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Blake Barnett explains what went wrong at Bama (video interview)

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I mean I knew he wasn't going to call himself over-rated or anything but I was kind of hoping he would just admit that both Jake and Jalen were better QBs so he left to try and start somewhere else.

But what went wrong is that he WAS over-rated out of HS and was not a 5 Star talent.

He was beat by both Jake and Jalen at Alabama

He transfers to ASU and can't beat out Manny Wilkins

He transfers AGAIN to USF and started 1 season there and was honestly just mediocre and then got beat out his Sr season by Jordan McCloud.

Dude had 5-Star hype but 2-3 Star Talent.
 
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The list of over-hyped Bama QB's is quite long. Almost all of them are, including some we wanted but didn't get. Only a small handful have actually lived up to it. But let's not blame that on the player, and there's no point riding them out of town on a rail for it. We've all seen the Bama bump. Kid gets recruited by Bama, and suddenly adds a star, raising expectations. Even if he does not add a star, we all think he should be rated higher and expect more out of him in the process. Even the media creates this myth that every player on the team is a 5 star. Only recently have we seen a trail of true studs at QB. Truth is, much of Bama's history has been made with "decent" QBs who were good enough to play within himself, rally the team around him, and could utilize the talent around them.
 
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JohnD said:
The list of over-hyped Bama QB's is quite long. Almost all of them are, including some we wanted but didn't get. Only a small handful have actually lived up to it. But let's not blame that on the player, and there's no point riding them out of town on a rail for it. We've all seen the Bama bump. Kid gets recruited by Bama, and suddenly adds a star, raising expectations. Even if he does not add a star, we all think he should be rated higher and expect more out of him in the process. Even the media creates this myth that every player on the team is a 5 star. Only recently have we seen a trail of true studs at QB. Truth is, much of Bama's history has been made with "decent" QBs who were good enough to play within himself, rally the team around him, and could utilize the talent around them.
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The first one I remember was Perry Cuda. I'm sure there were others before him, but back then recruiting didn't take place under the spotlight it does now.
 
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In my lifetime as an Alabama fan, the best QBs were above average QBs who played on great teams. Pat Trammell, Steve Sloan, Terry Davis, Gary and Jeff Rutledge, Steadman Shealey, Jay Barker, A. J. McCarron, Jake Coker. There were a lot of other QBs I did not list because for the most part they would have all been 4 or 5 recruits coming out of high school using current recruiting metrics.
 
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GrayTide said:
In my lifetime as an Alabama fan, the best QBs were above average QBs who played on great teams. Pat Trammell, Steve Sloan, Terry Davis, Gary and Jeff Rutledge, Steadman Shealey, Jay Barker, A. J. McCarron, Jake Coker. There were a lot of other QBs I did not list because for the most part they would have all been 4 or 5 recruits coming out of high school using current recruiting metrics.
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Terry Davis ran the option better than any Bama QB, the two TD drives against UT in the 4th qtr was a thing of beauty
 
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He did indeed. The Alabama wishbone was a thing of beauty, it was like watching a ballet on the football field. In most games CPB would use 6-8 different RBs and at least 2 QBs. Most of the RBs were also above average talent wise, but were tough and disciplined and they could all block. It was way more exciting than watching today's offenses.
 
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GrayTide said:
He did indeed. The Alabama wishbone was a thing of beauty, it was like watching a ballet on the football field. In most games CPB would use 6-8 different RBs and at least 2 QBs. Most of the RBs were also above average talent wise, but were tough and disciplined and they could all block. It was way more exciting than watching today's offenses.
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Hoo boy, that bolded part is a heck of a statement.
 
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GrayTide said:
In my lifetime as an Alabama fan, the best QBs were above average QBs who played on great teams. Pat Trammell, Steve Sloan, Terry Davis, Gary and Jeff Rutledge, Steadman Shealey, Jay Barker, A. J. McCarron, Jake Coker. There were a lot of other QBs I did not list because for the most part they would have all been 4 or 5 recruits coming out of high school using current recruiting metrics.
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It is difficult to recall them all and more difficult still to rank them. I would suggest we put Richard Todd in there among the wishbone QB's if nothing else for the day he had in dominating the Vols in B'ham. He did manage to start a couple of seasons for the Jets even though it was controversial at the time.
 
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