Especially at Alabama. Has been for the last several years
Nick and staff (and every other staff in big time college football) have a real problem.
Bama signed 22 in 2018 (ranked 5th best class 247). 8 have moved on and one didn't enroll. 3 left early for the NFL
Bama signed 27 in 2019 and 12 have moved on as of today and we don't know which good players leave early for the NFL
Chances are you will not have very large senior class again due to the hurt feelings transfer portal.
Fans don't want to go see The King play the little sisters of the poor but they want the freshmen to just step in there and play like a season vet from day one. Your team gets better when the backups get snaps whether you want to watch or not.
You're going to be running up a hill each year trying to have 2 winning QB's on your roster because little Jimmy leaves due to no minutes
Nick and staff have to go looking for players in the portal to try and fill the really weak spots in his roster due to mistakes in his evaluations or players leaving for the NFL or just leaving
Trying to stay at the top will be more difficult than ever and I believe you will see some of very best teams have roller coaster years due to injuries that just can be overcome (see Bama NC/SECCG injuries.
They need to rethink that limit of 4 games for redshirt or just change to play 5 years. JMO but redshirting is a lost cause for your team but could be positive for the next team if your guy hits the portal.
To conclude this thing is just F up and I am not going into the pay for play deal. You can see that the barn is into buying off their seniors to play that 6th year hoping to avoid a complete collapse in 2022.