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Why does Saban allow Rees to coach from the box?
Posted on 9/24/23 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 9/24/23 at 3:26 pm
He needs to get his sorry arse down on the sideline. That would be an immediate improvement of his shite offense.
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Posted on 9/24/23 at 4:02 pm to GooseSix
Maybe we should fire Saban and hire you since you’re so knowledgable about coaching.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 4:18 pm to GooseSix
He could literally stand behind the offense and coach and it would make no difference.
This post was edited on 9/24/23 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 9/24/23 at 4:19 pm to GooseSix
I reckon because the coach operates better in the box than on the field. I can tell you that missed assignments and mental errors have nothing to do with the elevation of our offensive coordinator.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 4:41 pm to GooseSix
Probably because there's pros and cons to either being on the field or in the box.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 4:52 pm to Crimsontide1713
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Maybe we should fire Saban and hire you since you’re so knowledgable about coaching.
Bama can't afford me.
And go frick yourself for being a dick.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 4:53 pm to Diego Ricardo
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I reckon because the coach operates better in the box than on the field.
Yeah that's horse shite.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 5:01 pm to GooseSix
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Yeah that's horse shite.
Do you want to just be mad or do you want to explain why he shouldn't be in the box?
Posted on 9/24/23 at 5:09 pm to Diego Ricardo
I think he was in the box at ND. Guess he prefers it.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 5:28 pm to GooseSix
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Why does Saban allow Rees to coach from the box?
Here is Saban explaining his position on coaches in the box vs. on the sideline:
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Bill O’Brien has spent his first two games as Alabama’s offensive coordinator coaching from the press box, which might not seem noteworthy, but in recent years, majority of the Crimson Tide’s offensive play-callers have coached from field level instead of with a bird’s eye view.
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Head coach Nick Saban explained the reasoning behind the coaching assignments...
“Bill can always make the adjustments with the quarterback. And I think it enhances your ability to call the game when you’re in the press box because you don’t have all the distractions that you have on the sidelines. There’s good and bad in both, I promise you, so it really is kind of up to the individual and the group that you have and how that works best for your team.”
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Just like in this case, Saban typically allows his offensive coordinators to coach from where they want. However, he insisted that Lane Kiffin be on the sidelines for his first year in 2014, and that’s where the now-Ole Miss coach stayed throughout his tenure. The coordinators before Kiffin -- Major Applewhite, Jim McElwain and Doug Nussmeier -- all coached from the booth in their time at UA. Most recently Steve Sarkisian called plays from the sideline.
Saban preferred to call games from the press box when he was Michigan State’s defensive coordinator from 1983-97, but when he worked under Bill Belichick with the Cleveland Browns, he was asked to coach from the sideline and was “absolutely scared to death” by the idea.
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This post was edited on 9/24/23 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 9/24/23 at 5:35 pm to Diego Ricardo
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Do you want to just be mad or do you want to explain why he shouldn't be in the box?
Listen up,Tommy. It is obvious you can't function as an OC in the box. So maybe try something different and call plays from the sideline.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 5:37 pm to Sl0thstronautEsq
Not sure but I think Mike Locksley and Brian Daboll were a booth guys. So the 5 years of Kiffin and Sarkisian were the exception not the rule.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 5:43 pm to GooseSix
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Listen up,Tommy. It is obvious you can't function as an OC in the box. So maybe try something different and call plays from the sideline.
Alabama has a lot of problems on offense and the blame lays at the feet of the offensive coordinator and head coach at the end of the day.
Still, I am not sure Alabama's problems on offense are solved by making the OC call plays from field level. I'm not saying I don't think it is possible but I'm just not sure. What specifically do you think would be improved by Rees being field level?
Posted on 9/24/23 at 5:57 pm to GooseSix
It’s because he is washed up and done for and should quit now or be fired so that we can hire some hot name who will lead us to two successive 8-4 and a 9-3 season and be fired so that we can move on to another supposed hot shot rinse and repeat.
Is that the answer you’re looking for?
Is that the answer you’re looking for?
