re: Is Alabama stupid for not playing Coker?

If putting Coker in at quarterback will do the following things, then we need Coker:

1. Make the defensive backs look for the ball.
2. Stop other players from fumbling.
3. Eliminate penalties

Otherwise, let's stick with the better quarterback and try to fix the actual problems.

Saban has never been one to change QB's in mid season, going back to his days at Mich.St. At LSU, he had Rohan Davis (who lit up bama for over 600 yrds passing the following yr ) in his soph yr riding the bench behind Marcus Randle, who could not come close to matching Rohan's athleticism and/or future potential. Randle was simply the QB who would not "lose" a game on his own. Saban sees both Corker & Simms every day in practice on top of hrs of film study. He's playing the best one in his, and no doubt, Kiffen's, opinion. He never looks to next yr when it comes to playing/not playing his players. LSU lost an all SEC center for the bowl game, and messed up his pro career, when Saban kept Ben Wilkerson in a blow out game against Vandy & Wilkerson blew out his knee on the last play of the game.