re: Alabama Class of 2014 Recruiting MEGATHREAD (Goodnight sweet Prince)

If we could just nab DC, LF (though Roc would be fine if we can't flip LF), Cam Robinson, Marlon, and Raekwon, it'd be fine. But as of right now it feels like the only top tier commit we have is Bo. It's really early yeah, but still.

I loved last years class because if the depth of talent. This years class is nearly half full and it's half full of jackasses.

You guys should not drink and post. You do realize we could just take this class off, not get a single recruit, and still have more talent 2 years down the road than all but about 3 teams? Too bad you geniuses haven't been calling the shots the last few years or we might have won some....

not losing your shite over a punter = being a koolaid drinker

It probably is a bit premature to judge a class in June that isn't even half full yet. Also there tends to be an overreaction every summer. Last year everyone was freaking out because Burns, Dodd, and Reuben flipped. In the end, we almost always have an awesome class.

This is true. I remember it was around this time last year it started seeming like Nkemdiche wasn't coming, Foster had flipped, etc. But we also had physical freaks like Allen and OJ on board. Bo is a freak. Whitley is Mosley 2.0 so that's good. I like Vienna Sausage Telemondo. Bessent is cool. I dunno. I just hope we finish strong. Hump, another cb I don't want to jinx, a bad arse lt, Cornwell and please Christ an elite pass rusher and I'll be good to go. But I still don't think this class will have that depth of talent I love. There are maybe 3 players in all of last class I'm not super stoked about.

I'll take Saban's opinion on who to offer scholarships over anyone's on this board. Have a little faith guys, the man knows what he's doing.

If we had as good a punter as Brad Wing, we would have won 9-6. I do not blame him for going out and locking down the best punter in the class.

That's fine, but you also must acknowledge that it's been our weakness. Every year, every insider swears up and down that elite recruit x wants to come on board but we don't have room because we've taken a kicker or snapper. Then every year people defend that decision, mentioning the importance of special teams. But our scholarship kickers ride the pine while walk ons start. That sucks for them too, because they should have the scholarship. But our ST evals are obviously not good just judging by history. That can't be argued.

So either fire BW and hire someone who can judge/develop these kids or say frick ST and stop offering scholarships and hope you get good walk ons.

Definitely not impressed by this punter. 37 yard average in Colorado?

I'm guessing once tOSU took that Aussie kicker, that opened the door for the kid from Colorado. Hopefully, either him or the Mexican can come in and do well. Mandel has developed into a good one but it took a couple years for him to get there. It'd be nice to have a guy who can boom it 1st year like a lot of other SEC teams seem to have

And here's some good news. Apparently Ermon Lane was telling fellow prospects at the Rivals camp that he's likely headed to Bama