re: Who exactly is our OC?

You keep saying we should run the ball more, but ignore the fact that Jam and Haynes have had multiple games where runs have gone nowhere because Milroe allows teams to stack the box at will

It’s a two fold issue here. The run game looks as poor as it does largely because teams don’t have to defend the passing game anywhere as much

The type of runs matters.

Oklahoma was open all day for quick hitters in the gaps. Whenever we ran then we had significant success.

Yet why didn't we lean into that to make them adapt and stop focusing on the edges??

When we know our QBs limitations and we're trying to win the game why are we doing dumb shite like repeatedly running QB powers outside ot even that stupid as WR screen which started out downfall??

It was simple

Quick hitters then play-action off of it to hit Cuevas or WRs when the LBs and CBs statlrt squeezing to stop it.

Instead we just ran the same shite hoping for a different result and when that didn't work we did even dumber shite that wouldn't work against him their defense was attacking us

OK, I agree with you pretty much, but a devil's advocate question: Coaches certainly should be able to adapt, but most coaches also have a basic "this is what I do." Is it fair to expect a coach to adapt so much that he goes away from "what I do?"'

Of course that begs another question, it's obvious that Milroe can't do DeBoer's stuff, so why not try Simpson? As I've said in other posts, it sure looks like for whatever reason, whether it's not seeing the forest for the trees or the conspiracy theorists are right and he's afraid half the team will walk if he pulls the trigger, he doesn't think Simpson can do it any better than Milroe and he's going to go with Milroe until the bitter end.

And that is why DeBoer's seat is getting warm. I don't think our fan base has the patience to put up with a true retooling season ... that's why I laugh at the posts saying "blow it all up and get rid of the riff-raff and eat a few 6-6's for the greater good of the program down the road ... but seeing him go to the bitter end with No. 4 makes people shake their heads.

Because it all starts with the QB and he's dragging us down. If he can't throw, the running game ain't opening up.

Alabama has been reduced to running the veer offense because of his limitations. No one in their right mind has any right to take up for him at this point. I’ve never watched a more frustrating player in my life. Blake Sims had his limitations as well. But he made improvements during the 2014 season. Milroe is the same, if not worse, than the player who started against A&M two years ago.

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Of course that begs another question, it's obvious that Milroe can't do DeBoer's stuff, so why not try Simpson? As I've said in other posts, it sure looks like for whatever reason, whether it's not seeing the forest for the trees or the conspiracy theorists are right and he's afraid half the team will walk if he pulls the trigger,

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Why didn’t he bench Malachi after he disrespected the coaching staff and lost his mind against Vandy? He didn’t miss a snap.

I don’t think it’s safe to assume DeBoer has control of the locker room at this point and I’m not at all convinced Saban fully did last year after what happened at USF either.

I don’t pretend for a minute to know all of the realities of the situation but there is at a minimum a leadership problem with this team. When your TE comes out talking about players showing up late for meetings or skipping workouts I’m not sure what else you need to hear to believe there’s a major problem.

Malachi convinced me of the leadership issues on defense at Vandy and Milroe proved it against OU with his cop out on the pick 6 and the abject fear on his face when they’d do a close up. It was the same look he had on the road at Tennessee.

Whether its a business, a team or the military no one is going to follow a leader who loses their cool, panics or quits in the face of adversity.

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Oklahoma was open all day for quick hitters in the gaps. Whenever we ran then we had significant success. Yet why didn't we lean into that to make them adapt and stop focusing on the edges??

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we know our QBs limitations

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Dude can’t even read a screen play or handle an RPO and you want him throwing quick slants against a Brett Venables defense? Good luck with that.

What you get right now when you ask Milroe to make quick decisions is what you saw in the 3Q against OU. He’s a headcase who probably needs a QB coach and a sports psychologist.

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Alabama has been reduced to running the veer offense because of his limitations

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And the problem is we can’t even run that properly because Milroe can’t even read a defense well on option plays

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Sims had his limitations as well. But he made improvements during the 2014 season.

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And the Sims had the excuse of not being a QB his whole career. He was also not as physically gifted. Milroe looks like Tarzan plays like Jane with how much he likes to avoid contact

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Sheridan is totally in over his head. DeBoer is, too, in my opinion.

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Let’s reserve judgement to what they can do with a different QB.

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Oklahoma was open all day for quick hitters in the gaps. Whenever we ran then we had significant success.

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Everything except WR screens and QB keepers would've worked vs OU.

How about a fricking draw to the RB?
How about that stick route to the RB in the wide open middle of the field?
How about a post route? A dig?
Anything to the middle of the field that OU abandoned all game.

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OL: talented but bad fit. He wants speedy guys who can pull. We’d spent two years getting the biggest group of maulers in the country, but they’re too slow to block how he wants and half of them are injured to the point of probably needing to sit.

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We've seen in the past and in bowl games how these little quick linemen get waxed by the sec lines. Why do we want that here?

I still think the OC is just a big part of the problem at milroe... And why hasn't another QB been tried??!