Is Bobby Bowden a complete prick or what?

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From Tony Barnhardt's article...

5. Warren a big get for Tennessee: The NCAA has finally cleared tight end Brandon Warren to play for Tennessee this season. Warren, you’ll remember, is from Alcoa, Tenn., just a short trip from Knoxville. He originally signed with Florida State and, after a freshman season in 2006 where he caught 27 passes for 301 yards for the Seminoles, wanted to come home and attend Tennessee. His mother had been diagnosed with cancer.
For reasons still unclear, FSU coach Bobby Bowden would not release Warren from his scholarship. That began a long and winding process to get Warren eligible for 2008. That process is now over.
Here is what matters now. If Warren plays as good as he looks in a uniform, he will be a great weapon for new offensive coordinator Dave Clawson. I talked to the coaches about Warren when I was there earlier this summer and saw the kid practice. With his size, speed and good hands, he is certainly the best tight end Tennessee has had since Jason Witten.
This Tennessee offense will be marked by its ability to move players around to create mismatches with the defense. Warren gives Clawson another tool that will enable him to do that.
 
I would guess the the good St. Bobby of Tallahassee simply wanted to heal the TE's mom by the laying on of hands, which, as anyone knows, when administered by a fo' really Saint like Bowden, works every time. She'd probably would got herself some free shoes in the deal too, if she had played her cards right.
 
Wes, I love the title of this thread. And by the way, you are talking about the guy who trained Mark Richt.
 
The short answer Wesley is - Yes - Bowden is an absolute snake.

Here is one first hand example:

A family friend had a scholarship there, and after a collossal screwing by Bowden at the last minute had to shift to make way for a blue chip recruit with only a few days to go.

He had a full scholarship until Bowden got another guy he wanted. He was a very early commit and was extremely proud and committed for a few MONTHS. Bowden came to him with less than a week to go and told him he would need to grey shirt. At that time he had lost the room made for him (offers) by MANY big time programs and had to scramble.

He had many ACC and SEC offers, but the process had run it's course.

Bobby's stance was that since the family had plenty of money anyway, it wouldn't be such a big deal for dad to pay the bill until spring, when FSU would pick up the bill. Of course they would want the young man to go ahead and start attending workouts (not practice) in the mean time, until they could get him on scholarship.

The young man was lucky enough to end up playing with his brother and Eli at Ole Miss and was All-SEC (maybe AA but I'm not sure) and played in the NFL for a couple of years, but his family let plenty of people know the song and dance that Bobby played them.

Total shock to commit early, cancel all other visits, and then get that at the very last minute.

It's hard to go from telling everyone in a small town you are committed and proud to be, to a larger than life figure who told you and your family that you are one of his top recruits after a personal in home visit - and then have to explain why it didn't work out - and even harder to manage the process of wondering if you will land at 'any' D1A program at all because of a whim of a coach at the last minute.

This was a decision that affected his brother's recruitment (from other schools also) as well as his own. Two guys making commitment decisions so that they could play close to each other - - Then with a few days to go - all was different.

There was very similar story about Darrell Roberson if I recall correctly also.

There are plenty of reasons to hate Bobby Bowden, but this one was a final straw for me.

Bobby is all about Bobby.
 
F$U has had enough smoke over the years to know there are MANY issues
 
Bowden invented the very concept of being a douchebag, and shortly thereafter he invented the "Hurry-Up-Douching" approach.

You can't deny that he's the master douche.
 
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