Post game thoughts (including coaching) thread. Let's not have 50 new ones...

[crimsonaudio]

Re: Shula redeemed

I see where your user name comes from.

You obviously yearn for excellence.

 

[IMALOYAL1]

Re: OK - Post game thoughts (including CMS) thread. Let's not have 50 new ones...

Most frustrating season I can remember. We were in every game against every oponent. We didn't get blown out by anyone but we really didn't blow anyone out even the ones we should have. We alsways found a way to loose. Usually it came down to two or three plays a game making the difference. Of course, lots of games are like that.

I think the coach must do what all managers/leaders must do. What did I do well? What did I do not so well? What must I do to produce different results? He must be honest with himself, get some advice from a couple of people he trusts, make some hard decisions and then agressively pursue his plan of action.

I am in the "one more year" camp. While i think we could get a good HC to come in, there are no guarantees that things would significantly change. I think it took a lot of courage for Mike to take the job. THe first two years must have seemed like a blur. Yet with all the problems and comments re: loss of the team, I saw a lot of effort out of the team. Coach Shula still has lots to learn. I think the administration knew there would be an extended learning period and I think they will give him a chance with the understanding that things must change.

I think this is a level headed assessment.

 

[Anchovy]

Re: OK - Post game thoughts (including CMS) thread. Let's not have 50 new ones...

Most frustrating season I can remember. We were in every game against every oponent. We didn't get blown out by anyone but we really didn't blow anyone out even the ones we should have. We alsways found a way to loose. Usually it came down to two or three plays a game making the difference. Of course, lots of games are like that.

I think the coach must do what all managers/leaders must do. What did I do well? What did I do not so well? What must I do to produce different results? He must be honest with himself, get some advice from a couple of people he trusts, make some hard decisions and then agressively pursue his plan of action.

I am in the "one more year" camp. While i think we could get a good HC to come in, there are no guarantees that things would significantly change. I think it took a lot of courage for Mike to take the job.

I was with you till you said that. What courage does it take for a mediocre AT BEST offensive coordinator to take the head coaching job at Alabama?

 

[WPtider]

Re: Shula redeemed

why should we give him one more year? I've heard he'll get one more year. But, I've always wanted to know why? Anyone got any thoughts? If someone is not doing their job, you don't say...well, we'll give you another year. If someone for a reputable business is not holding up their end of the bargain, you don't say...alright...u have one year now...please improve?

I'm not sure why people expect a miraculous turn around in 1 year and personally I'm not looking forward to losing to LSU, AU, UGA and UT next year but that seems to be the magic number. He would have been forced to make drastic changes after 4-9 in 2003 if I had a say but although I've been encouraged in this thread to be an Olineman and the OC (both of which I think I could do much better than the current people filling those roles) no one is actually offering me the oppurtunity to do much to change the situation.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Uhh...Practice?

Without a bowl game, there is no more practice. Of course, at this point what we practice is a legit question...

 

[Bad Pony]

Someone earlier in the thread mentioning hoping we don't go to a bowl game. I have to agree, all that will do is make us all suffer through another game and end up with a losing record. At least the basketball team is good this year

 

[bayoutider]

Re: Shula redeemed

Yah, there's no way any single one of us could call a better game...

</sarcasm>

Yeesh.

I dont think anyone here could and no sarcasm intended.

 

[CrimsonTut]

"Maybe you should apply for the OC position."

No, maybe a lot of us should apply for the DC positions of schools playing Alabama. Evidently, however, every DC in the SEC knows our plays as much as we do ourselves. You cant tell me that when we put the elephant package in on 2nd and goal, everyone who has watched a Bama game this year didnt know exactly where the ball was going and who was carrying it.

 

[thesnowman8]

anyone listening to the post game show? they still haven't let the media in the locker room yet. Wonder what is going on?

 

[WPtider]

Re: Uhh...Practice?

