Grubb to be next OC at Bama per ESPN

[Power Eye]

I kinda doubt it.

College/pro football is QB centric. Teams don't bring in great QBs (usually judged by their passing skills) to hand the ball off or run RPO running plays.

FWIW, if TS is the starter this year I suspect there will be true balance between our passing and running. And I don't look for TS to use his legs like JM, although TS is probably a better overall rusher than JM. Just because he might not outrun JM in a straight line race doesn't mean he can't "rush" the ball well/better than JM, who was really not that good except going north and south.

And the biggest win here with bringing in Grubb to hopefully run the Penix offense we saw at UM is for the young, freshman phenom QB who's coming in this year!

I doubt that Simpson is a better runner or rusher than Milroe. The problem for Milroe is that defenses didn't really respect the passing game and were able to prevent running lanes from opening up. If Simpson can get defenses to respect the passing game, then the running lanes will be there. His running style is similar to Arch Manning's. Neither will juke anyone, but they have very good speed.

 

[TideEngineer08]

This ^^^ puts a little bit of a sour on this hire for me. Rumors swirled his wife or both he and his wife had no interest in living in Tuscaloosa, but I think it was the South in general not T Town specifically. He has an established pattern of showing he didn't want to be here, which started before CKD even got here. Saban has publicly said he tried to hire Grubb MULTIPLE TIMES and was turned down every time. Then he came with DeBoer and what seemed like 24 hours later bolted out of town on the first thing smoking. That establishes (for me) truth to the rumors of "they don't want to be here". So what's changed now from then other than he got fired and doesn't want to sit out of football for a year? His flight risk after one year is very, very likely, IMO. Which one year and done is something we do not need. Just color "meh" on this hire...

Yep.

I am very cautiously optimistic. If the guy doesn't want to be here, and from his perspective this is a band aid on his career for a year while he shops for another job, this will be nothing but another huge setback. But if he is serious about being here and will put his full energies into the job, it can't help but be a massive improvement from last year.

 

[cdub55]

I agree with a previous post about making him sign a multi-year contract with a buyout clause. This needs to be a move where he is invested in seeing Alabama as being his home for awhile. We all know that staff cohesion is important but it is also important that the guys we are targeting in recruiting/portal are a fit with the offensive philosophy of the play caller. I'm optimistic this is a good move but only time will tell.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

This ^^^ puts a little bit of a sour on this hire for me. Rumors swirled his wife or both he and his wife had no interest in living in Tuscaloosa, but I think it was the South in general not T Town specifically. He has an established pattern of showing he didn't want to be here, which started before CKD even got here. Saban has publicly said he tried to hire Grubb MULTIPLE TIMES and was turned down every time. Then he came with DeBoer and what seemed like 24 hours later bolted out of town on the first thing smoking. That establishes (for me) truth to the rumors of "they don't want to be here". So what's changed now from then other than he got fired and doesn't want to sit out of football for a year? His flight risk after one year is very, very likely, IMO. Which one year and done is something we do not need. Just color me "meh" on this hire...

I'm lukewarm on it too and I'm not going to believe it's a done deal until he's calling plays in Sept.

But even if it's a 1 and done deal (which is also highly likely) I still think it would be beneficial to our starting QB (who I think will be Ty Simpson) to have an OC calling plays that 100% knows CKDs system and how to maximize it's potential on stressing defenses with WR routes that force DBs to pick their poison.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

I'm surprised. I really thought the odds were strongly against him coming back for a couple of reasons. First, I thought Deboer might be upset with Grubb for suddenly bolting for the NFL a year ago and second, I thought a rehire might make DeBoer look a bit desperate like he just cannot win without this guy. I was wrong on both counts. It will make for a bit of an awkward introduction though if he once again says "Hi, I'm Ryan Grubb, I'm your new Offensive Coordinator". From his NFL experience I hope he has learned that if we are playing someone who can't stop the run we don't still try and throw the ball 40 times.

 

[uaintn]

Holding my breath. It definitely has the potential to be a significant improvement. I hope the players' example is not infesting the coaching ranks and they all become one-season rentals. Though I fear he's just taking a job he needs to burnish his reputation before returning to the west coast / nfl, I'm going to choose to be optimistic and perhaps the University/System will grow on him. There's too much conversation on last year's quarterbacking, when I truly think there was plenty of blame to share among overall design, play-calling/in-game adjustment, technical soundness along the line, missed assignments, etc.

