re: Grubb fired.

Kiffin changed Alabama football for the better. Saban lost a natty by firing him. I wish he were our coach.

No thanks, and I would wager that if Nick Saban has any remaining clout in the program, it will never happen.

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Saban lost a natty by firing him. I wish he were our coach.

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Who was the OC (Kiffin) in 2014, with Derrick Henry @ RB?

Chose to go hero ball in CFP semifinal versus Ohio State in 2014?

Lane Kiffin. Dude legit cost BAMA more than he was worth. Still does.

You can get hell and take Kiffin with you. frick THAT CLOWN.

RMFT

We didn’t go hero ball against Ohio State, Blake Sims threw the ball directly to Vonn Bell with a wide open OJ Howard. And then he threw a pick six in another play

Main reason we lost that game was Blake and the defense. Didn’t help that we lost Reggie and Landon during that game

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We didn’t go hero ball against Ohio State, Blake Sims threw the ball directly to Vonn Bell with a wide open OJ Howard. And then he threw a pick six in another play

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I was at that game and while my memory might be rusty, I seem to recall being up 21-0 in the first quarter and Derrick Henry was killing them.

And then nothing.

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I was at that game and while my memory might be rusty, I seem to recall being up 21-0 in the first quarter and Derrick Henry was killing them.

And then nothing.

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Your memory is rusty. Bama never got up 3 TDs in the game. It was 14-6 at the end of the first quarter.

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I was at that game and while my memory might be rusty, I seem to recall being up 21-0 in the first quarter and Derrick Henry was killing them.

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I was at that one too. It was 21-6 and OSU scored twice before halftime. The moment was too big for Sims, especially when we went down in the game. He would have benefited greatly by Kiffin feeding Henry who just couldn't be stopped, whether you handed or dumped it off to him. Criminally under-used in that game.

It was both Kiffin AND Sarkisian who were the primary culprits in the 2016 season championship loss vs Clemson.

Sarkisian because he focused on the pass too much - essentially 50/50. Alabama was too reliant on the pass though they were inefficient: 14-32 155 yds, 4.8 ypa, run 34 carries , 221, 6.5 ypa. Alabama had 8 drives 1:15 or less, 9 drives 2:00 or less, 1 drive 3:56 punt, 1 drive 2:31. This resulted in both teams having 17 full possessions. Ala averaged less than 1:30 per possession.

Clemson scored 1 time in its first 10 possessions, 4 of its last 7 vs Alabama’s tiring defense. Even without Eddie Jackson this was likely the great D of all-time but it won’t be remembered as such because of 17 possessions even when running the ball very well even without Bo in the game. His backups that year were Damien Harris and Jacobs.

But Kiffin primarily because he was derelict in his duty to the program and Saban.

I live most of the time in NEW England so I can speak to this a little. Up here Belichick is considered the GOAT coach but a mediocre GM, especially after Tom left and quite frankly during the end of Tom's time there. There is a huge debate for some about who is more responsible for the Pats success Brady or Belichick. There were questions about Belichick's roster management/drafting especially after Tom left and really a good bit before. He was considered especially bad at drafting in early rounds, skill positions and really bad a drafting wide receivers. There is a pretty legendary story of him advising Arthur Blank not to trade to get Julio and go with Jonathan Baldwin who was as good if not better in Belichick opinion. And Towards the end free agents really didn't want to come play for him, especially considering how cheap he was. Brady covered up a lot of O line and receiver issues over the years for him. In regards to Patricia and he hired Joe Judge as well, neither with OC experience cause he was comfortable with them. Mcdaniels took the Oline coach and the Mick Lombardi. Many thought he promote the TE coach Caley, he could have had Adam Gase and he could have pushed for O'Brien. Plus Belichick is awful to the media and owner. In the end Kraft was tired of him. Morris probably wasn't a great hire but Belichick can't get a job cause he wants to be the GM and nobody thinks he is a good in that area at this point and he is a pain in the arse. He and Blank are good friends and Blank passed. Him not hiring Blank is independent of Morris. He saw what Kraft went through and passed.

Belichick also couldn’t swap teams to a stacked team. While people want to compare Belichick with and without Brady records, it isn’t always an apple to apple comparison.

That Tampa team was stacked in comparison to the Patriots