Maurice Smith speaks about ongoing battle w/BAMA to Transfer

[TreOFive]

Rules were made to be broken. Hats off to the kid and his mother. If you make the effort to graduate with eligibility left you should be rewarded and allowed to go wherever you **** will please. At the end of the day he's a STUDENT athlete and academic success should be rewarded. The rule should be changed. Good for him for fighting there fight.

His mother sounds like an entitled *******. At least for the 2 sentences I heard of her.

If anything his mother sounds very intelligent and is trying to give her son the opportunity to go wherever he wants to go.

Sounds like an enabling ****-stirring idiot who is coddling her son and convincing him to fight a losing battle. Mommy and he can "think" whatever they want about this situation, but the clear rules allow Saban to do exactly what he's doing.

see your the guy that ends up failing my class because you failed to read the syllabus and classroom policies. Then try to push me around by going to the dean. all that for nothing because the rules are in writing and if you didnt like them then you should have taken another course

He signed a contract when he signed with BAMA/ SEC school. As much as I hate bama...kid should have read the fine print. This is an SEC rule and its at the coaches discretion. Its essentially a contract and now he doesnt like a clause after the fact. End of the day, he gonna **** away his final opportunity because he thinks he is entitled.

MOVE ON!!!

 

[TreOFive]

Rules were made to be broken. Hats off to the kid and his mother. If you make the effort to graduate with eligibility left you should be rewarded and allowed to go wherever you **** will please. At the end of the day he's a STUDENT athlete and academic success should be rewarded. The rule should be changed. Good for him for fighting there fight.

His mother sounds like an entitled *******. At least for the 2 sentences I heard of her.

If anything his mother sounds very intelligent and is trying to give her son the opportunity to go wherever he wants to go.

Sounds like an enabling ****-stirring idiot who is coddling her son and convincing him to fight a losing battle. Mommy and he can "think" whatever they want about this situation, but the clear rules allow Saban to do exactly what he's doing.

If he is after an academic goal, sure. Obviously this is not the case. I have seen too many of these enabler-type parents involved in their children's educations. It's making teaching undergraduates unbearable. These days one can only derive satisfaction from educating the 10-15% that are actually accountable and want to learn. I am pretty sure most college professors would agree on this.

100%

helicopter parents who think I need to talk to them because they pay tuition/books or what ever else for their adult children. also this entitled generation feels the rules dont apply to me.

Had a student rip me a new one during a course eval. stated that i was irrational and unprofessional because I marked them absent when they were not in class. They felt this was unfair and that I "picked on them"

fugoutta here!!!!

 

[Al Foil]

This is just comedy, but I would expect nothing less than in today's world of pure idiocy.

First, Kirby Smart pulled the same s**t with AJ Turman; however, he made it a totally arbitrary rule.

The BAMA SEC rule has always been in place.

Not sure if this is Smart pushing it (which would be disgusting) or if the kid and his family are so dense that they will try to win this battle while assuredly losing the war.

 

[TreOFive]

Rules were made to be broken. Hats off to the kid and his mother. If you make the effort to graduate with eligibility left you should be rewarded and allowed to go wherever you **** will please. At the end of the day he's a STUDENT athlete and academic success should be rewarded. The rule should be changed. Good for him for fighting there fight.

Sounds like an enabling ****-stirring idiot who is coddling her son and convincing him to fight a losing battle. Mommy and he can "think" whatever they want about this situation, but the clear rules allow Saban to do exactly what he's doing.

If he is after an academic goal, sure. Obviously this is not the case. I have seen too many of these enabler-type parents involved in their children's educations. It's making teaching undergraduates unbearable. These days one can only derive satisfaction from educating the 10-15% that are actually accountable and want to learn. I am pretty sure most college professors would agree on this.

College professors are a bunch of liberals, so you want to talk about entitlement?

