It had to do with Brandon Harris. Nuss and Napier raved over him. Bama wouldn't give him a commitable offer without camping. So Harris started making plans to other schools. As his coach said, he only has so much money to go camp. Bama gave him a commitable offer to get him on campus then they rescinded the offer when he got there.
No they didn't. They asked him to camp. When he showed up they said they were looking at other QBs.
LSU's welcome in my school anytime," Feaster said (h/t
Mark Heim of AL.com). "The only school that can't come to Parkway is Alabama. And there's a long story behind that, but it had to do with not being ethical in their recruiting."
Feaster cited a recruiting situation with Parkway graduate and former LSU quarterback Brandon Harris as a reason for disliking the way Alabama handles recruiting.
In the story as Feaster recounted, then-Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier and then-wide receivers coach Billy Napier came to him saying they wanted to make Harris a scholarship offer:
I said, "OK, good. How many quarterbacks have you offered so far?" (They said) "about 6 or 7." So I said, "So you really haven't offered anybody." (They said), "well, coach, an offer from us at quarterback is really an offer to come to camp." I said, "OK, I understand what you're saying. You are offering these kids to meet
Nick Saban. It's a big deal and he might go. But what I am telling Brandon is you only have so much money and so much time to spend, go to the schools that have you atop the boards."
Napier called Feaster back after seeing Harris' film from the spring game, offering Harris the opportunity to speak with Saban, who said Harris had a committable offer with the school.
"By the time he gets to campus in June—and I'm not saying Brandon was going to commit to Alabama—it wasn't an option," Feaster said. "Basically what they told him is that we got other guys that are going to come through here, and I promised them a shot. So we have to wait and see then."
Feaster did emphasize he isn't discouraging his players from going to Alabama, but he's "just not going to help Alabama recruit [his] guys."
Feaster got fired and rightfully so.