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Those are LSU/Georgia level expectations. The team can't expect to win the national championship every season, but there's still much room for improvement and Alabama could have done better the past few seasons with better playcalling and execution. I'm grateful for what Saban has brought Alabama fans since 2008, but I won't be completely content.

Meh. There isn't really anything that we can control anyway. Why not adjust our expectations according to the team instead of putting up the championship or bust expectation to every team?

Sure, we could have made the title this year, but we just weren't as good as we thought we were. We got caught up in some of the dominating performances that we forgot what this team was really capable of. It happens.

Tell me if you thought after the WVU game that we would win tSECCG.
Did you think we would beat Auburn and LSU after losing in Oxford?
Was the team that escaped Arky by one point really going to hoist the trophy at the end of the year?
Was the team that gave up a billion yards to Auburn really going to stop Oregon?

Speaking of next year, how about the team that returns just two starters from offense? Does that sound like a national championship caliber team?

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Posted by Cumulonimbus

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Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:27 pm to chattabama

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eh. There isn't really anything that we can control anyway.

Agreed.

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Why not adjust our expectations according to the team instead of putting up the championship or bust expectation to every team?

Who's doing that? I don't have the championship or bust mentality and am just pointing out areas where Alabama has slipped. What's wrong with pointing out how Alabama could have been better than what they've done?

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Sure, we could have made the title this year, but we just weren't as good as we thought we were.

I didn't think the team was that good; they caught breaks just like most champions to get to the big games.

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We got caught up in some of the dominating performances that we forgot what this team was really capable of. It happens.

Missouri isn't good offensively and Auburn isn't good defensively. Ohio State was the most complete team Alabama had played all season.

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Tell me if you thought after the WVU game that we would win tSECCG.
Did you think we would beat Auburn and LSU after losing in Oxford?
Was the team that escaped Arky by one point really going to hoist the trophy at the end of the year?
Was the team that gave up a billion yards to Auburn really going to stop Oregon?

I had little confidence in Alabama beating Oregon and even less after yesterday's Rose and Sugar Bowls.

In response to your other questions, did you predict the rest of the West to fall apart? Ole Miss and Mississippi State declined later in the season. Auburn, LSU, and Texas A&M were all average. Arkansas was the only other SEC West team to have a truly good year.

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Speaking of next year, how about the team that returns just two starters from offense? Does that sound like a national championship caliber team?

No, and I said I have no expectations. How about next year's schedule? I've stressed offline and online that this was the year for Alabama to get it done since their schedule is much tougher next season and the offense will be retooling itself.

Like I've said, I'm grateful yet not completely content if that's possible, lol. We don't have any control or influence over Alabama's future, but the biggest question remains.

Will Alabama sink to LSU or Georgia's level or will the program resurge under Saban?
I won't attempt to answer that question until after next season.

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