Depending what one teaches. Sounds like you majored in liberal art and got what you paid for.

dont generalize all professors...also....what houstx said

 

[TreOFive]

Rules were made to be broken. Hats off to the kid and his mother. If you make the effort to graduate with eligibility left you should be rewarded and allowed to go wherever you **** will please. At the end of the day he's a STUDENT athlete and academic success should be rewarded. The rule should be changed. Good for him for fighting there fight.

If he is after an academic goal, sure. Obviously this is not the case. I have seen too many of these enabler-type parents involved in their children's educations. It's making teaching undergraduates unbearable. These days one can only derive satisfaction from educating the 10-15% that are actually accountable and want to learn. I am pretty sure most college professors would agree on this.

College professors are a bunch of liberals, so you want to talk about entitlement?

Depending what one teaches. Sounds like you majored in liberal art and got what you paid for.

Miami MBA.

Look, I mean you're trying to say that 80-90 percent of your students have an entitlement mentality....I'm pointing out that university professors are overwhelmingly liberal/progressive and could themselves be accused by the general public of having entitlement issues.

Just a bit ironic. If you ask me, you and your students deserve each other. Me...I pay taxes and work.

Oh i didnt know i did not need to pay taxes being university faculty. I will call HR first thing tomorrow morning to clear that up. thanks for the info

 

[Al Foil]

If this kid is dumb enough to go back to BAMA after this, he deserves everything Saban will do to him.

Saban will make this kid wish he was never born for this stunt.

 

[orange&green84]

His mother sounds the opposite of intelligent. Whether her son "should" be allowed to transfer wherever he wants, is a discussion for a classroom. Because it only exists in "theory." Unfortunately for her son, he has to play in the real world. And in the real world, he isn't allowed to go to Georgia. So act accordingly.
This is like somebody arguing that taxation is theft. You can argue all day long that the government shouldn't be allowed to tax the money you worked for. But guess what? Come April, you pay. There's nothing intelligent about going to jail because you refused to pay.

Would love her to name the mysterious graduate program that only exists at Georgia where he "also happens to want to also play football"

I'd love to know the mysterious classes and cake walk major that allowed a football player who doesn't take full-time classes during the season to earn enough credits to graduate in 3 years.

THAT is the 1st joke - the second is watching your mom cry that you couldn't enjoy fake graduation day.

Most players take a full-time course load during the season. You have to schedule it right so that the harder/more time consuming courses are in the Spring. But yeah, I get skeptical of a major that can be done in 3 years. Computer Science took me 4 1/2 years.

I should have been more clear - they take the minimum requirement to be considered full-time (usually 12 credits) but not a full-time class load most college kids take. I know many take summer courses, but it's still "skeptical" as you put it.

Yeah, I'm not sure how they do it as 5 is considered full-time but I usually took 4 given the difficulty in the courses. I'm sure some of these kids do 4 at a time during the summer since nothing is going on at that point.

 

[FrancisSawyer]

He couldn't enjoy being the 1st person in his family to graduate college because big bad Saban won't let him transfer to UGA.

Sounded like a crybaby to me when he was spewing about his stuff in the trash. He and his mommy made it too obvious that they're trying to use the press to bully Saban into doing what they want him to do. Now, he's whining about not being able to enjoy graduation? Sounds like a percy *** to me.

Seems like a good player but not too sure I'd want this **** on my team.

 

[orange&green84]

His mother sounds the opposite of intelligent. Whether her son "should" be allowed to transfer wherever he wants, is a discussion for a classroom. Because it only exists in "theory." Unfortunately for her son, he has to play in the real world. And in the real world, he isn't allowed to go to Georgia. So act accordingly.
This is like somebody arguing that taxation is theft. You can argue all day long that the government shouldn't be allowed to tax the money you worked for. But guess what? Come April, you pay. There's nothing intelligent about going to jail because you refused to pay.

Would love her to name the mysterious graduate program that only exists at Georgia where he "also happens to want to also play football"

I'd love to know the mysterious classes and cake walk major that allowed a football player who doesn't take full-time classes during the season to earn enough credits to graduate in 3 years.

THAT is the 1st joke - the second is watching your mom cry that you couldn't enjoy fake graduation day.

