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re: Does Alabama have the worst QB room in the SEC for 2025 ?
Posted on 1/24/25 at 1:44 pm to TS1926
Posted on 1/24/25 at 1:44 pm to TS1926
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- Behind the scenes (in the locker-room) key players, OL in particular, were 110% committed to Jalen Milroe being the starting QB. He was their guy and he had their backs and they his.
- Demote Milroe and watch the revolt and the transfer portal lighting up.
- Many don't know this, including Bama fans, Ty SImpson has a 600K NIL to stay on the roster in Tuscaloosa as the backup QB, up until now. Word was AU came looking and Hugh Freeze wanted Ty on the AU roster. Bama stepped up Ty's NIL deal.
That all makes sense in the offseason but once he started playing bad, why not give the other kid a shot?
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Posted on 1/24/25 at 1:50 pm to SidewalkTiger
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That all makes sense in the offseason but once he started playing bad, why not give the other kid a shot?
Great question and one I have as well. I really expected Ty to start in the bowl game against Michigan. The only thing I can think of is he went with Milroe all the way through, and the season was a wash after the OU game. H Bama was still in the playoff picture until the committee made the selection shortly after the season.
From what I understand, Coach DeBoer had to scale back the offense and devise plays around Milroe's abilities, however, they did not baby him along like Saban did with Tommy Rees. DeBoer tried to make him into an actual QB which would have been best for his career. It obviously did not work.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 2:06 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Why would DeBoer play an obvious misfit for his system over a better fit who also plays better?
That makes no sense, especially if other players think the alternative was better as well.
For one, practice is not gameday. Give a kid a scheme that fits his abilities and see who has that "IT." Gameday and reps are the only thing that answers such pressing questions.
BAMA has been running back U since Saban's arrival and he couldn't figure out what to do with Derrick Henry and that took him to his Junior year. QB can be a lot harder to figure out.
With Ty Simpson, ALABAMA fans and Coach DeBoer don't know what they don't know.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 2:28 pm to SidewalkTiger
If you can answer that I'll buy you a beer. I have no clue. My only thought is the staff got enamored with NILroe's athleticism and speed and thought they could take advantage of that and live with the passing deficiencies. At times that worked, but it also cost us two of our three losses. So ultimately, it didn't work.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 3:24 pm to Scoper
All I know is the worst quarterback Alabama trotted out since 2004 clapped the barn's cheeks twice so there's a good chance the barn may never beat Alabama again.
This post was edited on 1/24/25 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 1/24/25 at 3:32 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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Decent would be the word to describe the current state of Alabama's football program, I will agree.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 3:39 pm to SidewalkTiger
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once he started playing bad, why not give the other kid a shot?
There's other reasons, but when you're in a meaningless bowl game and you're recruiting other players (including the guys coming back on your own team now), and next year you find yourself in a situation when you need that kid to pull the trigger and not be worried about whether his coach is going to bench him, sometimes you want to let him know that you're 100% ride or die.
Some kids need that, and some parents want to see that. Some coaches do that.
It's not my particular style, but this is not the same game we played.
If Spurrier had rotated QBs every series in 2024, one of them might've quit in the locker room at halftime and transferred to Ohio State.
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