Hurts began regressing before Kiffin left. I think Saban is so adverse to turnovers, that Hurts had a lot of the confidence coached out of him. Saban probably saw those turnovers heading into the playoffs of 2016 and squashed any of that.
I enjoyed the discipline he brought to the offense. It was a nice change from the 20 million pre-snap movements Kiffin had that would cause false starts.
From what I heard, there was a pretty big rift in between Saban and Daboll stemming from who they wanted at starter. Locksley actually did much of the game planning for Jalen because Daboll was a huge resisting force in having him start. You could see when Daboll game planned, it was long developing plays, few line of scrimmage shifts, no bubble screens/quick reads. Locksley did a better job with the RPO offense...see this year's Sugar Bowl. Hurts' stats weren't eye-popping, but they were efficient for the defense we were going up against.
To be fair, this means absolutely nothing at this point. It will change numerous times by signing day. Alabama should be a top 3 class though. They're #3 in the 247 composite.
It certainly does though. At this point last season, UA was in the 20s recruiting wise. We could see there were a few weak links in the recruiting department. That appears to have been fixed. With 27 spots open, we'll have a very large number of recruits to take, so sheer numbers indicate we'll be very close to the top, if not the top.
