A lot of people say NIL “exposed” Alabama, how much truth do you say there is to that idea?

[KingsnBucs1987]

bama had 0 transfers.

Its cray how people just yap on here

Y'all lost Justice Hayes to Michigan

Matter of fact didn't y'all also lose a DT to Michigan, Damon Payne

 

[CrimsonTider]

Depth.

SEC still gets the top croots......that's not going to change.

The difference is you won't have the same depth, so if injuries pop up...academic issues etc, it'll be harder to replace that starter.

It'll be more like the NFL versus some 1990s Nebraska shyt.

That has nothing to do with NIL and everything to do with the Portal.

Look at the team portal rankings from this season

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The portal has made CFB more balanced and competitive.

Bama lost their best Defensive lineman a week before the FSU game and their was no one that could replace his production.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

That's not quite true.....

Yes, it is. Times got tough in Miami and he didn't get the players he needed so he dipped. He was about to be really embarrassed.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Y'all lost Justice Hayes to Michigan

Matter of fact didn't y'all also lose a DT to Michigan, Damon Payne

I was talking about the spring transfer window. Haynes was a 2nd string running back. Not a starter. Payne didn't start either.

But this proves my point. The portal makes it so teams do not have experience at their 2 and 3 deep for every position.

 

[CrimsonTider]

You aint lying.... That unit Mac Jones had..... They got Mac Jones first round money..... and he wasn't even like that for real.... All of the receivers he was throwing to mainly are starters in the NFL... That is insane to have that type of talent on one college squad...

Mac had Devonta Smith and Metchie. Waddle was hurt for most of the year.

 

[DropTopDoc]

It did. Thats why that racist midget fakkit Saban quit. The plantation was over. I hate that inbred. It was so fukked up how he literally had the control of all the top talent. It was monopoly. Once the NIL was cutting them checks, he started looking like he did back at MSU.

Aiiight man

 

[KingsnBucs1987]

I was talking about the spring transfer window. Haynes was a 2nd string running back. Not a starter. Payne didn't start either.

But this proves my point. The portal makes it so teams do not have experience at their 2 and 3 deep for every position.

Yeah that's what I was saying, Bama is always gonna get top talent regardless, they just won't be able to have those 5 and high 4-star backups like they used to have with Saban, before their 2nd-3rd string were better than some school's starters, but now that 2nd-3rd string can go somewhere else and may flourish just as much.

 

[pete clemenza]

Yup.... No reason why UCLA shouldn't still be a power house in basketball with all that bread.....

No star high school player in California or across the nation wants to play for their current pain in the azz coach, Mick Cronin.

 

[skyrunner1]

Anybody who doesnt believe NIL makes a difference, Saban had 5 stars Greyshirtting

How the hell you believe it dont make a difference and Texas tech is getting 5 stars to fukking lubbock texas

Mizzou had a UGA starter give Kirby the deuces because of NIL.. There are soo many examples it makes no sense. It hurts depth. You can do whatever the fukk you want when you got 5 stars on bench backing up 5 stars ..

 

[Rekkapryde]

1.alabama picked a coach that’s not a real fit there which is the biggest problem

whoever coached after Saban was gonna catch hell regardless.

not a job I would want. But the bag was too big to turn down for DeBoer.

 

[JesusFOREVER]

Kd

CFB has ebbs and flows. Bama wasnt competing for chips for years before Saban. USC ran shyt for a minute then fell off. So did Miami...a few times. There are numerous others. Bama's run was an outlier. It wasnt gonna last forever. I'd say Saban leaving is the biggest factor.

I’d say this, Saban was showing signs of being washed before NIL and once her retire the allure and structure of Bama was gone- i think if he was a little in his tail end of prime with NIL they’d still be a powerhouse

 

[L. Deezy]

Speaking of NIL... Castellanos selling Nick can't save them shirts..lol. wtffff

 

[FTBS]

Kd

I’d say this, Saban was showing signs of being washed before NIL and once her retire the allure and structure of Bama was gone- i think if he was a little in his tail end of prime with NIL they’d still be a powerhouse

Everybody, no matter how great or dominant, eventually loses their fastball

 

[Art Barr]

Saban was an NFL coach with 5-star players at every position and a crazy depth chart. A big reason why they were winning so much besides having more talent was because Saban is actually a good coach who ran from the NFL when times got hard. He should have been coaching in the NFL but he pussied out

Beli's protege.


Art Barr

whoever coached after Saban was gonna catch hell regardless.

not a job I would want. But the bag was too big to turn down for DeBoer.

Heard his buyout is 70 mil.
So he may be there.

Art Barr

 

[jwonder]

I was talking about the spring transfer window. Haynes was a 2nd string running back. Not a starter. Payne didn't start either.

But this proves my point. The portal makes it so teams do not have experience at their 2 and 3 deep for every position.

Doesn't matter. Alabama on their way to looking like Syracuse