Saban Cleaning House?

by outsidethesidelines on Dec 12, 2007 5:25 PM CST in Football

Apparently the ol' Nicktator has been doing things other than burning up the recruiting trails. It seems that Coach Saban is getting ready to do some serious house cleaning around the Capstone with respect to the current roster. According to an article in today's Montgomery Advertiser:

Saban is in the process of evaluating those younger players and several of them, perhaps as many as a dozen, will be encouraged to transfer to other schools in search of more playing time. The new coach and his staff have spent the year asking players to buy into his process.

Elaborating upon that further...

Saban declined to name any specific players who will not be retained on scholarship, saying that was "their decision" and not his, but he indicated one or two players, as he did in August, will be retained on non-athletic scholarships and released from the team for medical reasons.

He also pointed at a rash of suspensions this year as an indicator of the types of problems the staff incurred in enforcing their will on players

In other words, it seems like we are headed for a lot of attrition. I say good riddance.

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Thank The Dear Lord

Is this why this year's recruiting class seems to be large and only getting larger?

by CaptStu on Dec 12, 2007 5:58 PM CST reply actions

No matter how many people we cut

we can only add 25 players at a time. Someone correct me if i'm wrong.

by alextuscaloosa on Dec 12, 2007 9:36 PM CST reply actions

that is correct...

there is a limit on total scholarships and yearly additions...

by fourthstooge on Dec 12, 2007 9:50 PM CST reply actions

We can fill the gaps ...

... with walk-ons. We always have. Some of our best players recently have been walk-ons, remember?

BamaFrazier

by BamaFrazier on Dec 13, 2007 6:14 AM CST reply actions

Is there anything to ................

the rumor that McElroy is transfering?

by russellc on Dec 13, 2007 12:28 PM CST reply actions

Nothing concrete

He's a good student who is well liked. He might be frustrated by a lack of playing time. But if i was a coach i'd let him know he's got a shot in spring practice to become the starter.

by alextuscaloosa on Dec 13, 2007 1:41 PM CST up reply actions

Hope saban runs the deadwood away

Saban has to run off some of the deadwood players
I wish Bama could sign more than 25 players. Let's
cross our fingers that bama signs JONES,HARRIS,TOLLIVER,T.J.BRYANT, and others. Bama
will be young next year and we have to show patience with Saban and the team!! ROLL TIDE!!

by tucker99 on Dec 14, 2007 4:51 AM CST reply actions