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re: Ryan Williams/NIL Budget
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:39 am to UASports23
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:39 am to UASports23
Maybe it's my imagination, but Ryan seems to have most of his drops on passes where he has to jump and twist to his right to make the catch. He gets contorted into a position that makes it awkward to catch the ball.
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Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:41 am to JustGetItRight
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one national title and just won a playoff game last night decide
Bro…it’s not like we are holding a gun to their head or somehow have some control over who they retain or not.
This is just fans giving their opinions on a message board. It’s OK to let us have that
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:49 am to llfshoals
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Every one he doesn’t try to catch with his hands is a lap.
Serious question: how does the lap achieve the goal?
My thought would be to practice the skill you want to improve
I see this all the time in sports, and we certainly used to do it, but I’ve always thought it was a counterproductive. Seems like it would make more sense to tack on five minutes to the catching drill.
It’s like making offensive lineman run 100yd sprints for conditioning. Do the conditioning with sled work.
One man’s opinion
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:54 am to Sandkhan
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Can you enjoy the win instead of worrying about money you don’t pay?
They can’t.
They think the Saban way of dominating teams (and getting the best players/coaches in the country year in and year out) is the norm.
It’s not. They have a hard time just enjoying the fact that Bama won against a team that was favored, playing at home, and having all the advantages.
It was due to coaching, taking their best punches up front, and the play of other players. You are exactly right - enjoy it.
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 10:55 am
Posted on 12/20/25 at 11:34 am to GeekedUp
Positive reinforcement for success, negative for failure
Posted on 12/20/25 at 11:44 am to South Alabama Tide
This is still college athletics. These are still college students. Yes they make money and are expected to play well. But he’s also an 18 year old who loves Alabama and has been a great ambassador and never gets in trouble.
Get behind the team. Nothing we say about any of the kids is going to make DeBoer bench them or our NiL collective cut them loose. So why be shitty toward them for messages board clout?
Get behind the team. Nothing we say about any of the kids is going to make DeBoer bench them or our NiL collective cut them loose. So why be shitty toward them for messages board clout?
Posted on 12/20/25 at 12:01 pm to Sandkhan
We need a coach that will teach him how to coach footballs. Not tennis balls and rugby balls.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 12:17 pm to GeekedUp
WTF is a "lap?"
Ryan needs a coach that can break him out of his tendancies. Shep obviously wasn't it and Nix may not be. We don't know that yet.
He needs to spend hours and hours working to catch the ball with his hands and stop letting it hit his body. Very few receivers have the natural ability to trap the ball against thier body with their hands. Cole Adams has it which is why he's returning punts.
Great receivers catch the ball with their hands.
And, the OP is right. Despite a hard fought win it's still OK to want season long issues to be addressed. RW can't block and struggles with drops yet is one of (if not the) highest paid players on team. In the world where big boys live you do the job you're getting paid to do or they find someone that will. No one gets a hall pass.
Ryan needs a coach that can break him out of his tendancies. Shep obviously wasn't it and Nix may not be. We don't know that yet.
He needs to spend hours and hours working to catch the ball with his hands and stop letting it hit his body. Very few receivers have the natural ability to trap the ball against thier body with their hands. Cole Adams has it which is why he's returning punts.
Great receivers catch the ball with their hands.
And, the OP is right. Despite a hard fought win it's still OK to want season long issues to be addressed. RW can't block and struggles with drops yet is one of (if not the) highest paid players on team. In the world where big boys live you do the job you're getting paid to do or they find someone that will. No one gets a hall pass.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 12:34 pm to Tide or Die87
We have a new WR coach so I’m hopeful!
Posted on 12/20/25 at 8:24 pm to bamarep
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WTF is a "lap?"
I was responding to another post, but presumably a run around the field.
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He needs to spend hours and hours working to catch the ball with his hands and stop letting it hit his body.
Exactly my point.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:17 pm to South Alabama Tide
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Let Williams and Mbakwe walk
Ryan is way too talented to not eventually figure it out. He's still only 18 and this should have been his freshman season. I'd much rather he figure it out at Bama than watch him go play for Lane and figure it out there. Plus the kid legit loves Bama.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:19 pm to RollTide33
I’m convinced that some of these so called fans are rival fans posing as Bama fans. No true Alabama fan wants to see Ryan leave for all the reasons that you mentioned.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:21 pm to South Alabama Tide
Nah, it's so common it's practically a cliche.... Sophomore Slump.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:26 pm to Lordofwrath88
Williams is having more than a sophomore slump. It’s like a sophomore shatter and it’s really been going on since November of 2024.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:32 pm to bamatide07
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No true Alabama fan wants to see Ryan leave
I’m all for him staying but only if his “cut” is the same or less than the #3-4ish WR on the team.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:55 pm to LucedaleTider
You don’t know what he receives in NiL from the school. A lot of his NiL is from advertising like the NCAA game and other ads. We aren’t paying that
Posted on 12/20/25 at 9:59 pm to Sandkhan
Yea by cut I mean rev share
Posted on 12/20/25 at 11:24 pm to llfshoals
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Every one he doesn’t try to catch with his hands is a lap
I'm way more drastic, for every one he drops we remove a fingernail. Doubt he'd drop more than one.
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 11:43 pm
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