re: Bama Football Tidings

Watch most of our passes more closely or even look at the pic above… our route concepts/combinations are not sound or we are not reading the coverage or something is off … not to mention creativity . Loved the play where Gibbs scored with the motion putting players in a bind … then poof it was gone

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7 Eli Ricks

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I will add that it is mainly our interior line play and evaluations but we have missed on some across the board so far. I know it takes some longer to develop there but with the portal I am not sure it matters or how many are patient enough to stick it out and develop

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I will agree with that. I just think our play calling/lack of creativity and absolutely refusing to play the better player is our biggest problems.

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I had a coordinator like that. Dude put together amazing gameplans and could break down film amazingly. He would throw our everything at the first moment of pressure and go to basic calls and just repeat.

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If you’re not at least a successful major college assistant coach , making that real good money, then you probably missed your calling

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Routes took too long to develop into an 8 man coverage. BY needs to throw on time like we were doing against ARKY.


Edit. Maybe BOB anticipated a 3 man rush and called slow developing plays knowing BY could buy fime ( I know better) but I have given up trying to figure him out

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Is the issue play calling or wide receivers that cannot get open? Or a porous o-line? When I thought Bryce was being rushed to throw, was he actually being rushed or did he have time to throw but nobody was open? Is this a design issue or guys that cannot get separation?

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To me it's play design. Bryce being pressured is the final product. For a given play his mechanics are drop back X number of steps, read, plant, step up, throw. The problem, repeatedly, is when he gets to the step up and throw portion there's nowhere for him to go with the ball. Which means he has to hold it, which allows more time for the pocket to collapse, leading to him doing the gymnastics we're used to seeing him do just to get the ball out.

I don't have significant beef with the receivers. A division I receiver can get open. What I see is an offense that is so complex that it's hurting us. Frequently our receivers aren't running pre-determined routes. They're running routes based on what the defense is showing. They're college kids. It takes them time to read a defense. So it slows them down. Look at any of the clips of Bama games and watch the receivers. They're thinking as much as they're running. They're rarely running full speed. Complicating matters is that they're getting checks and audibles screamed at them until there's only a second or two left before they have to execute. It's a lot to process. Could different or more experienced receivers do better...maybe. But the receivers we have are really good, otherwise they'd be at a school in the Midwest.

Bill O'Brien is coaching amateurs using pro concepts. Which is great if it works but clumsy and unnecessary if it doesn't. Think about Tennessee for a second. How do they get the ball snapped so fast? They only have about 6 or 7 unique plays. But they run them quickly and precisely and they don't overthink anything. Players play fast when they know what they're doing. John Doe likes to say it's chess not checkers. I'd add a caveat. Sometimes it's checkers.

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If you’re not at least a successful major college assistant coach , making that real good money, then you probably missed your calling

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Didn't have the patience to coach and doubt I would be an amazing coordinator. I could coach my position well but again.. no patience for all that.

I know people will insult me for saying all that but it's the truth lol.

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