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re: Has Rees ever had the talent to
Posted on 2/3/23 at 11:57 pm to BamaScoop
Posted on 2/3/23 at 11:57 pm to BamaScoop
A few thoughts here:
1. The Bama fan base does not think Saban did a good job of hiring his last two coordinators evidently.
2. If I'm a Bama fan, I'd be cautiously optimistic about the hire. Focusing on the optimistic part, because it seems other coaches have been interested in hiring him. So it's not just Nick, but other successful coaches have wanted him on staff.
3. If I'm focusing more on the cautious part it's because he hasn't had any kind of season that blows you away. Most Bama fans make fun of their schedule, thinks it's light, think they're overrated, blah, blah, blah. If that's true, he will also be facing much better talent now on a weekly basis. The idea that he didn't have talent is not backed by the recruiting rankings. It's not Bama talent, but he's got more talent than the defenses he's facing most weeks on his schedule.
BOB may not have been to the level you wanted, but the stats certainly don't say he was a bad OC. Does Bama have so much talent that a bad OC would look good there? I don't think so.
I think play calling is probably overrated. It's more about the players and off season preparation. But a bad one can probably screw it up. Bama didn't look screwed up the last two seasons, just didn't look like what they were.
1. The Bama fan base does not think Saban did a good job of hiring his last two coordinators evidently.
2. If I'm a Bama fan, I'd be cautiously optimistic about the hire. Focusing on the optimistic part, because it seems other coaches have been interested in hiring him. So it's not just Nick, but other successful coaches have wanted him on staff.
3. If I'm focusing more on the cautious part it's because he hasn't had any kind of season that blows you away. Most Bama fans make fun of their schedule, thinks it's light, think they're overrated, blah, blah, blah. If that's true, he will also be facing much better talent now on a weekly basis. The idea that he didn't have talent is not backed by the recruiting rankings. It's not Bama talent, but he's got more talent than the defenses he's facing most weeks on his schedule.
BOB may not have been to the level you wanted, but the stats certainly don't say he was a bad OC. Does Bama have so much talent that a bad OC would look good there? I don't think so.
I think play calling is probably overrated. It's more about the players and off season preparation. But a bad one can probably screw it up. Bama didn't look screwed up the last two seasons, just didn't look like what they were.
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 2:47 am
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Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:23 am to koreandawg
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BOB may not have been to the level you wanted, but the stats certainly don't say he was a bad OC. Does Bama have so much talent that a bad OC would look good there? I don't think so.
I would actually say yes for the most part. Against good defenses we either lost or struggled to put enough points to win the game. Anybody that watched UA this year even outside of our fans would argue without Young we are a 5 or 6 loss team. Our offense got lucky this year because of Young and very little to do with BOB.
Optimistic yes because we have the talent on offense for a decent OC to be successful but the real concern is going to be the DC hire. Our defense has been awful and if we do not hit a homerun on that hire we are in trouble. Just a slightly better defense and we were in Atlanta and the playoffs.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 9:04 am to koreandawg
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The idea that he didn't have talent is not backed by the recruiting rankings.
You must have been looking at overall rankings, rather than just offense. If you really want to see what he had to work with, look at the skill position recruiting rankings over the past 5 years compared to others.
Pretty sure he’s going to do just fine with the players he’ll have to work with.
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