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re: Saban says 3 players pouted all year so weren’t ready to help in the National Championship
Posted on 2/17/22 at 9:02 pm to tigerskin
Posted on 2/17/22 at 9:02 pm to tigerskin
I mean, he’s right.
The difference in Georgia and Alabama in the NCG is Georgia’s “bench guys” that were pressed into duty played far better than Alabama’s. AD Mitchell and Ladd McConkey were never expected to be first-year contributors. They had to be because of the injury situations with Pickens and Blaylock.
When Adam Anderson got arrested, Robert Beal came in and ended up leading the team in sacks. Hell, we got quality snaps all year from Dan fricking Jackson in the secondary because of Tykee Smith being out.
When Bama went to their bench, their guys did not perform to that same level and it’s not because they weren’t talented.
The difference in Georgia and Alabama in the NCG is Georgia’s “bench guys” that were pressed into duty played far better than Alabama’s. AD Mitchell and Ladd McConkey were never expected to be first-year contributors. They had to be because of the injury situations with Pickens and Blaylock.
When Adam Anderson got arrested, Robert Beal came in and ended up leading the team in sacks. Hell, we got quality snaps all year from Dan fricking Jackson in the secondary because of Tykee Smith being out.
When Bama went to their bench, their guys did not perform to that same level and it’s not because they weren’t talented.
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Posted on 2/18/22 at 9:29 am to BranchDawg
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When Bama went to their bench, their guys did not perform to that same level and it’s not because they weren’t talented.
All true. I know people are trolling but coaches can only do so much to prepare players and then the players have to work and prepare. Over the years Alabama has shown they can prepare players as well as anybody and get them prepared to face tough situations. (Especially their QBs
) At some point highly ranked players have to realize they may have to wait their turn at Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, LSU and other schools that play at the highest levels....but they have to stay prepared as if they were starting. That's not an easy thing to do. They are used to being able to walk on a field and be the best player on that field with little to no preparation, and that isn't going to happen in the SEC.
Add to that, that Alabama played in a lot of closer games this year than in previous years and they were unable to give the same number of reps to the backups. It was just the perfect storm.
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