He had his chance. He started a few games last year (and the year before IIRC)

Dec 8, 2016
8:27:06am

TheLoneCougar 3rd String

but couldn't seize the opportunity to take on the starting role.

But you are essentially correct. Tough go for some of these guys.

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Perfect example of why it isn't always best to go to best team in nation

FMOCIE

12/8/16 8:08am

He had his chance. He started a few games last year (and the year before IIRC)

TheLoneCougar

12/8/16 8:27am

yep. OP has a point, but Bateman is a poor example. he simply wasn't

smokymountainrain

12/8/16 8:37am

The name Jake Heaps comes to mind for some reason when discussing broken.....

Bonoman

12/8/16 11:54am

But he could have gone to another school and started until loss the job

FMOCIE

12/8/16 2:54pm

why should we feel sorry for him? He got a scholly to Alabama. Only 25 kids a

bald man

12/8/16 8:29am

Not to mention won a few NCs as well!

TheLoneCougar

12/8/16 8:35am

No doubt.

bald man

12/8/16 9:21am

Alabama isn't exactly a door opener when it comes to getting hired. It may even

OliverGranger

12/8/16 10:06am

He didn't go there for the academics.

bald man

12/8/16 10:18am

It is when you played on the football team.

The Old Y

12/8/16 12:16pm

Yes and no

cajuncoug

12/8/16 5:15pm

NC player on Alabama is absolutely a door opener if you live in the South

(Private)

12/8/16 2:50pm

Except he didn't play for Alabama. He sat on the bench. I'd rather go to a

Bgash

12/8/16 11:53am

but he did play.

bald man

12/8/16 12:07pm

How much play time did he get

Bgash

12/8/16 12:22pm

does it matter? He was given a scholly for the best program/team in

bald man

12/8/16 1:02pm

If your goal is to tell people you sat on the bench at Bama then great.

Bgash

12/8/16 2:23pm

I don't disagree with what your saying there, but that wasn't the point of the

bald man

12/8/16 2:32pm

Actually that was the point of the OP. Too many recruits want to go to best

FMOCIE

12/8/16 2:52pm

He's not LDS....

CoachSpeak

12/8/16 9:16am

I bet you're referring to

RdF3

12/8/16 10:53am

No, although good guess....

CoachSpeak

12/8/16 10:58am

I can't blame him for going to 'Bama and seeing where the chips fall. However,

Ulysses14

12/8/16 9:24am

If a coach can leave or be fired, so should the players.

bald man

12/8/16 9:53am

Also Alabama isn't a very good example....

CoachSpeak

12/8/16 9:35am

AJ McCarron

mitchwhite221

12/8/16 10:00am

What's he doing these days?

CoachSpeak

12/8/16 10:29am

but his wife is...

CariocaCoug

12/8/16 11:23am

Yea...definitely props for the wife...

CoachSpeak

12/8/16 11:46am

Musburger, is that you?

Unibro

12/8/16 5:00pm

Backup is nothing to sneeze at. He's gotten some playing time and has done decently when

Adrielle

12/8/16 1:12pm

Agreed, but the point is Alabama isn't cranking out superstar qb's....

CoachSpeak

12/8/16 2:41pm

No, he's a newly minted ESPN analyst...

marklar39

12/8/16 10:30pm

You obviously don't follow Bama football...

Dissenter

12/8/16 11:28pm

That doesn't mean he was all that good....

CoachSpeak

12/9/16 1:43pm

Some good research on this

Mises

12/8/16 12:14pm

If I were a hot-shot QB, I would play for 1 of 4 schools

Dissenter

12/8/16 1:35pm

Bama gets 5* QBs every year. They win NCs, but a pro career isn't often the

WhyKnot

12/8/16 2:33pm

Uh.... Bama seems pretty unbeatable to me right now.

(Private)

12/8/16 2:52pm

I'd probably add Michigan to that list based on their

Ulysses14

12/9/16 7:12am

oops, I gues I read more into than I should have.

bald man

12/8/16 2:57pm

I'd rather play three or four years on a good team than be a second or third

Nagurski

12/8/16 3:02pm

I thought most recruits would feel that way too, but based on comments maybe not

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