This Saturday will be Coker's moment to wither under the heat or shine. Last year Blake had this opportunity against UF. They were a legit defense. I know their offense was total garbage, but defensively they were good. The offense just couldn't keep them off the field. Blake carved them up like a Thanksgiving turkey. It really silenced the naysayers. Coker is going to face a similar situation this week, but the difference is the offense of Ole Miss looks good too, but let's be honest they have played no one.
It was an incredibly vanilla gameplan on Saturday, and Bama has a history of playing like this against inferior competition. Go look at the last time we played Western Kentucky. MTSU was not a bad football team, and I think we will see this as the year goes on. In a big game you would have seen more help for Jackson in the form of RB's and TE's chipping and going out into patterns or just flat keeping someone in to help him. There was really no effort to establish Henry until much later in the game, and when they did start to feed him he got going. Drake was the only guy they got mildly creative with. I look for a much different game plan come Saturday, and Coker will either pull a Blake or we will have a real good possibility to lose. I'm pulling hard for the guy. I know he's worked hard, and I want him to succeed like I wanted Blake to succeed last year, and not just because I'm a Bama fan. I think Coker was a great teammate last year when Blake won the job. He worked hard to get where he needed to be in the offseason, and just like Blake waited and was patient, so was Coker. I want this young man to have his moment in the sun.
It was an incredibly vanilla gameplan on Saturday, and Bama has a history of playing like this against inferior competition. Go look at the last time we played Western Kentucky. MTSU was not a bad football team, and I think we will see this as the year goes on. In a big game you would have seen more help for Jackson in the form of RB's and TE's chipping and going out into patterns or just flat keeping someone in to help him. There was really no effort to establish Henry until much later in the game, and when they did start to feed him he got going. Drake was the only guy they got mildly creative with. I look for a much different game plan come Saturday, and Coker will either pull a Blake or we will have a real good possibility to lose. I'm pulling hard for the guy. I know he's worked hard, and I want him to succeed like I wanted Blake to succeed last year, and not just because I'm a Bama fan. I think Coker was a great teammate last year when Blake won the job. He worked hard to get where he needed to be in the offseason, and just like Blake waited and was patient, so was Coker. I want this young man to have his moment in the sun.
