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re: Ryan Williams/NIL Budget

Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:39 am to
Posted by Tupelo
Member since Aug 2022
1731 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:39 am to
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.
Posted by 1BamaRTR
In Your Head Blvd
Member since Apr 2015
24493 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:41 am to
quote:

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 by GeekedUp
Virginia
Member since Jun 2009
3062 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:49 am to
quote:

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 by Bham4Tide
In a Van down by the River
Member since Feb 2011
24221 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:54 am to
quote:

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 by llfshoals
Member since Nov 2010
20549 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 11:34 am to
Positive reinforcement for success, negative for failure
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7043 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 11:44 am to
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?
Posted by Tide or Die87
Huntsville, AL
Member since Jan 2012
13326 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 12:01 pm to
We need a coach that will teach him how to coach footballs. Not tennis balls and rugby balls.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
52359 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 12:17 pm to
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.
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7043 posts
Posted on 12/20/25 at 12:34 pm to
We have a new WR coach so I’m hopeful!
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