Will Rees be able to make the qbs we have here better?

No one knows.. we just have to be patient.

We'll see. He did a pretty good job working with QB's at ND who were not as talented as we have here. He was able to adapt his offenses to suit the capabilities his QB had, and gave them a chance to be successful. He managed to win games with Drew Pyne, who was pretty limited, as far as arm talent is concerned. Rees is familiar with Ty Simpson's skill set already, he recruited him while he was at Notre Dame.

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Message Will Rees be able to make the qbs we have here better? by Lucky_Stryke It's sad that Alabama has to hire someone as OC and we have to hope and pray it's a good hire. Coupled with Steele as DC. It's over dude. It is what it is. Uninspired hires on both ends like it or not. You cane keep trying to convince yourselves it's a good hire but we all know it isn't

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I am just trying wrap my head around the idea why it is a bad hire by many . What names would have made you happy ? All hires would come with risks . Most on here had never heard of Grubb and the only “name” mentioned was Riley and he is a name bc of his brother . He didn’t look too good against UGA and struggled against Baylor , KSU etc. He may have been an awesome hire but he could just as easily have been more of the same BOB shite we have seen. Just let the season play out before going into panic mode

You are obviously a troll or incredibly stupid. Even if these hires do not result in a NC, they are not so bad you or anyone can KNOW that it's over. A troll or just plain stupid.

There may be some trying to convince themselves but many, including me, sincerely think the hires are a good step in the right direction. We've made a good case but it's not unreasonable to disagree but it is unreasonable if not deceitful to act like you know it won't work. My guess is that you are a troll.

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I am just trying wrap my head around the idea why it is a bad hire by many

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Personally, I have reservations about it because he is relatively inexperienced. It's a gamble. He could be the next big thing who just needed more talent at QB and WR to shine or he could be another Major Applewhite. So at least finding out will be interesting I guess. If Saban was 61 instead of 71 I'd feel better about it, but we're to the point in his career where there really isn't time left to get a coordinator hire wrong. It's not a "bad" hire. It's just risky. I was hoping for someone a bit more proven.

he'll be considered a qb whisperer if he can fix milroe's footwork and throwing motion.

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Pruitt would be a loose cannon

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What are you talking about? Pruitt was what could have salvaged this Rees hire. It would have been like Sark covering for Pete. Steele being hired doesn’t do that. The hope was for Saban to make two hires that improved things immediately, my guess is these hires are not going to improve things.

Rees will be a work in progress that could take years to develop into a championship level offense, if ever.

The scoop certainly sounded like Saban seriously considered hiring Pruitt, and I think if Pruitt would have been hired everything would be fine. If there was this big fear that the NCAA will hammer Pruitt then hire him and Steele both as Co-DC and put it in Pruitt’s contract that he gets moved to analyst with reduced pay if he gets a show cause.

Instead Saban makes risky hires again. I’m sure they are good enough to guide us to 9 or 10 win seasons for the rest of Saban’s time here, but beyond that it’s foolish to expect more. If in a year or two Pruitt can be added I’m sure things could change.

It’s very disappointing. I’m glad some of y’all are talking yourself into having confidence in what Saban has done, but I don’t see how. I sincerely hope Saban proves me wrong, but I think he’s hoisted his last meaningful trophy.

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11+ wins every season at Bama except for 2. His first season and 2010. But yeah it's foolish to expect more than 9-10 wins.

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I’m fairly certain you knew I was referring to the regular 12 game season, but just in case, I meant 9-10 wins out of the 12 game regular season.

I don't know shite about Tommy Rees. I just hope Alabama has a balanced attack with some of those good ol'fashioned methodical drives.

What are you talking about? Pruitt was what could have salvaged this Rees hire.

You missed my point entirely. I'm not saying that Pruitt would be a bad hire (as long as the NCAA stuff is sorted out). Just that the doom and gloom crowd would find reasons to pick fault with Pruitt, too. I believe Saban had valid reasons to hire Kevin Steele and Tommy Rees, to think otherwise isn't logical. He knows the stakes in these hires much better than the general public, that's just a fact. I can speculate on what those reasons are (to bring in a DC that doesn't mind being a temporary placeholder, to bring in a DC familiar with Saban's system that can simplify it for the players, to bring in a young OC that can scheme a more physical run oriented offense, etc.), but that's just speculation. To say this signals that the sky is falling is just over the top. It's that type of tripe that will make hiring Saban's successor more difficult whenever he eventually does retire. It will be used as propaganda against us for years, "Alabama fans are spoiled and entitled, they didn't even support the greatest coach of all time".