Link: Calvin Ridley: Offense running "smoother" with Sark
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I wonder how many of these comments will pop up nowto thst he, is gone and how many mayof do as one of our explayers did when talking about an old LB coach. One of them blamed him for not being nfl ready. Cannot remember the coaches name.
Interesting.
Ridley may just be excited now that he believes his targets are going to increase. We still have to be able to execute in game against a talented Tiger defense. Will be very intrigued to watch this game.
Ridley may just be excited now that he believes his targets are going to increase. We still have to be able to execute in game against a talented Tiger defense. Will be very intrigued to watch this game.
I wonder if there's any way to churn national sportswriters through English classes before they're turned loose to write English for a national audience? It's not "turn over the reigns," its "turn over the reins," like a horse, dummy, of which Sark now has control...
I'm excited to hear it, but to be fair, what else is he supposed to say? I believe he's saying that genuinely, but I guarantee you he wouldn't say anything different it if the move was a train wreck,
I read the article, and it got me thinking about something else. I wonder if Ridley threw a shade at Kiffin, and we can't believe what Kiffin said to us about how receivers understand that Hurts isn't where he is mentally and I wonder if Kiffin held Hurts back on purpose. IF USC qb had a great season and is throwing ball well... why cant hurt do the same?
how about this: What lack of motivation he would have here at Bama when he was looking for a job at that time... and once he got the job... Lack of focus was noticeable the last few weeks of the season. Hurt regressed...
#1: Football is a "what have you done lately" industry. If Lane wasn't doing well this season his chances of finding a job would have decreased. He's known for his ability to develop QB's, so that would be a mark against him.
#2: Yah he probably was distracted the last few weeks which is why he's gone now but holding Jalen back on purpose still wouldn't make any sense. He has nothing to gain.
You'd have better prospects at asserting that Kiffin wasn't able to develop Hurts well during the season but to say he did so on purpose, implying intent, just doesn't make sense to me.
FWIW, I've heard that there are different plateaus when coaching QB's and it's very difficult to ascend from some plateaus to others in the middle of a season. In part because you aren't able to spend as much time working on theory and other intangibles due to constantly being in the middle of installing a game plan for the next opponent. So Jake Coker had basically absorbed 4 years of college football acumen and knowledge but hadn't had a chance to apply it to the field - once he did, it was only a matter of time before he started exploiting that knowledge when combined with real game experience, hence the marked improvement. Perhaps for Jalen, as smart as he is, there's a finite amount that can be broken down during the season and he leveled off at a certain point. I do think Lane was distracted the past 2 games and Saban has basically admitted that the offense wasn't prepared from a coaching perspective for the Washington game. I just think it's a bridge too far to say he purposefully stunted Jalen's development.
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If you have follow Kiffens career he is one narcissistic human being. As much as he changed the offense philosophy for the better, I dont think he will been well regarded by the Bama nation. I am sure he will publish a tell all book.
Yah he's a self serving guy. Which is why it would make no sense for him to torpedo his own QB in a season where he's actively looking for employment elsewhere. Now after he found his new job I can see him going lax on his Bama duties, but I personally don't buy that he purposefully stunted Jalen. He had everything to gain from Jalen being successful, and Lane Kiffin is in the business of helping out Lane Kiffin - except when he opens his mouth.
So was Jimmie Johnson, Jim Harbaugh, and Gus malzhan. Difference is all of them had employers that either spoke their language, or didn't care what language was being spoken on the other end. Kiffin never has had that luxury. Kiffin's tenure at USC is not as near as bad people make it out to be.
Really depends on what he says or does against Alabama in the future. I have my doubts that he says anything further about it because Al Davis publicly berated him after firing him, and Lane hardly fired back at him. If he does the same then I think Bama fans will probably have a positive interpretation of him as a coach.
Doubtful. If lane Kiffin wants to have everything out in the open he isn't going to use the pen when the iphone and microphone makes it way more epic.
as for the actual topic....
I seem to think Sark will tell Jalen where to throw instead of making him read the field as much, pretty much I expect him to make an easier gameplan for Jalen while keeping it effective for this particular oppenent
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Exactly. I wouldn't expect anything except reasonably good news.
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Did the SEC pull Jalen's Offensive Player of the Year Award back? If I recall, he's the first true freshman to win that since that Walker kid from Wrightsville, Ga did it, oh about 36 years ago or so. Oh yeah, think that's the third year in a row that a young man wearing a Bama jersey has picked up that particular hardware. I know from personal experience how hard it is to focus on one job while you know you are moving to the next so I'm going to cut LK some slack and say thanks for being here and good luck in Boca Raton. Roll Tide.
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