We lost Justin Watkins - who was a very highly rated WR (due to disciplinary reasons). Langham, who was a 4-star bust....but he was also the only DT signed in that class. John Huggins, another disciplinary problem. Chris Bleich. Randy Russel (medical). That's 5 from one class. Then we lost 5 from the next class. Ten signees who either have left or never made it on campus in two classes.
Also, UGA is currently having the same issues Alabama has and we had under Urban - they're bringing in 5-stars who have to wait behind another 5-star for their turn. So if they leave, it's not "next man up"...it's "next 5-star up". It's sickening. And as far as player development, other than Fromm (which was mostly due to the sh*tty offense) I don't really see many of their players going undeveloped. He's running the Saban model over there, and he ran it for 8 years under Alabama. Also, if we beat them this year I hope you don't think I'm going to be upset. Teams with more talent lose all the time to teams with lesser talent - Alabama lost to Auburn last year, UGA lost to SC, we lost to Kentucky & Missouri two years ago, Urban's 2008 UF lost to Ole Miss in Gainesville!, it goes on and on. We need to consistently win, or at least have a two game winning streak occasionally. We'll see. But their D is absolutely loaded this year.