Saban is in an odd position. Comfortable vs shiny. He's not making a rash decision or letting others push him into it. He may want Tua too, but he isnt going to instantly sit Hurts, who has gotten them where they have. Leaving other parts of the team to excel, and make up for where hurst lacks.

Tua is still not 100% proven as he was in a less stressful situation. A loss would have gone on saban/hurts, and tua is the offseason hype build up. Same as he is now. Win/win for tua.

Possibly gradually moving hurts over to another position, but I dont think saban is going to give it to tua before he proves he knows the playbook, etc. Not just freeballing it backyard style around the hype of a ncg. Tape on him now for coaches to prep for too.

I actually see hurts possibly like a C. Patterson at UT under Dooley. Just hand him the ball in a reverse, and let him run to the end zone forrest gump style. Ha.

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Posted by Bham Bammer

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Posted on 1/18/18 at 8:21 am to TOSOV

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Tua is still not 100% proven as he was in a less stressful situation. A loss would have gone on saban/hurts, and tua is the offseason hype build up. Same as he is now. Win/win for tua.

I don't disagree that he's not 100% proven, but I strongly disagree with that logic. Tua was in a highly stressful situation. I don't think "It's ok if we lose, it will be on them" ever crossed his mind.

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Posted by TiderNAL

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Posted on 1/18/18 at 8:29 am to TommyM

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I'm not even trolling tbh, I really do think this.

How does this make it better?

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Posted by JCinBAMA

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Posted on 1/18/18 at 8:50 am to TommyM

At Texas maybe.

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Posted by RainKing96

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Posted on 1/18/18 at 8:55 am to TommyM

The only way Jalen plays is if Tua gets hurt. Jalen could play a little wid cat for some other teams if their throwing quarterback was just a thrower. But it don't make sense to put him in to run wild cat with us having Tua. Tua can run good to and he is a great thrower that other team has to guard for a possible pass. I aint bagging on Jalen. I know he gave us everything he had for the last 2 years. Tua is just way better and your retarted if you can't see it. Same with Coach Saban. If he starts Jalen over Tua without Tua being hurt he will be on my hot seat cause it will mean he is getting old man stupid.

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Posted by Sneaky__Sally

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Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:28 am to RainKing96

Both will play in the early games - I imagine Tua's play will win out unless he is a pick throwing machine - Unless Hurts has some astronomical improvement in the offseason (he will certainly improve some, Daboll didn't put him in good positions for his skillset and Hurts confidence was shot at the end of the year) or Tua just doesn't have it all together and the 2nd half title game was the exception to far worse decision making / picks / mental mistakes.

Saban will play whoever puts the team in the best position to win. Tua is the odds on favorite after making great strides during the season - i don't see why he wouldn't continue to make similar strides but anything can happen I suppose.

ETA: I personally thought Tua would win the job in the offseason the whole year and without his performance in the championship game. Not sure if that is different than what most bama fans or not but I dont' understand some of these post championship fabricated qb controversy posts we have been seeing.

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Posted by SummerOfGeorge

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Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:34 am to TommyM

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TommyM

Well, you have been spot on lately

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Alabama is so fricking fricked.

Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:17 pm

No QB and now a DC with either one foot out the door or gone against the best team in the country? And even if he stays, against an offense he couldn't stop last year with the GOAT defense? In a bowl where they've played like shite 3 out of the last 4 times they've played? My God, it's gonna be a blood bath.

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re: Alabama is so fricking fricked.

Posted on 12/6/17 at 9:49 pm to jatebe

lol

Anyway, when y'all are doing this by the 3rd quarter, remember me:

LINK

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Can you fathom how fricked Alabama is on January 1st?Posted on 12/5/17 at 6:13 am

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Posted on 12/1/17 at 8:31 pm to InsideTheTide

Alabama will get run out of the stadium in a playoff game. In your heart, you know this.

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re: Saban Has Reached A Major Crossroads
Posted on 11/29/17 at 8:04 pm to golfntiger32

Look, Alabama is fricked. The recruiting has taken a nosedive and he's surrounded himself with shitty yes-men like Daboll and Key as opposed to guys that can do their job. Just like every other great coach when they start to decline. The only thing to do now is hope Dabo comes home. And I'd have never said that even a few weeks ago.

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