Our 2009/2010 starting lineups with stars, for you recruiting chicken littles

[sheetman]

I think you guys need to relax and look at the number of stars that were in our starting lineups for our BCS teams in 2009 and 2010. I think you guys are more interested in recruiting in order to one up other schools on the "recruiting scoreboard" and view it as some kind of game or contest, rather than trusting our coaching staff to take whatever recruits they can get and coach them up.

Below in our starting lineups for our BCS teams I see mostly 2 stars with a few 3 stars sprinkled in and only one 4 star.

2009 Starting Offense

QB - 2 star Andy Dalton
RB - 2 star Joseph Turner
WR - 2 star Jimmy Young
WR - 4 star Jeremy Kerley
WR - Unrecruited walk on Bart Johnson
TE - 2 star Evan Frosch
OL - 3 star Marcus Cannon
OL - Unrecruited walk on Kyle Dooley
C - 2 star Jake Kirkpatrick
OL - 3 star Marshall Newhouse
OL - 2 star Josh Vernon

2009 Starting Defense

DE - 2 star Jerry Hughes
DT - 2 star Cory Grant
DT - 3 star Kelly Griffin
DE - 3 star Wayne Daniels
LB - 2 star Tank Carder
LB - 2 star Daryl Washington
CB - 2 star Rafael Priest
SS - Unrecruited walk on Tyler Luttrell
FS - 2 star TeJay Johnson
WS - 2 star Alex Ibolye
CB - 2 star Nick Sanders

2010 Starting Offense


QB - 2 star Andy Dalton
RB - 2 star Ed Wesley
WR - 2 star Jimmy Young
WR - 4 star Jeremy Kerley
WR - Unrecruited walk on Bart Johnson
TE - 2 star Evan Frosch
OL - 3 star Marcus Cannon
OL - Unrecruited walk on Kyle Dooley
C - 2 star Jake Kirkpatrick
OL - 2 star Zach Roth
OL - 2 star Josh Vernon


2010 Starting Defense

DE - 3 star Stansly Maponga
DT - 2 star Cory Grant
DT - 2 star DJ Yendrey
DE - 3 star Wayne Daniels
LB - 2 star Tank Carder
LB - 3 star Tanner Brock
CB - 3 star Jason Teague
SS - 2 star Colin Jones
FS - 2 star TeJay Johnson
WS - 2 star Alex Ibolye
CB - 2 star Greg McCoy

 

[SnoSki]

Good post

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

Devil's advocate:
Now post our 2009 and 2010 schedules.

 

[tcujsauce]

Devil's advocate:
Now post our 2009 and 2010 schedules.

+1

 

[sheetman]

Devil's advocate:
Now post our 2009 and 2010 schedules.

Not sure about our 2009 team, but I do think our 2010 team could have taken down Oregon or Auburn in a one game shot. We were a missed field goal away in Berkley or a blown 24 point lead in Tuscaloosa from getting the chance.

 

[tcujsauce]

Not sure about our 2009 team, but I do think our 2010 team could have taken down Oregon or Auburn in a one game shot. We were a missed field goal away in Berkley or a blown 24 point lead in Tuscaloosa from getting the chance.

See my response to this in the other thread.

 

[jake102]

Devil's Advocate:

Post Alabama's starting line-up and the stars for the past five years. Then look at # of championships.

 

[tcujsauce]

Devil's Advocate:

Post Alabama's starting line-up and the stars for the past five years. Then look at # of championships.

Dats wut I been sayin doh dawg but dems peckawoods don't not listen bruh

 

[DangerFrog]

Now, for 2012:

2012 Starting Offense


QB - 4 star Casey Pachall / 3 star Trevonne Boykin
RB - 4 star Waymon James
WR - 3 star Josh Boyce
WR - 4 star LaDarius Brown
WR - 3 star Brandon Carter (QB in high school)
TE - 3 star Corey Fuller
OL - 3 star Aviante Collins
OL - 2 star Blaize Foltz
C - 2 star James Fry
OL - 2 star Eric Tausch
OL - 3 star Tayo Fabuluje


2012 Starting Defense

DE - 3 star Stansly Maponga
DT - 4 star Chucky Hunter
DT - 3 star Davion Pierson
DE - 4 star Devonte Fields
LB -3 star Marcus Mallet / walkon Joel Hasley
LB - 3 star Kenny Cain
CB - 3 star Jason Verrett
SS - 3 star Elisha Olabode
FS - 3 star Chris Hackett
WS -3 star Sam Carter (QB in high school)
CB - 3 star Kevin White


It has obviously improved since then. The talent is getting better and the coaching is the same. That means the team is getting better, I hope. OT, the rivals picture of Blaize Foltz is hilarious:

 

[DangerFrog]

Devil's Advocate:

Post Alabama's starting line-up and the stars for the past five years. Then look at # of championships.

Then look at # of positive steroid tests.

 

[tcujsauce]

Then look at # of positive steroid tests.

Irrelevant if you win championships.

 

[jake102]

Then look at # of positive steroid tests.

Then go back and look at championships again.

 

[tcujsauce]

This reminds me of that Old Spice commercial.

 

[Dogfrog]

Irrelevant if you win championships.

Dooshy comment.

 

[bscttyb]

But Rivals hardly gives out 2 stars anymore. A lot of those 2 stars we got back in the day would now be 3 stars in todays recruiting world because they want to generate more readers.

 

[tcujsauce]

Dooshy comment.

Could be, but that's the way sports business works. Am I wrong?

 

[Austintxfrog94]

Then look at # of positive steroid tests.

Are there positive steroid results? I'm asking cause I don't know.

 

[tcujsauce]

Are there positive steroid results? I'm asking cause I don't know.

No, but there is a cool story about deer antler spray.

 

[ShadowFrog]

Could be, but that's the way sports business works. Am I wrong?

Only until the lights go out in the SuperDome.....

 

[frogbyproxy]

I'm pretty sure the guys used rivals to get the grading system for the above players. But if you look at scout and espn they aren't graded as high. I looked at Waymon on scout and he was just a 2 star with espn grading him at 76. Casey was also a 3 star on scout and a 77 on espn. With that being said it is impressive to see players graded as they were make the grade on the field where it counts! OK one still needs to prove themselves but I'm sure they will.