I don’t foresee too many surprises on National Signing Day. Despite all the uncertainty swirling around some of the bigger names left on the board—i.e. Demetris Robertson, Derrick Brown, Michail Carter, and Lyndell Wilson—it’s fairly easy to see that the 2016 Signing Day Class will be respectable, but not what was expected.
Truthfully, it was overly optimistic to expect this staff to be able to lock every prospect down, right out the gate. As much as it was honorable for new coach Kirby Smart to finish out his contract at Alabama, it would be naive of me to say the delay, mixed with the staff overhaul, didn’t sour some prospects on the program.