Since his public beef with Nick Saban this summer, Jimbo Fisher's team has gone 3-4 and has suspended three members of its "greatest recruiting class ever" indefinitely.
In a shocking turn of events, 5-star pass rusher Keon Keeley decommited from Notre Dame last night. Keeley, who recently took a visit to the Capstone, is one of Alabama's top targets.
To merely suggest that Saban is out of touch with today's player is not only ludicrous, but shows a deep lack of understanding for the recruiting process that Saban has put in place and followed to perfection throughout the course of time.
Tide fans will have to wait a few more years before they get a chance to see Pires play at The Joe, but it will be fun to see how he improves his game before he gets to Tuscaloosa.
Lonergan chose the Tide over South Carolina and Stanford. Offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien and safeties coach Charles Kelly served as his primary recruiters on the football side.