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Sorry it's been so long, I have some great news though about why I have been absent so long, my wife gave birth to our 2nd child, my 1st son, Johnathan Christopher, and he's doing great and so is my wife.

I missed the camp this past weekend of course, but got plenty of updates and had sort of a refresher on everything this morning.

We are very close to locking down Geno Smith, he is visiting starting today through this weekend and if all goes well, expect a decision soon, staff is very confident, it would be the largest CB prospect since Dre and the largest out of state DB signee we've had under Saban.

The QB situation is wearing very thin on all of the staff. Winston is a fabulous prospect, but there is absolutely NO WAY he isn't dumping MLB 1st round money and he's expected to be a top 10 pick. The top QB prospect in the nation many believe Gunner Kiel is playing 2nd fiddle right now to him, thr kid really wants to go to Bama, but a commitment from Winston on Aug 3rd would send him to Indiana, I've heard that Winston is more likely to commit to FSU, but it will be down to the wire, regardless of what happens with Winston, staff won't stop recruiting Gunner until we are totally locked out, whats upsetting about this whole situation to me is that Winston is seemingly playing the recruiting game, whereas Gunner is truly ready to announce a decision and has tired of the process. If we Winston commits, all the momentum we have right now on Green-Beckham (top WR in the nation) is shot. It's a sad situation that will hopefully be resolved Aug 3rd or shortly after, I guess I don't have to tell you guys where I stand on the matter, I would rather have Gunner any day over Winston IMHO he's a lot better not only to our offensive scheme but an all around fit, and then of course Winston going pro MLB kills any chance you have at an elite QB.

There are some prospects that play the game so long that they play themselves right out the door. Justin Shanks this year is the epitome of that this year. He had a chance and now Bama is almost locked in with Eddie Goldman, the nations top DT, Goldman is a ways away from committing, but we have a massive lead and now Shanks is left out in the cold.

Bama has recently cooled on a few of the nations top OTs, the few larger names at that position have all shown up at camps overweight and lazy, one name to watch in GA is Vadal Alexander, a month ago no one had heard of him except our staff, he showed up and DOMINATED every OL camp he went to and we have a heavy lead since we were 1st to the party.

Both UF and FSU have both seemingly conceded to is for Chris Black, both schools recently signed 2nd tier slot guys and that leaves the elite playmaker slot WR for Bama, he had another great visit this past weekend and he is also very close to committing.

Any news and I will certainly update you guys

 #+, another great job. Thanks so much and that e-cred is great for your hard work.
Congrats on safety of wife and baby. RTR!

Can you tell us why we would even take a commitment from Winston, when we're not sure he will ever enroll, when we got a shot at getting Gunner?

thr kid really wants to go to Bama, but a commitment from Winston on Aug 3rd would send him to Indiana,

Seems Bama could pull Winston's offer if GK would commit now to make him feel easier about it.

Thanks for the info, Toxik, and congrats on the new little Bama player!

Thanks so much for the info, Toxik!  I guess I'm confused about your QB paragraph.  What's keeping Gunner from going ahead and committing to us before Winston announces?

Fantastic news about Goldman and Alexander.  I hadn't seen Vadal mentioned in a while and was unaware we led for him.

Congrats on the new family addition!  Here's to him being a part of the 2029 freshman class at UA!

Great report, T and congrats on the new little Tider.

Congrats on the man-child. Glad to hear momma and son are doing well! I hope daddy did as well, and that big sis is doing well and also being the big helper. Good luck on sleep ( but you know that already).

    How about the Santos kid...we looking good for him or what???

Congratulations T and thanks for the report.

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Congrats on your new arrival and thanks for the great job that you do for all of us.  #+

Contests on the new little guy. Thanks for the update.

Congratulations on the baby.  Blessings to your family.

Thanks for the update.  Excellent.

good stuff

JMO---We need to start "copying/pasting" these inside infos and links over to the recruiting stickie for easier reference.  There has been several recruiting threads in the past week that are lost to posterity if not "filed in the stickie".  Who/whom wants to step up to the plate and volunteer their clerical skills.

Roll Tide for the new baby.

Good idea, not it

What about a link to it?  Or do you think the text needs to be up there?

It would be easy to dump the whole thread in there, but that can get confusing.

Or move it to Toxik's corner after it's had it's run.

Lots of options.

This would probably be the easiest.

C/P the OP to the stickie when you start a new thread pertaining to recruiting.

If you move the whole thread you'd also be moving a zillion goofball comments. JMO

Congrats on your son.

Johnathan Christopher Toxik.....sounds great!!!!