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re: I watched the replay of the game last night...
Posted on 1/10/12 at 2:02 pm to tuptiger
Posted on 1/10/12 at 2:02 pm to tuptiger
You've got a stronger stomach than I've got. I doubt I'll ever re-watch that game. I do agree with you for the most part based on my recollection of events last night. Just a couple of comments...
We either didn't or couldn't. They could afford to break tendencies because they knew their quarterback could probably carry out that assignment. I don't think our coaches have the same confidence in any of our quarterbacks.
I agree that a rematch was unfair but it was mostly unfair to Ok. St. If we can't win the rematch then we don't really have an argument to make about it.
Agree again but they shouldn't have to be forced to do that. It's just a natural part of (I hesitate to say this) the process. Teams should always scout themselves and break tendencies when they find them. More than that, they should try to anticipate what the other team will do and gameplan accordingly. Saban anticipated that we would use the option because it was the only thing that worked in the first game. He taught his team how to stop it. We didn't anticipate that they would not run much on 1st down...even after they did it for 2 quarters. And we had no answer.
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This time Bama threw the ball on first down. They broke tendency. We didn't.
We either didn't or couldn't. They could afford to break tendencies because they knew their quarterback could probably carry out that assignment. I don't think our coaches have the same confidence in any of our quarterbacks.
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...entire idea of a rematch.
I agree that a rematch was unfair but it was mostly unfair to Ok. St. If we can't win the rematch then we don't really have an argument to make about it.
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Our coaches and our players were never forced to look at themselves in the mirror and ask themselves how they could improve...
Agree again but they shouldn't have to be forced to do that. It's just a natural part of (I hesitate to say this) the process. Teams should always scout themselves and break tendencies when they find them. More than that, they should try to anticipate what the other team will do and gameplan accordingly. Saban anticipated that we would use the option because it was the only thing that worked in the first game. He taught his team how to stop it. We didn't anticipate that they would not run much on 1st down...even after they did it for 2 quarters. And we had no answer.
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Posted on 1/10/12 at 2:08 pm to MountainTiger
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Agree again but they shouldn't have to be forced to do that.
I agree in theory. However, no one will ever convince me that if Bama had won the first game that we wouldn't have looked like the team on the mission last night.
Who knows what would've happened, but I know what I watched wouldn't have happened.
As great of a motivator as Saban is, he must have an attentive audience, and if they had won the first game, and the exact same set of circumstances had unfolded, they would have been at least moderately complacent.
Everyone of them talked about how much that first loss hurt, how they weren't going to let that happen again. That's exactly how they played.
I'd be interested to see if we were the team in that position.
Posted on 1/10/12 at 2:17 pm to MountainTiger
I plan to rewatch the horror show...but I saw everything you saw last night...spot on analysis.
I think Les needs to realize he's is going to need a reliable passer that can threaten down field if he wants to compete against the level of play Alabama displayed last night. We cannot expect to run our way to a national championship...even though we almost did this year. Saban realized this after Nov 5, and he got Mcarron ready to become the centerpiece of the Alabama offense since he knew relying solely on Richardson was not going to get it done. Les should be coming to the same conclusions right about now.
I think Les needs to realize he's is going to need a reliable passer that can threaten down field if he wants to compete against the level of play Alabama displayed last night. We cannot expect to run our way to a national championship...even though we almost did this year. Saban realized this after Nov 5, and he got Mcarron ready to become the centerpiece of the Alabama offense since he knew relying solely on Richardson was not going to get it done. Les should be coming to the same conclusions right about now.
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