Most players take a full-time course load during the season. You have to schedule it right so that the harder/more time consuming courses are in the Spring. But yeah, I get skeptical of a major that can be done in 3 years. Computer Science took me 4 1/2 years.

The typical undergrad takes 12-15 credit hours per semester. Football players, due to the proliferation of offseason strength and conditioning programs now take summer classes quite often. Let's say this young man took 15 hours per semester. That's 30 per year, and 90 in three years. Combine that with 3 summers of 12 hours a piece(6 per summer term, most schools do two), that's 126 hours, which is more than enough at most schools(120 is the minimum). That's not including classes he may have tested out of, or any AP/IB credits he pulled. Let's also not forget that some people do take online classes, which are easier to stack. Alabama probably has a lenient credit transfer policy, which means it would be easy for this guy to knock out some prereqs at a community college(online) and have them count. It would be hard for someone in a STEM to pull off graduating in three years, especially at a school like Miami, where they rarely take AP credit, and online courses are nonexistent. That said, this young man probably isn't majoring in a STEM, and is most likely doing something like business or something, which makes this quite plausible. He's doing this at Alabama, not Miami, not Vanderbilt. Alabama.

All that said, this is a freaking joke. In a college athletics landscape where coaches can bail at the drop of a dime, a player who graduated should be free to go wherever he wants for his last year. This is another example of Saban being a dictator, and a hypocrite. If there was some outstanding player at UGA that wanted to transfer to Bama, he would certainly stand up and fight for that kid. Let's be honest, this is a bit player, wanting to transfer. Let him go, and then beat the living tar out of him if you face UGA down the road. Saban probably knows that kid better than he knows himself, you know him and Kiffin would abuse the living **** out of him in a championship game situation.

He may be a joke, but it's still the rule. Just like if an student-athlete takes money for play and/or going to a certain school. It's still the rules.

And this kid had the choice of where he was going to go to school. This rule was public knowledge when he went to a school that's in the SEC. And he's naive as **** if he didn't think Saban of all people wouldn't pull a move like this. He comes across as a **** and controlling (NFL players mention why this is why he can't transition successfully to the NFL), so why play for that man?

 

[Tad Footeball]

I assume this kid's dream scenario is he goes to UGA, balls out and ends up drafted. Based on career resume so far, what is the best case scenario if that actually happens? A late round pick? Does this kid and his momma think that raising all this ruckus now improves his stock in the eyes of NFL scouts and teams that still have a tendency to overvalue perceived character intangibles?

Btw, couldn't he transfer as a walk-on and just eat a year's tuition at UGA via student loans and grants? Aren't all these transfer squabbles over a kid being able to receive a full ride at his destination school? God forbid one of these kids EVER take on ANY debt......like millions of other students.....as they claim to be "student-athletes" when it's convenient in situations like this.

 

[CanesWarrior]

His mother sounds like an entitled *******. At least for the 2 sentences I heard of her.

She's 100% right. What if that was ur kid in that situation and good old Nick holding this kid back? Training camp already started for crying out loud.

 

[Tad Footeball]

His mother sounds like an entitled *******. At least for the 2 sentences I heard of her.

She's 100% right. What if that was ur kid in that situation and good old Nick holding this kid back? Training camp already started for crying out loud.

I hate Saban more than anyone but you're 100% an idiot if you think anyone should be able to follow a former staff member in conference to a new school without any resistance.

 

[DC1986]

His mother sounds like an entitled *******. At least for the 2 sentences I heard of her.

She's 100% right. What if that was ur kid in that situation and good old Nick holding this kid back? Training camp already started for crying out loud.

The rule has been in place since before he enrolled at Bama.Why should the rule not apply to Smith?What makes him special? I really hope that Saban doesn't give in and this kid is shown that crying and trying to get your way doesn't work in the real world because his momma **** sure hasn't taught him that.

 

[NVA CANE]

Kid should move on. If Kirby had an ounce of decency he would tell this idiot to go elsewhere

 

[Canedude08]

Would love her to name the mysterious graduate program that only exists at Georgia where he "also happens to want to also play football"

I'd love to know the mysterious classes and cake walk major that allowed a football player who doesn't take full-time classes during the season to earn enough credits to graduate in 3 years.

