Rewatching last year's games

[arthurdawg]

Well... if we are successful this year... I suspect Grubbs is off to the races...

 

[CoolBreeze]

I know that one's word isn't what it used to be, and loyalty is in short supply, but were I DeBoer, I would never have brought Grubb back after he bailed on me like he did in DeBoer's first year.

I don't care how good he is (which seems questionable to me anyways).

If you're going to leave me at the altar, I'm not going to have anything to do with you in the future.

Coach has had a pretty good track record with this OC in the past and really no way of knowing the events and nature of the relationship. But we sure needed a change after year 1 and dude was available. Maybe it takes him a year to adjust and I really hope that is a case based on last year but we did make a pretty deep run. Best case scenario is that they all put it together on offense, make another deep run without embarrassments, which unfortunately has turned into a problem under this regime.

 

[arthurdawg]

Coach has had a pretty good track record with this OC in the past and really no way of knowing the events and nature of the relationship. But we sure needed a change after year 1 and dude was available. Maybe it takes him a year to adjust and I really hope that is a case based on last year but we did make a pretty deep run. Best case scenario is that they all put it together on offense, make another deep run without embarrassments, which unfortunately has turned into a problem under this regime.

I do think a year of consistency is better.

 

[bamaga]

I do not know if Alabama gave up on trying to run, but I believe run blocking got worse as the season progressed and pass blocking got a little better but Ty was injured.
I just think Ty's injury against So Car hurt the passing game badly.

Yeah, I know. I suspect there is a learning curve in coming to the SEC. Passing too much works against PAC-12 defenses, but against SEC defenses, you have to run more and commit to the run. Hopefully Coach Grubb has watched a lot of film in the off-season and learned that.

Learning curb was not just Grubb. CKD is still learning a painful lesson of Finesse vs Power. He has made progress, but also taken some lumps

 

[bamaga]

How's this? I think we tried to run it TOO MUCH last year. It was painfully obvious we didn't have the horses (both OL and RB) to do it successfully.

I know this! I'm ready to move on to this year. I expect it will change to some extent and I hope the biggest change is we will have the horses to make it happen!

You know, one can argue we didn’t have the horses. But, we had a RB drafted by the NFL along with 3 OL and 2 other OL signed UDFA contracts. And 2 other linemen transferred and are likely starters at P4 programs. It’s inexplicable what happened the last couple of years, but, I’m not sure we can say lack of talent was the issue. Probably more likely we didn’t use the talent correctly to fit their skill.

It’s year three under coach, let’s hope he has his type players in most positions. Roll Tide!

 

[22Musso22]

Well... if we are successful this year... I suspect Grubbs is off to the races...

I'm far from impressed with Grubb so far. He was limited with no run game last year. That needs to change ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!