I think anybody would agree that Saban's policy for freshmen eliminated the possibility of problems arising from freshmen interviews. The policy certainly made sense to me. With Perrilloux coming on board the opportunity only increases that the new kid on the block may say something that becomes an issue in the press. I'll give Miles the benefit on the doubt till his teams perform on the field but as far as organizational decision making goes.....it seems an unnecessary one....I don't see anything positive that can come from it.
How many other schools prevent their freshmen from talking to the media? I don't know and won't even try to go through the bother of figuring it out, but common sense tells me that one reason why Saban's policy got so much publicity was because it was the exception, not the norm. Talk about much ado about nothing! I expect to see semi-frenzied posts every time Les Miles does something, anything, different from NS. Every time, of course, until Les wins a title of his own. :crystal:
I was pretty surprised Miles did that. I thought the Saban policy was effective in not only eliminating Bulletin Board material for other teams but also at keeping those freshman primma donna recruits mouths shut. It really doesn't make sense to me with all the ruckus about Perilloux's statements.
