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What the frick does that matter? Does it make her less dead? Does it make the situation better?

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Most importantly, this doesn't affect Nate Oats rotations.

the next bama is georgia and the next georgia is bama

I think everyone has a justified, logical idea of what was going on...there is tactful way to broach the subject though. RIP to the player and staffer...hope the others get their health back.

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First Bama QB in two decades to not win a Natty as a starter

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Just off the top of my head John Parker Wilson and Blake Sims didn't

Yeah well I heard that Kirby Smart is going to the NFL and Mark Richt is coming back as an unexpected gap year head coach. Richt said he doesn't plan to recruit.

So much optimism that Alabama is done because Saban is washed. It's happened about every 2-3 years since maybe 2013. I don't get why people can't just wait until Saban shits an absolute turd of a season with 4 or 5 losses before getting this jubilant in anticipation.

I thought this would be an interesting topic. I'm sure everyone has ideas on what it will take to recapture the SEC and CFP next season. I'll share mine.

1. Better play out of the defensive interior (DTs and ILBs).

This area has been tracking downward since the start of 2018. I'm hopeful with Golding gone that inside backer play will track upward again. Still, the inside backers need difference makers on the interior line to give them the clean lanes to attack the runners. Recruiting misses have hurt us but there also seems to be a development deficit too. Perhaps there are more changes coming to the coaching staff especially w/r/t line play.

2. A bigger emphasis on varied run blocking

Alabama under Bill O'Brien has a pretty basic run game install. This negatively affected run play effectiveness during his tenure. Great running teams can beat opponents in a variety of ways both with power and finesse.

3. Run da bawl

A team cannot run the ball like great teams need to without a wide variety of blocking counters to what a defense may show the OL. Pointed that out in #2 because it is a necessary prereq for this point.

Since 2017, we have had at least 3 seasons fall short of national titles partly due to QB injuries. In 2018, Tua was relegated to a pocket passer for more than half the season due to a litany of injuries. In 2019, Tua's continued injury problems left us without a fully powered offense against our two best opponents. In 2021, Young's shoulder injury led to him missing 1.5 games and not practicing until mid November with a young WR corp.

Alabama prior to 2018 had a lot of fortune with QB health but to some degree we made our own fortune by not exposing our QBs to so many pass rush shots. We have got to start running the ball more to protect our quarterback's health.

Yes, we need to be able to throw it effectively 40+ times against elite teams but we should not have to toss it around constantly against the Arkansas and Mississippi State tier teams where we seem to be accruing these QB injuries in practicality.

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So what's the backstop on Golding to Ole Miss?

Is this Saban finding a soft landing spot for Pete instead of firing him?


A quiet firing so to speak?

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Nick Saban desperately wanted to keep him but Ole Miss swooped in and offered more cash than available at one of the biggest AD coffers in the conference. :lol:

Alabama’s offense had some struggles at times this year but they usually managed to find a rhythm and score in bursts. The Texas and Texas A&M games are exceptions but at least one of those games was with a backup QB making his first start.

I see a lot of Golding apologia on here lately and it is completely undeserved. BOB is more deserving of it than Pete. BOB’s big problem is calling plays that take advantage of weaknesses. He’s more of an execution guy - which is smart in the NFL - but college is largely about finding your opponent’s future salesman on the field and harassing him with your future all-pro player.

His offense is structurally sound, it just gets choppy due to the emphasis on execution on the core plays rather than looking for shock and awe mismatch plays.

What an amazing job he did with the most veteran talent Alabama has had on defense since 2017. He managed to get toasted for 52, couldn’t stop 3rd and long draws in another. Those outcomes kept a top 3 roster out of the playoffs.