I know some Bama fans felt a little down on NSD

My biggest problem with this years class was that some fans can't accept it for what it was. It was a solid B+ class. A double instead of a homerun.


Lots of great players that would've made the top 10 in either or our last two recruiting classes. But we had this built in excuse that we were "recruiting for need". It's just a line. You can't say you recruited for need if none of the players you are bringing in are going to start next year. You recruit for need EVERY year.


What happened is, other SEC schools hustled their asses off in recruiting this year. AU, UT(old staff) and UF's staff all probably did a better overall job(for whatever reason). Down year in state didn't help either


For UT to be able to lose Kiffin and bring in Dooley and still sign the players he did is unbelievable. I look at a guy like Justin Hunter....he's just what we needed in this class and he didn't even sniff us. It took them all of 5 seconds to steal away Stone. B Sims was ready to jump. Craig Sanders flipped. Keenan Allen flipped. It used to be impossible to steal our kids and this year, it seemed easy. Part of that was probably due to playing in the championship and focusing more on that than recruiting(as they should)


There definitely were flaws in the way we went about it this year though. I have no clue why we needed 4 or 5 WRs who are all 6 foot 180 lbs and run 4.5 40s. Every wide receiver we brought in was the same guy. Why not put the heat on Hunter or Jeremy Richardson.



In summary: Very good class. We shouldn't act like it's not but also shouldn't act like we lit the world on fire. Ultimately, we're a spoiled fan base now....but Saban talks on and on about outworking people and not being content. Well...this is a product of not being content. Pretty good class.....could've been better

#3 or #4 ranked class in the country is a B+? Nah, that's a fricking A+. And ill take our coaches analysis of players over some recruiting gurus who've never coached a kid in their lives. Two years from now this might be considered one of the best ever. And how many schools had as many early enrollees as bama? I'd rather have kids on campus then have an exciting signing day. Bama signed one of the elite classes in the country and it should be recognised as such.

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I think the only reason we weren't #1 again is because we are already LOADED

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So how does Florida do it cause they are just as loaded as yall.

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My biggest problem with this years class was that some fans can't accept it for what it was. It was a solid B+ class. A double instead of a homerun.

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You have got to be friggin' kidding me....

A top 5 class is a B+....

No way this class is a B+. Top 5 with our needs filled at DB, OL, with some real speed on the edge and the number one qb in the country? is awesome. Anyone that is not pleased with this class is just loopy.

Give me a top 5 class in the bag weeks before signing day over a top 5 class that you have to pull out of the bag at the last moment every year.

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Reality for Bama is they no longer can play the "you can play as a freshmen" card and you are limited on how many guys you can sign just like everybody else. And not every kid wants to put up with Saban's B.S. That's the bottom line. Be happy where your program is. Your coach knows how to coach up whatever players you get.

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WTH?

Its a #4 or #5 class. Wow....

B+? lmao. I guess USC is just an A-?

Looks like the "process" of running off a great coach because of unreasonable expectations has started a little earlier than i thought.

I'm talking about the recruits they lost to other teams. Bama has landed those the past 2 years because they could promise early playing time. Besides, Meyer, out recruited all SEC coaches this year.

The last 2 years Saban played the "early playing time" line. That's not going to work anymore.