Bama Game Thread: Official Postgame Thread - Bama @ Vandy...

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Main difference is that Saban didn't have his type of players that year and had to go with what he inherited. DeBoer inherited a garage full of Lamborghinis (or at least lambo-driving players)

True. I think the main difference is that the players that stayed under CNS were built different than this generation of players. Character and grit.

 

[CoolBreeze]

DeBoer strikes me as a humble guy. I hope that humility bleeds through in his coaching.

Well, he has won a whole lot of games. many more than he has lost. I have faith he will make whatever adjustments are necessary. But it is good to get humbled from time to time. Good for Vandy. We will get ya next time.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

We lost to Vandy, and it wasn’t even Milroe’s fault. What planet is this?

Yeah I haven’t rechecked the final stats but considering everything I thought he played well and was absolutely eating them up with intermediate throws. He was really threading passes into tight spaces.

The Pick 6 was really a fluke Ricochet.

The Sack/Fumble he just didn’t sense the pressure for whatever reason but nobody put a hand on the defender either.

The Pass across the LOS he should have just ran but I think he was afraid of slipping on that turf.

I don’t know I thought he was way more good than bad.

The loss definitely isn’t his fault.

The Defense on the other hand was a damn abomination… all of them… every player and coach.

That was a horrendous defensive effort.

 

[Cruloc]

13 has a lot to answer for on how he acted....his attitude was on display all day.

Running across the field to trash talk their receiver.

Trying to shove their receiver out on the sideline with his shoulder and missing completely....atrocious effort.

End of game garbage he did.

 

[colbysullivan]

The refs did not cost us the game, but something has to be done about their constant incompetence. There is no way on this Earth Pavia got the 1st near the goal line. He was a yard and a half short and they gave it to him without reviewing it. Two of their guys knocked Prentice out of the game with a blow to the head, and they picked up the flag. WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING?

 

[mlh]

Reading some of the comments in this thread is hilarious. What a bunch of spoiled fans. We lost to Vandy - after giving them 2 TDs on a fluky pick-6 and a TD on a "sustained drive" fueled by our mistakes. I have faith that the staff will correct these problems.

Check back in 4 weeks and let's se where we are.

Roll Tide!

 

[CoolBreeze]

I really hope the media asks hard questions the next week. I mean blunt hard questions.

That is my only knock on CKD. He is so much coach speak man. Cannot watch any of his shows. Man, Nick would have you compelled at any moment in front of the mike.

 

[CB4]

I’m just thinking that next week will be a tremendous challenge for us, but also a tremendous opportunity….

 

[colbysullivan]

oh stop with that nonsense. not every team thinks like the barn

It’s pretty clear Vandy has been prepping for Bama for multiple weeks.

 

[bamacpa]

I've seen this referred to as the worst loss in Tide history. It isn't in my opinion, but it's tough for sure. But it's a long season and all is not lost yet. Playoffs are still a reasonable goal although that will take a lot of work.

 

[crimson fan man]

Yeah there was one time in the first half when the camera panned our sidelines when we were getting it “handed to us” and our players were laughing and cutting up. Some would say “they are just playing loose”. I took it as they simply weren’t “engaged”.

Well I bet they don't have a smile on their face now. Being humbled by a team like Van has got to hurt.

 

[bamadws56]

DeBoer has said publicly on more than one occasion that that's his preference. Player empowerment. And that's okay. But it's not okay for a team leader and probably the most senior player on the team to behave in the manner that he did.

I didn't get to see the whole game. What did he do?

 

[gtgilbert]

Well, he has won a whole lot of games. many more than he has lost. I have faith he will make whatever adjustments are necessary. But it is good to get humbled from time to time. Good for Vandy. We will get ya next time.

sorry, but NO.

getting humbled happens against, UGA, or Texas, or Tenn or Ole Miss or even Allbarn or ATM.

getting beat by Vandy isn't humbling, it's EMBARRASSING. he should donate EVERY DOLLAR of his salary and his staff's salary this week to any charity and then pay a penalty on top of that.

This is literally the worst loss I can recall as a 'Bama fan. Nothing else even comes close given the level of talent the athletes on campus have right now.

 

[colbysullivan]

Didn't get to see the game...what did Malachi do?

Is Milroe still in line for the Heismann?

This is why college football sucks now. This question is so maddeningly irrelevant.

 

[Bama9001]

Lot's of things going on here....
New systems on both sides of the ball without the right players to run them.

So much super-star hype. Way too much talk about individual awards.

Not sure about the defense but something is very much amiss there.

Offense is super talented but doesn't control the clock. Defense is probably still tired from the last game. Will probably be the case until we get someone that can run thr CKD offense as designed.

We play a lot more players than CNS did and many of those are very young. It'll pay off in time but in the short run mistakes will be made.

When was the last time our QB2 took a snap?

Feast or famine with the guys we have. When they're on the sky is the limit.

I'd say we missed Caleb Downs today.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Giving up 40 to vandy is atrocious and deeply alarming.

 

[BamaMoon]

JM had nothing to do with our loss. Can't believe some are even bringing up a few plays involving him.

BTW, on the play he crossed the LOS, he wasn't getting a first down anyway with two guys stepping up to tackle him.

We got Johnny Manzieled with a fluky offense and our defense couldn't get off the field on 3rd down. Stinks bad, but that's the story.

 

[CoolBreeze]

sorry, but NO.

getting humbled happens against, UGA, or Texas, or Tenn or Ole Miss or even Allbarn or ATM.

getting beat by Vandy isn't humbling, it's EMBARRASSING. he should donate EVERY DOLLAR of his salary and his staff's salary this week to any charity and then pay a penalty on top of that.

This is literally the worst loss I can recall as a 'Bama fan. Nothing else even comes close given the level of talent the athletes on campus have right now.

Welp, embarrassing then. Not the first time. Won't be the last but we still have a good team. Need to work on the between the ears part to close out the season strongly.

 

[UKTideFan1961]

I wish some would quit blaming the ref's, this game probably was lost on two plays , the same numbers on the punt after we made a rare stop on 3rd down, and the forced interception which lead to 13 points, it's a different ballgame if these plays don't happen

Yes. Blaming officials is the last refuge of the true loser. If you blame officials for losses, then you have to credit them for wins.

Officials only matter in the margins. There should *never* be concerns about margins against Vandy. We lost this game due to rat poison and putrid coaching, although there I'm not really sure there was any coaching this past week.

 

[Tide Rev]

Yeah there was one time in the first half when the camera panned our sidelines when we were getting it “handed to us” and our players were laughing and cutting up. Some would say “they are just playing loose”. I took it as they simply weren’t “engaged”.

If we had acted like that when getting beat, we would have been running at half time.