To put things in perspective Bama has 6 seniors starting on their team right now and arguably look better than they did last year. You still don’t believe recruiting rankings matter? If so, then it’s coaching. LSU has 11 seniors rotating (10 now that Smalls is out) Let’s look at those players shall we: Offense: Ed Ingram - LG Liam Shanahan - C (6th year) Chases Hines - RG Austin Deculus - RT (6th year) Defense: Andre Anthony - DE (6th year) Neil Farrell - DT (6th year) Ali Gaye - DE (juco transfer) Damone Clark - LB Micah Baskerville - LB Jared Smalls - LB (walk-on) Todd Harris - S (6th year) How many of these guys are playing well? How many do you honestly believe will get drafted? How many of these guys are problems?? Watch the film.
Saban will go down as the greatest coach in CFB history. Comparing O to Nick is laughable at best. Hell, Nick could come back to BTR and probably turn LSU around within a year.