BOL Round Table

Scholarship = free year of schooling at Alabama
Greyshirt scholarship = free year of schooling at Alabama, after a 6-month delay

Lot of knee jerk anger on the board over this. If the kid was upset then I feel bad for him... Our staff has an excellent record on communicating effectively to the prospective student athletes. In fact as the last 5 years prove, they are the best in the country at communicating with prospects.

Was a mistake made here? Possibly. However to make assumptions based on reports from people who are emotionally involved in the situation is well... (can't think of a nice way to say stupid).

It is just as likely that the staff was perfectly open about the possibility from day one and DP just didn't pay attention to it in the excitement over getting to play for Alabama.

All I am saying is that no one on this board, including insiders, staff, etc knows what happened in this situation, so making definitive judgements is stupid.

Coach Saban and our staff has earned the right to the benefit of the doubt.