re: AJ was right about this Alabama team.

I'm enjoying the 180 that the Alabama posters have done concerning AJ.

I do agree that OP is a frickwad.

Of course he was right.

But it didn't stop idiots from bashing.

That and Kiffin shite the bed in his playcalling in tOSU game pretty bad. And Saban and Kirby's D were no where near as good as years prior. And the offensive line wasn't a dominant one. And the secondary had major flaws that could be exploited by good offenses. And the offense as a whole, despite having great RBs on the roster, consisted solely of Amari Cooper and Blake Sims ~90 percent of the time.

And reliance on moving Cooper around to exploit one on one mismatches against an opponents' defensive personnel was bound to fail against teams with more than one top athlete in its secondary. And having a full month to prepare a defense against moving Cooper around to create mismatches allows a well coached defense to adjust to the "Amari Strategy" thus allowing them to neutralize the advantage strategy provides during the regular season.

And, and, and....

There's far more to it than 'not having true leaders' on the team -- an explanation that just happens to flatter the person putting it out there with the implication being that he was that true leader and he (AJ) is no longer there to lead them.

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AJ was right about this Alabama team. I thought it was bullshite when he said it and I still think it was bullshite. Blake Sims was 10x the leader that AJ was. Half the team hated AJ's guts. This team would absolutely go to war for Sims. The ONLY reason we were able to win 12 games this year was because we had leadership that the rest of the team respected. Without that - we lose 4 easily, IMO.

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I agree with you. You would never have beaten Arkansas, for example, were it not for the leaders on your team who refused to give up. That was pure guts I thought, because you played very poorly yet still won.

I assumed that he was referring to the whole cfb spectating demographic of the U.S., and he is right. The general perception was that we had a starting QB who was bound to fail.

Ya fricking arse-hole.

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The general perception was that we had a starting QB who was bound to fail.

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Maybe among the paranoid Tide fans. Most people thought with Cooper Sims would be fine (and he was). Nobody cares about Bama as much as Bama fans think they do.

Are you kidding me Larry? This team won a SEC Championship. Please take your sidewalk trashy self elsewhere

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Most people thought with Cooper Sims would be fine (

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We had threads claiminh Cooper was the most over rated receiver ever on this board, and so many about Sims being a terrible QB because of his spring game stats, fro. several fan bases.

Why are you just making shite up?

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Nobody cares about Bama as much as Bama fans think they do. 

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You care enough to post this twice though

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LarrytheGolfer
AJ was right about this Alabama team.


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"I think one of the things that this team is lacking that hurts them the most is not having the true leaders like we had last year and guys that, when things go bad, 'hey, let's calm everybody down, pick it back up and go back to work and get back on the right track.’ I feel like when things go bad, this team struggles a little with bouncing back and making good plays."

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Sorta like the "leadership" he displayed when he got into a hollering and shoving match with his own center during a game....

Of course, had bama beaten tOSU, they would be the greatest college team since The Big Bang - with oodles of 'leaders' and no apparent weaknesses..........