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[Bullsfan]

How Will Alabama's Hiring Of Saban Affect Area Stars Marve, Murdock?

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By ANWAR S. RICHARDSON The Tampa Tribune

Published: Jan 4, 2007  

   

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TAMPA - Alabama landed the coach it wanted. Now Nick Saban must see if he can obtain one of the most coveted high school football players of this year's recruiting class: Plant senior quarterback Robert Marve.

The Tide officially named Saban as Mike Shula's coaching replacement Wednesday. He reportedly received an eight-year contract worth $32 million in guaranteed money.

However, it will take more than a recognizable name for Marve to honor the verbal commitment he made to Alabama during the summer.

"The one thing Coach Shula and his staff did was treat me like their No. 1 draft pick. They saw me as their top guy. I don't know how Coach Saban sees me," Marve said. "Alabama did get the guy they wanted, and they are expecting him to turn around the program. It's really exciting to see him named as coach."

Marve turned his attention away from Alabama once Shula was fired and is entertaining other offers.

Miami has made a late surge for Marve and the Hurricanes are running even with Alabama. Marve and Plant High coach Robert Weiner visited the Miami campus Wednesday, even though they were not allowed to speak with coaches during the NCAA's current dead period. Marve is attending the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Fort Lauderdale today, and though originally slated to participate, decided to rest after a long season.

Marve is waiting on a possible offer from Florida State. Weiner said the Seminoles have only nine available scholarships, and coaches are unsure whether they need to sign a quarterback.

South Florida also remains a strong contender, but Marve probably won't use one of his five official visits on the Bulls because of his familiarity with the program. Also considered: Hawaii, Purdue and Maryland.

Essentially, Saban will have to recruit Marve, who threw for 4,343 yards and 48 TDs, and was named Class 4A Player of the Year."For sure, I'm going to take five visits. I plan to visit Alabama, and now I get a chance to meet their players and make sure I'm a good fit," Marve said. "The biggest thing I want to feel is that I'm a college's No. 1 guy. It's not to say I don't think I need to play and earn my spot, but I want to be at a program where I'm really wanted."

Saban's hiring did a lot to soothe the concerns of Middleton defensive back Sherod Murdock, who verbally committed to play for Alabama.

Murdock said he is enthusiastic about Saban's commitment to defense and is looking forward to meeting him.

"I want to sit down, talk to him, and get to know the man [i've seen] on TV. Seeing him in person will probably be different than talking to him on the phone," said Murdock, who has never spoken with Saban. "I want to get to know him and see if he's a cool coach to be around, and how he interacts with his players."

Murdock's top choice is still Alabama, but he has scheduled an official visit to Kansas and is very interested in Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

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[WoolyBully]

Marve said. "The biggest thing I want to feel is that I'm a college's No. 1 guy. It's not to say I don't think I need to play and earn my spot, but I want to be at a program where I'm really wanted."

And that, boys and girls, is the nut. He may say he wants to 'play' to earn his spot, but he also has no intention of riding the pine for any length of time at all.

So...to liven up the conversation, although he's not said no to Fowler Avenue...do you

honestly think he's interested or just being polite?

[Ricky the Bull]

snip

".... It's really exciting to see him named as coach."

This sounds a lot like he's sticking with UAT

[KB]

Murdock's top choice is still Alabama, but he has scheduled an official visit to Kansas and is very interested in Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

I'd rather Murdock go to Alabama instead of Pitt or WVU.  Did we have any interest in Murdock?  

[Bull Dozer]

Marve said. "The biggest thing I want to feel is that I'm a college's No. 1 guy. It's not to say I don't think I need to play and earn my spot, but I want to be at a program where I'm really wanted."

And that, boys and girls, is the nut. He may say he wants to 'play' to earn his spot, but he also has no intention of riding the pine for any length of time at all.

So...to liven up the conversation, although he's not said no to Fowler Avenue...do you

honestly think he's interested or just being polite?

I read this at another site

"I think it was a good move by Alabama to hire him," Marve said. "He has a great history. I need to see who the offensive coordinator is going to be. I would like  it to be the LSU coach. He runs a pro-style offense that I like to run."

If they get Jimbo it should be a sure thing, if Jimvbo ends up at FSU he could go there aswell.  I think this quote pretty much seals the deal that he isnt coming here.  Also he could have just being polite since we dont run anything near a pro style offense and thats what he wants to run.  

[Paul Wall]

polite..