With NIL/TP era players, those types will be hard to find.
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and wont be around for more than 2 years...a senior team will be a rarity...Meatchicken won last year with one...osu this year has one..but its not common
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parity to FBS football as well as an enormous amount of inconsistency, shallow depth, and playing down to one’s competition. We’re rightly concerned about Bama right now, but a look at the big picture shows that we’re not alone in this crazy new world. There don’t seem to be any more doormats in the SEC….
This! This new era has brought some degree of
parity to FBS football as well as an enormous amount of inconsistency, shallow depth, and playing down to one’s competition. We’re rightly concerned about Bama right now, but a look at the big picture shows that we’re not alone in this crazy new world. There don’t seem to be any more doormats in the SEC….
Real question: were the results of the L-dopa sustainable or only temporary for our defense?
Thanks Poke for posting this. The thing McElroy is talking about is the very thing I pointed to as “ugly” in the Good, Bad, and Ugly thread. And I’m glad Greg pointed out the failure of this staff in terms of game situation awareness and clock management. I can overlook some of this stuff with 17-22 year olds. But our coaches need to do better.
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Went to the game. Great atmosphere, crowd was into the game. Here are some random observations after rewatching the game this morning:
LB play was atrocious. Too often they played flat footed. Lawson probably had the worst game of his life, and Malachi Moore wasn't far behind. At times the DL was getting penetration, but they often got out of their rushing lanes, allowing the SC QB to scramble. A lot of this is coaching, and all available evidence suggests that Wommack just isn't the guy.
Offense had an off game, but it wasn't that bad, once you accept that SC has two legitimate NFL-caliber edge rushers, and that we were making a concerted effort to have longer drives. You'd think that our army of analysts would have noted how good that one edge rusher is and that we would have done more scheming to neutralize him. Maybe we did and Booker and Pritchett just had off games. Still need to work the RBs into the game. OC is still learning how to play call. Bernard is almost as dangerous as Williams, and the TEs are becoming more of a weapon.
Milroe can be counted on for a couple of brain farts a game, but several of his mistakes were simply unacceptable at this point in his career. Before the endzone INT, we shifted our alignment and had some motion. The defense did not move an inch in response to either--so they were likely just selling out on a Milroe run. The OC and/or Milroe didn't adjust, and Milroe ran into the teeth of the defense. The subsequent INT wasn't so much a bad throw as an excellent defensive play.
For the most part, the officials were letting everyone play; that said, there were two pretty clear targeting calls that weren't even looked at--you'd think that the replay booth would at least take a second look. That's troubling on multiple levels.
Saban was all about a business-like approach; at times it kept us from getting up for a big game and we had issues. DeBoer wants a more emotional approach; while it can result in things like the first quarter against Georgia, it also make the team prone to losing confidence; which is the major problem with our defensive front 7.
The outlook isn't particularly good for the rest of the season; that said, it's becoming clear that except for Texas, everyone has some notable weaknesses.
LB play was atrocious. Too often they played flat footed. Lawson probably had the worst game of his life, and Malachi Moore wasn't far behind. At times the DL was getting penetration, but they often got out of their rushing lanes, allowing the SC QB to scramble. A lot of this is coaching, and all available evidence suggests that Wommack just isn't the guy.
Offense had an off game, but it wasn't that bad, once you accept that SC has two legitimate NFL-caliber edge rushers, and that we were making a concerted effort to have longer drives. You'd think that our army of analysts would have noted how good that one edge rusher is and that we would have done more scheming to neutralize him. Maybe we did and Booker and Pritchett just had off games. Still need to work the RBs into the game. OC is still learning how to play call. Bernard is almost as dangerous as Williams, and the TEs are becoming more of a weapon.
Milroe can be counted on for a couple of brain farts a game, but several of his mistakes were simply unacceptable at this point in his career. Before the endzone INT, we shifted our alignment and had some motion. The defense did not move an inch in response to either--so they were likely just selling out on a Milroe run. The OC and/or Milroe didn't adjust, and Milroe ran into the teeth of the defense. The subsequent INT wasn't so much a bad throw as an excellent defensive play.
For the most part, the officials were letting everyone play; that said, there were two pretty clear targeting calls that weren't even looked at--you'd think that the replay booth would at least take a second look. That's troubling on multiple levels.
Saban was all about a business-like approach; at times it kept us from getting up for a big game and we had issues. DeBoer wants a more emotional approach; while it can result in things like the first quarter against Georgia, it also make the team prone to losing confidence; which is the major problem with our defensive front 7.
The outlook isn't particularly good for the rest of the season; that said, it's becoming clear that except for Texas, everyone has some notable weaknesses.
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I still do not understand why we let the clock run down to 11 seconds left in the first half and then called time out.
This is the worst Bama team since 2007. I am not sure it is DeBoer's fault but they just are not that good.
The inability to get a consistent 4-5 yards on inside runs is baffling. Guard to guard I thought would be the strength of the OL.
That is what I keep thinking. I thought we were supposed to be All-SEC from guard to guard.
Hard to read, but this is probably true. Of course that fails to take into consideration how great all of those teams were.
Last year Alabama had 2 lockdown corners and 2 top edge rushers. Their absence without similar replacements, dramatically changes this D. The safeties were better also. Bama does not have overall elite talent on D or O, along with a change to a one-gap system with 2-gap personnel in the front 7 has greatly reduced Bama’s potential.
With far superior and more compatible personnel, last year Alabama lost 2 games and played 4 more one-score games, including a 6 pt win vs 6 loss A&M, 3 pt wins vs 7 loss AU and 8 loss Ark @ home. Only had 2 blowout (21+ pts) wins vs P5 teams.
They also had 5 one score games in both 21 & 22 as well as 5 in 23. Many (8) were vs 6+ loss teams in those years. Playing close, including vs mediocre to bad competition is not a recent phenomenon.
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