re: Portal & Roster Tracker (see first 2 posts for updated roster info) - PORTAL CLOSED

Maybe it was just me , but in prior years when Jam got PT, he seemed much quicker and maybe a little lighter . I know he had the injury , but he looked a lot more bulked up and less agile

When looking at portal players and their rankings I see it like this. HS rating/ranking/stars is based on their potential to produce in college. The higher those are the higher the expectation. The transfer portal rating/ranking/stars is based off of their actual production since they have been in college up to this point.

The majority of the higher ranked players in the portal now have a lower rank than they did when they were coming out of HS. Various reasons of course like depth, injury, coaching, team, etc. but that is an indicator they did not meet those expectations, but the potential is still there.

Hopefully we find guys that have met production and/or exceeded those expectations coming out of HS while being hungry with something to prove.

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Who fricking cares man? That shite hasnt happened. Why is that your mindset?

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Because he’s another in a long line of troll accounts to spam this site up.

That’s hyperbole to say the least. Expectations at Alabama are and always will be notoriously the highest in CFB.

It’s literally Year 2, in a major overhaul following CNS. CKD just played in the National Title 3 years ago, then made it to the SECCG and advanced in the Playoffs in Year 2 here at Alabama.

Was your expectation a Natty in a 16 team league, the parity of NIL/Portal creates, and having to win 4 games vs Top12 teams all on a row to win the Playoff all by Year 1 or Year 2 at the latest?

If that was your expectation than you must have been just as letdown by CNS in his 2nd season bc he also fell short in the SECCG.

Can we just give him 4 seasons to see what he truly is?

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Richt won 1 SEC Title in 10+ years. CKD already make it to the SECCG in just Year 2, and did it in a MUCH tougher league (NIL/Portal/Parity), plus it consists of 16 teams now.
In addition, the team (UGA) who beat them in Atlanta, CKD beat on the road in Athens. That’s a much different situation imo

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I'm not suggesting that Deboer is Richt.

But I was under the impression that every Alabama fan expects national championships.
Not every year. That's dumb. But do I expect Deboer to win one? Yes, I do.

I don't hate where the program is right now.
I feel like it's right where it should be. But 5 more years of recruiting and portaling like he is, Deboer should be able to win a natty.

NIL is what happened.

Players stopped being hungry to make to the bag in the NFL.

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The edge from South Carolina just committed

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but in prior years when Jam got PT, he seemed much quicker and maybe a little lighter

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The whole running game seemed… tentative and passive.

The OL would often be slow and soft to engage a defender rather than aggressively pushing people out of a gap.

The backs behind them looked like they were alternating between waiting for something to develop or instantly having to react to an unblocked defender before they had any forward momentum which makes it tough to get upfield.

The whole thing was a disaster top to bottom so I can’t tell what was coaching, what was the players not executing and what was playcalling.

But whatever the primary cause was it needs to be addressed comprehensively and it looks like based on the portal the coaches agreed.

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Need 2 more WRs

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Just added the Mathis WR.