re: Official Alabama assistant coaching search thread: staff complete Edition

I hope they can incorporate some pieces of Freezes offense, it's a fascinating scheme.

Every play has an option and/or a screen built in, stresses the hell out of defense forcing every player to make that right read. Often causes 1 on 1 coverage on the #1 WR...

Just don’t get in 3rd or 4th and 1 or less. Freeze has no fricking clue how to attack that down and distance.

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Every play has an option and/or a screen built in, stresses the hell out of defense forcing every player to make that right read. Often causes 1 on 1 coverage on the #1 WR...

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I feel like we've got 3 guys who would be absolutely perfect in that scheme. I don't think we'd have to straight up run what they did at Ole Miss, but there's a lot we can take from it and put into what we want to do.

Uh oh:

Report: Jim McElwain, Nick Saban have talked about Alabama’s OC job

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Former Florida coach Jim McElwain hasn’t been in the news much since parting ways with the Gators toward the end of the 2017 season, but he’s had significant conversations behind closed doors.

That’s according to a report from TideSports.com’s Aaron Suttles, who says McElwain has spoken to Alabama coach Nick Saban about the Crimson Tide’s opening at offensive coordinator.

Saban is looking for a replacement for Brian Daboll, who bolted after just one year to take the same position with the Buffalo Bills.

McElwain parted ways with Florida after failing to show proof he received death threats during the 2017 season. The Gators were coming off back-to-back SEC East titles under his leadership before things spiraled out of control.

While his past in Gainesville might be a red flag, McElwain has an edge that many others up for this position will not have: He already has worked for Saban. McElwain was Alabama’s offensive coordinator and quarterback coach from 2008-11 before leaving Tuscaloosa to take the Colorado State job.

McElwain isn’t the only former SEC coach that Saban has talked to for this opening, per TideSports.com. Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze was reportedly in the Alabama football building on Monday to discuss the position.

There’s no telling what Saban will do with this hire, but he could be looking to add some stability. The next play caller will be his fourth in three seasons (Daboll, Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin).

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Please no! Why revert to that scheme?

Coach Mac had some good games playcalling. I thought.

2008 SECCG with passes to Colin Peek, McElroy tip toe'ing down the sideline.
2012 BCSCG against LSU. Air raid against honey badger with a young McCarron.

I also agree with Magilla, though. We are past that.

I don't disagree, but college football has changed so much since his last stint here. We have changed our entire personnel/scheme. Pendry/Stoutland were great o line coaches for the smash mouth teams we fielded. We gap block a lot now. Tua is a spread QB. We have all the talent in place to repeat next year. We just need a capable play caller.

What I'd love to see is, and we did some of this late this season, is packages with Josh Jacobs in there to go along with either Harris the Elder or Harris the Younger. And Jacobs' job is based on what the defense does. If you split the backfield you can motion Jacobs out to either side presnap and create all sorts of conflict. I think Jacobs could really be the sort of swiss army knife in our offense that gives defenses fits and creates openings for the other guys to get 1 on 1 looks or stretch the defensive assignments and allow the Harris' to run wild.

Josh Jacobs would have to be able to actually play in games to be a threat.

Maybe McElwain inquired about the OC opening or a temporary analyst job rather than Saban having much interest in him as OC. We've gone in a different direction that doesn't match up with his offensive acumen. Jim might also be talking to Saban about helping him get a new gig elsewhere.