Both of those statements are true, but his other comments and the tone of his comments, conveyed a very one-sided message. I was especially amazed and disappointed by his uneducated evaluation of Jalen. Even most of his critics would admit that he has improved as a passer from last year. Even we football simpletons can plainly see that. But he made it clear that he had not improved one little bit. Preposterous.
bama has been on top for a decade now. a bama guy negging us is a very popular draw
I think when Greg first started out in broadcasting, he had a bad habit of saying "we" when referring to Alabama and somebody must have told him so and now he goes out of his way to look impartial
What changed to make his national image better? His stats cannot have gotten that much better from one game. I agree that he belongs in the conversation because all he does is win. I just know the heisman trophy likes stats.
Have you guys not figured it out yet?????? It is as plain as the nose on your face. NICK called him and threatend him, bash us, for the teams own good. Start that rat poison stuff greg and you will be banned from returning to campus got it??? I would not put it past Nick to do this kind of stuff, telling explayers do not feed the news beast. Keep it down home cuzz. For the good of the team. If Nick a sked nice and explained, I bet every former Bama player would trash talk us for the good of the team. Makes perfect sense. Nick leaves nothing to chance hehe As players they know how praise can inflate egos. As a Bama player you would listen to former player before a news guy, the former players lived it.Not to mention if former players hinted their teams were really better, might inspire some to prove them wrong. I would not put this past Nick hehe
I agree with previous posters in that it's Greg just trying a little too hard not to be bias
If Alabama keeps winning and the other guys keep playing on teams taking losses, his odds will improve. But he needs a lot of other teams to lose for him to rally win it, IMO. But it is great to see him and DH getting into the conversation.
I think part of it is just consistency. Not trying to compare them as players, but I remember when Jay Barker became a Heisman candidate. It wasn't because he was putting up eye popping numbers, he just kept putting his team in a position to win.
Here is the audio Link: http://embeds.audioboom.com/publish...ege football and the future ahead for the SEC
Okay I FINALLY found this sound bite and that is NOT what Greg said. He said 'Jalen still didn't look comfortable going through progressions'.
I don't think anyone is saying Greg doesn't bleed Crimson nor is anyone being harsh on Greg or treating him in a negative manner. I think all Bama fans have a special place in their hearts for him. I think we're just talking about an over critical point of view, that's all. No one is questioning his loyalty just discussing some comments he made.
Greg did say that in the first three minutes, but he also goes on to say "Jalen has shown no progression from last year" that's in the later part of the interview. Again, he's welcome to his opinion and he may have a good reason for it. I just think Jalen has shown improvement from last year.
I didn't misquote anything and would really appreciate you listening to the whole interview before highlighting my post and stating people are misquoting. BamainBham has broken down the time segment for everyone in his previous post
My apologies he does say that later.... but he then quantifies it in regards to downfield passing and brings up the 3 of 21 stat on passes that travel 20+ yards which was almost dead last among P5 QB's. He's more or less just saying it's a concern going forward facing a situation where we are forced into being a passing threat deep.
Thanks for posting this. I hadn't heard it. Now that I have, I'm really surprised at the uproar. Referring to that as "most negative" doesn't seem right at all to me.
I did and again I apologize. I think everyone needs to listen to it and not get so upset though. He's praising us more than criticizing. He's mainly saying 'this is people's concern with Alabama's resume.....I may or may not agree but on paper they have a point....but I still defend my team around the office'.
You didn't literally misquote him but you did snip a quote from context and in my opinion made it seem worse than it really was.
