2007-01-22 10:32:29.0
ESE David Wasson: Sorry, y'all. Cecil is at Gottfried's weekly media opportunity.
2007-01-22 10:32:47.0
ESE David Wasson: I can hang out here and answer questions if you have them.
2007-01-22 10:32:53.0
tneinfo: Cecil not here? Must some hot breaking story to develop and tell us about!!
2007-01-22 10:33:58.0
tneinfo: Oh well, there you go. I heard that Fanuzzi committed to us, so I guess Marve got the msg real clear? Any more you guys can say about that?
2007-01-22 10:34:33.0
ESE David Wasson: Not sure if Marve got a message, but it would seem that the staff is moving in the direction of him going elsewhere.
2007-01-22 10:35:27.0
ESE David Wasson: That isn't really all that unusual, you know. Transition of any kind means people make different deicisons.
2007-01-22 10:42:04.0
tneinfo: I think that it's starting to look more like it did when I was kid selling concessioins at BDS. I was just starting to get interested in the sports stuff when Coach Bryant arrived.
2007-01-22 10:42:12.0
BamaFever: Marve said he was pleasantly surprised with UM?? What is pleasant about Miami unless you are a thug
2007-01-22 10:42:27.0
ESE David Wasson: They have a good program down there. And immediate playing time.
2007-01-22 10:42:30.0
cffavrot: Me and a buddy went to the private airport last thursday at about 5:30 pm to see CNS, he was still with Joe McKnight and had come back yet. We were about to leave and Bob Stoops showed up and we took a picuter with him. He was going to recruit somebody that llived on the westbank of New Orleans (any idea whom that might be). Never did see CNS, we left before he got back.
2007-01-22 10:42:47.0
ESE David Wasson: You have a lot of time on your hands.
2007-01-22 10:43:03.0
tneinfo: Some jet just took off right over the house just now....wondering?????
2007-01-22 10:43:16.0
ESE David Wasson: Depends on where your house is.
2007-01-22 10:43:47.0
Nashvilletider: David- any news on a booth/meet and greet with the T-news crew at A day??
2007-01-22 10:43:57.0
ESE David Wasson: I think it is moving closer to reality.
2007-01-22 10:44:04.0
tneinfo: We're in TTown
2007-01-22 10:44:29.0
ESE David Wasson: I am taking a short break from plane tracking. You never know where these guys are headed to for recruiting, though.
2007-01-22 10:45:00.0
ESE David Wasson: What else is on your minds?
2007-01-22 10:47:34.0
cffavrot: How did recruiting visits go this last weekend??
2007-01-22 10:47:54.0
ESE David Wasson: Hard to say, as kids are still getting back. Andrew Bone will have a complete wrapup for us in tomorrow's paper.
2007-01-22 10:47:56.0
tneinfo: That's true. This is the first time that I have ever been THIS involved on everything. I guess the internet makes it more accessible and therefor easier to do. Tech is amazing these days. I still recall rotary phones.......hummmmm
2007-01-22 10:48:42.0
cbrown70005: Who was Stoops going to see on the westbank?
2007-01-22 10:48:58.0
ESE David Wasson: I don't know about Stoops. I have a hard enough time keeping up with Alabama!
2007-01-22 10:49:22.0
ESE David Wasson: You're right, tneinfo. It is amazing how much more is out there so quickly. We in the news business adjust to it every day.
2007-01-22 10:51:36.0
cbrown70005: Well he was in town when saban was the other night and maybe we should be looking at that recruit.....just a thought
2007-01-22 10:51:42.0
ESE David Wasson: Likely so.
2007-01-22 10:51:47.0
Nashvilletider: Have the current players said anything about Saban sinve they have been back??
2007-01-22 10:52:17.0
ESE David Wasson: They have been under lock and key since coming back off Christmas break. I am sure they have their opinions of him, though.
2007-01-22 10:52:35.0
ESE David Wasson: We have been respectful, to date, about not contacting them on our own.
2007-01-22 10:56:03.0
Nashvilletider: If you have time? what does a typical recruting trip consist of??
2007-01-22 10:58:03.0
ESE David Wasson: They get in on Friday nights, and have some sort of dinner planned. Saturday is a busy day. They like to take them to basketball games Saturday, or if possible gymnastics meets on Friday night. They meet with coaches and take tours of the campus, and eat VERY well. Saturday night is a tour of Bryant-Denny.
2007-01-22 10:58:20.0
ESE David Wasson: They are always assigned a current player, too. So they spend some time with them.
2007-01-22 10:58:52.0
cbrown70005: A friend of mine who is recruiting for another college waited in a room with saban at Curtis High School in new orleans for an hour. He said Saban was impressive and def made and impact on McKnight
2007-01-22 10:59:06.0
ESE David Wasson: He definitely knows what he is doing, that is for sure.
2007-01-22 10:59:08.0
tneinfo: We'll be ok. You can't get everybody just like you can't please everybody all of the time either. That's the way it goes. But we'll be fine any way it turns out. I sure wish I could go to the A-Day game and take my daughter. She really wants to go bad.
2007-01-22 10:59:32.0
ESE David Wasson: You should bring her! Our story today indicated that a WHOLE bunch of people will be there!
2007-01-22 10:59:35.0
cbrown70005: I think the saints will be even better next year when Roman Harper is back in the lineup. Mark Anderson played well against the saints...any thoughts on the game?
2007-01-22 10:59:43.0
ESE David Wasson: Mark Anderson was a HOSS in that game.
2007-01-22 10:59:57.0
ESE David Wasson: I thought the better team won that game. And the Patriots should have won the other game.
2007-01-22 11:00:14.0
tneinfo: Can the S&C coaches have contact witht he plsyers right now? How do you protect all of that scholly investment if they go out and train worng.
2007-01-22 11:00:42.0
ESE David Wasson: Yes, they can. And they do. They give all the signees a program to follow, and keep up with them to make sure they are doing it.
2007-01-22 11:01:06.0
tneinfo: I'd love to. She's only 8 and all she's ever heard from me is Bama and Bryant this and that.
2007-01-22 11:01:24.0
ESE David Wasson: Make a day of it. The museum is awesome. There is always a baseball game later that day, too.
2007-01-22 11:01:27.0
ESE David Wasson: Good times, A-day.
2007-01-22 11:01:43.0
ESE David Wasson: OK, y'all. The room will self-destruct here in a minute. Cecil will be back Friday!