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Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:02 pm
Posted by Night Vision
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:02 pm
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Saban says via @PatMcAfeeShow that he didn’t like the look from Michigan’s defense on the last play of the game.

Said that the play had no option to get a look from Michigan’s defense and then change to something else, and they had already used a timeout, so they ran the play.

12:33 PM · Jan 4, 2024



CL Williams
@SoCarTider

Why not plan with a back up play and give Milroe an audible option? This game was mismanaged from the start.


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@SSN_Alabama

He admitted that a failure to do that was a failure by the coaching staff.

12:36 PM · Jan 4, 2024
Posted by YStar
Member since Mar 2013
19535 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:09 pm to
Saban said what some of us have been since the game ended.

This was a coaching screw up. After that the line screwed it further.

I still can't believe he actually let Rees convince him to run a gap play in short yardage situation when they killed us on the line bringing some kind of blitz or twist to blow up our interior in every short yardage situation.


Posted by GAFF
Georgia
Member since Aug 2010
2708 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:09 pm to
Call me crazy, but I find it hard to believe that the coaching staff forgot all about having a back up plan in case they got a bad look. Not buying it.

Sounds like Saban is being a good coach and accepting blame instead of letting it fall on the players.
This post was edited on 1/4/24 at 2:18 pm
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
55982 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:12 pm to
quote:


Call me crazy, but I find it hard to believe that the coaching staff forgot all about having a back up plan in case they got a bad look. Not buying it.


I suppose it is possible that the audible play was also not a good play, or even a worse play for what Michigan showed.
Posted by Roll Tide Ravens
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2015
50977 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:13 pm to
It was a poorly coached game.

Really, the game had a lot of similarities to the Texas game, though I won’t say we were as bad against Michigan as we were against Texas.

- Poor coaching.
- Poor play on both lines.
- Milroe didn’t play well.
- Linebackers and secondary confused multiple times.
- Receivers not making a big impact.
This post was edited on 1/4/24 at 2:13 pm
Posted by PowHound
The Peoples Moderator
Member since Jul 2014
7225 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:24 pm to
Then take a delay, back it up five and run the play you want coach
Posted by YStar
Member since Mar 2013
19535 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 2:26 pm to
This is like when a woman says she has her own "truth".

Saban calls out the coaching staff then the OL and it's obvious those were the main issues
Posted by CrimsonCrusade
Member since Jan 2014
5687 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 4:11 pm to
quote:

Why not plan with a back up play and give Milroe an audible option?


Milroe lacks the football IQ to audible. I doubt the coaching staff even gives him the authority to do so.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
28659 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 6:15 pm to
All Milroe had to do was follow the pulling guard. Plain as day on the tape.
Posted by CrimsonFever
Gump Hard or Go Home
Member since Jul 2012
18086 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 6:25 pm to
quote:

"It wasn't a great snap, it was a low, too late snap, and now you don’t have your eyes up and that makes it harder for Jalen Milroe to make a cut


Saban talking about the last play today. Hard for Milroe to read the play when he had to take his eyes off the defense to catch the snap.
Posted by SuperOcean
Member since Jun 2022
4585 posts
Posted on 1/4/24 at 10:04 pm to
I'm looking at that play. Again no football background but..
1) if the play was run as designed... Why pull 77? Bama had 5 on 4 but 77 pulled leaving 4 oline to block 4 d line. Seemingly bad odds especially when the strongest guy on the team is running himself out of the play
2) what was designed for Bonds to be doing? He is 5..6 yds off the sideline and he's going to the right? I know we have talked a lot about slants etc ... But if 17 breaks left off the snap there is no defense in the endzone till the letter I in Michigan and he's running towards the RB in the flat ...why go outside to such a short area with that route?
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