Link: Offseason BUZZ from the Capstone: What we are hearing

TideMan09 · Jun 28, 2014

I thought y'all might enjoy these tidbits of info from folks I truly trust & have been following a few years..The Coker info is awesome..It's info like this that helps pass the summer go by..

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1. Jacob Coker: The reports continue to get better every week. Word today from one of our best sources is: When Nick Saban and others call you phenomenal…WOW…Coach Saban was referring to a player (Coker) we need to step up. Going to be a good year if this is the case. Source said he could be special if everything comes together. Also talked to the best high school quarterback coach I know of and he said when he went to a clinic there recently that he had never seen anything like it. He coached against Coker in high school and said Jimbo has turned him into an NFL prospect. Coach also said if bama OL can come together this might be Saban’s most prolific offense ever because of the wr. No sunshine pumped as you know but this was really my only concern about this team. Said it was so noticeable how talented he is that the players gravitate to him. Nothing against Blake but they see the writing on the wall. His go to guy so far has been OJ Howard. They have clicked.

JBama_in_PCOLA · Jun 28, 2014

Don't you go and get me all excited! You better not do that!! :biggrin2:

I really hope that OLine comes together. That and the secondary are really my only concern.

TideMan09 · Jun 28, 2014

HAHA..The Tony Brown, Joshua Carter & especially the Tony Brow updates has me excited the most..Cause I think Coker will end being as good as any QB in the Nation..Our secondary needs Tony Brown to come in & play to solidify the secondary..And if Jackson is as good as they say..Our O-Line could be really really good..

JBama_in_PCOLA said:
Don't you go and get me all excited! You better not do that!! :biggrin2:

I really hope that OLine comes together. That and the secondary are really my only concern.

jps1983 · Jun 28, 2014

If our OL comes together, our offense should be outstanding. Glad to hear about Brown and Evans on defense. We need playmakers in the secondary and guys that can chase the QB.

So ready for fall camp to start.

selmaborntidefan · Jun 28, 2014

Before anyone panics regardless of the QB just remember: we averaged 30 points per game with John Parker Wilson his senior year. The FIRST role of a QB is to NOT mess up. Wilson was between average and mediocre his first two years as a starter, but I defy you to come up with any major mistake the guy made in 2008. I've long thought one of the best developments I've seen is Saban turning Wilson from a variation of Jarrett Lee into a solid quarterback, nothing spectacular. I think Blake Sims can do the same and be better at it (he's got more tools than Wilson did) IF he can just be solid and not worry about channeling his inner Donovan McNabb.

Thus, I'm more concerned about the O-line (good report there) and the secondary than anything else. If we get some good to great O-line play, we can hit them left and right with Yeldon/Drake/Henry - and the positive development would be no more dropping the football, too.

RollinTider1335 · Jun 28, 2014

selmaborntidefan said:
Before anyone panics regardless of the QB just remember: we averaged 30 points per game with John Parker Wilson his senior year. The FIRST role of a QB is to NOT mess up. Wilson was between average and mediocre his first two years as a starter, but I defy you to come up with any major mistake the guy made in 2008. I've long thought one of the best developments I've seen is Saban turning Wilson from a variation of Jarrett Lee into a solid quarterback, nothing spectacular. I think Blake Sims can do the same and be better at it (he's got more tools than Wilson did) IF he can just be solid and not worry about channeling his inner Donovan McNabb.

Thus, I'm more concerned about the O-line (good report there) and the secondary than anything else. If we get some good to great O-line play, we can hit them left and right with Yeldon/Drake/Henry - and the positive development would be no more dropping the football, too.

So which is better...average or mediocre??

TideWatcher · Jun 28, 2014

Thanks for the post and link. Enjoyed reading the news and watching some of the videos. Gets you excited for the upcoming year.

CrimsonEyeshade · Jun 28, 2014

That's very high praise for Jacob, and I hope every word of it is true. Let's all remember, however, that he has never thrown a meaningful pass as a college player. He hasn't taken a meaningful snap since high school. We all hope he will be good. But I'm not ready to expect it.

JustNeedMe81 · Jun 28, 2014

Oh wow. I think I got little excited over here... I think I've wetted myself. I've been saying for a while that Coker is something special. TideMan09 and I were talking a while back and we both thought that Coker was something special and we were excited about that.

TideMan09 · Jun 28, 2014

Yup..I read too many things from QB Coaches , his high school coaches, FSU Coaches & they've all consistently said he's an elite NFL talent at QB..I agree he needs to prove it on the football field & I hope he does that..I'm on the Coker bandwagon & hope Coach Saban goes ahead & names him starter early on in Fall Camp so he can take the majority of the snaps & to end any QB controversy before it become a "distraction" as Coach Saban would say..

