Scout.com: Eddie Lacy makes the grade Tide signees Lacey, Sentimore appear set toenroll - Roll 'Bama Roll so both of these guys are eligible after everyone reported they wouldn't be? What happens in a few years if these 2 louisiana kids shine at GumpU and beat up on LSU? I like the job Les has done with recruiting but letting good players from Louisiana go to Alabama is something that should not happen. Who knows maybe they will be busts, but if they aren't, will Miles catch heat for it?
It's all a gamble. Miles took shots with Benton and Perilloux and got burned twice. He will likely not be so eager to give scholarships to guys on the edge with grades or guys who have had issues in high school.
I'm really glad for both of them and hope they don't become ineligible in the future. I also hope they don't get "cut" by Saban in a numbers crunch so they have an opportunity to actually graduate. I don't care if they're busts or not.
They still have to make grades and it won't be a cakewalk for them. Every team has marginal players that can't make the grade including LSU. Well, we've beat up on them with Alabama players for a decade. Life's a bitch. Les gets pretty much who he wants in Louisiana and even more from out of state. We can't take every blue-chip player in Louisiana and Les can't stop Bama or anyone else from signing players here, especially if we back away because of grades. We're better off with the academically qualified and let Bama take the academic risks. Bama oversigns big time and they expect to take casualties.
when youre recruiting 200 guys you have to cut some guys off at the end. when you have depth that other teams dont have the players with academic problems usually go first.
