I first ran into this among some Auburn (un)faithful who began demonstrating the selective amnesia typical of those who work around animals a lot. (Auburn fans are a lot like a fight with your spouse - out of one side of their mouth they say the past doesn't matter and then out of the other side they're bringing up something out of the past to make a point). They put out carefully parsed information like this:
"Nick Saban has never won a national title at Alabama without McCarron on the roster."
Ok, true, but it's also irrelevant. I could just as easily play this game and with greater effect:
"The last time Alabama went an entire season without AJ McCarron, they went undefeated and won the national championship."
As long as it was just in Tweeter-ville, who cared? But now it seems Colin Cowpuke has decided to jump on the Auburn bandwagon. I saw him again today make a comment about McCarron being gone.
Look, I like AJ and yes, we'll have some problems but - so what? These folks are making it sound like McCarron is the entire team. And maybe they need to go back and remember that we got INTO the LSU game in 2009 before McElroy began playing really well, and AJ was a "game manager" (shrieks) but didn't really come into his own until after he blamed himself for the 2011 LSU loss. In fact, it wasn't really until the BCSNCG against LSU that AJ hit full steam.
We went unbeaten in the SEC regular season with the same JP Wilson who looked absolutely horrific in 2006 and 2007.
And did I mention that we just don't play a lot of close games?
2011: 1 (lost, 9-6, LSU)
2012: 3 (2-1, beat UGA and LSU, lost to aTm)
2013: 2 (1-1, beat aTm and lost to Auburn)
I mean, this is not 2008. We have enough in the arsenal that very rarely is the QB called upon to win the game himself.
Will we take a step back? Maybe.
But I learned a long time ago not to underestimate the talent pipeline at Alabama.
I suspect we have a gem nobody knows about other than the coaching staff.
"Nick Saban has never won a national title at Alabama without McCarron on the roster."
Ok, true, but it's also irrelevant. I could just as easily play this game and with greater effect:
"The last time Alabama went an entire season without AJ McCarron, they went undefeated and won the national championship."
As long as it was just in Tweeter-ville, who cared? But now it seems Colin Cowpuke has decided to jump on the Auburn bandwagon. I saw him again today make a comment about McCarron being gone.
Look, I like AJ and yes, we'll have some problems but - so what? These folks are making it sound like McCarron is the entire team. And maybe they need to go back and remember that we got INTO the LSU game in 2009 before McElroy began playing really well, and AJ was a "game manager" (shrieks) but didn't really come into his own until after he blamed himself for the 2011 LSU loss. In fact, it wasn't really until the BCSNCG against LSU that AJ hit full steam.
We went unbeaten in the SEC regular season with the same JP Wilson who looked absolutely horrific in 2006 and 2007.
And did I mention that we just don't play a lot of close games?
2011: 1 (lost, 9-6, LSU)
2012: 3 (2-1, beat UGA and LSU, lost to aTm)
2013: 2 (1-1, beat aTm and lost to Auburn)
I mean, this is not 2008. We have enough in the arsenal that very rarely is the QB called upon to win the game himself.
Will we take a step back? Maybe.
But I learned a long time ago not to underestimate the talent pipeline at Alabama.
I suspect we have a gem nobody knows about other than the coaching staff.
