re: What grade would you give Rees thus far?

I'll give him a C to C-
There's some things he does well but it took him a while to adjust to Jalens strengths when he had a whole off-season to do that but so far he has been finding a way to win games so ill give him atleast a C

It still baffles me that we gave out 3 other full ride scholarships to QBs that can't pass better than Milroe. Hitting a couple of deep balls every game can't disguise the passing game limitations. I thought maybe Milroe as a running threat might make up for it some, but it hasn't to this point. He might have straight line speed, but he's not very agile in the pocket. Maybe we're saving more designed QB runs for the likes of UT and LSU.

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still baffles me that we gave out 3 other full ride scholarships to QBs that can't pass better than Milroe

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Its actually 4. But i believe at least 2 of them are better passers than JM.

But, those dudes would be dead meat with our LTs.

I don’t think that Simpson can’t throw better than Milroe, I think Saban is just pulling seniority and putting physical attributes (cannon, size) ahead. We did it (seniority) with Jalen and Blake Sims, so it wouldn’t shock me.

Buchner by all accounts is fine in practice but he hasn’t learned the offense well whatsoever. If you compare his USF tape to his ND tape, there’s a lot of ND plays being used. Other than that I’m not sure what the frick happened to his mechanics that game

I think Saban pigeonholed himself into Milroe by

1) Not splitting reps against MTSU like we should have

2) Waiting until USF, which ended up being a disaster piece scenario

3) Crowning Milroe the starter even with the knowledge he would continue to struggle

Milroe’s been in development for three years. If he’s this limited on the mental side, he’s never going to get it. I’ll be curious if we keep him as the starter next year or actually let someone challenge him

I'd give Rees a B-. I think with the offensive line being so bad and Milroe (for better or worse) at QB, we're limited. I guess I'm just incredulous that we have all these former 4-5 star recruits/players and we're struggling so bad.

I was willing to give Wolford some time but I haven't seen much, if any improvement in the O line performance since he's been there. Surely, there is a good O line coach out there willing to come to Tuscaloosa?

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Milroe’s been in development for three years. If he’s this limited on the mental side, he’s never going to get it. I’ll be curious if we keep him as the starter next year or actually let someone challenge him

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I'm sure Milroe is an adequate student in the classroom but on the football field he seems like a guy who would be excited if he made an 85 on the test but regrettably that test was an IQ test.

If had to grade it, I’d give it a B. I think it’s a breath of fresh air honestly to be able to run it and give our defense a rest. No razzle dazzle side to side hand offs and quick lateral screens that our offense essentially became once Kiffin was brought on. I understand the talent was there, but just not my favorite. You can obviously see there’s some hesitation with milroe taking off on the ground. Maybe it’s because after the UT game they drilled in his head not to turn it over, or to protect himself. I was not too harsh on Buchner because that USF game had to be literally the absolute worst conditions for a “qb tryout” honestly. It was a monsoon. Only reason I am not giving the offensive coordinator an A is because of what happened in the second half this past weekend. Why, when we are up 21-6, do you just start slinging the ball? We ran it until they shut it down in the first half, then started passing. There was absolutely no reason to come out throwing passes in the second half.

Incomplete

Don’t expect to be able to get a great OC replacement either. If you are an OC looking for a job then saban isn’t the best around. He’s going to stick you with JM next year and the bama playbook. Even Sark would look like a garbage OC with the limitations we have this year (and next)