CrimsonEyeshade said:
That's very high praise for Jacob, and I hope every word of it is true. Let's all remember, however, that he has never thrown a meaningful pass as a college player. He hasn't taken a meaningful snap since high school. We all hope he will be good. But I'm not ready to expect it.

JustNeedMe81 · Jun 28, 2014

I think he will. Two weeks in Camp and It'll show. The Fact He's throwing to OJ Howard tells me that you probably will see less ball going to RBs out of backfield and I'm okay with that.

rgw · Jun 28, 2014

Love me some Summer Sunshine Season.

IGetBuckets · Jun 28, 2014

And I thought it was Florida that was home to "The Sunshine Network" :cool2:

Seriously, it is always great to hear good things, but I always temper my expectations. I am going into the year looking at Coker as a backup transfer with potential, yet coming off an injury - not as the guy who nearly supplanted the Heisman winner.

I am starting to buy in with Brown - he showed maturity and mental toughness at ADay imo, and you nothing but good things about him.

I especially hope the Oline stuff is true - we need toughness, an edge, and some real depth there

Alasippi · Jun 28, 2014

Blake's gonna start against West Virginia guys.

TommyMac · Jun 28, 2014

My main concern is our kicking game, Foster was considered elite out of HS, but never developed. And now Adam Griffith, another kicker also considered elite out of HS looked pretty shaky in the spring game.

Alasippi · Jun 28, 2014

TommyMac said:
My main concern is our kicking game, Foster was considered elite out of HS, but never developed. And now Adam Griffith, another kicker also considered elite out of HS looked pretty shaky in the spring game.

I think Adam had way too much pressure put on him in the Auburn game. I wonder if he was even asked to warm up before attempting the field goal. If that's still on his mind then he's going to struggle. He has to forget it and move forward. The kid can flat out kick a football, he just needs a shot of confidence. Kickers are like golfers. When they start thinking about their swing they can hang it up.

TideMan09 · Jun 28, 2014

Yup..And I still think he's going to be the starter from the 1st game on..When Coach Saban brings in JUCO's or a bigtime transfer like Coker..They usually start their 1st year of playing..And I think Coker will be the man..I love Blake & will have no problem should he win the job..I just don't see him starting though..I really really don't..

JustNeedMe81 said:
Oh wow. I think I got little excited over here... I think I've wetted myself. I've been saying for a while that Coker is something special. TideMan09 and I were talking a while back and we both thought that Coker was something special and we were excited about that.

Alasippi · Jun 28, 2014

TideMan09 said:
Yup..And I still think he's going to be the starter from the 1st game on..When Coach Saban brings in JUCO's or a bigtime transfer like Coker..They usually start their 1st year of laying..And I think Coker will be the man..I love Blake & will have no problem should he win the job..I just don't see him starting though..I really really don't..

TideMan I just don't think Coach Saban will start a QB in the first game of the season who has never taken a major college snap as a starter, and, even more important, has never been through a spring practice at Bama. That would be like starting a true freshman basically.
I think they both will play in the first game, Blake will start, and a decision will be made as to who might be "the man", kinda like when it was A.J. or Simms.
Blake deserves a chance to start a game. I think the team feels that way and I think Coach Saban feels that way. I certainly do.
I may be wrong but that's what I think.
sip

KentuckianaBFan · Jun 28, 2014

Alasippi said:
Blake's gonna start against West Virginia guys.

I think he has earned that start...but after that, I think the best guy will start and play, as it should be...RTR!!!

CrimsonForce · Jun 28, 2014

Alasippi said:
TideMan I just don't think Coach Saban will start a QB in the first game of the season who has never taken a major college snap as a starter, and, even more important, has never been through a spring practice at Bama. That would be like starting a true freshman basically.
I think they both will play in the first game, Blake will start, and a decision will be made as to who might be "the man", kinda like when it was A.J. or Simms.
Blake deserves a chance to start a game. I think the team feels that way and I think Coach Saban feels that way. I certainly do.
I may be wrong but that's what I think.
sip

I completely respect your opinion Sip, but why does Blake "deserve to start a game." There have been a lot of guys stay for their 5th year that never played in games but still had a positive attitude and helped out wherever they could. I just don't get the, "Well he's been a team player and sat the bench for 5 years so he deserves to play now." I want the best QB to play, whoever the coaching staff deems that to be, not the most deserving based on who's been around longest. Playing time should always be based on merit not seniority. JMO

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