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Gmac this morning
Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:44 am
Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:44 am
First, he said our offensive line got absolutely destroyed.
One third of our plays went for no gain or a loss.
And the receivers were bad too. They average 1.3 yards after catch, and had zero broken tackles. Shows they were not getting any separation.
He said on the last play, he probably would have dropped back and thrown a pass or Milroe run from there, but he understands that throwing in tight spaces is not one of Milroe's strengths. But he said Michigan knew that too.
Yesterday, Three guys from ESPN analyzed the play and said, the play might would have worked if our right tackle had not been destroyed but had no chance because of him.
One third of our plays went for no gain or a loss.
And the receivers were bad too. They average 1.3 yards after catch, and had zero broken tackles. Shows they were not getting any separation.
He said on the last play, he probably would have dropped back and thrown a pass or Milroe run from there, but he understands that throwing in tight spaces is not one of Milroe's strengths. But he said Michigan knew that too.
Yesterday, Three guys from ESPN analyzed the play and said, the play might would have worked if our right tackle had not been destroyed but had no chance because of him.
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:48 am to IB4bama
O line is too big and sloooooow
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:50 am to IB4bama
Can’t argue with any of that.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:54 am to IB4bama
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Three guys from ESPN analyzed the play and said, the play might would have worked if our right tackle had not been destroyed but had no chance because of him
Some of us have been saying that but because some idiot post a clip on X saying "follow your guard" people eat that nonsense up.
That last play was blown up. The snap being basically rolled back killed it even more.
When our OC has seen our OL abused in short situations why the hell would he run a play into the teeth if Michigan's strength?
Just roll to the wide side, have a rub player hit the flat and a couple later dragging players and we at least get to second overtime.
The idiot OC convinces Saban that we can gap block it and we go home on a wobbler.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:03 am to PBD4BAMA
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O line is too big and sloooooow
Booker has been a major disappointment. Roberts is the only guy on the line that has been consistent.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:06 am to BrianFantana
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Booker has been a major disappointment. Roberts is the only guy on the line that has been consistent.
Buddy you are blind
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:11 am to Crimsontide1713
Booker has been inconsistent at best all year, especially in pass pro. He's slow and gets beat vs any athletic DL.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:27 am to BrianFantana
Booker has been good.
Offensive linemen are impacted by the guys around them. Booker has Seth on one side and Proctor on the other. Do you not remember how Cyrus Kouanjdo struggled for a while when his brother was next to him?
The line will be very good next year. Proctor got a lot better as the year went on, even though he wasn't great against Michigan several times (he was also playing with a torn ligament).
Communication was an issue for Bama more than anything. That can be fixed.
Offensive linemen are impacted by the guys around them. Booker has Seth on one side and Proctor on the other. Do you not remember how Cyrus Kouanjdo struggled for a while when his brother was next to him?
The line will be very good next year. Proctor got a lot better as the year went on, even though he wasn't great against Michigan several times (he was also playing with a torn ligament).
Communication was an issue for Bama more than anything. That can be fixed.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:40 am to JIB
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Offensive linemen are impacted by the guys around them. Booker has Seth on one side and Proctor on the other.
I dont disagree that OL are impacted by guys around them. Wouldnt Booker make Proctor better then as well? I'm not saying Booker has been terrible. I think he's a good run blocker but struggles in pass pro making him inconsistent. I think Seth was actually graded higher than Booker vs Michigan according to PFF.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:59 am to BrianFantana
That’s pretty damning about Seth supposedly grading better than Booker because #55 for Michigan ate Seth’s lunch ALL day.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:14 am to IB4bama
Yeah honestly, the biggest change I think we need to make in the off season is a new O-Line coach. The line got better throughout this season, so I thought maybe Wolford was on the right track. But they shite in the bed in the playoff. Too much talent recruited to the line to not be dominant.
We need to make a change there and get faster, meaner and smarter. Do that and they can win the title next year.
We need to make a change there and get faster, meaner and smarter. Do that and they can win the title next year.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:15 am to IB4bama
I don’t have a fraction of football knowledge as Gmac, but one thing about Bama this yr to me is that they never really showed a killer instinct or a mean arse attitude to dominate the opposition.
I’m sure Seth is a nice young man, a good student and a smart young man that will do well in life after football, but come game time he needed to be a mean nasty alpha dog to anchor that OL. I believed he played to nervous about fricking up the snap delivery. Some ppl can’t handle that can of pressure being the anchor and to me it showed with him.
Everyone has their on opinions and ideas about what went wrong in that game. For me it’s as simple as this… We just got our arse kicked by a team that wanted it more. No mentality to dominate or to break their will to win. What Bama needs is a few mean nasty football players to emerge on both sides of the ball for the upcoming season and hopefully they will.
