I blame my lack of foresight for my lack of hindsight. For nine consecutive years, I re-ranked the recruiting classes from three years prior. It was always one of the most fun—and educational—exercises of the year, and it allowed us to do what coaches always suggest: Use on-field results to determine which classes were the best.
Then, last year, I forgot to do it. It was a fairly newsy early offseason in college football, and I had to help out a little more on college hoops than usual. If I planned everything 18 months in advance like Nick Saban does, I wouldn’t have missed last year.