Courtney Morgan views the transfer portal as both a “gift and a curse” for Alabama football.
In an interview on the “All In: Alabama spring football” documentary on SEC Network, the Alabama football general manager explained the differences between the offseason heading into Year 2 of the Kalen DeBoer era and last season, saying Crimson Tide players now understand “what’s expected of them.”
“You got a new coach, taking over for an old coach, the expectations can get lost a little bit,” Morgan said. “There’s always a little stubbornness. I’d say the number one word is trust. I think there’s more trust in the building between the coaches and the players because we’ve been together for a year.”
That’s when Morgan brought up the transfer portal, saying it’s a tool that brings Alabama a clearer picture of team cohesion heading into 2025.
“I think one of the beauties of the portal — the portal, it’s a gift and a curse — you ultimately know the guys that really want to be here,” Morgan said.
Alabama did not lose a scholarship player to the transfer portal during the 10-day spring portal period.
Alabama gained two players through the spring transfer portal window — tight ends Jack Sammarco (West Virginia) and Brody Dalton (Troy) — along with Kam Dewberry (Texas A&M), Cam Calhoun (Utah), Dre’lyn Washington (Louisiana), Kelby Collins (Florida), Arken Anungwom (Ball State), Nikhai Hill-Green (Colorado), Blake Doud (Colorado School of Mines) and Isaiah Horton (Miami), who said the Crimson Tide “embraced me with open arms.”
“If you go to Bama, you must be something,” Horton said. “You must be one of them ones and one of those guys. Me coming here, it’s an honor. It’s an honor to play on this practice field, it’s an honor to be in this facility, it’s an honor to be around you guys because you guys have been around people that…
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