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re: Tommy Rees is our new offensive coordinator
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:49 am to Pastor Mike
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:49 am to Pastor Mike
How did the Alabama fanbase arrive here? Not even remotely giving the potential hire a second of wait and see.
Saban has hired an unknown OC from Fresno State, a guy that wasn’t calling plays at Washington, a spoiled playboy twice fired, a TE coach from New England, a former head coach known more for beating an assistant’s arse, a three time fired alcoholic, and finally a washed up NFL head coach with an a-hole on his chin. And never was the melt like this. Rees is 30 years old and still growing into the role. If anything, he has more potential than a lot of those previous hires. Christ. Lighten up.
Saban has hired an unknown OC from Fresno State, a guy that wasn’t calling plays at Washington, a spoiled playboy twice fired, a TE coach from New England, a former head coach known more for beating an assistant’s arse, a three time fired alcoholic, and finally a washed up NFL head coach with an a-hole on his chin. And never was the melt like this. Rees is 30 years old and still growing into the role. If anything, he has more potential than a lot of those previous hires. Christ. Lighten up.
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Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:50 am to CapstoneGrad06
Are you saying he hasn't missed on OC before?
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:50 am to Pastor Mike
Brian Kelly was apparently high on Tommy Rees.
He tried like hell to get him to LSU as their OC.
Also, it's being reported that Nortre Dame is willing to match our offer.
He tried like hell to get him to LSU as their OC.
Also, it's being reported that Nortre Dame is willing to match our offer.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:52 am to Pastor Mike
Define miss. Because I have yet to see utter disaster on offense that some are chanting is about to happen.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:53 am to Pastor Mike
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But this hire... well, I ain't impressed. Again, impressing me doesn't matter - I get it. If we go grantham on the DC - I am out
Grantham at DC would be exponentially worse than Rees at OC, and I say this as someone who isn't particularly thrilled about the hire. Rees is another Golding situation to me. Young, really bright, but not much of a track record of translating that to the field. Maybe he ends up like Golding or maybe he learns on the job a bit and it works out the way Saban hoped it was going to with Golding. My big issue is that Saban is on the wrong side of 70 and I think we needed a home run. If Rees doesn't work out, that's probably it.
Grantham would be a BooB hire, and would 1000% justify a meltdown.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:53 am to CapstoneGrad06
The utter disaster comes when we hire Grantham to go with a little known commodity at OC
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:54 am to CapstoneGrad06
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Saban has hired an unknown OC from Fresno State, a guy that wasn’t calling plays at Washington, a spoiled playboy twice fired, a TE coach from New England, a former head coach known more for beating an assistant’s arse, a three time fired alcoholic, and finally a washed up NFL head coach with an a-hole on his chin. And never was the melt like this. Rees is 30 years old and still growing into the role. If anything, he has more potential than a lot of those previous hires. Christ. Lighten up.
To be fair, most of our fanbase despised Sark and thought he was an idiot and couldn't coach his way out of a wet paper bag. People said "der DaBoll worst offense in NFL at Cleveland der Saban dumb". shite, a lot of our fanbase wanted nothing to do with Kiffin. His offense was terrible his last 2 years at USC did you see!
Because, well, our fanbase is our fanbase.
This post was edited on 2/3/23 at 7:55 am
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:54 am to Robot Santa
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Grantham at DC would be exponentially worse than Rees at OC, and I say this as someone who isn't particularly thrilled about the hire. Rees is another Golding situation to me. Young, really bright, but not much of a track record of translating that to the field. Maybe he ends up like Golding or maybe he learns on the job a bit and it works out the way Saban hoped it was going to with Golding. My big issue is that Saban is on the wrong side of 70 and I think we needed a home run. If Rees doesn't work out, that's probably it.
Grantham would be a BooB hire, and would 1000% justify a meltdown.
