Sometimes, karma comes back around in poetic fashion. For the Alabama Crimson Tide football program's pursuit of Arch Manning, that happened. And it was beautiful.
As the New York Post's Matt Ehalt explained, former Tide defensive coordinator Pete Golding evoked Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian's alcoholism to convince Manning that Sark wouldn't last in Austin.
It didn't work, and gloriously backfired on Golding and the Crimson Tide's coaching staff.
"Teams look for any edge when it comes to recruiting — especially for a No. 1 recruit like Manning — and if they see a potential opening, the moral playbook can go out the window," Ehalt wrote.