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They are purposely not taking a big HS recruiting class for the 2027 class. They are focusing on retaining current players and focusing on the portal. This is coming from the "insiders" on several podcasts I listen to. So take that for what is worth.
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"The street" thought OJ and Karmelo Anthony were innocent too...:rolleyes:
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Obviously the deboar era bama isn't close to saban era, but there's actually been a pretty steady and noticeable downswing beginning late in the saban tenure and continuing to get steadily worse up to and including right now.
This. Actually, Bama fans started seeing cracks in the Saban armor starting post 2018. The defense started making sloppy mistakes it never used to make under Saban, penalties started going up, and just an overall noticeable change in the program. Granted, we still won a lot but you could tell a difference.
re: Alabama Back to Pre-Saban Irrelevance – What Signs Are You Seeing?
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/25/26 at 11:32 am to SidewalkTiger
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I wouldn't call it irrelevance but the Alabama fan defense of a guy who lost 8 games in two years has been...something, considering the guy took over a semifinal team.
Then he received an extension and raise for getting destroyed in 2 of his last 3 games.
And they defended that. But hey, he beat Kelly and Freeze I guess.
There have been A LOT of Bama fan detractors of DeBoer. Yes, he has his Bama fan supporters, but let's not pretend he's got full approval of the fanbase. He's gotten A LOT of continued criticism from the fanbase. Four losses per season isn't sitting well with a lot of the fan base.
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He did nothing wrong. He was robbed of 250k. The police did nothing about it. He held court in the streets and the thieves told after they got beaten up
Two people got beaten up who ended up not having anything to do with it. That's all cool and stuff until it's you that gets the hell beat out of you for something you didn't do.
Yep, it's basically Jimmy Sexton. He's got a monopoly on coaches in college football and is bending every athletic department over the barrel and cramming it in with zero lube and hesitant consent. It's a shame but it's the reality of college football right now.
re: More Bama Trash.
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/25/26 at 9:22 am to trussthetruzz
You can't fix stupid. Whatever the courts decide, it probably isn't going to be stiff enough. Geeze, what an idiot.
re: Alabama has the 72nd ranked recruiting class for 2027 (UPDATED)
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/25/26 at 9:18 am to BigAL Golesh
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perfect description of bama fans on this site
You may want to go back and read some of your own material. Pot meet kettle...
re: New 5 for 5 Rule Scenario/Question
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/24/26 at 2:56 pm to LSUTigresFan
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You can't exclude people from playing college sports if they decide to go back in their 20s.
Why not?
re: CKD and NIL
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/23/26 at 12:22 pm to Amarillo Tide
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I think one difference is generally, coaches have to prove themselves to reach the big $$$. These HS kids have NEVER played a single down of college football. They're getting their money solely on potential. Some are pretty safe bets to be really good players in college. There are also invariably some HS players who never (for whatever reason) never do anything at the college level.
College coaches also have to spend WAY, WAY longer in their careers before they make good money and prove themselves over time (years and years) before then. Some HS kids have played ONE YEAR of HS football and can generate seven figures in NIL as a recruit.
No doubt, most of these coaches had to go through years of not being able to make ends meet. However, two things:
1. The kids don't know or pay attention to that. They just see the money.
2. Once the coaches got to the point of making money, they (them and their agents) leveraged it exponentially beyond reasonable. They have contributed in creating the massive problem we have now.
Too many people in the industry we call college athletics got greedy, and now the roosters are coming home to roost.
re: Alabama Baseball (42-21 (18-12)) (Schedule & Roster 2026)
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/22/26 at 12:54 pm to LovetheLord
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but I will note that the statistics are very poor for swinging at the first pitch of an at-bat.
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First-pitch swings generally yield higher batting averages (.267 vs. .248) and power (more home runs). However, as the count gets deeper (e.g., 0-2 or 1-2), batters take more defensive swings, meaning contact rates and batting averages drop significantly.
I don't know how much you trust AI's research, but according to AI, first pitch swings yield higher batting averages.
