Bama Game Thread: OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD - Bama @ Vols...

[bamafaninbham]

Why? They don't want him

Nobody wants him, that's why he is still here. Coach needs to clean house at the end of the year. OC, DC, DB coach (yeah i know so don't say it ). There may be more but those come to mind immediately.

 

[Toddrn]

The biggest thing about running the ball at the end was we could have put it in the middle of the field. That way Reichart doesn't have to worry about hooking the ball, just kick it straight.

 

[BamaInBham]

52 is the most points given up by a Bama team under Saban

It’s the fist time Alabama has given up 50 in regulation in over 100 years.

 

[colbysullivan]

Do we simulate crowd noise at practice? Based on all the procedure penalties tonight, I think I know the answer. We just seemed all around unprepared tonight.

Have you not watched us play this year?

 

[jthomas666]

So you don’t think all the false starts and delay of games that were Undisputedly called correctly factored in us losing?

One of the delays would never have been called anywhere else--though technically it was "correct".

 

[Mystical]

heupel had our number today, much like clemson did in the 2018 championship

Eye ball test the defense has not been good all year. When we play a qb that can some what make accurate throws the receivers will be open. I was shocked at how little pressure we got. Tn. must have a line full of first rounders on their line. They blocked W. A. with one guy no help much of the night even on that last play. That right guard stone walled him. I wish we had ran the ball on that last drive at least once.

 

[92tide]

There is much to be said for the talent being as good as it is, and that they simply do not quit. And for now, that's what I'll try to focus on.

this would have been a lot harder to take if they had rolled over

 

[bamafaninbham]

And I was surprised how they ran on us when they needed to

No kidding. It looked like it was our defense that had been on the field for 37.5 minutes.

 

[We_are_Bama]

To keep.from crying, I'm going to take a moment to laugh at bush league actions of the UcheaT fans. Flooding the field? Really?.They don't know how to handle winning

 

[81usaf92]

Sorry, but I expect to hear a lot more about poor execution, blah, blah, blah. I simply do not think that the Saban of old walks the sidelines anymore. Love him - the best to ever do it - but he needs great coaches and coordinators now, and he has neither. Worse - he doesn't see it.

Watching Ole Miss today has me envious of their offense. It’s simple and effective. It gets people open fast and doesn’t let the defense set up. Yes our players are better but just imagine how fewer false starts and delay of game penalties if we used Bryce more like Patrick Mahomes than Tom Brady pre snap

 

[Toddrn]

Twice we swapped field goals for touchdowns. Had we of scored touchdowns instead of field goals it would have been a different game.

 

[Bamafan23]

This was a team loss, coaches on down. Our inability to adjust in the secondary is maddening, so many WR’s run right by our DB’s that are trying to switch. And their no huddle really impacted our pass rush, we weren't able to generate push while the same linemen had to stay on the field for an extended amount of time.

I wish Gibbs had made that catch at the end, but he and Bryce gave warrior efforts tonight. Perhaps some runs at the end to ensure our kick was the end of regulation would have been good.

At the end of the night, it is concerning that so many of our same flaws appear in big games (penalties, online, secondary), but I’m proud of the fight we gave to claw back. We’ll see how the rest of the year goes.
Roll Tide

 

[Superdad]

Why? They don't want him

Nobody does. That's why he's still here.

 

[BAMAVILLE]

Well ... Tennessee still sucks. ROLL TIDE

 

[bamafaninbham]

The biggest thing about running the ball at the end was we could have put it in the middle of the field. That way Reichart doesn't have to worry about hooking the ball, just kick it straight.

Most right footed kickers want it on the left hash for a natural fade kick.

 

[tidefan39817]

Bryce is the offense not BoB… you know just like last year.

Ok. Lets go there. You call a decent game with some brainfarts here and there. But as an offensive coordinator you see the defense couldnt cover anybody all night. I mean they could have stood there all might and let the wr run right by them and the results would have been the same. You have the ball in fg range and its first down. U der 30 seconds left. What do you do? Oh did i mention the other team only has 2 rimeouts.

Do you A, run the ball on first down and force them to take a timeout or do you basically tell you qb to take one step and throw it out of bounds?

On second down do you run the ball or tey to pass it again, to show how smart you are? I mean even a 2 yd run runs 5 to 10 seconds of the clock.

On third down do you run the ball for 3 to 5 yds or say " gee. Im bill freaking obrian. I coached tom Brady so therefore i know more than anybody" lets pass the ball. And hope like he dbl hocky sticks a fg kicker bails me out.

I dont even think nussmeir was that stupid.

 

[bvandegraff]

As bad as this was, this team still has everything to play for. It took a painful loss just like this against 8&4 to put last year's team on the path to the NCG. With all the poor preparation, stupid mistakes, and epic skulduggery from the officials, it still came down to a last-second FG for them to win.

All of this team's goals are still in front of them. Can they channel this pain into a newly hateful attitude, correct the mistakes, and become the team we know they can be? More importantly, will this coaching staff take a hard look at how they're preparing this team and preparing for each opponent?

A loss like this is galling because it really didn't have to happen, but of any games to lose, this would be the least destructive to our hopes for this team. Can't blow another one, though.

 

[BamaInBham]

Crap clock management to end the game

What would you do differently in the moment?

 

[jthomas666]

I really don't know if I will watch another game as long as Bob and Golding are there.

 

[Power Eye]

We didn’t win. We are not as intense or as good as we should be. Several years ago Coach Saban would not have lost this game.

Don't do that. I don't know you, but I know you're better than that.