Started By
Message
Josh Pate likes us moving forward
Posted on 1/6/25 at 10:46 am
Posted on 1/6/25 at 10:46 am
I don’t know how folks feel about him but he makes some interesting points and I am sharing this for discussion purposes because that’s what you do on a discussion board LOL.
Loading Twitter/X Embed...
If tweet fails to load, click here. 
4
Posted on 1/6/25 at 10:54 am to InkStainedWretch
Update: This is the complete version of what he said about us this morning, not the snippet I found on Twitter.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 10:59 am to InkStainedWretch
That's essentially my perspective on why we shouldn't be buying all the FUD from haters and losers.
We've kept almost everyone we'd like to keep and lost the ones we wanted to keep to the NFL draft. None of our portal losses were surprises or tragedies. We have not lost Ryan Williams. Pulled Mbakwe out of the portal which shows that the staff was high on his ability and receptive to moving him to WR. Portal has been almost entirely about adding depth to supplement who we've already got on campus not looking for top line of the depth chart guys.
We've kept almost everyone we'd like to keep and lost the ones we wanted to keep to the NFL draft. None of our portal losses were surprises or tragedies. We have not lost Ryan Williams. Pulled Mbakwe out of the portal which shows that the staff was high on his ability and receptive to moving him to WR. Portal has been almost entirely about adding depth to supplement who we've already got on campus not looking for top line of the depth chart guys.
This post was edited on 1/6/25 at 11:03 am
Posted on 1/6/25 at 11:01 am to Diego Ricardo
quote:
We have lost Ryan Williams
Wait! What!?
Posted on 1/6/25 at 11:02 am to cdur86
there should be a not in there...edit coming
Posted on 1/6/25 at 11:07 am to Diego Ricardo
It’s cold enough outside, don’t need any extra blood chilling. 
Posted on 1/6/25 at 12:20 pm to Diego Ricardo
quote:
We've kept almost everyone we'd like to keep and lost the ones we wanted to keep to the NFL draft.
Outside of Devonta Smith and Oronkwo I’m not disappointed about any of the portal losses.
If we get a QB who can run the offense at a high level and a RT we will be competing for championships next year.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 12:39 pm to tide06
D. Smith was a personal foul waiting to happen. Glad he left.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 12:41 pm to Night Vision
quote:
D. Smith was a personal foul waiting to happen. Glad he left.
So was our captain Malachi Moore, I think that was a cultural issue rather than a player problem.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 12:51 pm to Diego Ricardo
quote:
That's essentially my perspective on why we shouldn't be buying all the FUD from haters and losers.
I think some lowest common denominator fans truly thought that Saban created a perpetual motion joyless murderball machine that would continue unchecked until the end of time regardless of whether the faces, including the head coach, changed.
I don’t like what happened this year, but at some point maybe we will look at it as a necessary year to make the break from Nick Saban, which has to happen for this program to move forward.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:27 pm to InkStainedWretch
Wonder what HE meant by saying BAMA was held hostage by the qb position?
Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:32 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
I think we all know what he means by Alabama was held hostage by the QB position.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:33 pm to Diego Ricardo
quote:
I think we all know what he means by Alabama was held hostage by the QB position.
Lol.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:36 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
You can read it positively or negatively and the truth of the matter it is all the same: QB was not a scheme fit but he was a roster fit.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:58 pm to Diego Ricardo
quote:
You can read it positively or negatively
Thanks for letting me know. Lol.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 2:00 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
Yeah, I guess I'm saying he may not mean it with as negative of a connotation as some would read it (the grand LANK conspiracy). That's all I'm suggesting. It arrives to the same place: Jalen Milroe is your QB. So does it really matter how he got there?
Posted on 1/6/25 at 2:10 pm to Diego Ricardo
I don't disagree. I didn't think he was being rayciss or condemning LANK. It's just interesting to see people tiptoe through conversations about Milroe.
I'm not accusing you of this per se but there's an unquenchable need for people to prove to others they aren't racist.
I'm not accusing you of this per se but there's an unquenchable need for people to prove to others they aren't racist.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 2:12 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
It ain't racist to say the guy can't play quarterback at a high level. I've said the same about Cooper Bateman and Tyler Buchner. I thought Jacob Coker was the biggest moron I'd ever seen play quarterback at Alabama until around midseason when they found a groove with him.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 2:30 pm to Diego Ricardo
quote:
It ain't racist to say the guy can't play quarterback at a high level
Couldn't agree more. I didn't like AJ all that much, but he was the right guy for the job. That's for damn sure.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 2:45 pm to InkStainedWretch
I like Pate but I’m pretty sure he is dating an Bama Alum? He has been compromised.
Page 1 of 2
Latest Alabama News
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News