re: Portal & Roster Tracker (see first 2 posts for updated roster info) - PORTAL OPEN 1/2-1/16

Just canceled my sub

Done with sports for a while

Too many players bleeding green these days.

It’s ok. Seems like some coaches are starting to figure it out. Money is better spent on the trenches.

If we’re being honest, why would any high end skill position player (especially one in a contract year) come to UA with the offense we’ve put out the last two years? Even if we’re offering competitive money, it’s almost a risk considering the offensive output.

Im confused as to why we would even go after Coleman knowing we cant compete with Texas financially. I say let Smothers go and go and get someone else.

I never once thought Coleman was actually coming to Bama. And I'm glad hes not. For a number of reasons.

Right? Dude would be a detriment to the locker room. Hes soft.

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Im confused as to why we would even go after Coleman knowing we cant compete with Texas financially. I say let Smothers go and go and get someone else.

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Different time, different era, different situation but this is the exact speech from Bama fans back in the early 2000s when a highly coveted player went elsewhere. We were talking up all those 2 and 3 star diamonds in the rough that “bleed crimson.”

In normal recruiting we’re getting plenty of 4 and 5 stars

Ty midseason was on track for Heisman, NFL 1.1 and Bernard was probably going to be an AA.

We have a QB centric offense. When we’re getting high level QB play the other players look great. When we don’t and in particular without a functional OL to stabilize things you get what we got down the stretch after playing the #1 SOS and a string of elite defenses that would’ve made a lot of top 15 offenses look bad.