BREAKING Bama OC Bill "BoB" O'Brien to the Patriots

[denver]

Well we got what we wished for on the OC/DC side...now its time to hire new blood and return to playing Bama football

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

Top Five Things to Forget About BOB @ Bama:
1. We didn't win a NC with the most talented QB Bama has ever had on campus.
2. Snaps under 5 seconds on the play clock.
3. Hearing teams say we tipped off plays essentially giving the defense the advantage
4. Unimaginative play calling - we had the best players but we used them like vanilla
5. Last offensive series against LSU - the bad break of losing JaMo and Metichie in 2021 wasn't BOB's fault, but '22 LSU is squarely on him!

Otherwise, good luck to you BOB and I hope in some way you can help our boy Mac up there in Boston!

This one always baffled me; I watched a lot of teams be incredibly good running this in 2022. Alabama just wasn't one of them. I don't understand why it wasn't scrapped mid-season.

 

[bvandegraff]

BoB never seemed to adapt the offense to the personnel on hand or to in-game situations. With our OL issues, the slow-developing plays on 3rd and long (which we were in a lot) drove me nuts.

That said, he handled this whole situation quite professionally, waiting until the portal was closed and all that.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Sorry to Mac Jones, but I can't help but believe he'll be a lot happier than with Patricia.

 

[JohnD]

Sorry to Mac Jones, but I can't help but believe he'll be a lot happier than with Patricia.

Mac Jones is ‘very’ excited to be coached by new Patriots OC Bill O’Brien

Mac Jones is getting a new coach in Bill O'Brien and the news should thrill the Patriots quarterback.

www.al.com

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I am very happy for Mac, this should be a HUGE upgrade from the trash pile he had to deal with this season.

 

[DrJJoyner]

Sarkisian didn't have Bryce Young, either.

No, but nor did he have half a dozen 1st round wide receivers. We all agree, I think, that Bama would have beaten Georgia a second time, and thus won a championship, in 2021 if Jameson Williams had stayed healthy all game.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I just went back and read what Jess wrote about Lebby and I hope you are correct!

Yeah, originally when I started reading the type of offense Lebby ran I was picturing a Mike Leach type of air raid. But I had several posters on here who apparently knew more about Lebby's offense and showed me that wasn't the case by posting some videos of OU's offense from this past year. After watching, I think his style may be the best fit for our talent.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

No, but nor did he have half a dozen 1st round wide receivers. We all agree, I think, that Bama would have beaten Georgia a second time, and thus won a championship, in 2021 if Jameson Williams had stayed healthy all game.

Jameson Williams played in the aTm game we lost.

Remind of who the offensive coordinator was who:
a) had 1st and goal at the 3 and called THREE PASS PLAYS when trailing by four?
b) got the ball back with the score tied and called three PREDICTABLE plays leading to a punt and a loss?

What was his name again?

Saying, "Well, if this guy was healthy we beat Georgia" doesn't change the fact:
a) his play calling in the aTm game when everyone was there was despicable when it counted
b) his play calling in the Auburn game - a game we won SOLELY due to Auburn's ineptitude - was horrific


Let me put it like this:

go back to the 2016 national title game we lost to Clemson and to the fourth down where Ardarius Stewart threw the pass on a do-or-die play? Sark called that play.

Do you think Bill O'Brien has that much sense?
I sure don't.

 

[Tideflyer]

Now lets go hire someone good. I feel like there is a good chance this will be CNS's last set of coordinators here at BAMA.

Regarding you last statement, you could very well be correct.

 

[DrJJoyner]

Do you think Bill O'Brien has that much sense?
I sure don't.

I think O'Brien is a very good to great NFL offensive coordinator who never quite made the adjustment to the college game. Lane and Sark are much better at exploiting talent mismatches, which are less prevalent in the NFL.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Well we got what we wished for on the OC/DC side...now its time to hire new blood and return to playing Bama football

And now, no more excuses. I want to see the player attitude and development we're accustomed to under CNS.

Let's Roll, Tide!

 

[bamadwain]

I think O'Brien is a very good to great NFL offensive coordinator who never quite made the adjustment to the college game. Lane and Sark are much better at exploiting talent mismatches, which are less prevalent in the NFL.

Thank you sir! I've said this all along just like Daboll their game fit's the NFL better

 

[CoachJeff]

A Texas Tech alum and friend of mine would probably say Klingsbury is right where he needs to be right now. Knee deep in Thai ladyboys and Ayahuasca.

Fixed it for you.

 

[jcabama]

Fixed it for you.

Confess, I had to google that Ayahuasca stuff!!

 

[Tidewater]

Finally that piece fell. Man, Kraft and Bill B are probably at the end of their time together. According to several Pats sites, this was a "Robert Kraft" hire and Bill B was "encouraged" to hire him. Even though Bill B apparently had real interest in others.

Ssshhh!
Lest the Patriots back out of the deal.
Hate it for the Patriots QB.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Ssshhh!
Lest the Patriots back out of the deal.
Hate it for the Patriots QB.

Nah, "ain't no" backing out of this hire. Bill B soiled his pants in what was probably the worst staff/personnel move he's ever made as Pats coach/gm. Seeing that Kraft made a public comment earlier in the year that it is bothersome that they haven't made the playoffs in three years, then having to watch that stage 5 crap show that was Patricia and Judge. Robert Kraft "helped" with the hiring of BOB.

 

[twofbyc]

Cole Cubelic was throwing out a bunch of numbers that are better than the Sark years, but then you watch a game under BOB and something just isn't connecting with the numbers.

It’s his inability to adjust in-game.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Cole Cubelic was throwing out a bunch of numbers that are better than the Sark years, but then you watch a game under BOB and something just isn't connecting with the numbers.

Giving "numbers" to an Auburn grad and letting them come to "conclusions" is like giving a monkey a straight razor and turning him loose in a crowd of people.

 

[twofbyc]

I join with the majority opinion here, but still, a minority observation is that BoB will get no respect for fielding a top-5-ish offense last year, nor much in the way of gratitude for being out recruiting until a couple of days ago. Thank you, BoB, and good luck in your future endeavors.

I too, unlike many others, harbor no ill will towards BoB; without two key injuries, good possibility Bama could have won it all last year. This year, no excuses but we now know there was discontent in the LR. Combine that with a defense that was nonexistent against what I deem to be our biggest rival, and all the signs of a less than stellar season weren’t deceiving. BoB wasn’t blameless; plenty to go around.
Now the question is: who’s next?