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Mike Johnson on Bama offense

Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:30 pm
Posted by Shocco
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 1/22/26 at 9:30 pm
The Miller's Edge on Tide 100.9. Interview starts at 52-minute mark. The discussion about Bama in the trenches, the run game,
LINK
Posted by PowHound
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Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:05 pm to
Thanks for the link. Mike and Andre used to mash on that left side, and Glen Coffee was highly underrated.
Posted by Shocco
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:17 pm to
Welcome. Mike knows what he is talking about.
Posted by Tide or Die87
Huntsville, AL
Member since Jan 2012
13436 posts
Posted on 1/22/26 at 11:39 pm to
The Millers Edge show might be the best. He has insight of the program and actually played. Some things he cant talk about but i respect it.
Posted by NWLA_Bama
Member since Aug 2024
1560 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 8:51 am to
Yeah, I can hear it in his voice that he has concerns about Kalen DeBoer as a coach.
Posted by bamaguy17
Member since Jul 2022
1259 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 9:06 am to
You got downvotes, but that's the impression I got. I think Deboer is a good coach but his choice to keep the line coach and OC will be his downfall. I personally believe you fix the Oline everything will be ok. I don't hate the scheme, but shuffling Oline most of the season, slow developing routes, running outside zone with fat arse lineman with zero splits is a disaster for any scheme.

Could the OC make calls to help? Absolutely. But it was evident to most when you need trickery to gain short yardage, you are in huge trouble. You can't out scheme getting your arse whipped at the LOS.
Posted by JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
In The Ham
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Posted on 1/23/26 at 9:37 am to
Ed Zackary

But you will offend the BSC
Posted by NWLA_Bama
Member since Aug 2024
1560 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:13 am to
quote:

You got downvotes, but that's the impression I got. I think Deboer is a good coach but his choice to keep the line coach and OC will be his downfall. I personally believe you fix the Oline everything will be ok. I don't hate the scheme, but shuffling Oline most of the season, slow developing routes, running outside zone with fat arse lineman with zero splits is a disaster for any scheme.

Could the OC make calls to help? Absolutely. But it was evident to most when you need trickery to gain short yardage, you are in huge trouble. You can't out scheme getting your arse whipped at the LOS.


I couldn't care less about the downvotes. There are millions of Bama fans and not everyone is going to have the same opinion, so I get that.

i just got the feeling Johnson doesn't think DeBoer's scheme is going to make it in today's college football, specifically the SEC. You can tell he also isn't a fan of Grubb and seemed to think he doesn't know how to successfully implement a running game. He alluded to that is why Grubb got fired at Seattle.
Posted by YStar
Member since Mar 2013
19941 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:15 am to
The guy basically talked down the new talent, said he's pessimistic then followed that up by saying we can go on a run.

Basically ESPN fence sitting stuff talking from both sides of his mouth to hedge bets.
Posted by YStar
Member since Mar 2013
19941 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:16 am to
quote:

Yeah, I can hear it in his voice that he has concerns about Kalen DeBoer as a coach.


Well most of these same people had doubts about Saban after going 7-5. They always have their doubts then are the loudest to celebrate when it all works out
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
5267 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:27 am to
quote:

Grubb and seemed to think he doesn't know how to successfully implement a running game. He alluded to that is why Grubb got fired at Seattle.


No need to allude to that. Mike Macdonald, the Seahawks HC, came out and said it. He said he wanted a strong running game and physicality, and the offense was going in a different direction than his vision for it. So, he made a move.

As for Johnson to say that this offense won't work today or in the SEC, there's two years of evidence that its been a struggle. Now, if it's been a bad fit personnel wise, which has been pretty obvious, or something scheme related, we'll find out. Hopefully the turnover this year via to portal will address the player scheme fit issues. Then we'll have a clearer answer.
Posted by NWLA_Bama
Member since Aug 2024
1560 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:50 am to
Yeah, then you didn't hear it after the second year. After the last two years there are even more questions. Bad comparison.

Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
10426 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:52 am to
quote:

I think Deboer is a good coach but his choice to keep the line coach and OC will be his downfall.


Has this been made official yet? I thought there were reports that we were waiting on Scott Huff from the Rams to become available to bring him in as OL coach.
Posted by NWLA_Bama
Member since Aug 2024
1560 posts
Posted on 1/23/26 at 10:53 am to
quote:

The guy basically talked down the new talent, said he's pessimistic then followed that up by saying we can go on a run.


Did you even listen to what the guy said? LOL! Geezus dude, he said IF, IF, IF, IF they could get a running game going they could go on a run. IF, IF, IF. IF. Do you have any clue how "IF" fits into what he was saying? No way you listened to that all the way through. No way...
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