re: Won't be popular but let's open the discussion

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Won't be popular but let's open the discussion
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Our best class ever was without Kirby. Kirby is a great recruiter, but so is Pruitt and a lot of other coaches we have and have had.
That Kirby had a hand in. They don't start recruiting 2019 kids after the 2018 class is singed. They recruiting 2-3 years ahead.

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This year was an anomaly.
Maybe. Even probably. I can't say and neither can you. We'll know in a couple of years.
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It was always going to be a smaller class for Bama this year.
And if the smaller class were the only issue, you would have a point. The average ranking per kid was down, too. With fewer targets it should have given the staff more time to get the players they wanted.
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The offense with Hurts didn't do much to excite a lot of recruits.
I don't know, and don't care to check, but was the offensive production that much out of whack from previous years? I mean pass/run ratio, etc?
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Our coordinators and several other position coaches were in flux during the time when we needed to be sealing the deal with recruits.

This has been the casr for years, though. I mean, when you have the success Alabama has had, you lose staff every single year. We lost some crucial coaches, too.
Granted, not a OC and a DC. I can certainly see where those would impact you, though.
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And, I think the new early signing period threw a monkey wrench in Saban's normal well-oiled recruiting machine.
Understood, and understandable. But everybody went to the new early signing period. Smart has a system, I'm sure, similar to Saban, but he adjusted.
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Expect all of those things to be remedied next year and Bama to return to scorched earth policy recruiting.
Wouldn't surprise me a bit. We should all know more in a year or two. I never count Saban out.
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None of that takes away from what UGA has done in recruiting. And, I'm sure they'll continue to do well. But, don't get too giddy thinking Bama is going anywhere.
I don't think anybody thinks Bama is going anywhere.
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There were issues, and they've been addressed.
They've been addressed? how do you know this? Has Saban come out and said y'all had issues, but they've been addressed, or are you assuming this based on past history?

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Dude. Rather than respond to all that, how about I just bookmark this and we'll see who's right one year from now? See you then.