Arkansas has Brett Bielma, fergodsake
What we're seeing is the expected behavior of children when they realize they're not the center of the universe they thought they were.
He's dead on, he just doesn't realize how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Not only was the Pratville camp set up for sole purpose of evaluating Dytarious Johnson, but all the other camps on the swarm tour are just a smokescreen to mislead people. The whole TOUR was about Dytarious Johnson. In fact, the only reason why Jim Harbaugh came back to Michigan was so he could recruit Dytarious Johnson. Why? Because the old seers have foretold that Dytarious Johnson is the only man who can kill Jim Harbaugh. Or, more exactly, the archdemon Xyzzzratzx that inhabits Jim Harbaugh's empty shell. Nick Saban knows this as well and has been working his whole life to defeat the demon, but unfortunately he's currently being hampered by SEC regulations.
You've had an account for 3 years and 25 weeks and this is your first post?
And the dude gets neg-banged for making what was a joking comment. :-(
the best post I've ever read on this site.
Says the guy with a join date of less than 3 months ago...
09 dipshit
go watch some espn you sheep
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