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So I thought Bama returned a lot of contributing players next season?

Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:53 pm
Posted by GermantownTiger
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:53 pm
LINK

This says you're 104th in the nation?

It's not based on starters FYI
This post was edited on 2/8/16 at 12:57 pm
Posted by BillyBadAss99
My STATE
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:53 pm to
They have lots of guys that rotate in and out. Lots of experience even if they don't start. Same thing state does. Our best players usually don't start
Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:54 pm to
We just replace them with better players.
Posted by Adam4LSU
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:54 pm to
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Our best players usually don't start


That's a bold strategy, Cotton! Let's see if it pays off!
Posted by hambone213
Member since Oct 2012
442 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:55 pm to
Returning starters doesn't matter because so many backups saw playing time. Not just garbage time but real playing time.
This post was edited on 2/8/16 at 12:56 pm
Posted by GermantownTiger
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:55 pm to
Look at the link. It's not based on returning starters
Posted by Cheeky Fellow
Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:56 pm to
quote:

This says you're 104th in the nation?


We were 100th in 2015 and that went pretty well

Alabama Returning Starters 2015
Posted by GermantownTiger
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:57 pm to
Again, not based on starters
Posted by Gary Busey
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:58 pm to
In the secondary: Eddie Jackson, Marlon Humphrey, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Ronnie Harrison, and Tony Brown (hopefully).

Up front: Daron Payne, Jonathan Allen, Tim Williams, Rueben Foster, Da'Shawn Hand, Rashaan Evans, and Ryan Anderson.
Posted by Cheeky Fellow
Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:58 pm to
Using Bill's same numbers in 2015 Alabama was 115th? So, this is actually an improvement.

Alabama Returning Stats (Bill Connelly) 2015

Posted by Cheeky Fellow
Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:58 pm to
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Again, not based on starters


See above, Bill's 2015 edition of the same thing had Alabama in the Bottom 20 as well.

26% of offense, 64% of defense, 45% total
This post was edited on 2/8/16 at 1:00 pm
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 12:59 pm to
We do.
Posted by GermantownTiger
Member since Jan 2015
3337 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:00 pm to
You had a Heisman RB to lean on last year and an easier schedule
Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:01 pm to
OP should bet against Bama. This is the year.
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
30745 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:01 pm to
What's your point? We lose players every year. We lose starters, backups, scout team, graduates every damn year. Bama still manages to field championship challengers and as long as Saban's running this factory expect more of what you've seen over the last 7-8 years.
Posted by Sneaky__Sally
Member since Jul 2015
12364 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:01 pm to
We do have a lot of contributing players returning. Which means we have guys with real experience ready to step in to a larger role which was vacated, which are the figures reported in the above data.

For example, if we have two guys with similar producing at similar levels of efficiency. Starter who has 75% of the production gets replaced by the lower guy and I would really only view it as having to replace the 25% backup's amount of production.

Also our numbers in that link are skewed by losing starting rb and starting qb, but most bama fans don't get concerned about those positiongs because we usually don't have trouble replacing game management type qbs we have and rbs are typically plug and play for us under Saban.
This post was edited on 2/8/16 at 1:05 pm
Posted by Cheeky Fellow
Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA Station
Member since Jan 2016
1458 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:01 pm to
quote:

You had a Heisman RB to lean on last year


He wasn't in the Top 10 of Heisman predictions before the season started. We also had a unit losing 75% of it's production. This year, neither is that much of a hole.

quote:

easier schedule


Before the season our schedule was thought to be the hardest in the country. It then became just "one of" the hardest in the country. Things change as the season starts.

This post was edited on 2/8/16 at 1:03 pm
Posted by Jack Daniel
Gold member
Member since Feb 2013
26488 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:02 pm to
Are you saying Miss St. is on the same level as Alabama with player depth?
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
27158 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:03 pm to
So some computer geek writing on a blog crated some kind of formula. So?
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
45667 posts
Posted on 2/8/16 at 1:04 pm to
quote:

Bama still manages to field championship challengers and as long as Saban's running this factory expect more of what you've seen over the last 7-8 years.


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