Sl0thstronautEsq

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You just quoted all non QBs to argue about QB experience? Jeremiah Smith won a championship at OSU last year believe as a freshman WR. Has nothing to do with QB experience.

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Oh, sorry, I didn't realize your "next" mentality was solely related to QBs. True Freshman and other first-year starters are allowed to play, provided they're not QBs. Got it.

At this point I understand what your position is and I happen to disagree. I hope KDB does too.

:cheers:

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I’m looking forward to seeing what Keelon can do as well, but this “next” mentality is a bit of an AU mentality. Bama has been generally trying to compete every year, vs. throwing in the towel to start the high potential player. Fans wanted Arch over Ewer at UT, AU fans screaming for Deuce Knight, etc. It’s all the same mentality.

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So we should have started Formby all year at RT instead of the true Freshman "next" guy?

How about when we replaced Domani with Dijon Lee? Was that also the wrong move?

How about Brooks? Should he have sat behind guys with more experience?

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and he had put back all the Alabama content.

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Both played at IMG Academy with Michael Carroll.

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Is there still smoke that he's looking elsewhere?

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He’s a five star recruit that got us to the Rose Bowl and some people want him gone. “Next” mentality of some fans is hilarious, and scary.

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It's the same reason why people wanted Jalen benched. Most of us realize we have a guy with a higher ceiling on the bench.

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Ty is a borderline 1st round draft pick after being a 1st year starter, with multiple “experts” praising his footwork and ability to read defenses.

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Yeah, and then other teams got tape of him and made adjustments to take away the 2 or 3 things he did well. His footwork was a mess by the end of the season and his ability to read defenses regressed singificantly.

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People saying they want to go with another 1st year starter instead of Ty don’t understand what they’re asking for.

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I absolutely understand what I'm asking for.

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A healthy Ty with a full year of experience is absolutely the best QB option we could hope for next year, and it’s not close.

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In your opinion.

In my opinion, I saw a QB that, even when healthy, had horrid deep-ball accuracy and regressed mentally throughout the season.

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Give me Ty next year and Keelon for 2 yrs after that.

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This assumes A LOT. It assumes Keelon would stick around with no chance to start next year and then assumes Keelon will be a 2-year starter before leaving for the NFL.

I want Keelon to start next year because he's a generational talent and has the highest ceiling. I want a full two years out of him before he heads to the NFL.

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Or it could mean there isn’t going to be a change and they’re expecting to not improve once again

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For sure. I just think there's been too much smoke related to a change for me to believe that KDB ultimately decided not to make one.

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Is it concerning yet that we haven’t announced a coaching change?

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The flurry of OL portal activity might be because a coaching change was announced internally and these guys liked Coach Kap :dunno:

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For the record I specifically said take this as you will and that I personally am not taking anything as gospel until it comes out of Ty’s mouth.

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You were a reporter, no? Don't you find it odd that the CBS Sports article you linked states "with the buzz saying to keep an eye on Tennessee or Oregon" as opposed to "according to CBS Sports' Tom Loy" or "according to 247's Tom Loy"?

The author of that article cites actual sources for other nuggets throughout the article, but decided not to reference Tom Loy, a colleague, as the source of the Ty nugget?

Seems bogus to me considering the usual guys (e.g., Zenitz, Thamel, Nakos) haven't mentioned it and no one can find a reference to Loy actually saying it :dunno:

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Where's the link with Tom Loy saying this?

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Pretty sure this rumor started based on this tweet by a troll account. I haven’t been able to find the actual quote from Tom Loy.

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