Sam Burnthall Leaves Team
Junior defensive back Sam Burnthall is no longer a member of the University of Alabama football team.
'Sam Burnthall has left the team for personal reasons,' head coach Nick Saban said Wednesday. 'We have granted him his release and we wish him the best.'
No real surprises here, honestly. Burnthall was a pretty lowly-recruited prospect, and he really wasn't getting any playing time even while we were struggling under Shula or in Saban's first year. At this point, even the possibility of legitimate playing time was a foregone conclusion, and I imagine that is what is motivating this move.
Either way, it's room for one more player we can sign in the 2009 recruiting class.
ed.- This is way old news (from before the start of the season), so I'm not sure why it was on the front page of TideSports.com (and still is at the moment). Anyway, oops.
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Odd
Regardless of how good he was, likely to see the field, etc. it just seems odd to leave the team when the end of the season (that to some extent, began before the bowl game last year) is so close in sight.
by Bobby Briggs on Nov 21, 2008 4:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
possibly motivated to join a team and enroll for next semester to participate in spring drills on a new team…?
by bamainexile on Nov 21, 2008 4:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't he already gone?
The Tuscaloosa News article on TideSports about this dates from mid August.
by streetweirdo on Nov 21, 2008 4:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah....
He left the team before the season even began, guys…..
by sandman227 on Nov 21, 2008 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
In other news,
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
by Nick's Hat Band on Nov 23, 2008 9:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I bet he's kicking himself...
…about now. Along with a few others who shall remain nameless, but led us to the Fulmer Cup Championship.
"I hate everything orange"
It's all about Crimson - ROLL TIDE!!!
by bamavicki on Nov 21, 2008 4:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yes!!! I wear my Fulmer Cup Championship ring everywhere I go...
no, nevermind…I don’t…cuz that would mean I’m focused on the past and not the present relative to possible future Fulmer Cups…
RBR's KING of HIP-HOP...
by SpockJenkins on Nov 21, 2008 6:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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