Luke Del Rio is gone - Blake Sims / QB discussion

BamaFlum · Apr 13, 2014

TidePride50 said:
Two back gun is in, Fowler was used a lot in it. Also, the Pistol Diamond with Derrick Henry pounding the rock was used quite a bit in the scrimmage. Also, I expect a west coast flavor passing game.

RTR '14

For the ignorant: is that diamond formation with two TE on each side of the OL but off the line and Derrick behind Sims?

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RTR91 · Apr 13, 2014

BamaFlum said:
For the ignorant: is that diamond formation with two TE on each side of the OL but off the line and Derrick behind Sims?

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The diamond is a pistol formation with two players splitting the QB and another behind the QB. Some teams use TEs to split the QB. Others use RBs.

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BamaMoon · Apr 13, 2014

RTR91 said:
The diamond is a pistol formation with two players splitting the QB and another behind the QB. Some teams use TEs to split the QB. Others use RBs.

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That is like an inverted triple option setup with the qb in a short, shot gun position. For those who want to see the triple option return to Bama this may be about as close as we may ever get!!!

bama579 · Apr 13, 2014

Luke DelRio eligible without sitting out at Oregon State. Good for him!

It will be tough to beat Manion for playing time, though.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...-beavers-qb-luke-del-rio-eligible-play-season

CrimsonProf · Apr 13, 2014

If CNS allows CLK to utilize the diamond formation - and Jess has hinted at this in the past - that would be something of a change in our offense. Very exciting stuff.

davefrat · Apr 15, 2014

BamaMoon said:
That is like an inverted triple option setup with the qb in a short, shot gun position. For those who want to see the triple option return to Bama this may be about as close as we may ever get!!!

sounds like a shotgun version of the old "flexbone."

MegaVars · Apr 15, 2014

TidePride50 said:
He made some great throws today in scrimmage. He also seemed to have more control of the offense than the others. RTR '14

Impossible with his throwing motion.

TideMan09 · Apr 15, 2014

MegaVars said:
Impossible with his throwing motion.

HAHA..Unless he's radically changed his entire throwing mechanics, he does have a funky throwing motion, but, it's a moot point, as long as he gets the ball where it's supposed to go & on time..JMHO

MegaVars · Apr 15, 2014

TideMan09 said:
HAHA..Unless he's radically changed his entire throwing mechanics, he does have a funky throwing motion, but, it's a moot point, as long as he gets the ball where it's supposed to go & on time..JMHO

rgw · Apr 15, 2014

TideMan09 said:
HAHA..Unless he's radically changed his entire throwing mechanics, he does have a funky throwing motion, but, it's a moot point, as long as he gets the ball where it's supposed to go & on time..JMHO

Phillip Rivers made a career out of a terrible looking throwing motion that works. People make too much out of throwing motion sometimes.

TrampLineman · Apr 16, 2014

rgw said:
Phillip Rivers made a career out of a terrible looking throwing motion that works. People make too much out of throwing motion sometimes.

That and height

BamaJama17 · Apr 17, 2014

I can't remember. Wasn't Sims recruited as an athlete??

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Airborne Tider · Apr 18, 2014

BamaJama17 said:
I can't remember. Wasn't Sims recruited as an athlete??

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Yes he was.

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DocCrimson · Apr 18, 2014

rgw said:
Phillip Rivers made a career out of a terrible looking throwing motion that works. People make too much out of throwing motion sometimes.

As opposed to Jeff George, who looked great throwing the prettiest spiral right into the hands of a CB or Safety...

KrAzY3 · Apr 18, 2014

BamaJama17 said:
I can't remember. Wasn't Sims recruited as an athlete??

I don't know the full story there, but it appeared that way. Right up until Sims spent all spring at quarterback and showed potential. I know it surprised me to not only play the position, but to look decent doing it. I'm not sure if that had to do with some sort of agreement they had (playing him at QB), or what but I can understand the move to RB at the time. They had a AJ with a lot of eligibility, they had Phillip Sims, and at the time they moved Blake to QB, I think Winston was considered a good possibility as well. They had to have liked what they saw from Blake though, to bring him back to the QB position.

They key to me with Sims is simply that once he made it back to QB, he was AJ's backup throughout. He's not perfect, there might be better options, but he's obviously done what it took to hold that spot one way or the other.

BamaJama17 · Apr 18, 2014

KrAzY3 said:
I don't know the full story there, but it appeared that way. Right up until Sims spent all spring at quarterback and showed potential. I know it surprised me to not only play the position, but to look decent doing it. I'm not sure if that had to do with some sort of agreement they had (playing him at QB), or what but I can understand the move to RB at the time. They had a AJ with a lot of eligibility, they had Phillip Sims, and at the time they moved Blake to QB, I think Winston was considered a good possibility as well. They had to have liked what they saw from Blake though, to bring him back to the QB position.

They key to me with Sims is simply that once he made it back to QB, he was AJ's backup throughout. He's not perfect, there might be better options, but he's obviously done what it took to hold that spot one way or the other.

Good points overall. Blake Sims is a good QB....in a read option offense or single wing like the barn. I'd have to imagine they didn't know for sure if he was going to be a QB when he arrived but they put him there because Alabama already had so many talented RB's. He still has trouble overall throwing the ball like AJ. As of now from what I hear he had been doing good (which I'm happy for because it will push Coker to get better when he gets here) but I just don't know how he good he will be if he does end up winning the job.

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DzynKingRTR · Apr 18, 2014

DocCrimson said:
As opposed to Jeff George, who looked great throwing the prettiest spiral right into the hands of a CB or Safety...

ahh Jeff George, he had the ego of the greatest QB in NFL history just not the talent.

rgw · Apr 18, 2014

The only thing that worries me with Sims and Coker is that if both hold their own but Coker wins out then the undoubtedly predictable race card stuff will begin to spew out from the media and message boards. It could affect the team too...something gets said enough then it usually becomes true whether or not it is real.

TIDE-HSV · Apr 19, 2014

230kv_barehand said:
That and height

Actually, with Rivers' throwing motion, he was effectively about Sims' height...

TidePride50 · Apr 19, 2014

If he can get it done I could careless about his height or throwing motion. What I saw at practice and the scrimmage it's going to be his to lose. Coker is going to have to really come in and take it. Something tells me Sims isn't going to let it go very easy.

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