Without a bowl game, there is no more practice. Of course, at this point what we practice is a legit question...

The fact that gaining the practice time a bowl game would give us would make us better seems to take us actually improving as a given.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Re: Shula redeemed

I dont think anyone here could and no sarcasm intended.

Wow, seriously? You'd call three runs up the gut, first and goal from the four yard line? I wouldn't, not with this season's history.

I don't consider myself an especially intelliggient guy, but...

 

[lorange]

On the TD just before the half, I questiond the decision to go for 2. However since there was a penalty to the 1 yd line, it seemed like a reasonable call. CMS even referred to the distance in the halftime enterview. This play is an example of his playcalling all season long. We should have lined up in a formation that made Auburn think run because that appeared to be the money call from the 1. We could have run, bootlegged, or play action passed. But we come out in an obvious pass formation. What was the advantage of being on the 1?

 

[dvldog]

What courage does it take for a mediocre AT BEST offensive coordinator to take the head coaching job at Alabama?

Well, I'm pretty sure he was aware of the situation he would be coming in to. He was also aware of the expectations of Bama football having played here.

He and his family probably were not starving and he probably could have found any number of jobs in or out of football.

A reasonable man would probably looked at the situation and the odds of success and said thanks but no thanks. For whatever reason, he took the challenge.

 

[JohnnyCache]

"We just came up short."

BAAAAAAAAAAH.

 

[OreBama]

Offensive line buried us today. Whether that's players or coaching, I'm not so sure. I hate when we lose. However, there is alot to be said about a team that loses respectably and doesn't give up. That's speaks volumes for the coaching staff and players. I believe we should give Shula one more year with assistant changes and then if he doesn't when the West, we thank him for his time.

For the those of you from my generation, here's a bit of advice from Mike Tyson's Punchout on Nintendo:

Don't cry, Mac, you lost.

 

[TideFever]

Alright, I can't stay silent.

Things that Shula did wrong tonight:

-He started Chris Capps, AGAIN.
-He left Capps in after he let his man slide and force the fumble from Wilson, too which they went to score another TD. Leaving him in caused ANOTHER fumble, and ANOTHER six.
-The logic behind kicking a field goal when your a HALF yard away, and going for two when you're a yard and a half away... real smart.
-The ever so habitual habit of taking an eternity to decide whether to go for it or kick a field goal and having to burn a timeout... I'm sure that timeout wouldn't have come in handy during the last drive or anything....
-His continued inability to lead a team from behind in the 4th quarter.


Shula continues to be out-coaches by every other coach in the conference. He continues to be stubborn in holding onto the play-calling responsibilities, and his indecisiveness absolutely kills us. I'm so tired of seeing this over and over and over, and when asked about a loss, I'm tired of hearing the same old, "Well, some things just didn't go right today, and we didn't execute." If he is not let go, which unfortunately I don't see happening, he should be REQUIRED to give up his play-calling responsibilities. He is too much of a liability to this team.

Oh, and can we finally stop with the "Alabama Tradition" card? I'm so tired about us clinging to a past that is so lost to us in our current state of affairs.

 

[HammerJammer]

post game interview, what's the first thing shula places blame on? turnovers, then goes on and on about our players being too young while auburn has seniors. we're close.

i cant stand it.

 

[JohnnyCache]

"...a few plays away..."

Double BAAAAAAAAAAAH.

 

[Baryugin]

For the those of you from my generation, here's a bit of advice from Mike Tyson's Punchout on Nintendo:

Don't cry, Mac, you lost.

Did you just quote a video game?

Here's another one for you: "You've got a lot to learn, before you beat me. Try again kiddo..."

I want changes. I am not a coach, so I will not be specific. But they better show on the field.

 

[CrazyBamaMan]

Re: Shula redeemed

I see where your user name comes from.

That isn't the first time I've heard that one. I'm actually trying to be nice right now and not allow the heat of the moment to weaken my self control.