RTR91 said:

The new hires have suggested Saban be quicker when pulling the trigger and offering a guy. This probably pushes the evaluation period up 6 months earlier than Alabama has previously done, but it will pay off in the end.

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"It's evaluation, then it's development, and then they play schemes that are easily transferable for the NFL scouts to walk out of that building or off that practice field and see those players doing things that they will be required to do at the NFL level," Savage said on Thursday. "Those are really the three reasons why they have had so much success in the draft."Savage, a Crimson Tide radio analyst, explained that college football is 10 percent evaluation and 90 recruiting, while the NFL is 90 percent evaluation and 10 percent recruiting.
At Alabama, it is different.
"Alabama has at least a 50-50 split," he said. "They truly evaluate these guys. They don't just go off some list or magazine and say, 'Oh, we got another 5-star.'"

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RollTide_HTTR said:

I find that really interesting because it's happening at the same time comments like this are being made

Phil Savage explains why so many of Alabama's 5-star recruits get drafted in first round

Is pushing the time table going to impact our ability to evaluate? or is it just changing the timing/process slightly?

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RTR91 said:

The new hires have suggested Saban be quicker when pulling the trigger and offering a guy. This probably pushes the evaluation period up 6 months earlier than Alabama has previously done, but it will pay off in the end.

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BamaMark. said:

I don't follow recruiting like most of you guys who post on here but it seemed like last year's class was the slowest building class since Saban has been at Bama. I kept reading that we were going to be very picky last year and get the elite of the elite. I guess the consensus is that may not have been the best idea. Still, I'll take the best coach in college football with a top 5 class against the field every time.

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RTR91 said:

Phil discusses the evaluation process in his book. It's not just evaluating tape. Saban goes beyond that, but some of the things Saban evaluates don't take a long time. The time table is pushed up some, but it's not just the coaching staff watching a player's tape over and over again to decide if he's a good fit or not. It's the simple evaluation of looking at a guy in camp and seeing how flexible he is or if his bone structure looks right or not.

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Padreruf said:

Recruiting is like selling -- if you rest on your laurels then you are in trouble. However, it is hard to do it year after year after year...that is the miracle that is CNS. Somehow he finds the inner motivation to keep going when others would fall by the wayside.

I noticed on Twitter that Bobby Williams announced he was in Birmingham to do some recruiting for Oregon. Very interesting....

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JustNeedMe81 said:

I saw that.... That was interesting....

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gtowntide said:

Maybe he's seeing Vonta Bentley at Jackson Olin.

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Tideflyer said:

I really wonder if CNS is trying to lock the class down by the early signing date. Could it be, " Don't commit unless you're willing to sign in D

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Tideflyer said:

I really wonder if CNS is trying to lock the class down by the early signing date. Could it be, " Don't commit unless you're willing to sign in D

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ShoalCreek said:

Several comments. Nick looks at 30 tapes EVERY day of prospective student-athletes, 365 days a year. Last year we were complacent in recruiting and had a few coaches that lost a step or two when making contact with recruits on/off-the-road. Also follow-up tweets, emails and recruiting correspondence was not as expeditiously accomplished as in the past. As such, new blood has revitalized the coaching, support, personnel and administrative staffers. Finally, a few more commit-able offers are awarded with the new early signing date.

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