I love that we are controlling the ball more, driving more, keeping the ball from the other team more. We saw at the end of the year how important that is in keeping a defense rested.
I think that was Kirk HerbstreitLike him or not, but sometimes Gary Danielson has a genuine nugget that comes to fruition. During the game Saturday he said something along the lines... that when Alabama starts playing the tougher competition he felt our passing game would be outstanding.
IMO the games we have played so far have been dress rehearsal in very small doses for things to come, and he very well be right. Hope so.
I think that was Kirk Herbstreit[/QUOTE
You are correct and I fixed it above. Problem is I wish it had been Gary that said it
This is another example why I think most posters, certainly including me, have little clue about what is really going on. Even former players and coaches at that level, who have a much better understanding of the concepts involved, don't know what the staff is really doing because they don't know the intent. I never complain about play calling because there are so many factors about which we are ignorant or are not privy to. Though they certainly make mistakes, we probably rarely know when they are made. When we are "right", it's often not because of our reasoning, it just turned out that way. I'm not suggesting fans should never comment or complain, but it should temper our view of what we think we know, when in reality, for most of us it's not much. In most cases, it's wise to leave personnel issues, schemes, etc. to the professionals or at least admit we are just guessing.Love this one.
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I think it is good for us to chime in, and hopefully smarter members here will set us straight. In order to learn we must be taught. I have seen posts here that showed me how naive I was. This is all to make us better fans and better informed fans. You are right, I will chime in, but in the END Saban is much smarter than me or I would be making millions coaching. But lets not let that stop us from making fools of ourselves, that has taught me one good lesson, learn to laugh at yourself. Life is better when you do not take everything so serious. I bet there are millions who think they could call Bama game better, I also bet none could.This is another example why I think most posters, certainly including me, have little clue about what is really going on. Even former players and coaches at that level, who have a much better understanding of the concepts involved, don't know what the staff is really doing because they don't know the intent. I never complain about play calling because there are so many factors about which we are ignorant or are not privy to. Though they certainly make mistakes, we probably rarely know when they are made. When we are "right", it's often not because of our reasoning, it just turned out that way. I'm not suggesting fans should never comment or complain, but it should temper our view of what we think we know, when in reality, for most of us it's not much. In most cases, it's wise to leave personnel issues, schemes, etc. to the professionals or at least admit we are just guessing.
It is totally okay to chime in, but I also always remember that CNS has input on the playcalling. Most of the time, when he gets upset it is over the execution of the play. I know he yelled at Kiffin for being cute, thus I said, "Most of the time...". I love following Cole Cubelic on Twitter, and the biggest reason is his attempt at explaining offensive/defensive plays any team uses. To my untrained eye, a lot of Alabama's running game hasn't seemed to change much. Cubelic is pointing out that they are making minor tweaks so that they remove a lot of Arkansas' disguising of their plays. I'll end with this - CNS has shown to adapt and bring in multiple types of offensive concepts, even if it meant bringing in Kiffin. I'll end with this - the Alabama offense has consistently grown in multiple ways over the years, yet it has stuck to CNS' demands of being able to run the ball, pass when it wants to, and produce explosive plays.I think it is good for us to chime in, and hopefully smarter members here will set us straight. In order to learn we must be taught. I have seen posts here that showed me how naive I was. This is all to make us better fans and better informed fans. You are right, I will chime in, but in the END Saban is much smarter than me or I would be making millions coaching. But lets not let that stop us from making fools of ourselves, that has taught me one good lesson, learn to laugh at yourself. Life is better when you do not take everything so serious. I bet there are millions who think they could call Bama game better, I also bet none could.
Will this post ever end?It is totally okay to chime in, but I also always remember that CNS has input on the playcalling. Most of the time, when he gets upset it is over the execution of the play. I know he yelled at Kiffin for being cute, thus I said, "Most of the time...". I love following Cole Cubelic on Twitter, and the biggest reason is his attempt at explaining offensive/defensive plays any team uses. To my untrained eye, a lot of Alabama's running game hasn't seemed to change much. Cubelic is pointing out that they are making minor tweaks so that they remove a lot of Arkansas' disguising of their plays. I'll end with this - CNS has shown to adapt and bring in multiple types of offensive concepts, even if it meant bringing in Kiffin. I'll end with this - the Alabama offense has consistently grown in multiple ways over the years, yet it has stuck to CNS' demands of being able to run the ball, pass when it wants to, and produce explosive plays.
Yes it will end when we play the perfect game and Nicks says the boys were perfect today. Nick will retire having coached the PERFECT GAME So no it will never end _green:Will this post ever end?
Yes it will end when we play the perfect game and Nicks says the boys were perfect today. Nick will retire having coached the PERFECT GAME So no it will never end _green:
He had lot of good and bad moments... Daboll had his moments too... hard to judge how good Sark could've been if he had stay with us. He most likely would've focused more on running game anyway...After watching the Falcons this year, I am really glad Sark isn't here
Sorry for the late reply. Been outta pocket... My point is that all ice cream begins with a basic vanilla recipe, then you add any and all the flavors you may want for an ice cream store !okay but you are running ice cream shop, you run out of vanilla, and do not have any other flavor, NOW WHAT? Even Bama can be stopped, other teams have talent too. All it takes is that good team playing hard to slow us enough to beat us. I love vanilla, but when you only have a knife and the other guy shows up with a gun, you are in for a bad one. I believe in bringing brass knuckles, knife, gun, baseball bat, and rocks to a fight. Then no matter what they pull you are ready for whatever fight they bring.
It was kind of a weird series of events and choices. Falcons are pressed into finding an OC and they go with someone who actually hadn't been a coordinator for years (unless you count his one game job at Alabama) and also who had very little pro experience. Alabama, on short notice then replaces him with a guy who hadn't been a coordinator for years and who had very little college experience.After watching the Falcons this year, I am really glad Sark isn't here
Oh I agree it is all good, we have a better chance to win this years Title than any other team. As was said in other posts, we have to really get nit picky to find fault in this team. But we have to do something for fun. All this winning is getting boring............ NOT :biggrin:Sorry for the late reply. Been outta pocket... My point is that all ice cream begins with a basic vanilla recipe, then you add any and all the flavors you may want for an ice cream store !
If your base recipe sucks, so will any other flavor.
I trust our coaches to get the most out of our players in order to reach # 17. RTR
I think we came out better. I trust Nicks choices, he knows Daboll from Mich St days, and he knows coaches. He has done pretty good so far. Heck he even made Kiffen a winner, no one else has done that LOLIt was kind of a weird series of events and choices. Falcons are pressed into finding an OC and they go with someone who actually hadn't been a coordinator for years (unless you count his one game job at Alabama) and also who had very little pro experience. Alabama, on short notice then replaces him with a guy who hadn't been a coordinator for years and who had very little college experience.