Get ready gators, our football team is about to close STRONG on signing day. We have so many top prospects visiting and guys cb'd to us. We will end up with a great class addressing our positions of need and gain much needed depth at EVERY position. It's great to have a head coach who understands what needs to be done and has the foresight to fix problems when they arise instead of meandering around doing nothing.
I'm all for closing strong, and am still somewhat optimistic. That said, this entire premise--and strategy, if true--is flawed on many levels. For one thing, we've heard this same rhetoric the past two classes, only to limp through NSD while our rivals load up on talent. But even if it happens the way some project, it completely goes against the notion of building momentum, which is typically associated with a strong class. While guys like Meyer, Saban, Fisher, etc may have big signing days, it's usually a case of jumping from Top 5-land to competing for the top spot. This gameplan, which again is speculative at best, honestly makes no sense. Rarely if ever does a team spend 90% of the recruiting period flailing and attracting little top attention, to the point that they're called out by national media, only to close huge on NSD. It's just not how it works. Players want to join a train that's gaining momentum and has key players that will be difference makers at the next level (see 2006 class). That simply doesn't happen all at once on NSD.
I'd actually be even less optimistic (though not shocked at this point) if this turns out to be the case. Similar to our "decisions/hats" strategy last year, which was as amateur hour as it gets. Mac and Co need to stop attempting to reinvent the wheel, and simply do what history shows works.
Again though, hoping for the best.
