Well...this is interesting.

[ababyatemydingo]

Looks like they reeled you in.

Reeled who in? I gave a synopsis of an article I read on nfl.com. I didn’t give commentary or opinion. Go back down your hole.

 

[johnson86-1]

How do you know that AJ’s dad wasn’t doing the same as Cam’s dad? There have been some reports that AJ’s dad went directly to Mullen about pay for play. You don’t think that’s even worse than calling random boosters?

And another thing you need to keep in mind is that money in recruiting, just like in life in general, doesn’t exactly grow on trees. You can’t outbid everybody for every player. If we threw down say, $325-350k to get AJ, there are guys we would have lost out on elsewhere. And given our QB situation over the past 3 years, a diva WR is about the worst place we could have possibly blown those resources. And even under a good QB, WR is still not nearly the impact position in the SEC as QB and OL / DL. OM is proof of that.

I don't know that AJ's dad wasn't doing the same, but there's no evidence of it to my knowledge. And no, talking to a coach directly isn't as bad as leaving a freaking voice mail. It's not good, but at least it can't be played for the NCAA infractions committee.

And I don't need to keep in mind that money is limited. How do you think a market price comes into being? The entire reason there is a price is because resources are limited. But the fact that resources are limited doesn't tell you whether a decision to pay is good or not.

And our QB situation over the past three years is exactly why we needed an elite receiver. How much better do you think Fitz would have looked if he had had at least one good wide receiver that not only generally avoided dropping easily catchable balls, but also would win one on one battles? Maybe somebody with all the information on how much money was available and where we would have spent less and how other players felt about AJ, etc. can be sure not paying was the right call. But for everyone else, even if you take the ridiculous ask reported as true, it's just not clear given how big a hole we have had at WR and what he can bring to the table.