Alabama already has 6 commitments for next year. I don't know how many we'll have by the time Rivals comes out with their rankings but it will probably be around 12-15. Then Rivals will just give them all high ratings because they were founded by a Bama fan.

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Posted by 1983AUGrad

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Posted on 2/3/11 at 11:28 am to Crede15

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Alabama already has 6 commitments for next year. I don't know how many we'll have by the time Rivals comes out with their rankings but it will probably be around 12-15. Then Rivals will just give them all high ratings because they were founded by a Bama fan.

Just as I thought......

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Posted by TheSecWEST

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Posted on 2/3/11 at 11:29 am to Crede15

I truly believe that they do a great job of evaluating the top 200 players or so but after that, there is no possible way you can say a 3 star cornerback from Iowa thats rated the 38th best corner is better than a 3 star cb from georgia that 61st. There is no possible way that all the kids in high school get rated accurately. There are thousands and thousands of high school football players that never even given a look, which is why for instance there is only 1 5 star rated player in the Super Bowl, which is Lamar Woodley from MICH. It will never be an exact deal so just hope your guys pan out outside the top 200.

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Posted by better

Member since Jun 2009

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Posted on 2/3/11 at 11:31 am to Crede15

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Then Rivals will just give them all high ratings because they were founded by a Bama fan

Lol. You're a wizard. So your fans find your recruits?

Even more reason to trust the services more than Saban's years of experience and knowledge of the game.

Were you placing as much value on stars when DuBose, Fran, Price (oops), and Shula were leading your program? It seems that the fanbases that hype stars up the most are those that are doing pretty well at it. Interesting huh? Get excited about it. As a fan, have fun with it, but don't swear by it, young man. It's projections and opinions of guys like you that may have never seen a locker room. These guys must be developed, coached up, and then execute between the lines. Refer back to your Sugar Bowl game against Utah. You can't just come in to the stadium and say "We Win because Rivals/Scout/ESPN say we have much more talent than you".

Are you serious?

[I'm glad that LSU does well at recruiting, but we've had to do some staff overhauling the last 3 years to try to get our guys better prepared to exhaust their potential. Staff was replaced because of development & execution. Not stars!]