I expect Pruitt to follow what Kirby did at Georgia, they did have the same teacher. Richt left Georgia in much better shape than Butch did us, but even at that it was a rough transition and their win total dropped that first year. I don't expect our win total to drop, but the older guys have had it pretty easy thier time here and won't be use to how physical I expect our practices to be. 6-6 is a reasonable expectation, and 8-4 isn't out of the question next year but anything better would be a huge upset.
As for the recruiting, top 5 is a reach, top 10 maybe. The reason for that is one of our main recruiting areas is also a main recruiting area for Clemson, AU, Bama, Michigan, tOSU and in the state of Georgia. Kirby has aleady gotten committments from 2 5* in Georgia for 19, another SEC championship he will pick the players he wants in Georgia, almost did that this year. So there will be tons of competition for the kids who want to leave the state all led by elite recruiters. It will be hard to go in and cherry pick Georgia like we did in the Fulmer days when Donnan and Goff were there. We can doubt Kirby's ability to coach all we want, but he was Saban's top recruiter his entire time with him and may be the best head coach in the country at recruiting, 2 of his assistants were the best 2 in the country this year.