re: One last gripe from me about Saban sticking with Hurts all year last season. Long.

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Duh. I know that. I am saying that his epic 5 star filled class last year was only that elite because they were a pass away from winning it all.



Most of those kids signed in December you worthless fricking troll.

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But the thread is already kind of getting off his first point, which was valid. It's not really about UGA recruiting better, but the fact that the abomination of an offense with Hurts the last couple of years impacted even recruiting. It isn't just a coincidence that Alabama fell to #7 or around that, by those that judge such things.

I said even as early as the middle to end of the 2016 season that it would affect recruiting but was informed just how stupid that was and how wrong I was. Same as when I said early last year that Ridley and the receivers were frustrated. I was assured they were not. Then, as we were told, there was a near revolt by the receivers by the end of the year.

That recruiting and team morale is so important to Saban, and both have suffered under Hurts, is a reason I am fairly sure he will choose Tua rather than Hurts, in spite of the fact he's so conservative on offense.