Saban speaks about Tua's season

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“I think Tua played for the first seven or eight games last year, if it’s possible to play perfectly — take care of the ball, no interceptions, really high completion percentage, take what the defense gives — and I think he did that flawlessly in our first seven, eight games

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oh, no way. Some folks, even Alabama fans, have decided that Tua is a one read qb. Taking what the defense gives you obviously implies otherwise.

That silly Saban.

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Tua is projected as a number 1 draft pick for a reason.

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And set a ncaa record for passing efficiency.

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The nitpicking is crazy.

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But the worst thing is that he proved in the early part of the season that he was, in fact, good at working through his progressions. Some folks evidently just totally ignore the fact that the injuries affected his entire game.

He did, though, get the stars in his eyes when the Heisman talk heated up, and started favoring the long ball for those ESPN highlights. Some folks, though, talked like he just did not and evidently could not work through the progressions. One read they said. That's bullshite and Nick Saban obviously doesn't agree with them.

Mississippi State showed teams how to defend Tua if you have the talent and UGA used their script to shut him down.

Clemson had an even better plan because they had been game-planning for him the entire season (per their own admission).

It’s up to the coaches and Tua to make the necessary adjustments, but we won’t know where we stand until LSU or potentially UGA in the SECCG IMO.

I completely agree, until:

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It’s up to the coaches and Tua to make the necessary adjustments, but we won’t know where we stand until LSU or potentially UGA in the SECCG IMO.

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It is up to the coaches to make the necessary adjustments, and this was talked about at length by Todd Blackledge in the Spring game, when he repeatedly mentioned Sark wanted to get back to doing more "full read" type passing attack, as opposed to the "half-read" stuff associated with the RPO game, particularly as the field shrinks in plus territory and the red zone.

Regarding the bolded portion, we'll know in September if the coaches have changed the passing attack, and we'll know in 2 ways:

1) We can see it and it's clear as day.

2) We see if other teams are having success with the gameplan mentioned in your first two lines, as any team with any sense is going to utilize it. No, not everyone has the horses than Miss St, GA, and Clemons had last year, but the defensive gameplan will still be on the TV screen plain as day, and we'll see how we fare.

If Tua is routinely or semi-routinely throwing into coverage or not finding the open man by going through his progression, then we'll know. And both Duke and SoCar are good enough to show us that.

For those interested regarding Alabama's off-the-field coaching staff, this is the best info I could find:

LINK

Buth Jones is not mentioned in the article, but he's obviously still hanging around.

The additions of note seem to be Major Applewhite, Mike Stoops, and AJ Milwee as off/def analysts, and "Iowa State’s Joe Houston and Virginia Tech’s Johnathan Galante as quality control staffers to assist with special teams" as our 2 special teams analysts are gone from last year.

He had a bad fame against Georgia. It happens.