Lots of these grad guys and transfers are going to wait till after NSD to look at rosters , coaches ect before they make their decisions.
I bet we see 2 maybe even 3 here before all is said and done.
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https://twitter.com/teamgabaseball/s...814894080?s=21
Why are we barely making any efforts? We are still in it with him.
Ok u probably can’t see it, so it’s a tweet sharing that Saban and Dabo went to Jackson Prep to see Ealy while he was practicing baseball.
Does anyone know what our numbers looks like as far as being able to sign? I remember going into this year that we easily had 25 spots. We only signed 23 last year and only 20 came to campus.
We have 14 signed - 5 already on campus and so some of those can count back potentially.
We have 6 commits but I think four of which are wavering and or may not be allowed to sign by us (Cunningham, Washington, Emerson and Payton) the other two Pickering and Walker I think we land, bringing us to 16 guys I think are in the boat.
Are we going to sign 9 more players? I think that would still allow 2 or 3 grad transfers considering some of these guys should count back.
Just wondering about numbers
According to his Dad....Yes, he could have gotten him. But at the end of the day, they felt like he was the easiest to turn down, bc he always gave guys an out and acted like he'd support them regardless. I'm Not saying pressuring kids is the "right" way....but if they're having a tough time deciding, giving them an easy out rarely gets the job done. But this is just one instance, the rest of my feeling on T-Buck just comes from the fact that we're always "in it" with good CB's, but rarely even land the top 3 star guys on our board...much less the stud 4 or 5 star
So looks like three guys are trending towards us today:
https://247sports.com/Player/Josh-Sanguinetti-46036718/
https://247sports.com/Player/Collin-Duncan-94207/
https://247sports.com/Player/Michael-Lockhart-46059388/
Not bad all things considered
Yep
Going to be plenty of room for transfers and one is almost a guarantee and won't be surprised with 2.
You're dead nuts on RE: Bryant signing 100+ guys just to horde them up... That's well documented. Shug did it, Neyland, Vaught, etc....
However, there's no way Saban is going to waste a scholarship for the sole reason of impeding another program. And the truth is, Alabama doesn't even sign many guys from MS anymore unless they are rated really high. And everybody offers those cats.
Heck, y'all get waaaaay more guys out of Bama than the inverse... If Saban truly wanted to disrupt State recruiting, he could just offer all of y'all's commits, especially the AL guys and string em along... I think he's after the Ealy kid because he's really talented, not because MSU wants him... that's incidental, IMO....
If Saban was offering multiple MS 3* kids every year, I'd think there might be something nefarious afoot...
Because this discussion got me curious, I ran the numbers on where Bammer guys come from (2018):
AL 21
FL 11
LA 10
TX 10
CA 5
SC 4
MD 4
MS 4
GA 3
KY 2
HI, IN, IA, MO, NV, OH, OK, PA, TN, UT, AR 1
If Florida flips khris bogle, how does it affect young?
That's a real good point and sounds like some negotiating training would be beneficial. You can still be the nice guy without also being the easy guy to turn down. Every case is different but as you said it's a bit of a pattern for us to get in the door but never close the deal. Like with James even though we really liked him we should have pressed him a little harder on signing early. Maybe we did, but if we didn't we have paid the price.
It's a little early to get excited about having balls going to a new name CB that hasn't been on campus yet. I think we get Lockhart and Duncan though. Otay is USC bound, Young to Bama or LSU (visit coming), and Ealy to Bama. I think Lawrence still gets a scholly.