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Plenty of teams that do NOT win at the level of Alabama-Clemson manage to retain players. Yes, retention will be EASIER if we win more. What if we had won our final 3 games, and finished 9-4? Would we still have Njoku? Reed? Hightower? Lingard? I think most people chose to "quit the...

It's all good. I have no idea whether it is even realistic to get some of these guys to come back, but I don't think we are "soft" because of this. Bottom line, we have a ton of posters screaming about not using all 85 scholarships on recruited players, yet we keep struggling with retention...

Alabama is letting Scooby Carter come back, and I don't think Saban is considered "soft". I'm not trying to argue, I'm just warning against making a blanket/no-exceptions type of a rule or judgement. Guys like Jeff Thomas and Tate Martell have issues beyond "considering a transfer". Maybe...

Your post is just a hodgepodge of generalizations. Having a player come back, a player who had specific issues with a coach, is not what makes us "soft". Plenty of UM players have considered transferring in the past, but came back to the team. Unfortunately, in today's technology, players can...