Class score 299.89 If we get

Isn't he committed somewhere already? There smoke or something?

RaT team wannabe who and what are you talking about??

We aren't getting all those guys. Stop with the points. They don't matter. It's about filling needs. We will have a talented class. You have to realize we won't land all of those guys right? Why fool yourself. We go through this every single year. All these predictions and shite is ridiculous. This is all a game. It's a bunch of kids. Who gives a shite about a point rating of 299.89? What does that have to do with first downs? The season is not about a recruiting point scale. We always get talented players. It's about player development and coaching. We have wasted gobs of talent because of poor arse coaching. Not because we didn't have enough recruiting points.

Seeing as it definitely matters exactly which players you are coaching and developing, whether its a point scale or any other way to grade an incoming class...it is the lifeblood of any program. Alabama has what 6 consensus overall classes in a row?? And while saban is obviously a great college coach and player development guru at this level...give him Maryland's roster and see if his coaching is really the thing here....you like him would see that the players you salivate over like the OPs list there are what made this run possible...in the end and there really is no arguing it..talent wins out. LSU can legitimately pull a top 3 consensus nationally ranked player to start, and if that alone wasn't enough to dream about, the other guys there are all 4 star players ranked in the top 10 to 30 at their positions....closing out with a list like that is what will really take your program from three losses to undefeated in a relatively small time. The "we always get good players" thing....is honestly the most ignorant and asinine stance in regards to absolutely the most detail oriented and meticulously worked part of the collective whole that is the program. Maybe landing a player like Marvin Wilson will not have a severe impact on the team or be a detriment in any way, because who knows how he turns out and wed have other guys anyway..blah blah blah...the deal is a player like that if what the collective scouting world who all agree will be an instant impact nightmare for any program and will be at the least a rotational player from the start is what separates the Bamas and alike from where we are, which is right a step behind in true talent roster spot by roster spot. Its why Les miles despite his coaching flaws and amazingly bad coaching and development he oversaw here was able to win as much as he did...because three to five consensus five star players per class that averages a 90 overall per player rating made his problems an acceptable idea...as long as he pulled in those guys each class then averages say the talent will win in spite of poor coaching. Dream bro. Dream away. Keep us striving for a day where we catch up truly to the programs that have passed us by since 2011.

Man there are some miserable fricks on this board for some reason

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The entire point of this board is for discussion. Nobody is making any of you click a thread and forcing you to read anything. If you're a "sit back and wait until signing day guy" then take your own advice and avoid this place until signing day.

kind of going off on a tangent here, but a related tangent...

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whether its a point scale or any other way to grade an incoming class...it is the lifeblood of any program. Alabama has what 6 consensus overall classes in a row?? And while saban is obviously a great college coach

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To me those consecutive classes is the key. That's studs at most position and studs 2 deep. It enhances that development. If you're a coach with a 2 deep almost as qualified player, you play him and he gets experience faster and developed 'better'.

As far as the points on the ranking, well, it's worth noting. Sometimes the gap between #1 and #2 is huge. Example: in 2013 the gap between #1 Bama and #2 tOSU was 16pts, while the gap between #2 and #3 UF was 8pts. In 2014 #1 and #2 LSU was 20pts, #2 and #3 tOSU was 3pts. While not entirely accurate and a good predictor, you can correlate the difference to the field. Those two example classes are the core & bench of this playoff teams.

College football is 85% recruiting and 15% coaching. The statistics prove it.

As they say, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shite...

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You ever heard of putting goals down on paper?

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I actually started doing this recently, and it's an interesting topic probably meant for the OT so I won't get into it here, but I've found that it makes a huge difference IRL...


Maybe not so much for recruiting though

That was mine too I actually started in December though, so my NYR was to keep it up

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Why does it bother you so much? You ever heard of putting goals down on paper? No, I would think you have. I'm not into points either, but he obviously is. Also, you seem like one of those who thinks it is more about the X's and O's than the Jimmy and joes and you are dead wrong. Saban is a good coach, a very damn good coach, but I GUARANTEE you that Alabama isn't close to what they have been without having by far the best roster of any college team. If he had LSU's roster over the last several years he would not have won near as much because we have not had the interior talent...or should I say the Jimmy and joes

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You can GUARANTEE nothing. You obviously missed my point. They have beat us 6 years in a row. There is more than one way to win a football game. Putting goals down on paper?? Lol. Yes I do that with real life things. Not imaginary recruiting finishes lol. The discrepancy in talent is not nearly as great as you seem to think. Alabama has beaten us because of coaching. We have lost to Arky and Ole Miss recently because of coaching. Are you kidding me? How old are you? Your comment was ill concieved. Like I give a shite if some message board idiots downvote me. I'm right. Don't care if u disagree.