Posted on 9/24/23 at 6:26 pm to GooseSix
I don't really see where the hate for Rees is coming from. We've left so many points on the board due to player frickups.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 6:45 pm to GooseSix
Call into Hey Coach and ask him.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 7:29 pm to Diego Ricardo
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. I can tell you that missed assignments and mental errors have nothing to do with the elevation of our offensive coordinator.
Can you tell me how many offensive players he talks to/hear from while sitting up there?
Posted on 9/24/23 at 7:40 pm to SuperOcean
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Can you tell me how many offensive players he talks to/hear from while sitting up there?
That's the position coaches' job. They got a closed circuit phone system for him to talk to the quarterbacks.
Posted on 9/24/23 at 8:16 pm to Funky Tide 8
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I don't really see where the hate for Rees is coming from. We've left so many points on the board due to player frickups.
He's had a few WTF series and in particular the shotgun on the one yard line yesterday, but he's been alright the first 3 games. I'll reserve all judgement till we see how the season plays out
Posted on 9/24/23 at 8:48 pm to GooseSix
Booth or sidelines
There are several factor to consider.
In the booth you need a reactive personality to watch the DL/LB's. You need a ballance person to watch the DB's. You need another reactive person to watch/evalute the QB pre & post snap processing.
On the sidelines you need a proactive person to manage the OL. You need a proactive person to manage the WR's. A proactive person to manage the RB's and you need a proactive persom to help manage the QB.
OL is a big issue for this team. We need a strong presence in the OL faces. Does not need to be specifically proactive or reactive but does needto have some fire in the facesof the big boys. We really need the OL coach down there with the players.
OC - is he proactive or reactive? If youhave a QB that you trust to make adjustments and you have a strong relationship with the eyes in the sky. You are better offto have a proactive guy on the sideline. Get into the feel and flow of the game and help the QB understand what he is seeing in real time.
A proactive guy like Kiffen / Sark have the experience and moxy to trust their prep during the week, trust the QB to make the reads he is setting up, and trust the feedback he is getting from the booth. Both of them probe the defense early in the game to understand what they are doing and if they are following what you prepared to face. Call the game based on realtime feel and have your shot plays ready to cut loose when the time is right.
Rees appears to be reactive. Does not have the experience or history in facing the DC's he is up against. He will be less able to take proactive strikes.
Rees does not have trusted experience with whoever is in the booth. This would make a reactive OC want to be able to see for himself what is happening from a bird's eye view.
Rees does not have a QB that he can trust to see what he is supposed to see and make the appropriate adjustments on the fly. He will have to talk to the QB after the fact or at halftime rather than tweek reads and responses on the fly.
There are several factor to consider.
In the booth you need a reactive personality to watch the DL/LB's. You need a ballance person to watch the DB's. You need another reactive person to watch/evalute the QB pre & post snap processing.
On the sidelines you need a proactive person to manage the OL. You need a proactive person to manage the WR's. A proactive person to manage the RB's and you need a proactive persom to help manage the QB.
OL is a big issue for this team. We need a strong presence in the OL faces. Does not need to be specifically proactive or reactive but does needto have some fire in the facesof the big boys. We really need the OL coach down there with the players.
OC - is he proactive or reactive? If youhave a QB that you trust to make adjustments and you have a strong relationship with the eyes in the sky. You are better offto have a proactive guy on the sideline. Get into the feel and flow of the game and help the QB understand what he is seeing in real time.
A proactive guy like Kiffen / Sark have the experience and moxy to trust their prep during the week, trust the QB to make the reads he is setting up, and trust the feedback he is getting from the booth. Both of them probe the defense early in the game to understand what they are doing and if they are following what you prepared to face. Call the game based on realtime feel and have your shot plays ready to cut loose when the time is right.
Rees appears to be reactive. Does not have the experience or history in facing the DC's he is up against. He will be less able to take proactive strikes.
Rees does not have trusted experience with whoever is in the booth. This would make a reactive OC want to be able to see for himself what is happening from a bird's eye view.
Rees does not have a QB that he can trust to see what he is supposed to see and make the appropriate adjustments on the fly. He will have to talk to the QB after the fact or at halftime rather than tweek reads and responses on the fly.
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