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Since some are still choosing to harp on A&M’s class…
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:28 am
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:28 am
Nick Saban goes 7-6 in his first year at Alabama (2007), yet somehow manages to pull the #1 class in 2008. How is that possible?
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Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:30 am to ForgetTheRest
Nick Saban was already considered a great recruiter and Alabama pulled in top recruits even when they sucked.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:30 am to ForgetTheRest
By paying them, duh. Same thing Pay&M did this year.
Take a lap, ForfeitTheRest
Take a lap, ForfeitTheRest
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:32 am to ForgetTheRest
Y’all have had top 5 and 10 classes. Still not scared.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:33 am to ForgetTheRest
Because Jimbo is in year 5 and not a good coach anymore
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:36 am to MCSquared16
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By paying them, duh. Same thing Pay&M did this year.
Take a lap, ForfeitTheRest
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:37 am to ForgetTheRest
Comparing Jimbo to Saban now?
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:37 am to ForgetTheRest
Playing time, track record of rebuilding and success, and opportunity. Plus, who doesn't like chargers and free suits 
Had he been 39-20 over his last 5 seasons as a HC, .500 in conference in year 4 of his current program, I think he'd be facing the same scrutiny as Jimbo and Aggie right now.
No one cares that Aggie leveraged the NIL opportunity available to them. But, why deny that is clearly the difference
Had he been 39-20 over his last 5 seasons as a HC, .500 in conference in year 4 of his current program, I think he'd be facing the same scrutiny as Jimbo and Aggie right now.
No one cares that Aggie leveraged the NIL opportunity available to them. But, why deny that is clearly the difference
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:38 am to ForgetTheRest
The class isn't the issue. Jimbo being the head coach is the reason why you guys won't do shite with it.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:39 am to ForgetTheRest
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Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:42 am to ForgetTheRest
Welcome to "As the Plains Burn 2022." No one gives a rat's arse about the Texas 8$4 recruiting class.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:42 am to Froman
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Nick Saban was already considered a great recruiter and Alabama pulled in top recruits even when they sucked.
So had Jimbo. He had been pulling top 5 and 10 classes before this one. And A&M with Sumlin had pulled better classes than Alabama before Saban, including a top 5 class.
Btw, here are Alabama's classes before Saban's first one:
2007-10
2006-11
2005-18
2004-15
2003-46
2002-30
Here are Jimbo's before the most recent:
2021-8
2020-6
2019-4
2018-17 (Hired around 1st signing period)
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Posted on 2/6/22 at 11:43 am to ForgetTheRest
You seriously don't see the difference in the situations between Nick's first recruiting class at Bama vs. Jimbo's 4th or 5th (whatever it is) at 8&4? Hint - in Bama's situation Saban was the factor that changed in recruiting vs the previous years. IN 8&4's situation NIL is the only thing that has changed in comparison to previous years.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 12:49 pm to ForgetTheRest
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How is that possible?
$25-30k Charger for 5* players vs north of six figures for 5* players.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 12:57 pm to Froman
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Nick Saban was already considered a great recruiter and Alabama pulled in top recruits even when they sucked.
Jimbo is also known as a great recruiter and won a national championship which means he had the same amount of success as Saban when Saban had his first top recruiting class at Alabama. Now how will you move the goal post?
Posted on 2/6/22 at 12:58 pm to ForgetTheRest
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So had Jimbo. He had been pulling top 5 and 10 classes before this one
Interesting trend.
2019: 4
2020: 6
2021: 8
2022: 1
Posted on 2/6/22 at 1:17 pm to tgrmeat
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You seriously don't see the difference in the situations between Nick's first recruiting class at Bama vs. Jimbo's 4th or 5th (whatever it is) at 8&4? Hint - in Bama's situation Saban was the factor that changed in recruiting vs the previous years. IN 8&4's situation NIL is the only thing that has changed in comparison to previous years.
Most of these relationships were established during A&M's 9-1 season. Many of the rest were at the Alabama game where the atmosphere was second to none including where we had the first assistant to knock off Saban. Throw in the coaching changes at Oklahoma, LSU, Auburn, Florida, Texas's bad season, and all of these factors led to an incredible class. Every program has NIL, not just A&M.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 1:22 pm to ForgetTheRest
Just total BS there is no good atmosphere at A&M...its straight NIL all the way...no one cares but everyone knows
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Posted on 2/6/22 at 1:28 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Interesting trend.
2019: 4
2020: 6
2021: 8
2022: 1
Looks like it is trending up. Great work Sidewalk.
Posted on 2/6/22 at 1:30 pm to Che Boludo
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Had he been 39-20 over his last 5 seasons as a HC, .500 in conference in year 4 of his current program, I think he'd be facing the same scrutiny as Jimbo and Aggie right now.
No one cares that Aggie leveraged the NIL opportunity available to them. But, why deny that is clearly the difference
THIS!
The denial and Jimbo saying it’s Bc of the 12th man and academics is laughable. Then for him to inject cheating if other programs, shows he’s worried and should be. AM went full on SMU in the first year of NIL and used “pay-for-play”, which is illegal.
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