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Rashaan Evans, five-star linebacker from Auburn High School in Ala., believes he made the right decision for his future when he signed with Alabama on Wednesday.

There are plenty of people who support Evans regardless of his decision, but every fan base has a few immature individuals who take the decision of a high school stranger too personal. Those fans vent frustration on message boards and or social media.

"It's getting worse," Evans said on Monday evening. "Someone actually put out an article about my family's business telling all Auburn fans not to go there. We are going to eventually start losing money. People are telling restaurants in the town not to serve us.

"It's hard for me to go out and chill with my friends like I have always done because people keep coming up to me telling me I made a bad decision. It's grown men. They are asking me why I did this to them. I told them I had to do what is best for me.

"You know I knew this would happen. I knew people would be mad and say stuff. I didn't think it would be like this. It wasn't a complete shock to me, but I guess that's just how fans are.

"It's just crazy right now. What's getting crazy is people are going to the board at my school trying to get me in trouble. They are telling my teachers I am a bad kid and all this stuff. It's just bad right now.

"Social media has definitely been the worst. People on Instagram are telling me how they hope I tear my ACL in game one. They will laugh when I do. They are saying my family is horrible and how they didn't raise me right. It's just crazy."

Evans has another fan base eager for the nation's top linebacker to arrive in Tuscaloosa.

"The support from Alabama fans has been by far the greatest," he said. "They have made me feel a lot better about my decision. They are doing nothing but showing me love. They make me see I have people who are always going to have my back.

"Kirby [Smart] always sends me an inspirational texts. He tells me not to worry what people are saying. He said to make sure once I get there just get ready for work.

"Auburn fans are saying I am going to ride the bench, and I am going to be like Reuben Foster. People are adding his family and how they are low-lifes. They talk about his mom. You wouldn't think some of them are human. I knew it was going to be horrible. You know it's out of hand when people come up to you saying stuff. People you don't know. People who are grown men

Well then, it's pretty obvious he made the right decision. What a bunch of low-life idiots treating him and his family like that. I guess that's just barners showing their true color.

Let's not pretend there aren't foolish Bama fans who wouldn't be doing similar things if a Tuscaloosa prospect had chosen to go to the barn.

I truly believe fans like us would slap them down and support the kid if this happened to us. There are always nut jobs who we can not control and worse in Auburn since they are a much smaller town. It's a game, not life or death.


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Hmmm, MD what have you been smoking? ???

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Sure, there would be some renegade Bama fans ridiculing the kid, but I truly doubt that it would be on the scale of barnville's meltdown. Maybe I'm kidding myself, but I don't think so.

Barn fans act like Evans committed to them and flipped at the last minute which is not true. He had a difficult decision to make. The easy choice would be to stay at home and play for the local school where both of his parents have ties. I think he did make a mistake inviting both coaching staffs to his Grandfathers birthday party.

He liked everything about Alabama. He thought Auburn was the path of least resistance that would make friends and the home town community happy. It turns out all his concerns about the Auburn fan base are true. I think this probably bothers him because of concern for his parents but reinforces that he made the right choice by choosing Bama.

Barners are comparing him to Calloway, Cyrus K, Yeldon and Foster. In truth only Yeldon flipped. The others flipped from us to them only to flip back. Evans never committed and told both staffs he was struggling with the decision. The Auburn people don't have to like it but they need to get over it.

I repeat, several of us would slap down the jerks and wish the kid well. I know I would, I don't live & die on what a 17 and 18 year old kid does in something as inconsequential in life as pick a college football team to play for.


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This is the part that is the most interesting to me.  Did anyone really expect Foster to unseat C.J. from his starting position?

Nice post Peewee.   :clap:

Well said my Bama brother. I don't get a choice, I see these kind of people I must pray for them. I do however agree with these posts, that how could a human being have a heart and do stuff like this? RTR!