re: Looks like the offense may be changing

This podcast is pretty good. The two guests know Brian Daboll well and said some very good things to say.

Podcast: Former coach discusses where Nick Saban wants to take the offense in 2017 | SEC Country

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Welcome to SEC Country’s daily Alabama Crimson Tide Podcast with Ryan Fowler. Today, we talked with a former coach who worked with Nick Saban about the possible direction of the Crimson Tide offense.

Topics discussed:

NFL scout and former coach, Chris Landry from landryfootball.com, breaks down the Brian Daboll hire and what the Crimson Tide offense might look like in 2017.

Landry worked with Nick Saban in the NFL and helps us understand some characteristics that separates Saban from other coaches.

Breakdown of Jalen Hurts from a scouting perspective and how he can improve with a new offensive coordinator.

Inside information on how the Sarkisian transition happened in Tuscaloosa.

New England Patriot Beat Writer, Jim McBride from the Boston Globe, talks about Brian Daboll and his strengths as an offensive coach.

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At first I thought we would return to power run and play action but we can't. We now have a roster of spread quarterbacks who aren't skilled enough to be pure dropback passers. I hate it and Saban obviously disagrees with me or he wouldn't have put us in a situation without a true passer on the roster. I hate the hybrid. We are only doing it because he wants to be a spread team that can still recruit elite pro prospects and prepare them for the NFL. I think we should commit to one or the other but it is what it is. I think we will see an elite running game in 2017 but I hope we can throw it when we have to.

Hopefully when Sexton and Petty step on campus, the offense will change

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We now have a roster of spread quarterbacks who aren't skilled enough to be pure dropback passers

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We don't know that to be so. Tua or Mac may be good to very good dropback passers. Hurts may develop a good game.

I'm not sure the spread helps recruiting, or at least Alabama recruiting. Running backs would probably prefer the pro set, whatever that means anymore. I am nearly certain that wide receivers would prefer a bona fide intermediate and long game, so they can show off, to what we had last year.

Saban has proven to be so far ahead of the curve that it's probably silly to question him, but I do wonder what he was thinking last year, to seemingly change direction again, so soon.