Quote Originally Posted by Token Bammer View Post
I disagree. Players don't come to Alabama expecting to start. The only thing players are promised at Alabama is an opportunity to work hard and compete, and if they earn it they will play. Players who want to be promised a starting position go to schools like UGA, because Kirby has been making such promises since he arrived in Athens. It's going to backfire eventually.

When Alabama is thin at a position (like LB this year) and a player has a chance to come in and play, win a ring, and possibly improve his draft status by doing so, Alabama is going to be tough to turn down.

The thing that concerns me the most about transfers isn't that a player or two will transfer because that's going to happen everywhere. I believe poaching players is going to skyrocket. I think staffs are going to have to recruit their own players who are already on roster and shouldn't have to be worried about. I believe their will be many, many problems down the road.
I don't think a kid commits to a school not thinking they are going to start. They commit to Bama they believe they are good enough to be a starter. If they thought they would ride the pine at Bama they would go to Tenn.