Ideally we would have landed both but, no sour grapes, if I had to pick one it would have been Kelly
Haven’t been around much, I assume that’s going real well for you?
I'm not Cribby, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express a few times. 2 high-level crootin classes + some top notch portaling are bare minimum along with much better player development which I think is now pretty much in place staff wise.
@Cribby Do you mean 2-3 more recruiting classes after the 2023 class or counting the '23 class?
Championship level teams always needed talent at the skill positions. In the playoffs, for the most part, they're going against championship level defenses.
Sabans not a good example to prove your point. They were already stacked in their two deep on both sides of the line by the time he recruited them. That was his initial focus when he first got to Bama.
I don't know what your point is. If you're going against a championship level defense, of course you need championship level of talent to match up against them.
CIS forgets Mario went TO the shoe & *** ****ed Ohio State last year. CIS forgets Texas ATM beat Bama last year. They love putting these teams on a pedestal. In reality we aren’t nearly as behind as people think. They think that bc our coaching the last 20 years made it seem that way. Miami with real coaching is closer then people think. That will be seen shortly. It’s going to be eye opening & I can’t wait.
Saban isn't a good coach to prove my point?
No, he’s not. You start telling someone (that believes you start in the trenches) to tell the NFL they’re doing it wrong and cite salaries which after QB, 3 of the next 4 are in the trenches. Then compound it by using Saban as an example.
I'm not sure What are you talking about? Saban changed his football philosophy. He clearly did. I'm not sure how that is so hard to understand.
Saban is on record that he had to "adapt or die" and changed his offense as a result.. Things got kinda stale and he saw the rule changes he was asking for werent gonna happen so he adapted to more passing.. The premium being placed by WR has been documented the last couple years and its not a surprise teams like OSU, LSU, Okla, Bama, Clemson seemed to have a monopoly on top guys..
The changes Saban's adapted to are the style of offenses: from RB based to WR based. And stating the WRs have been placed at a premium over others (except QB) clearly diminish the trenches as was implied by the NFL avg. salaried by position. A lot of teams have adapted (or tried to adapt) but those that are successful are already established in the trenches.
This is utter nonsense. Don't mistake the fact that he's already established trench dominance and has the luxury of having balanced recruiting classes as meaning he doesn't value the line play as much. Saban's not stupid. If line depth were to drop off, watch how quick he'll switch gears and re-emphasize trench recruiting. That's what he did 10 years ago because the roster he took over from Shula was trash.
Mario went to Osu and won because he’d been building a great roster the last three or four years. He had as good or better trenches. It’s not like that was the miracle on ice or something. The Osu’s , Bama’s and Uga’s are consistent because of all the talent and depth that’s been built over years. They can afford to lose a bunch of starters and still out talent people.
I know buddy. I’ve been following this **** since I’m 9 years old & my uncles told me about James Jackson & why I should hate Notre Dame & Penn State. Guess what tho Crib. Part of being a fan is being delusional. If someone wants to think we can win the national title this year who are you or me to tell them we can’t?
