Bama Game Thread: Official Postgame Thread - Reliaquest Bowl, Bama vs. Michigan, Dec. 31, 11:00 AM, ESPN...

[Tidewater]

Ya’ll are going to make me be pedanticly specific I guess.

I mean any established CNS starting QB from 2007-2022

No I’m not counting Blake Barnett or Cooper Bateman

JPW
McElroy
AJ
Sims
Coker
Hurts
Tua
Mac
Bryce

They are all better than Milroe

Worlds Better

Milroe is the worst entrenched QB starter than before any of those guys.

I’m not meaning one off examples.

fair point. I agree. It has been a long time since Bama has had a QB with so much playing time who has underperformed so badly. (Milroe saw action in 2021, 22, 23, and 24.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I think the dissatisfaction from the wide receivers really showed up today. There was a lot of head shaking etc after they kept running wide open and no football comes their way. Even Jess said in his write-up that Germie Bernard could have had a career day if Milroe could have just gotten the ball to him a few times. He was running open all day. There must be a change.

And they should have all got touches today...............and would have with another QB

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I feel the same way about myself.

I think it’s because I’m mourning the CFB that’s dead and resigning myself that this season is the new normal.

Basketball will be ruined eventually as well.

Good thing I got back into scale modeling............gives me something else to focus my anger at

 

[B1GTide]

Another reminder - Michigan fielded a bad football team today. They even lost their starting QB. Losing this game required extraordinary incompetence.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I swear to God, if he comes back…

You literally will not hear from me for a year

I dont think he will

 

[colbysullivan]

I think the dissatisfaction from the wide receivers really showed up today. There was a lot of head shaking etc after they kept running wide open and no football comes their way. Even Jess said in his write-up that Germie Bernard could have had a career day if Milroe could have just gotten the ball to him a few times. He was running open all day. There must be a change.

The look Ryan Williams gave him after that high throw was both hilarious and sad.

 

[colbysullivan]

I dont think he will

I’m gonna miss you all for a year lol

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Another reminder - Michigan fielded a bad football team today. They even lost their starting QB. Losing this game required extraordinary incompetence.

Yep, they beat us with their backup WRs, RBs and defense.

 

[CoolBreeze]

I’m gonna miss you all for a year lol

We have been assured that dude is gone after this year. That must happen.

 

[bamafaninbham]

To your # 3. That’s assuming JM is allowed to play QB. That would be up to the staff. They would have to determine what would be in the best interest of the team.

If it was, then why wasn't anything, and i mean anything, done during the season? During games where hes struggled so much.

 

[colbysullivan]

Yep, they beat us with their backup WRs, RBs and defense.

Even their backup coach lol

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I would have killed for a QB like Blake Sims this year.

Sims would have lit them up

 

[Tidewater]

I don't think it's an NIL thing. I think it was in exchange for Milroe staying and holding the roster together. If you break that kind of deal, then you risk alienating the players.

Yeah, I guess, but if you stubbornly stay with a player with a low ceiling who frequently underperforms, you also risk alienating players (by setting low standards).
Plus by the Oklahoma game, the transfer portal had closed in the stampede for the doors with the departure of Coach Saban had been stopped. At that point, staying with an underperforming player just sends a different message to the players: you can play very poorly for a very long time and keep your starting job.

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

Another reminder - Michigan fielded a bad football team today. They even lost their starting QB. Losing this game required extraordinary incompetence.

Can you say LANK. There is your answer.

 

[colbysullivan]

We have been assured that dude is gone after this year. That must happen.

We were assured he improved this offseason and CKD was going to help him win the Heisman (not that I care about that). The point is, we’ve been TOLD a lot.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I’m gonna miss you all for a year lol

Stick around............I dont see him coming back

 

[colbysullivan]

Sims would have lit them up

Good ol’ mister GRIP IT AND RIP IT. Blake Sims did not care if you were open, he was throwing it.

Menawhile, Nilroe got sacked on 4th down.

 

[CoolBreeze]

We were assured he improved this offseason and CKD was going to help him win the Heisman (not that I care about that). The point is, we’ve been TOLD a lot.

Yea, like watching the news on TV. But, we have been told by very prominent people on this board...I mean the most prominent, that dude is gone. So, he gone.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

Good ol’ mister GRIP IT AND RIP IT. Blake Sims did not care if you were open, he was throwing it.

Menawhile, Nilroe got sacked on 4th down.

He was a better QB than Milroe..............Heck, Andrew Zow looks like a world beater compared to Milroe

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Yeah, I guess, but if you stubbornly stay with a player with a low ceiling who frequently underperforms, you also risk alienating players (by setting low standards).
Plus by the Oklahoma game, the transfer portal had closed in the stampede for the doors with the departure of Coach Saban had been stopped. At that point, staying with an underperforming player just sends a different message to the players: you can play very poorly for a very long time and keep your starting job.

Except the one player (Simpson) who got the shortest end of the stick here is staying. That's why I think there's more to this than what we are privy to. I'm pretty sure if we had all the information, we would all.understand. I also think if it were really a situation where DeBoer just refused to pull the trigger like you're saying, then Simpson would be gone.