Quote Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg View Post
I'm sorry, were you a big time football player?

Again, I respect your kindness but that won't help us win big.

My perspective is from wanting to win big. I just laugh at how you guys complain about the coaches for the most ridiculous things but then play the "good guy" card in recruiting.

It's completely backwards and gets us nowhere.
Alabama and Auburn recruit out of state and win big. The best player in Alabama is committed to Georgia. It happens. Better opportunities, better relationships, family ties, etc. And I think the problem here is that you think it's different just because I wasn't a big time football player. As a teacher, I have had numerous students go to MSU because of my influence. Good, solid students that add to the whole of MSU. So while I may not put butts in seats, my decision to go to MSU from living in Alabama has put butts in classrooms across campus.

I was nice on my first post. Now I'll be a little more blunt. It's a bad take and you are making our program look bad. Denegrating kids is the kind of crap OM fans do. Kids go out of state and there isn't a thing you can do about it. Making a kid feel bad for leaving the state is a really terrible take and could make others leave because you are basically telling them they don't get to choose or have a choice. Wrong way to approach this generation of kids.