Trent Dilfer to P5s tampering - I am going to call your ass out

[El Paso Eagle]

Time will tell, but nice to see someone at least talking about it

https://footballscoop.com/news/trent-dilfer-boldly-dares-power-5-coaches-to-try-to-raid-his-roster

"I said, why wouldn't you guys have the you-know-whats to stand up and say 'get out of my roster!' Here's why...it's because YOU want THEIR job. But I want THIS job. I don't want a Power Five job. I want this job. I want to live in Birmingham. I want to live downtown. I want to go see my grandson in Nashville."

[untphd]

When everybody steps up, this crap will stop happening.

[Glory to the Green]

Good for him. 

[Tommy Gadberry]

"I said, why wouldn't you guys have the you-know-whats to stand up and say 'get out of my roster!' Here's why...it's because YOU want THEIR job. But I want THIS job. I don't want a Power Five job. I want this job. I want to live in Birmingham. I want to live downtown. I want to go see my grandson in Nashville."

[NT80]

Nothing will happen if he calls out Alabama for stealing a player.  And I doubt he is still at UAB in 3 years.

[El Paso Eagle]

 

 

[El Paso Eagle]

8 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Nothing will happen if he calls out Alabama for stealing a player.  And I doubt he is still at UAB in 3 years.

At least he is speaking out and not acting like the other coaches who whine but don't want to be blacklisted. The one area I think he is wrong is that ESPN staffers would talk about it on air. Like most national media, their heads are so far up the P5 asses they wouldn't dare cross them. 

[Tommy Gadberry]

Its sad but I think our current staff is of the same mindset.  They don’t want to piss off the bigger school staffs and their wives want bigger houses and nicer purses.  My brother is a HS coach and same thing goes on there.  It’s all about the money.

[greenminer]

Unpopular take: Who is gonna care? The big boys will be like, "Fine! you can stay in Birmingham."  They don't give a shit about him.  They never did.  We haven't had a seat at this table, why should I think Dilfer does?

He's a former QB and there are over 100 other coaches in D1 that wonder how he got this gig in the first place.

[NT80]

2 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

At least he is speaking out and not acting like the other coaches who whine but don't want to be blacklisted. The one area I think he is wrong is that ESPN staffers would talk about it on air. Like most national media, their heads are so far up the P5 asses they wouldn't dare cross them. 

Agree, glad he is speaking out.  But he's a G5 program coach complaining about P5 tactics.  It would make much more impact if he was a P5 head coach.  But that's a fraternity that doesn't snitch on each other, because they don't want to burn any future maybe-needed bridges.

[DentonLurker]

He hasn’t called anyone specific out yet. When he does, his words will carry more weight. Also, everyone wants their current job until they don’t.

[greenminer]

On 6/24/2023 at 1:26 PM, DentonLurker said:

When he does, his words will carry more weight.

maybe, but I doubt it.

[DentonLurker]

44 minutes ago, greenminer said:

maybe, but I doubt it.

I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but throwing out an idle threat without naming names is certainly not going to.

[outoftown]

I will believe him whenever he names someone for the first time. Until then it is posturing in an attempt to preemptively dissuade with likely not much behind it. I mean if the player wants to leave, it will be hard to prove because they will have little incentive to show their coach their DMs, and neither will the high school coaches.

Edited June 27, 2023 by outoftown

[MGNation92]

On 6/24/2023 at 1:17 AM, El Paso Eagle said:

I want to live in Birmingham