Teague's Take 2024

Here we are. Saban has retired. The season is nigh, and everyone (noone) is anxiously awaiting my thoughts on what will happen.

Firstly, you can't go anywhere but down when the greatest of all time retires. But, that's from an overall, consistency standpoint. So far, I think Deboer was the best hire we could have made. And, good news, nobody else has Saban either. I think we're in good hands.

I don't think anyone questions that the offense will be good. Despite all the fan bois, Milroe was an issue last year. I didn't think it was all his fault though. BoB squandered Bryce Young, so you can only imagine the coaching that Milroe got. Hopefully, the new staff can tutor him on the 3 years of growth he missed. I haven't been a huge fan of Milroe's game, but I'm optimistic that might change this year. I think he has the potential to be great.

The defense... I don't know. I want to believe that Wommack is going to let the talent go make plays. It's difficult to say that anyone is going to get more from a defense than Saban. But, there were definitely times when I felt our superior talent struggled too much against lesser competition due to the complexity of the scheme. I'm curious to see how Wommack's defense looks with Bama talent.

Lastly, there's a lot of high expectations from Bama fans. One thing all of us forget, myself included, is that it is year ONE for the whole team. Even with the talent AND the (hopefully) good coaching, it's probably going to take a while to gel. We're likely to take some lumps. There's no way to get multiple years of experience in a system in a few months. Can they go undefeated? Maybe. Can they lose multiple games? Also yes.

I'm excited to see what happens. There's plenty of reason for optimism.