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good take on OL woes

Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:02 pm
Posted by LaneB
Member since Oct 2021
658 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:02 pm
you may hate pollack but he is right on money ...

"Does Alabama on the offensive line have a talent problem? Do they have untalented guys? Do they have small, tiny guys? Their center is pretty small. Besides that, do they have small, tiny guys? They are big physical dudes that should be able to move me. They should be able to move people. It doesn't make sense. The lack of toughness and physicality on the offensive line, it doesn't make sense."
Posted by bamatide07
Member since Jan 2019
5708 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:03 pm to
The line was very good the last 2.5 quarters at Oklahoma. The decision to have Carroll at right tackle and move Formby to guard seems to have settled things down. Also helps to have Dewberry healthy.
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
16658 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:14 pm to
Wow, so our Center is small and the rest of our guys lack toughness and aren't physical enough, despite being large human beings.

This is a groundbreaking analysis. We should send this info to Coach Kap!



Can't imagine why ESPN canned him.
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
19440 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:22 pm to
Pollock is a BAMA hater.
Posted by bamatide07
Member since Jan 2019
5708 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:23 pm to
Always has been. He’s a prick.
Posted by PabloSmash
Kane-Tuck-Eeee
Member since Sep 2018
223 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:23 pm to
Pollock was also too small. The juice helped him when he was in college
Posted by ETT2001
Member since Dec 2020
1047 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:44 pm to
Don’t understand why 75 over 77 at RG, not like 75 is very shifty or athletic, also 71 is much better than 56 at LG yet 56 got a couple series vs OU, don’t understand the shuffling this late in the season. Not like you give OL a break during games it’s like QB and need to stay in rhythm and not rotate. Thoughts?
Posted by JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
In The Ham
Member since Nov 2017
12811 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:02 pm to
55 played the 1st half at LG. 71 played LG the 2nd half and he was terrible. 77 played RG the 2nd half and 75 RT.

This OL Coach is terrible. His substitution pattern makes no sense unless he is trying to keep players fresh. It sure as hell isn't about productivity.

I hope to read that he will not return as OL coach for 2026.
Posted by Syd
Member since Sep 2012
4783 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:19 pm to
I don't remember a time when the oline was substituted this much this late in the season except for injuries.
Posted by ETT2001
Member since Dec 2020
1047 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:22 pm to
Proctor and Brailsford are the only ones he keeps in for the most part and shuffles the rest, very odd strategy. Never seen this before at any level.
Posted by Amarillo Tide
Amarillo, TX
Member since Aug 2023
1581 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:26 pm to
He conveniently leaves out the fact that while Brailsford is a bit undersized, he makes up for it with quickness and technique.

Pollock is such a Georgia homer, it’s literally impossible for him to have any objectivity regarding Bama.
Posted by bigpapamac
Mobile, AL
Member since Oct 2007
22568 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:48 pm to
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shuffles the rest, very odd strategy. Never seen this before at any level.


It’s insane. And as easy as it is to blame the OL coach there are (at least) two other coaches he has to answer to that could tell him to cut it out anytime they wanted to.
Posted by Bham Bammer
Member since Nov 2014
16424 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:50 pm to
I would argue when we just ask them to come off the ball and go hat on a hat that they do well. All of the pulling and getting them into space doesn’t seem to have really caught on with this group.
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
Slaughter Swamp
Member since Jun 2012
18070 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 8:10 pm to
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All of the pulling and getting them into space doesn’t seem to have really caught on with this group.


We do a lot of that; a ton really. That is what we will continue to see. I think Carroll and Sanders fit what the coaches want to do. Those two just need more time in the weight room.

Roberts i think is banged up and cant give a lot of snaps. Or he is just in the doghouse. Either way, he doesn't really fit the scheme.

Dewberry is a mystery to me. Seems inconsistent. One week he is knocking somebody's dick in the dirt. Next week he is whiff blocking. I dont know what's going on with him. Maybe injuries.

GVDM; somebody get this guy some steroids and he would be awesome. Actually, there has got to be some technique problem because he shouldnt be getting knocked off his feet so often.

Proctor and Brailsford are studs at the college level. If they morphed into one player they would be Larry Allen.
Posted by UASports23
Basketball School
Member since Nov 2009
26126 posts
Posted on 12/26/25 at 8:29 pm to
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Dewberry is a mystery to me. Seems inconsistent. One week he is knocking somebody's dick in the dirt. Next week he is whiff blocking. I dont know what's going on with him. Maybe injuries.


It’s not even weekly inconsistency. It’s in game. One play he decimated someone then the next he gets knocked on his arse and Ty gets sacked.


In the OU game thread he pushed someone around and ESPN had a camera angle on his face and he looked PISSED and locked in. I said keep running behind him and he got dealt with.
Posted by TizzyT4theUofA
This side of eternity
Member since Jun 2016
12319 posts
Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:19 am to
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Don’t understand why 75 over 77 at RG


Me either. There’s no explanation for it imo.
Posted by mistaken4193
Member since Jan 2017
29655 posts
Posted on 12/27/25 at 4:56 am to
Dewberry was pretty bad vs OU.
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