LISTEN: Former Alabama QB John Parker Wilson urges fans not to panic about Tide's 2018 recruiting class
The Alabama Crimson Tide had the No. 1 recruiting class every year since 2010, but in 2018, Nick Saban’s crew only managed to land the No. 7 class in the country.
Meanwhile former Alabama DC Kirby Smart landed the nation’s top class for the Georgia Bulldogs, so many are wondering if the tides (pun intended) are turning in the SEC.
However, during his appearance on WJOX’s “The Opening Drive” on Friday, former Alabama QB John Parker Wilson explained why it’s not time to panic in Tuscaloosa just yet (check it out at about the 8:00 mark):
John Parker Wilson explains why Alabama fans need to not fret over the Tide's signing class https://t.co/nr6sFhfexq via @Audioboom
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“You want to be in the top 10,” he said. “I think the biggest thing that hurts the most for Alabama guys is that one of our own, Kirby Smart, has the No. 1 recruiting class. The guy that we groomed and helped out has now come in our backyard in the Southeastern Conference and getting the No. 1 recruiting class, I think that’s the thing that hurts the most.
“But top 10 is where you want to be. I think the thing about recruiting, it’s great, 5-stars, and it’s a huge deal now, but it’s about developing the players, and I think coach Saban does that as good as anybody else. That’s what it’s really about — getting good guys on campus.”
Indeed, it’s not like Alabama ended up with a bunch of no-name guys. The No. 7 class in the country is nothing to shake your head at.
Plus, if anyone can take this group and turn it into another amazing class, it’s Saban and his staff.
I think the press are the ones making a big deal out of Alabama’s recruiting class. I don’t know any fans that are actually upset.
Nobody is upset about a top 10 class. The media desperately want the dynasty to end, and they’ll report anything to show the ‘cracks’ in the system.
Exactly
The sky is falling.bama fell waaaayyy down to the #7 class. There is no way they come back from this devastation. Nick is interviewing with Kirby for a LB coaching position.
Who is upset?
No one.
Panic? says the Captain of the Titanic.
Panic is what you see when you watch the second half of the CFP game and look at the UGA fans faces…..
Not to worry, according to another article here, you did win the recruiting battle in Connecticut.
Well UGA didn’t win the NC according to anyone…..
You do know you don’t get trophies for getting recruiting classes right? LOL.. If you look in the second half of the national championship game we had 70% freshmen playing on the field. So tell me why we care about that when we about to win back to back Nattys? LOL..
BamaTime – not just the fans. The Georgia coaches, including Get Smart, had panic all over their faces.
You want to see real, genuine panic? Give it a couple of years to when Saban announces his retirement. Then take a look at Bama fans. Sheer terror. LOL
Is that the UGA fan motto? “Wait a couple years”?………. Before Saban stepped foot on campus Bama had already won more games, NCS, and conference championships than any program in the SEC…. Bama will be fine and UGA will continue to UGA….
Well put.
My 18,14,12,8 year old daughters and sons have watched alabama play for and win 5 national titles. How many have you watched Georgia win with your kids?
We’ll be able to leverage Saban’s success to get a pretty good hire. We should also be fine for 2-3 years afterwards because we’ll still have Saban’s players.
Nobody is really panicking at all. I think most of us just feel blessed with what Saban has accomplished, it wouldn’t matter if he had 3 straight 5-7 seasons.
UGARMYRET – Have you forgotten about Dabo? Real panic will be the looks on your UGA faces when Get Smart hasn’t delivered a NC after 5 years. Florida will be coming after the Bulldogs very soon.
Why would Dabo follow what Saban has done when he has built and cemented his legacy on his own at Clemson? You’re delusional if you think you guys are getting Dabo.
Delusional? Dabo is from Alabama. He’s an Alabama grad. He played at Alabama and was on the ’92 national championship team. He coached Alabama and still has family in Alabama. Want to talk about money and facilities? It’s not bad at Clemson at all but both will be better at Alabama. Dabo would crawl over broken glass from Clemson to Tuscaloosa. Who is delusional? You might want to look in the mirror.
Nobody knows if Dabo will come to Bama or not… That includes you all knowing UGA fan….
Poor Georgia, can only talk about stupid stuff since you can’t win any national Championships.. You don’t know what it feels like to win a Natty!!! LOL…. Everyone watch this azzhole stupid comment.. LOL.. 3…2….1… LOL
Florida? You better be thinking about South Carolina… They are a sleeper team now…
LOL… you still won’t beat Bama, by that time Kirby will be fired or moved on… LOL… How many Nattys do Georgia have the last 10 years? LOL.. freaking idiot
12 months from now we will be reading another article on why Alabama again failed to get the number 1 class, with more Tide fans again making more excuses. Like Kirby said, Georgia isn’t going anywhere so get used to it.
12 months from now Bama will be the reigning CFP champion again…….. UGA needs to arrive before it can go anywhere.
The arrogance of Georgia fans blows me away. One SEC Championship and it goes to their head. The school that has consistently done less with more than any team in the SEC over the last 30 years but hey, you guys have arrived now. SMH.
We dont care about Number 1 classes.. Yall idiots happy over that? We only want something Georgia havent seen in over 2 decades. National Championships… Dude, don’t talk noise when we had a field of freshmen in the second half kick yall sorry asses.. LOL Thats why we were strategic in our recruiting, so what a couple kids was flipped, oh well Next man up… hint hint, Georgia trying to act like Bama dont make them Bama, because we have all the Ships… 5 in 9 years… LOL.. Roll Tide… Now everyone watch this idiot say something stupid… 3…2..1.. LOL