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Does Bama win the NCG without Kiffin?
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:20 am
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:20 am
The game was one of the better contests in recent years and I'm no Kiffin fan, but he had some clutch calls on mismatches that proved to be one of the contributing factors in the game.
Bama took the best shot that clemson could muster and I believe Kiffin was the difference in this game. Bama had no answer for Watson.
What say ye?
Bama took the best shot that clemson could muster and I believe Kiffin was the difference in this game. Bama had no answer for Watson.
What say ye?
This post was edited on 1/13/16 at 12:21 am
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Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:22 am to Mr.Sinister
He is the only OC that Saban has had at Alabama that could have won one with this years team.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:23 am to Mr.Sinister
I don't know what OC we could have won with.
I only know which one we did win with.
I only know which one we did win with.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:24 am to Mr.Sinister
Nope. Without Kiffin they lose
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:26 am to Mr.Sinister
No.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:28 am to Mr.Sinister
Saban apparently called the on-sides, but I assume it was Kiffin who noticed the Howard mismatch and the fact that Clemson's fear of Henry and Ridley was leading them to concentrate on stopping those two, which left Howard far more free to get unstuck and open. No way to tell if another OC would have won it. The only conclusion worth coming to is that Kiffin did help win it and called some great plays in the process.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:35 am to Mr.Sinister
Remember back in January of 2014 when he was hired and most everyone on this board mocked us and Coach Saban? Yeah...you're all dumb.
This post was edited on 1/13/16 at 12:46 am
Posted on 1/13/16 at 12:48 am to Mr.Sinister
We don't get there without him developing Coker into a solid quarterback
Posted on 1/13/16 at 1:28 am to BamaDude06
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He is the only OC that Saban has had at Alabama that could have won one with this years team.
McElwain would've made O.J. Howard a star all year long.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 1:34 am to genro
Coker definitely was money in crunch time, but solid QB? Dude was painful to watch about 75% of the time 
Posted on 1/13/16 at 1:40 am to FourThreeForty
Disagree. He steadily progressed into a "competent" qb and hopped across the threshold into "solid" by the last third of the season. The natty game and his shitty reading/reacting to pressure notwithstanding, he became even a playmaker
Posted on 1/13/16 at 1:46 am to genro
His last 3 games of the season:
vs. Florida, 18-26 204 yards 69.2% 2 TDs 0 INTs
vs. Michigan State, 25-30 286 yards 83.3% 2 TDs 0 INTs
vs. Clemson, 16-25 335 yards 64% 2 TDs 0 INTs
His mediocre pocket presence when being rushed notwithstanding, Coker was very solid for us down the stretch.
vs. Florida, 18-26 204 yards 69.2% 2 TDs 0 INTs
vs. Michigan State, 25-30 286 yards 83.3% 2 TDs 0 INTs
vs. Clemson, 16-25 335 yards 64% 2 TDs 0 INTs
His mediocre pocket presence when being rushed notwithstanding, Coker was very solid for us down the stretch.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 5:01 am to RollTide1987
Another stupid hypothetical.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 5:32 am to JaboStokes
They don't win the title without Bobby Williams
And they were damn lucky the Clemson top 5 pick d back went down. I really wonder if all those broken coverages would have happened. That kid is fricking good
And they were damn lucky the Clemson top 5 pick d back went down. I really wonder if all those broken coverages would have happened. That kid is fricking good
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Posted on 1/13/16 at 5:45 am to Mr.Sinister
Absolutely not.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 5:50 am to Mr.Sinister
Kiffin was huge, has been huge in several of our games over the last two years.
Remember when he was hired and you folks thought Saban had lost his mind?
Remember when he was hired and you folks thought Saban had lost his mind?
Posted on 1/13/16 at 5:59 am to Sid E Walker
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Remember when he was hired and you folks thought Saban had lost his mind?
Eh, most of the Alabama forum here and elsewhere thought he lost his mind.
There were a few of us (me included) that thought it was an amazing hire that would produce results.
We were the minority.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 6:02 am to YStar
Kiffen is a better OC than most thought he would be, but it wasn't his offensive mind that was in question it was his maturity. It appears he has matured quite a bit, good for him and Alabama.
Posted on 1/13/16 at 6:50 am to Mr.Sinister
Are you insinuating there aren't other OCs who couldn't call runs up the middle 70% of the time?
It's amazing how people who spend a lot of time watching and talking about football still have no clue about the game.
Clemson forgetting to cover a receiver lined up at receiver is not some genius mismatch created by design, it's a bust in coverage and without multiple busts and a tackle missed in the backfield bama's offense is inept almost the entire game.
It's amazing how people who spend a lot of time watching and talking about football still have no clue about the game.
Clemson forgetting to cover a receiver lined up at receiver is not some genius mismatch created by design, it's a bust in coverage and without multiple busts and a tackle missed in the backfield bama's offense is inept almost the entire game.
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