Let's Talk About the Elephant in the Room: OC Play Calling and Receiver Development

JazzBama

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Haven't heard much from Saban about him since early in the season, but I think this says enough:

I messaged my son at the end of the Championship game that Billingsley needs to go. I watched him during the game and he was not blocking or running routes at 100%. He has had an attitude all season. I believe that he was "encouraged" to go find another team. I don't believe he ever bought into the team effort this season.
 

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One could also say that starting your second and third team players versus teams like Mercer or Southern Miss or New Mexico State is just as disrespectful . You are basically saying to your opponents they aren’t worthy of your best players or our best game. I don’t know about you, but as a player and or coach that would motivate me more than a coach running his offensive system with backups late after the contest is decided..

Do we need to keep starters in until 10 minutes to go and up 40 points?. Of course not. And many times CNS will run 2nd team oline with 1st team skill players or 1st team oline with the 2nd and third WR’s, RB’s and QB’s.But that is only a series or two. But when it comes to wholesale substitution they go “plain vanilla”. And like this year and last night, Brooks, Hall, Holden among others making those catches in a full playbook offense would have benefited. Development comes from practice and reps. Experience comes from playing and making those plays when they count. Standing around watching Tyson or Milroe hand the ball to the 3rd or 4th string RB on dive plays doesn’t build experience.

They can’t catch a ball if it isn’t thrown. And most of the time they were on the field with Tyson or Milroe and they had less than 30 attempts between them.
Hmmmm.

I don't think I have ever seen a team START a second or third teamer... :unsure:
 

NoNC4Tubs

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I messaged my son at the end of the Championship game that Billingsley needs to go. I watched him during the game and he was not blocking or running routes at 100%. He has had an attitude all season. I believe that he was "encouraged" to go find another team. I don't believe he ever bought into the team effort this season.
Addition by subtraction...:cool:
 

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I messaged my son at the end of the Championship game that Billingsley needs to go. I watched him during the game and he was not blocking or running routes at 100%. He has had an attitude all season. I believe that he was "encouraged" to go find another team. I don't believe he ever bought into the team effort this season.
I’m not doubting that he was encouraged to go, because I have no way of knowing. But it seems odd to me that CNS would be playing someone that he’s encouraging to leave. I would play any warm body who wanted to play before I would do that. If I’m going to have someone dropping the ball I would rather it be because he isn’t any good than because he isn’t putting forth the effort. A bad attitude rubs off on other people.
 

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I’m not doubting that he was encouraged to go, because I have no way of knowing. But it seems odd to me that CNS would be playing someone that he’s encouraging to leave. I would play any warm body who wanted to play before I would do that. If I’m going to have someone dropping the ball I would rather it be because he isn’t any good than because he isn’t putting forth the effort. A bad attitude rubs off on other people.
I’m sure it was more out of necessity that preference that Billingsley played. Major Tennison hasn’t really played since the opener versus Miami. Why? We don’t really know. Robbie Outz out with a broken foot. Randolph is used primarily a blocker in the run game.

Other “warm bodies”? I don’t know. But one didn’t need to be an astute observer of the game to realize how poor the effort was at times.
 

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