UAClassOf22

This is a great interview, and AJ McCarron makes a lot of good points about Alabama this season, and the state of cfb in general.

AJ is becoming my favorite Alabama commentator. He's a straight shooter.

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And, having your team physically & mentally prepared for the grind that is an SEC schedule.

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To be fair, he had one of the toughest schedules in the nation this season, and came out of the regular season ranked #1 in the SEC standings.

I think he's obviously more of a "nice guy" but I think he has much thicker skin than people realize.
I think he can handle the external factors in the SEC, but at the end of the day, he needs to figure out how to win a ship in this crazy cfb landscape. I think all of the coaches are still trying to figure out the best method with roster management and NIL.

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Not built for life in the SEC.

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Curious what you mean by this?

Obviously Auburn paying that much is ridiculous, but you guys laughing at these schools paying big money for QBs when every team in the final 4 has a portal QB.

Maybe it's time Alabama starts getting all of their QBs from the portal too.

Here's the truth:

The defense has been fine the last 2 years. We were ranked #1 in the SEC in scoring defense this year.
The defensive talent that Saban left behind was good.

The problem is offense. Saban had Julian Sayin ready to be the next man up, but he transferred to OSU leaving DeBoer with jack shite at QB.
We had nothing at WR. Our starting 3 WRs were all guys DeBoer brought in since he's been here - 2 transfers and a true freshman.
Our Olinemen that Saban left don't fit DeBoer's scheme. They're meant for smashmouth, playing in a phonebooth style offense.
Our only decent TE is also a guy DeBoer brought from Washington.

While we were all set on defensive talent, the offensive roster needed a complete rebuild from the bottom up.
The problem is that DeBoer hasn't hit the portal hard enough in looking for a better QB and better WRs

True. Bryce Young is a good QB. Just needed some players around him, and a change in culture

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Not as funny as watching bama and Kalen Defour get absofrickinglutey destroyed by Indiana.

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I disagree. I think it would be funnier - especially if he never won one at LSU and Ole Miss ends up being the best chance he ever had.

If Ole Miss wins it all, when Lane Kiffin basically left because he thought he wouldn't be able to win a natty there.

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You were fine with it when Saban was paying and y'all were winning championships

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"Saban was the only one in cfb giving out free cars to recruits. He was a shitty coach who only won because he gave out Dodge Chargers, and nobody else dared to ever pay college players except Saban.
It's the exact same thing as today when every player has an agent and QBs are getting paid millions per year. Now Alabama sucks because everyone can pay players - not just Saban."

I don't think we should pay these players shite.

If that means having a lousy team that loses every game, I'm okay with that.

Cfb has gotten so ridiculous I don't care anymore, and I don't want to see Alabama juicing their boosters and fans to try to scrap together enough millions to make a championship run.

frick it.

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It feels like Grubb is 5 years too late, the all-out air attacks of the later 2010s are getting replaced by physical, complimentary football again in both college & the pros

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Unfortunately, you may be right, but this seemed to work just a couple of years ago.
We'll see what happens when they get a QB with a rocket arm and some dominant WRs.

Our defense is doing just fine.
It's the offense that needs a total rebuild. DeBoer has a 180 complete opposite offensive philosophy from Saban.