Funny, but that is the exact sentiment my wife expressed Saturday....she knows nothing about football, but she looked up from her magazine at one point in the first half and stated that the team looked confused....
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Funny, but that is the exact sentiment my wife expressed Saturday....she knows nothing about football, but she looked up from her magazine at one point in the first half and stated that the team looked confused....
Regarding your last statement, I get it from a tactical standpoint, but the potential for having 3 first-year starters in a row seems to be a problem to me.
Early on the team did not look fluid because the Bama coaches were trying something's with Coker at QB (and the rest of the team)that he is not normally good at in practice, to see if he could actually do it in a game. If you noticed, early on there was very little running and just mostly passing in the hurry up....In the 2nd QTR things were more running and back to things that Coker does better....the first part of the game was an experiment of sorts and was totally different than the Wisconsin game (and it was disappointing at best). As you will see on Saturday, things will be different on offense, and more to what you saw against Wisconsin.
I remind everyone, Jake has only played 4.5 Qtrs in 2 games so far this year. I want to see how he does in an entire game, before I make judgment of him. I wish he could only play 2 Qtrs all year because that would mean Bama is winning big, but I think Saturday we will all have to see him play 4 Qtrs of Football. There will be ups and downs...just like Blake, Greg and AJ......
That's the price to pay for being a contender every year. The choice can never be about the next few years, it has to always be win now. Alabama was in the title hunt last year, they could have won it, this year they look to be in the title hunt as well (even an Ole Miss loss won't derail their chances). It is unsettling, but was Sims a better option than Coker? Yeah, sure seems like it. Is Coker the best option at this point in time? Well, yeah, it seems like it...
Sometimes it's just a matter of playing the cards you a dealt though. Phillip Ely transferred, it's worth noting that he just beat Arkansas. He sticks around, he might have had a shot at the job both years. Phillip Sims, he left and oddly enough Alabama was back in play with him. He almost made the Cardinals squad, which says a lot about his abilities. Then there's Luke Del Rio, who left as well, and he was actually next on the depth chart after Blake Sims. Let's not even get into the could have been type stuff, with the Golson and Braxton Miller talk (who could have been some combination of what he is now and what Alabama wants Cooper Bateman to be). Then there's the whole fact that Cornwell got sidetracked. It was kind of inevitable that Alabama hit a bit of a rough patch at QB after the very nice transition from GMac to AJ.
Guy on another board saying Barnett is not working the Scout team and is getting some reps with the #1s.
Wouldn't mind seeing him get a few meaningful snaps as the season goes on, if they are really serious about him not redshirting.
Wouldn't mind seeing him get a few meaningful snaps as the season goes on, if they are really serious about him not redshirting.
There is absolutely no point in playing Barnett unless they're gonna start him. That kind roster management would get a pro coach fired. lol.
My issue with the QB position this year is the fact that the only QB who has received meaningful snaps is Coker. If there was a true QB competition (as we were all lead to believe) then Coker and Bateman would have alternated series against Wisconsin and MTSU. Meaning give both QB reps with the full first team and before the game is well in hand. Sure Bateman has got some reps but they are with backup WRs and lineman so it doesn't give a direct comparison of the so-called QB competition. They should have just came out and named Coker the starter they way the game reps have been divvied up.
I really don't care for the "lets make them prepare for 2 QBs" line either. I think there is much more of a benefit to naming a starter and letting that QB take over the leadership role on the team as well as play with a lot of confidence. To me, that far outweighs the facade of making a team prepare for 2 different QBs with basically the same skill set..
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I'd typically agree, except there has to be something pretty special about Barnett that the coaches are seeing or else there would be none of this talk about not redshirting him this year.
Now, I'm just speculating, but the coaching staff may be thinking that Barnett is not ready for live game play now, but they believe as the season goes on he may be.
Question remains is this because they are not completely happy with Coker and Bateman and think Barnett could contribute later this year OR is there a plan to get Barnett some experience for next year?
Again, I'd say that's now how we normally do things, but BB is not your typicaly true freshman either.
I think it is a similar scenario to how AJ was getting prepped mid-way through 2009 because McElroy was in a pretty deep slump starting with the Ole Miss game through Tennessee. They were in a title hunt with a Heisman-caliber tailback and elite defense, the staff was going to use any QB if he was going to bring balance to the offense regardless of redshirts.
That is basically the scenario for Barnett playing except they pull the trigger because neither of the other two QBs get out of their slumps.
That is basically the scenario for Barnett playing except they pull the trigger because neither of the other two QBs get out of their slumps.
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