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Posted on 1/4/24 at 10:29 pm to Amarillo Tide
Posted on 1/4/24 at 10:29 pm to Amarillo Tide
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For better or worse, CNS is fiercely loyal to upper class men starters, even if a younger player is clearly better. This has been the case over and over and over
People point out Hurts vs Tua, but for me the worst example of this was Yeldon over Henry in 2013 and 2014. Had one of the greatest running backs in football history ride the pine as a freshman and get only occasional carries as a sophomore. Bama threepeats easily in 2013 with Henry as the feature back.
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Posted on 1/4/24 at 10:38 pm to CrimsonCrusade
Henry AND Drake rode the bench behind Yeldon. Yeldon will still go down as a legend for that screen against LSU though.
Posted on 1/4/24 at 10:46 pm to CrimsonCrusade
That is another great example.
I think we could think similar things about this year when we see Haynes next year.
I completely understand the old school though about playing the guy older guy who has been around. I know it’s hard for Saban to change this way of thinking. But surely he can see that todays a different time with the portal and NIL. These younger guys when there is a clear deficiency in the position must get playing time. You truly have to think of each individual season as a one time all star season. Then rebuild the roster the next year. If you have older players leave then so be it. The younger guy was better. And you can always fill in needs from the portal.
Not the direction I wanted for football but it’s here to stay.
I think we could think similar things about this year when we see Haynes next year.
I completely understand the old school though about playing the guy older guy who has been around. I know it’s hard for Saban to change this way of thinking. But surely he can see that todays a different time with the portal and NIL. These younger guys when there is a clear deficiency in the position must get playing time. You truly have to think of each individual season as a one time all star season. Then rebuild the roster the next year. If you have older players leave then so be it. The younger guy was better. And you can always fill in needs from the portal.
Not the direction I wanted for football but it’s here to stay.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 9:40 pm to CrimsonCrusade
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Had one of the greatest running backs in football history ride the pine as a freshman and get only occasional carries as a sophomore…
Occasional carries as a sophomore? Henry led Bama in rushing in 2014 (990 yards to Yeldon’s 979) and basically split carries with Yeldon (Yeldon had 194 carries, Henry 172); Henry also had 1 more TD than Yeldon (13 to 12) that year. Henry didn’t see as many carries as a freshman because he couldn’t block or pick up the blitz (they never made him do that in high school and he had to learn).
You act like Yeldon was chopped liver; he was damn good at Bama and lacked only 21 yards in his junior year to be the first RB to have three 1,000 yard rushing seasons; he was also a key component in Bama winning the nattie in 2012…
This post was edited on 1/5/24 at 9:41 pm
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