Exactly
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:54 am to Pastor Mike
Oh so we are melting over hypotheticals? Because Rees hasn’t even been hired yet and the possibility of Grantham is out of thin air.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:55 am to CapstoneGrad06
There aren't any Kiffins or Sarks out there who aren't head coaches or who want to leave the NFL. I'm taking a wait and see approach with Rees. Our standard isn't NDs standard. He knows this.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:55 am to Pastor Mike
Grantham being the sole DC is completely meltable. He has a long track record in our league with good athletes and is a well known commodity.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:55 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
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Since when do you give a shite what fans of other teams think? Do you think the vast majority of them have any clue what they're watching when they tune in on Saturdays?
Judging from here you're right
Anyways, I know nothing of the guy. This isn't like Bill O'Brien who I KNEW would fail. If this guy can scheme a little, make adaptations and use pre-snap movement and shifts to create mismatches it would a enormous upgrade over BOB.
In the end we just really need to hit on this DC hire. I can't believe Saban is letting Tenn and Auburn plants dictate who he can hire while they do whatever they want.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:56 am to Robot Santa
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Grantham would be a BooB hire, and would 1000% justify a meltdown.
Yeah, this is my fear man. It's all about who he hired at DC.
If it is Grantham. It was a fun rub guys.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:58 am to CapstoneGrad06
The likelihood of Rees is strong. Who knows on DC - but there has been more than a little speculation about him. If Rees is the OC, there is little hope that our offensive production would counter the collapse Grantham would provide.
I haven't said anything about this until the likelihood of Rees.
I haven't said anything about this until the likelihood of Rees.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 8:01 am to YStar
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Anyways, I know nothing of the guy. This isn't like Bill O'Brien who I KNEW would fail. If this guy can scheme a little, make adaptations and use pre-snap movement and shifts to create mismatches it would a enormous upgrade over BOB.
Apparently, Coach Saban feels Reese is an upgrade over BO'B.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 8:03 am to SummerOfGeorge
What is Grantham even based on? A report that he would be the guy if Pruitt can’t be hired? Which we now know has not even been considered. Which invalidates said report anyway?
Posted on 2/3/23 at 8:04 am to SummerOfGeorge
I maybe misremembering but
Dabol didn’t run da bawl with power as often as he should. This change in philosophy from power football fricked with folks. Also had to deal with hurts vs Tua.
Sark was an alcoholic that was originally tainted by coming in late for the natl champ.
Lane was brash and his wr screens and jets to spread the field out were a big change to power football, as well.
Most people just want us to physically demolish everyone and not have any finesse/spread. I think Sark did a pretty good job mixing both and why folks think he is the best OC under Saban.
Rees is gonna be TE heavy and that is his speciality. I think we move closer to power than spread with this hire.
Dabol didn’t run da bawl with power as often as he should. This change in philosophy from power football fricked with folks. Also had to deal with hurts vs Tua.
Sark was an alcoholic that was originally tainted by coming in late for the natl champ.
Lane was brash and his wr screens and jets to spread the field out were a big change to power football, as well.
Most people just want us to physically demolish everyone and not have any finesse/spread. I think Sark did a pretty good job mixing both and why folks think he is the best OC under Saban.
Rees is gonna be TE heavy and that is his speciality. I think we move closer to power than spread with this hire.
This post was edited on 2/3/23 at 8:05 am
Posted on 2/3/23 at 8:04 am to SummerOfGeorge
Dp
This post was edited on 2/3/23 at 8:05 am
Posted on 2/3/23 at 8:05 am to CapstoneGrad06
They're premelting profusely about an unlikely hire.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 8:07 am to TidalSurge1
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OL strength is indeed very important, but smart OCs can do some things to work around not having a stellar OL
Yes but with a great OL any solid OC can implement their game plan and make it work. With the talent we have on that side of the ball if we have time to get the plays off as designed a lot of OCs will be successful at UA.
In the end I am more concerned about the DC hire.
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