The caveat is taking the first pitch on a pitcher that's NOT struggling throwing strikes. When a pitcher gets 0-1 on a batter the pitchers success odds are 70% to get an out. The batter's odds of getting out become 70% when going down 0-1. So, unless you're facing a pitcher who's struggling throwing strikes, taking the first pitch can immediately decrease your batter's odds of success.
re: Should Mark Ingram get a statue
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/22/26 at 8:06 am to FreedomBarefoot
Derrick Henry needs a statue if Mark Ingram gets one. Henry had the 7th most rushing yards ever in a college season in 2015, won the NC AND took home the Heisman. He also is one of the most dominant RB's to ever play college football, especially in the SEC.
re: CKD and NIL
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/22/26 at 8:00 am to Amarillo Tide
I hate to say it but with 90 per cent of these kids, it's all about the $$$$$.
Why wouldn't it be when it's the same way for the coaches that coach them? The coaches and their agents financial rape the universities for every nickel they can rub together. Any success the coach has, their agent is leveraging the university for an extension and a raise. Why are we surprised that the kids are doing exactly what they're seeing the adults do?
Why wouldn't it be when it's the same way for the coaches that coach them? The coaches and their agents financial rape the universities for every nickel they can rub together. Any success the coach has, their agent is leveraging the university for an extension and a raise. Why are we surprised that the kids are doing exactly what they're seeing the adults do?
re: Alabama Baseball 2027 Roster Tracker/Off-season news
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/22/26 at 7:55 am to bamacj1999
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Look I hate to be real about the guy. Im not an expert but I maybe missed 3-5 of their games this year. And my assessment of Torres is correct. Now is it possible he was their best option. Yes. But that makes me sad and hope the portal brings a 3B
So, are you now saying Vaughn put the best player he had available at the position? Because as a coach, that's all you can do. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t. The coach and the player did the best they could and that's all you can ask. Hopefully the freshman will get better and we'll get better players in the program. But you can't get mad at the coach when he puts the best player he has at that position there, even though the player may not be great. It is what it is at that point.
DUDE! Y'all got hot at the perfect time and playing some great baseball. That's what I was hoping would happen to Alabama, but it just wasn't in the cards. Carolina is a good team but I think y'alls momentum and hot streak is just too much.
re: Alabama has the 72nd ranked recruiting class for 2027 (UPDATED)
Posted by NWLA_Bama on 6/22/26 at 7:49 am to BigAL Golesh
You've got to be under the age of 30 or gingerly retarded and on some type of spectrum. There's no way you obsessively post about one thing over and over and over and be out of your teens or 20's or not have a mental disability.
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As everyone knows, an 0-1, or 0-2 count is a tremendous advantage for a good pitcher. It makes hitting a lot harder. There are some really good ones in the SEC and post-season, but our approach at the plate has pretty much sucked all season. How many times did it look like our batters were really challenging a pitcher? Refusing to strikeout? Owning the plate? Daring the pitcher to throw them a strike?
I fully agree. I also wonder how much of this is how these kids are being trained by private hitting coaches and HS coaches. I coach a 19 yr old showcase team full of players from different HS around the region. They ALL watch WAAAAY to many strikes and get to too many 0-1 and 0-2 counts. If the pitch isn't perfect, they don't swing. It's almost as if they treat every count like it is a 3-0 count. I tell them all the time, "Once you get 0-1 and 0-2, the odds of your success are not good, nowhere close." Yet, this past weekend, we played in a tournament and the same thing happens, even AFTER I basically give them a green light to be overly aggressive at the plate. And guess what? They got the same result. A lot of strikeouts and hitting pitchers' pitches. We won ONE game all weekend.
Oh I get it. I watched the same thing you did. But I don't know how much of that is the fault of the hitting coach or players just not being able to make adjustments during live at bats.
Hey, your sister says you're not finished giving her a blowjob. Take your teeth back out.
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3) biggest, I think the paradigm has changed. You go after 5 stars who may push to start, and you hit the portal.
This. Recruiting philosophies are changing/adapting to the new NIL/Portal world. Bama raked in a top two class for 2026 and from what I'm reading and hearing, the focus for the 2027 is not heavy on the HS recruits. Whether you believe "insiders" or not, apparently, they are going heavier on the portal than the HS recruits for 2027. Several "insiders" that I follow on X have said expect a much, much smaller class to brought in for the 2027 class.
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I’m fine with Coach Vaughn but we definitely need some new blood as the hitting coach. That much is obvious.
How do you actually measure whether the hitting coach is doing good or bad? Some of the players have private hitting coaches once they break for the offseason and some go work on their swing in the offseason on their own. There's only so much a hitting coach can fix and what he can fix is with minor adjustments and mental approach advice. How much one on one time do college hitting coaches actually spend with each player?
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