re: Tide Football Thread in honor of TidalSurge

That article you linked is a pretty pearl clutching histrionic response to what is essentially no actual information about what did or didn't happen in the athletic department related to what at that time was a title ix complaint if im reading the timeline information correctly. The guy subsequently was arrested I think.
Literally no information about what doboer or even the athletic department knew about any allegations at that point.

I love Jalen Milroe. He can do a lot of magical things with the football in his hands. He's the ultimate leader who has a tireless work ethic. He's become a better passer and a decent decision maker but with that being said Milroe still has HUGE holes in his game and Saturday I am hoping to see some improvements in the areas he's lacking in.

I still think Milroe is Jalen Hurts 2.0 and I also think this is a (Tua/Jalen) scenario all over again

Because..

Ty Simpson is the most complete quarterback on this team and from what I HEARD Ty's been the most consistent. How true that is..I don't know. I'm not trying to stir up anything but just simply stating my opinion on this quarterback deal.

Don't get me wrong Jalen Milroe won a lot of games but he shouldn't just be GIVEN the keys because he started last season. Milroe still struggled in games when teams took away the deep passes and forced him to read defenses in which that was NOT his strength. He also struggled with his ACCURACY and I can tell by a few pictures.. Milroe will still struggle because he still holds the ball wrong when passing it. There's plenty of folks that placed blame at Seth McLaughlin feet vs Michigan and he did mess up but there was plenty of opportunities where Milroe simply missed WIDE open people. This is not lies!

Our new coaches can probably scheme around his deficiencies better but I'll notice it from the jump.

I appreciate Ty Simpson for staying & competing. I only hope that they give him a FAIR shake.

I can believe that. Simpson probably was inconsistent at practice under a new offensive coordinator but for people to make it like he was the ONLY one who was inconsistent is funny to me.

We all could've pass the ball better than BUCHNER and Milroe was INCONSISTENT as heck to. The only thing both of those guys had over Ty Simpson was game experience.

My eyes are good enough to know that Milroe nor Buchner was better than Ty Simpson last season.

Buchner and Milroe was all over the place. One couldn't throw for shite and the other couldn't read defenses nor was he accurate.

Some perform better in games than practice (Jake Coker/Dre Kirkpatrick)

Only time will tell with the New Coaches

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One couldn't throw for shite and the other couldn't read defenses nor was he accurate.

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Milroe was inconsistent at times for sure, but he was top 25 in completion percentage. He wasn't that inaccurate.

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Milroe was inconsistent at times for sure, but he was top 25 in completion percentage. He wasn't that inaccurate.

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Kinda hard to believe. He didnt put a lot of balls on the money. And, we he wont throw the ball unless he thinks his target is wide open. He had some deep balls that were nowhere close.

Pass completion % isnt always the best indicator of accuracy. A lot of factors can lead to high completions. But accuracy is something a little different. Tua was probably the best ive ever seen. His WRs were always catching the ball in stride and in the hands. Milroe had a lot of passes where the WR had to make a great catch just to bring it in. I'd say accuracy and reading the defense are his two biggest weaknesses.

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Pass completion % isnt always the best indicator of accuracy. A lot of factors can lead to high completions.

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That's true, a QB can fatten up their completion % with a bunch of short out passes and screens, but we all know that isn't the case with Milroe. He was somewhat of an enigma last year-he would struggle to hit easy passes, then throw lasers 20+ yards down the field perfectly placed. He was very accurate last year on many passes, but inaccurate on many others. Which is why he is inconsistent.

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That accuracy and consistency is directly related to footwork.

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agreed, and also not getting jittery when the pocket gets a little crowded.

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I do believe there was a video from spring where it looked better.

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Guess we'll know this weekend. Bottom line is if the light is truly coming on for Simpson, he will have to get better at those things, or he is going to be #2, possibly #3.

Kind of crazy how seemingly loaded our QB room is right now in the portal/NIL era. Obviously could(likely will) change after spring, but its pretty strong currently.

If a program had him pegged as their starter from day one then I would think a good NIL would be had

lol ok