THAT is the 1st joke - the second is watching your mom cry that you couldn't enjoy fake graduation day.

Most players take a full-time course load during the season. You have to schedule it right so that the harder/more time consuming courses are in the Spring. But yeah, I get skeptical of a major that can be done in 3 years. Computer Science took me 4 1/2 years.

The typical undergrad takes 12-15 credit hours per semester. Football players, due to the proliferation of offseason strength and conditioning programs now take summer classes quite often. Let's say this young man took 15 hours per semester. That's 30 per year, and 90 in three years. Combine that with 3 summers of 12 hours a piece(6 per summer term, most schools do two), that's 126 hours, which is more than enough at most schools(120 is the minimum). That's not including classes he may have tested out of, or any AP/IB credits he pulled. Let's also not forget that some people do take online classes, which are easier to stack. Alabama probably has a lenient credit transfer policy, which means it would be easy for this guy to knock out some prereqs at a community college(online) and have them count. It would be hard for someone in a STEM to pull off graduating in three years, especially at a school like Miami, where they rarely take AP credit, and online courses are nonexistent. That said, this young man probably isn't majoring in a STEM, and is most likely doing something like business or something, which makes this quite plausible. He's doing this at Alabama, not Miami, not Vanderbilt. Alabama.

All that said, this is a freaking joke. In a college athletics landscape where coaches can bail at the drop of a dime, a player who graduated should be free to go wherever he wants for his last year. This is another example of Saban being a dictator, and a hypocrite. If there was some outstanding player at UGA that wanted to transfer to Bama, he would certainly stand up and fight for that kid. Let's be honest, this is a bit player, wanting to transfer. Let him go, and then beat the living tar out of him if you face UGA down the road. Saban probably knows that kid better than he knows himself, you know him and Kiffin would abuse the living **** out of him in a championship game situation.

He may be a joke, but it's still the rule. Just like if an student-athlete takes money for play and/or going to a certain school. It's still the rules.

And this kid had the choice of where he was going to go to school. This rule was public knowledge when he went to a school that's in the SEC. And he's naive as **** if he didn't think Saban of all people wouldn't pull a move like this. He comes across as a **** and controlling (NFL players mention why this is why he can't transition successfully to the NFL), so why play for that man?

He fulfilled his end of the bargain, if the NCAA and these coaches are to be taken at their word. He not only played, he managed to graduate early. The whole point of the early graduate rule was to reward kids who did that, to where they could be immediately eligible. What's funny is that people want to scream "Those are the rules" but have no problem when people like Saban skirt the rules, or abuse them with the use of grayshirts and the like. I thought this was all about what was best for the student-athlete. Oh, that's right, that nonsense goes out the window when it suits the program.

 

[theibisrules]

His a55 is gonna be playin ball in T-Town....riding the bench because somebody else took his spot. Good enough for his a55.

 

[Tad Footeball]

Kid should move on. If Kirby had an ounce of decency he would tell this idiot to go elsewhere

Very strange too that Curby would choose to be part of this battle against Saban over a kid that is decent but not exactly a program changer. Richt seemingly didn't even engage in this at all over the UGA rb that wanted to come here and Richt has minimal professional ties to Curby so it wouldn't have been nearly as awkward. This just seems like a new head coach trying to make an immediate statement by showing he'll go at Saban but doing so in a very amateurish low reward manner.

 

[jackedaround]

kid wants to go to georgia to drink sips with little john.

 

[paksat]

I'm beyond bored with this kid and his mom. You aren't going to Georgia. Please enjoy running errands with your mom and watching "The View" this fall while the rest of the country plays college football.

This

This kid doesn't belong here, this is nothing even close to the type of mentality this team is looking for

keep your @ss in the $EC where you belong

 

[birdman9177]

the **** with him! if he wanted to come here he would have asked nick satan,if not georgia what about miami?