One Man Is Killing Recruiting

[Blackout]

And you really think that Dan and the cigar boys couldn't effect change if Bracky was really killing our program?

The so called sorority girls who love to gossip and never get any real shit done?

[Jarius]

Well let's see, Bracky started in 2002 while Jackie was still here. He is on his 3rd head football coach, 3rd AD, and how many Presidents now? Yet he is still here. Maybe that is the question you need to ask. He survives for a reason and no President seems willing to let him go. So yes, after his 13 years of being here I don't thing the atheletic department and the cigar boys have the pull or the want to to get rid of him.

Or maybe they just know that he isn't the real problem with our recruiting.

[yjnkdawg]

This. I don't understand it either. I know he isn't going to do us in favors (see Redmond) but he can't do anything to actually stop our "network" from going out there and getting players.

If the Administration is not in favor of playing the recruiting game, I don't see how a Network would be able to do what you say. Everybody had to be on the same page, including the coach, compliance office, administration, etc.

[Really Clark?]

Or maybe they just know that he isn't the real problem with our recruiting.

Never implied either way. He is being kind of naive with the thought process that the coach and/or boosters have the power he thinks they do. At least not here at this time. He is an administrative hire and answers to the President only. Have some of his decisions with things have a negative impact on how we recruit and how lose we are outside of the coaches? I won't say, but he has been here through a lot of changes.

[BossDawg]

This entire premise is stupid. You think the compliance director at school x says it's ok to pass red bags? No. Just wrong . Period.

I think the issue most people have with Bracky is, well, (and this is a crude and sarcastic example) if we were handing out maroon bags and Bracky knew, he'd be calling up the NCAA and reporting it, trying to look honest and negotiate penalties. Everyone else has some sleazeball lawyer in place that wouldn't say a word and would tell the NCAA to f*&k off if they started snooping around.

[sleepy dawg]

It just seems to me that blaming Bracky for poor recruiting is akin to giving the part time night watchman credit for the low crime in Sturgis, MS. While he may prepare the report to submit to the ncaa, surely the AD and the legal team determine its content. I just don't see Dan sitting back accepting a compliance officer screwing his program.

I don't think Bracky is THE reason our recruiting isn't great, but he is a clear hurdle that other universities don't seem to have to deal with in the same way. Other compliance officers seem to work with/for their university. Bracky works against our university.

[IMissJack]

I'm sure Nick Saban agrees with that.

Kids go to Bama to go to the NFL and win championships, not because they love Saban.

[IMissJack]

I don't think Bracky has as much effect as some people think. However, there is a reason that all colleges have attorneys in this type of position. There are a lot of complicated rules first of all, and secondly you are working with/or against lawyers for the NCAA. I'm amazed that we don't have an attorney in that position. How is he qualified for the position?

[tcdog70]

Kids go to Bama to go to the NFL and win championships, not because they love Saban.

Bama opens the doors and twenty 4-5 star recruits run in. Not shit to do with Saban. They have always recruited top 5.