re: Class of 2026 Football Recruiting - Early NSD Edition (flips and predictions)

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I think it’s a fair argument on both sides I do want a kid with immense ceiling and potential, especially at QB to stay in house

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I do too. Obviously I like Mack and Russell. I just think the jump from 1st year to second year for these 4th/5th year guys has been incredible. Mac Jones(I realize he wasnt a full year starter before) and Joe Burrow...even to an extent Jayden Daniels are examples of this

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Every interview out there Sayin said the reason he left was because Saban retired and Saban was the entire reason he came to Alabama.

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I’m not going to argue about who was or wasn’t prioritized because I wasn’t in the room. If you want to believe we went all in on keeping him and he left anyway that’s your prerogative, but I don’t see any evidence that was the case. We had multiple other guys ahead of him in NIL money and on the depth chart and a new coach who probably wasn’t super concerned about the QB3 as he walked into Saban’s office.

The bottom line is he was a 5* QB who was a great eval, left for a big NIL offer and started elsewhere very early.

I expect something similar will happen with Russell if he doesn’t see a clear path to play time and get elite QB1 NIL money here and I certainly don’t think Mack is spending a 4th year on the bench which would leave him only one year in Tuscaloosa as the starter.

Best case we hold onto one.

Does that mean we can’t or wouldn’t win big without them? Absolutely not.

But I do think it’s a hard reality that the coaches are accounting for because if you expect to have a QB room with Simpson / Mack / Russell you probably aren’t bringing in two QBs in this class.

“You just don't know what the future is," DeBoer said. "I always felt like, recruit one every year. You know, you probably lose one, you still got four worst case scenario. I think that's obviously tougher and tougher.”
-CKD at his press conference today

Yeah, I can’t imagine serving in a military where competency is demanded, wokeness has been tossed, where the taxpayers are no longer on the hook for sex changes of military members, and where women can’t be in combat arms unless they meet the same standards as men. Yeah, that’s terrible.

Lack of war? We will be lucky if we don't fight China this century.

Think Coach DeBoer is letting you know that they expect a QB to transfer.

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Think Coach DeBoer is letting you know that they expect a QB to transfer.

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I don't know why they would unless they expect Ty to come back. If he declares I imagine Mack and Keelon both stick around to try to win the job. Can't portal after spring ball anymore and we definitely wouldn't name a new starter before then.

Are we expecting Cooley tomorrow?

Just looking at the roster I forgot about Beaman. I think he was going to be really good for us. He showed flashes when he got in the game last season.