Yea them and UGA are like a semi pro team the amount of dudes on there and it's crazy they can get high 4 star or even 5 star players to go there knowing they won't start for 2 yearsMoney under the table they won't stop. I saw like four of their prospects on defense and it made our class look ordinary. I was like **** we have to make a huge leap in evals and closing to hit that level. Their recruits and UGAs are just different man. It made me humble quick fast as to where we are and what they keep bringing in.
Georgia has had some outrageous human beings playing for them over the past few years. Their defense was just a hoard of Mongols in full sprint at you. And then they got a guy like Mykel Williams who is just a wild animal and he's just the next man up over there. sheesh.sMoney under the table they won't stop. I saw like four of their prospects on defense and it made our class look ordinary. I was like **** we have to make a huge leap in evals and closing to hit that level. Their recruits and UGAs are just different man. It made me humble quick fast as to where we are and what they keep bringing in.
I hear you D, but here’s the thing. There will be a better Caleb Downs next year - and the year after that. And Saban will look to bring in each one year after year.Bruh ain't no way a Caleb Downs enters the portal or any elite kid. He ain't allowing difference makers to leave cause them boys seeing the field. His bad evals (which he has sometimes like anyone) kick rocks to the portal.
All their dudes got long are explosive and can run, not to mention the size. PauseGeorgia has had some outrageous human beings playing for them over the past few years. Their defense was just a hoard of Mongols in full sprint at you. And then they got a guy like Mykel Williams who is just a wild animal and he's just the next man up over there. sheesh.s
Show me the next Downs that bama is after? As long as the check cashed kids will sit the bench for awhileI hear you D, but here’s the thing. There will be a better Caleb Downs next year - and the year after that. And Saban will look to bring in each one year after year.
And each one expects to play. Period. So now how do you satisfy 3 Caleb Downs? You can’t. Some one is going to bounce.
So the key is not necessarily signing the talent but holding onto to the talent to have 3 teams of elite talent so you have quality depth.
Saban’s mentality is once I sign you, you’re mine and I shouldn’t have to compete to keep you. And that mentality is what will hold him back in todays game.
With portal and NIL, it’s about who can hold onto talent - not necessarily who can sign talent.
I know you a lover of size.All their dudes got long are explosive and can run, not to mention the size. Pause
Who's that DL kid from UGA? Dudes an animal he's a top 5 pick. But he's explosive that's the difference. My knock on a let's say.......G15 was explosiveness and u can see it in the NFL. U need to have some sort of explosiveness...and first step..or a closing speed, or violent rip move. U can't just be big there is a lot more that goes into it.I know you a lover of size.
5 stars are not sitting for anyone. Now it’s a good problem to have and I hope we are losing 5 stars one day soon.Show me the next Downs that bama is after? As long as the check cashed kids will sit the bench for awhile
Yea but usually they are letting a 5 star kid they seen practice with others go. They not letting a Downs leave if he shows he's legit in practice against studs. If he's a Burgess Becker they will let him go and they won't tell no one he's trash. They not going to damage a kid while he's searching for a new home.5 stars are not sitting for anyone. Now it’s a good problem to have and I hope we are losing 5 stars one day soon.
But you’ve got to put in just as much effort to hold onto these guys nowadays as you did to sign them or they will leave. Quickly.
Don’t believe we gave Cohen 500k for a year. I don’t know what his gf is up to so can’t speculateIf they pan out and Alabama determines that they can help them, they will do whatever they can financially to keep them. I’m not one of those people that says the only reason that Saban has been so successful is because of bags, he’s clearly a great coach, and has developed a great system and infrastructure at Alabama, practically to the level of a top NFL team, but I don’t discount their willingness to use illegal means, like they have been way before NIL.
As far as Cohen, I think that’s probably a very unique one-of type situation. We were lucky he was available and was willing to leave. Granted, I don’t know all the details of what was going on between him and the team/coaches.
Who did then? I don’t think there’s any real accurate way to track because like what’s been mentioned on here, top tier SEC teams drop with nil. No taxes on bagsNaw. He didn’t
Nothing is more annoying than Saban on cfp pregame giving his take on the teams playing while looking grumpy AFSo Saban just gets to burn former players and recruits publicly with impunity? I get that he's built up a **** of a lot of equity with both winning and putting guys in the league, but seems if anyone else did that sort of thing they'd be getting killed for it in the local football communities these kids come from as well as by the players themselves.
Yea but usually they are letting a 5 star kid they seen practice with others go. They not letting a Downs leave if he shows he's legit in practice against studs. If he's a Burgess Becker they will let him go and they won't tell no one he's trash. They not going to damage a kid while he's searching for a new home.
It’s not even just the talent & the eval but the sheer depth of talent. They can easily absorb injuries and portal defections like it’s nothing over there.Money under the table they won't stop. I saw like four of their prospects on defense and it made our class look ordinary. I was like **** we have to make a huge leap in evals and closing to hit that level. Their recruits and UGAs are just different man. It made me humble quick fast as to where we are and what they keep bringing in.
If you are willing to invest enough in NIL - let’s say $200M per year, you can keep that going indefinitely. Let’s say you have nine five star running backs like USC did back in the 2000s…conventional wisdom says that some will bounce. But sign each of them to a six year deal at $4M per year and you’ll likely keep 6 to 8 of them.I hear you D, but here’s the thing. There will be a better Caleb Downs next year - and the year after that. And Saban will look to bring in each one year after year.
And each one expects to play. Period. So now how do you satisfy 3 Caleb Downs? You can’t. Some one is going to bounce.
So the key is not necessarily signing the talent but holding onto to the talent to have 3 teams of elite talent so you have quality depth.
Saban’s mentality is once I sign you, you’re mine and I shouldn’t have to compete to keep you. And that mentality is what will hold him back in todays game.
With portal and NIL, it’s about who can hold onto talent - not necessarily who can sign talent.
Maybe the majority of his NIL salary budget was devoted to incoming personnel.Dude legit signed 9 five stars and pulled the best recruiting class on paper this year. Wtf you talking about
Only the ones who show top tier promise in year 1.No doubt . But now wit them classes as stacked as they are … but I’m I out of bounds saying he gon have to recruit those s same kids next yr from entering the portal ? That goes for us too.
This.It’s not even just the talent & the eval but the sheer depth of talent. They can easily absorb injuries and portal defections like it’s nothing over there.
I’m not saying they weren’t dropping bags or weren’t even close to the top. Bama during the initial years of nil has been spending less compared to at least 2 other sec schools because they’re Bama and I guess their name is good.Who did then? I don’t think there’s any real accurate way to track because like what’s been mentioned on here, top tier SEC teams drop with nil. No taxes on bags
Don’t believe Saban decided to stop moving elite recruits whole families into homes in bama cause nil started