I just checked Rivals and, because USC has had a monster day, they are now ahead of us by 32 points in the rankings.
I'm just curious if this bothers anyone.
I'm just curious if this bothers anyone.
Slightly bothered by not getting another OT or TE that we wanted, but to complain would be silly considering another group that is loaded with talent and easily among the nations' best. Keyword: slightly.I just checked Rivals and, because USC has had a monster day, they are now ahead of us by 32 points in the rankings.
I'm just curious if this bothers anyone.
Thanks SJC. We obviously can say we had the #1 class. I appreciate that info and interesting to note the Barn moved up to #2 on Scout and the other services have them in the 6-9 range.
That's not really interesting - certainly not surprising in the least - considering the people involved with that site.Thanks SJC. We obviously can say we had the #1 class. I appreciate that info and interesting to note the Barn moved up to #2 on Scout and the other services have them in the 6-9 range.
You pretty much nailed it. People have pretended for a while that the talent gap between say Alabama, and Auburn, Florida, etc... was massive. As I said after the Florida game, it's not! They have been getting a lot of top tier recruits, Alabama might get a couple that are higher rated or what not, but in the end that might mean nothing. It reminds me of someone trying to explain the Alabama and Ohio State talent game, what it came down to was a couple 5 star recruits basically. That alone doesn't mean all that much.It's a beauty pageant. As long as we finish in the top five, heck even the top ten, we're getting excellent talent.
No team wins all their games, period. No matter the talent, no matter the coaches. Alabama has been by far the best team over the past few years, and if your aspirations go beyond that, the only real issues is your aspirations.I'll try to tread lightly here. I don't care about rankings anymore. I care about positional coaching and player development. We've had the #1 Class about 6 of the last 8 years and I think we were #3 and #5 the other two years yet we still lose games we shouldn't and have positional weaknesses at times that we shouldn't.
I want to see the OL play to a higher standard and I really want to some competent DB play. We seemed to really make DB a priority this year signing 5 Top Tier guys for that Unit ranked #2,3,4,11, and #13. Add that to Tony Brown and Marlon Humphrey and I am ready to see an end to our secondary getting embarrassed on deep balls. We have the talent so let's get them looking for the ball and knocking it down.
In other words I don't care if we are #1 or #2 or #5 in final recruiting rankings anymore. I want to see that our coaches are getting the best play out of that talent.
Truth be told, Bama wasn't filling all of its needs in some of those classes. The OL talent wasn't great the last couple of seasons. Much better after the last two recruiting classes.I'll try to tread lightly here. I don't care about rankings anymore. I care about positional coaching and player development. We've had the #1 Class about 6 of the last 8 years and I think we were #3 and #5 the other two years yet we still lose games we shouldn't and have positional weaknesses at times that we shouldn't.
I want to see the OL play to a higher standard and I really want to some competent DB play. We seemed to really make DB a priority this year signing 5 Top Tier guys for that Unit ranked #2,3,4,11, and #13. Add that to Tony Brown and Marlon Humphrey and I am ready to see an end to our secondary getting embarrassed on deep balls. We have the talent so let's get them looking for the ball and knocking it down.
In other words I don't care if we are #1 or #2 or #5 in final recruiting rankings anymore. I want to see that our coaches are getting the best play out of that talent.
Nope. Great class. Just have to concentrate on some positions next cycle. Besides, Rivals is only one site.I just checked Rivals and, because USC has had a monster day, they are now ahead of us by 32 points in the rankings.
I'm just curious if this bothers anyone.