Antonio Alfano
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Saban not ending the best message, particularly to parents of prospective recruits.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...io-alfano-basically-quit/ar-AAHuMFw?ocid=iehp
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...io-alfano-basically-quit/ar-AAHuMFw?ocid=iehp
Yeah, it's killing Bama's recruiting.
I'll look for this kid on the next season of Last Chance U.
Incredibly talented but he had more than a few issue coming out of high school. He was better his senior year but this was real fear for everyone who was recruiting him.
Happy to see you experts know so much.
And of course he"s not worth the trouble for the team you coach.
And of course he"s not worth the trouble for the team you coach.
For a self-proclaimed "old" guy, one would expect you'd have been around long enough to have some ability to read between the lines on something like this. We have seen this movie before-many times. In fact, it has literally become a movie--or at least a reality series--Last Chance U.
Do you honestly think Nick Saban would let this guy walk away from his program like this and say the things he said publicly if he was worth having around?
Two words for you: Chris Clark. Two more: Kam Carter.
Like I said--I look forward to seeing this guy next season on Netflix. Chances are he won't go to class or get his grades at LCU either.
Here's another message Saban sent about this guy:
We all mistakes… But I think you compound the problem when you don’t confront the mistakes that you make and you create greater consequences for yourself because of the choices and decisions that you make after you make a mistake. So hopefully this will be a learning experience for all the guys on our team.
This isn't about a sick grandma, believe me.
Who cares what saban says? Hes likely correct. Minus very few situations, transfers generally fizzle out.
Nobody knows his situation. He is a jersey teenager trying to make it in Alabama. Who knows what he came from and what he is going through away from family. I would take him in a second. 6-4 athletes are hard to find. Peterman and Savage transferred. Both are in the NFL
I don’t get the internet tough guys berating kids
I don’t get the internet tough guys berating kids
You forget that some of these posters were perfect as teenagers, and just cannot relate.
It’s not that “nobody knows his situation”-it’s that you don’t. If you did a little homework on the situation, you might have a different perspective.
I wish the kid absolutely no ill will. But his history to this point suggests that his football career will not have a happy ending. There is a lot of historical precedent to draw from here.
So you do homework to obtain negative info on teenagers. Where do you get this homework info? Message boards from other adults like yourself.
Teenagers are young and make bad decisions. I do not know of any criminal actions. Maybe his grades are not up to snuff. Maybe he is just homesick
I will typically validate facts to the degree possible before I publish something. pretty quick and easy to do with a smart phone in hand.
The fact that you’re critical of that method versus just throwing out a random unfounded theory says a lot.
Seems simple.. if he does wants to go to PITT and HCPN wants him..
It’s hard enough to get info on football team when I worked in the building. So you are able to get inside info at the University of Alabama and where this kid lives in New Jersey. You sit behind a computer regurgitating information from people like you. Have you ever played that kindergarten game where a kid is told something and it goes around the room and the last kid has a different message. You are the last kid.
If there is a coach and a team to get him on the right track, its the Pitt Panthers. Look how good our culture is, Alfano might just work out here.
Dude's grandma is sick and he doesn't want to play football right now. I don't know what other "issues" are there but Saban is pissed his best recruit ditched him so he's playing the "character" card. That's pretty ironic.
Well, UPMC has some tremendous assisted living facilities for the elderly and infirmed. Put Gramma up in Sherwood Oaks or similar. A team intern can wheel her to Bingo each Tuedsay night. But get that kid down to the South Side stat!
If I remember correctly he was high on Penn State until Josh Gattis went to Alabama. Don’t be surprised to see him at Michigan