I do not have any ax to grind with Sheridan. He was thrown into the breach (perhaps before he was ready) and I'm sure gave his best efforts. I hope he continues to develop his career at Alabama.

 

[AlistarWills]

Do we know yet what Sheridan’s role will be? I saw that he wasn’t leaving the program.

 

[cdub55]

Sheridan definitely had some growing pains this year but if someone did a cutup on plays that he called where WR's were running wide open on the field and JM either didn't throw to them or made an errant throw, the video would be an hour long. As someone who has called plays, there is nothing more upsetting than putting the offense in a great situation and the player(s) not executing. I'm sure Sheridan was very frustrated this past season.

 

[TheRealPokeChop]

Do we know yet what Sheridan’s role will be? I saw that he wasn’t leaving the program.

Not leaving. Role Unclear at this time.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Sheridan definitely had some growing pains this year but if someone did a cutup on plays that he called where WR's were running wide open on the field and JM either didn't throw to them or made an errant throw, the video would be an hour long. As someone who has called plays, there is nothing more upsetting than putting the offense in a great situation and the player(s) not executing. I'm sure Sheridan was very frustrated this past season.

Tommy Rees says "HI!"

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I bet Sheridan and Shephard both keep the co OC title, and Sheridan gives up playcalling duties, and coaches TEs. Grubb will get the primary OC and be the primary playcaller. That would probably be the smoothest way to do it. There's no rule saying there can't be 3 OCs. This way nobody really gets demoted.

 

[AlexanderFan]

Tommy Rees says "HI!"
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Why-o why-o why-o, did I leave Ohio!!?

 

[Tiderollin32]

Report: Scott Huff out, new Seahawks offensive line coach hired

The Seahawks are making another change to the coaching staff.

www.fieldgulls.com

 

[mlh]

Report: Scott Huff out, new Seahawks offensive line coach hired

The Seahawks are making another change to the coaching staff.

www.fieldgulls.com

Scott Huff, come on down!

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Report: Scott Huff out, new Seahawks offensive line coach hired

The Seahawks are making another change to the coaching staff.

www.fieldgulls.com

If we do bring him, then we need to find a way to keep Kapilovic on staff too. He was the top recruiter in the nation this cycle. I'd be extremely disappointed if we let him walk.

 

[cdub55]

Scott Huff, come on down!

 

[bamadwain]

Some on here you cannot satisfy, if you were given a hundred dollar bill, would say it's not crisp enough, complaints were made about Sheridan " he's gotta go" to now Grubb doesn't want to be here, so tell me who Coach could have gotten if he replaced Sheridan? He has to have someone he's had a relationship with, Grubb may stay 10 yrs, who knows, but let's give it a chance

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Some on here you cannot satisfy, if you were given a hundred dollar bill, would say it's not crisp enough, complaints were made about Sheridan " he's gotta go" to now Grubb doesn't want to be here, so tell me who Coach could have gotten if he replaced Sheridan? He has to have someone he's had a relationship with, Grubb may stay 10 yrs, who knows, but let's give it a chance

I agree, and I wouldn't necessarily say him leaving last year means he didn't wanna be here. Most people would consider the Seahawks OC job to be a promotion, because it's the NFL. On top of that, he didn't have to move his family. Josh Pate speculated that Grubb may have been waiting to see if he could get an NFL job, and that the timing was no coincidence, as most of those NFL coaching carousel dominoes have now fallen. If that's the case, then it sounds like if he's going to be a college OC, then he'd prefer to be with DeBoer. We've seen that several times now, with him turning down Saban to stay with DeBoer, and now accepting the OC job to reunite with DeBoer. I don't suspect we will keep him more than 2 years, because with the success I believe we're about to have, he's going to be a college head coach very soon, and that's okay by me. At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter all that much who the OC is. It's DeBoer's offense.

 

[lowend]

Multi-year agreements mean zilch. Heck, we don't even have multi-year agreements for players. Get them in while we can, make the most of it the year that we have them, and then rebuild next year (players or staff).

 

[TiderJack]

Very excited over the Grubb hire. With his play calling and a new QB we will be an improved offense and to go along with our D I am bullish on our outlook this coming year.