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Do you check things out? Their running game was not atrocious but Grubb did not run the ball at the rate the HC wanted. They actually ran the ball a tad better under Grubb, 4.2->4.1, but the number of attempts were between 7 & 8 less per game.

As I stated elsewhere, Grubb probably should have been fired for not doing what his boss told him to do, though I don’t know what their agreement was upon hiring. But RG should have done what he was told.

It was obvious Grubb needed to be replaced but it was not because the “running game was atrocious” but because the philosophy of the HC and OC was incompatible and the OC was unable or unwilling to modify his approach to suit his boss.

Grubb and DeBoer’s philosophies are much better aligned meaning that the passing game is the focus and the running game is complementary. Nevertheless, it still needs to be functional, which all agree it was not in ‘25.

IMO, even if the OL is improved in’26, the RB’s will still be a big problem unless Crowell is what we think and is ready or Dear is ready and what we hope but haven’t really seen yet. In summary: IMO, the RBs were as big of a problem as the OL and shocking I know - maybe a bigger problem. That RB room is not good (forget ratings, think talent and possibly RB coaching. Burton Burns was one of the overlooked stars of Saban’s early staffs. Evaluation and instruction.) apart from hope, i. e., Crowell and/or Dear.

From ‘83-‘89 Alabama was nationally relevant much of the year in ‘86 & ‘89. From ‘90-‘96 nationally relevant in ‘91, 92, 93, 94, 96. From ‘97-‘07 relevant in only in 99 & 05. So it wasn’t 20 years but more like 10. Even then they peeked out from under the covers a couple of times. Then went on the greatest run in the history of the sport.

A run so dominant and indisputable that, though some are fair and even generous, e.g., Herbstreit and a few others, the national narrative continuously down plays it with “faint praise”, diversion, dismissal, and the occasional lie. They can’t bear the fact that those “backward rednecks down there” could be so successful in an endeavor so meaningful in American society, though in the grand scheme it’s meaningless.

Davis never was HC at Arkansas as Anderson was?

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Now the state is more like 70-30. But you are right that AU is working ever vigilantly to eat into the lead with only minimal success thus far. I don’t know if Alabama is complacent, lazy, naive, stupid or are gentlemen, but they seem to do nothing.

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You do that by buying all of the media and making Alabama look, very subtly, as bad as possible.

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Very, very astute observation. (I reject and even despise many of your comments. This doesn’t change that, but I guess I will have to pay closer attention to what you say in the future because you nailed it with that comment. Thanks.)

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I believe you are thinking of Mike Anderson.

I hope you don’t leave. I have no doubt others feel the same way.

I’ve agreed completely with most of what you’ve posted and learned a lot.

I especially agree with your evaluation of Russell. The 2 TD throws vs ULM were thrilling. The first, I think to Horton, to his right, was reminiscent of Tua’s “whirling” TD throw to Smith vs Vandy his true Fr year. It was a totally different kind of play, but required skill (surely not luck) rarely seen. It was breathtaking.

IMO, the lack of acquiring a big time RB was Alabama’s greatest failure this year in talent acquisition - by far. Smithers was a BIG loss. They must not put much value on the position. Everyone else besides Crowell is mediocre at best, with the possible exception of Dear.

Thanks again for your service to the board and Alabama fandom.

I appreciate the score updates and was wondering if you would include the opponents’ score as well. It gives a sense of how the judges are evaluating and also gives us a better idea of the strength of Alabama’s opponents.

Thanks again for what you do.

Mr. Terry is a successful entrepreneur as far as I know, but that rating was not given until it became public that Alabama had offered. He was a 3 star prior.

IMO, Saban’s point is clear and correct.

They get much of their info from coaches and seeing who offers who. That’s why the Jacobs’ rating changed. Coaches sometimes manipulate the services to further their own ends. I have little inside info, but i do know this. Not only that, but even the best coaching evaluators miss frequently, how much more the recruiting services who inject their own evaluations into the rating.

In aggregate i would rather have a potful of 5 stars over a potful of lesser rated players, but when comparing any two specific individuals, you just never know.

You may be a great guy in other areas of life, but as a “bama fan” poster, you are a piece of garbage. You only see the bad, you never post anything positive. And this is regarding 2 top 10 programs in the entire nation - from the little ole state of Alabama. If you are really an Alabama fan, you should be grateful, but instead you are a bitter, one-sided ingrate, a despicable poster that no one on the board wants to see.

You make a genuine debate impossible because you force most into a defensive posture with your one-sided, uninformed, extreme takes. Why do you want to be with people who despise you and have no respect for your degraded, stupid
opinions?