I’m sure Seth is a nice young man, a good student and a smart young man that will do well in life after football, but come game time he needed to be a mean nasty alpha dog to anchor that OL. I believed he played to nervous about fricking up the snap delivery. Some ppl can’t handle that can of pressure being the anchor and to me it showed with him.
Everyone has their on opinions and ideas about what went wrong in that game. For me it’s as simple as this… We just got our arse kicked by a team that wanted it more. No mentality to dominate or to break their will to win. What Bama needs is a few mean nasty football players to emerge on both sides of the ball for the upcoming season and hopefully they will.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:18 am to hwyman108
I agree. The last several years, it's appeared that our team is too worried about being BAMA. They need to develop their own identity and their own mean streak. They need to hunt people, not feel nervous about screwing up the BAMA standard. If they played looser, and less worried about letting down the BAMA standard, they may actually live up to it.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:21 am to IB4bama
The right tackle... I've said it before. He was blown up and in the backfield tripping milroe. So many mistakes on one play... That's another reason why I feel it was the wrong play for the situation.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:27 am to hwyman108
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I don’t have a fraction of football knowledge as Gmac, but one thing about Bama this yr to me is that they never really showed a killer instinct or a mean arse attitude to dominate the opposition.
I disagree. I think we absolutely showed that in several games, especially the 2nd halves of games. We showed it against arguably the best team we played all season.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:43 am to IB4bama
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And the receivers were bad too. They average 1.3 yards after catch, and had zero broken tackles. Shows they were not getting any separation.
Our WRs can only get open when they have time to work their pure athletic advantage over most DBs. Michigan's DBs were solid athletes but it really was the pressure that nullified the receivers. Of course, the combo of Milroe having no confidence in throwing into windows and the WRs utter lack of early separation loomed large on this game.
One play that really typifies the problems with Milroe was a 4th quarter cat corner blitz by Michigan. It was identified by the WR and QB at the snap. WR kills his route and turns to receive a quick pass. Milroe was incredibly slow in getting the ball out. Burton gets ate up by the safety who was 15 yards off the ball. Basically any of our quarterbacks since Saban got here could've fired that SOB out there quickly so the WR still had an opportunity to make the safety recklessly crashing down on him miss. Legitimately, with any other multi-game starter at QB in the Saban era, that is a 50/50 shot at a touchdown or at least a massive gain.
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:50 am to Funky Tide 8
You’re not wrong about that. But from start to finish they haven’t. There’s going to be times where the best of teams have bad games, Bama hasn’t put a full game together all yr really.
Bama has plenty of talent and probably more than Michigan does, but you can’t always win with just being talented. You need some mean arse ball players that would fight a circle saw and to help spread that mentality
Bama has plenty of talent and probably more than Michigan does, but you can’t always win with just being talented. You need some mean arse ball players that would fight a circle saw and to help spread that mentality
Posted on 1/3/24 at 10:52 am to Diego Ricardo
One 4th and 2 stop or if the last muffed punt simply rolls into the endzone instead of taking a miracle bounce to stay inside then we’re playing for the Natty and probably the favorite against Washington.
As bad as it can look we’re still right there. Just like the last 3 seasons…we’re there…just have to finish. Not sure what changed but we just can’t finish like we used to.
Regardless we need to get better offensively. QB, OC and O line has to get better. It’s been too shaky this year and inconsistent.
As bad as it can look we’re still right there. Just like the last 3 seasons…we’re there…just have to finish. Not sure what changed but we just can’t finish like we used to.
Regardless we need to get better offensively. QB, OC and O line has to get better. It’s been too shaky this year and inconsistent.
This post was edited on 1/3/24 at 10:54 am
Posted on 1/3/24 at 11:08 am to EGO3x
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One 4th and 2 stop or if the last muffed punt simply rolls into the endzone instead of taking a miracle bounce to stay inside then we’re playing for the Natty and probably the favorite against Washington.
As bad as it can look we’re still right there. Just like the last 3 seasons…we’re there…just have to finish. Not sure what changed but we just can’t finish like we used to.
Regardless we need to get better offensively. QB, OC and O line has to get better. It’s been too shaky this year and inconsistent.
If Caleb stays in bounds before intercepting the pass on the first play...
If the ball doesn't get tipped and Bama picks it off late in the game.
If Milroe throws it wide before fumbling.
If the returner fumbles it another 1 foot further back and it becomes a safety.
If, if, if.
Bama was close. Michigan played the best game they've played in decades. And barely won.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 12:07 pm to JIB
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Michigan played the best game they've played in decades.
Michigan tried to keep Bama in the game and we still choked.
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