You're a good fan, AUDUB -- congratulations. I hope we do as well...but not taking any bets at this stage.
Game Thread: OFFICIAL POST-GAME THREAD - Bama vs. Barn...
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I love CNS, but I agree. We don't need emotion to beat most Auburn teams, but when they are good, we do, and we always seem flat during those close games.
We looked lathargic tonight.
That's the issue though. The OC, from his NFL days is very much a chunk it down the field type of offensive mind. That's what his offense reverts to, a fairly predictable, slow developing pass play type of offense. So, to look at another QB as the solution, rather than you know, other plays, like more of the short stuff they did early, or just quicker developing plays, is the issue. I don't see how Tua would have had time to run those plays.
All Bran had maybe the most balanced attack vs. 'Bama in Saban's time, and made it more effective with a couple of QB runs - as opposed to deploying a passing RB that OC "New Year's" Daboll plugged in with #2. Must've discovered Sark's crumpled crib sheet for how to put your own defense under siege by three-and-out offensive paralysis by analysis...
Respectfully,
(1). This was a really poor defensive showing. Injuries explain some of it. The rest was poor effort and poor technique. How many times did our players blow tackles that resulted in 10-20+ more yards? Answer - many times. :-(
(2) yep. Again, part of it is due to injury, but not all of it. We lost on the LOS on offense all night.
(3.) well, considering we couldn’t execute our base offense....
(4). Agree completely. Our guys all looked like they were waiting for aub to screw up so they could win by default.
(5) UGa’s game with the boogs was a lot like ours. The better team played horrible and aub played great. I don’t know what will happen next week, but UGa could hardly play worse than they did a couple weeks ago.
I know I’ll be pulling for Kirby.
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And two of them have been against Auburn.
Jess just tweeted that while Saban hasn't proven capable of beating a good Auburn team, Auburn has twice managed to bear good Bama teams.
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I am not a Hurts fan boy. However, Hurts played well enough all year and is a much better this year then last year. He is not the issue. I believe Daboll is.
Agree, but this was NOT one of his better efforts. :-(
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Yep, I said that in the game thread. A highly ranked Auburn team is our kryptonite.
My problem with the offensive game plan is simple - you went slow when you have had you best success going fast. Saban/Daboll played this game not to lose while Auburn played it to win. Alabama took no chances while Auburn rolled the dice time after time. Frankly, that disappoints me as much as the loss itself - the fact that Saban still plays this kind of team like it is 2010. I thought that he had learned better after his comments before the aTm game. I was wrong.
Exactly. We have way too many good players to suck on offense like this. And this offense needed to step up to help the defense with all of the injuries on that side of the ball. Kiffin at least knew how to run the type of offense that could keep a good defense on it's heels. Our current staff is pretty much what you stated - hand off, throw long, throw long, punt.
I just can’t find much fault with any player’s effort. Oh sure there were plenty of brain farts to go around, but that’s not an effort issue.
This one is on the coaches, especially offensive coaches, for a poor plan to begin with and an inability to adjust. Indeed the worst issue being the fantastic TD drive to start the third quarter and not going back to those kinds of running plays for the rest of the game.
This one is on the coaches, especially offensive coaches, for a poor plan to begin with and an inability to adjust. Indeed the worst issue being the fantastic TD drive to start the third quarter and not going back to those kinds of running plays for the rest of the game.
Obviously our offense struggled...even while running for over 200 yards. On the 3rd and 4 when we threw the swing pass to Bo, he was the wrong back for that play. Bo does not go to his right as well as his left -- and is not agile enough to dodge one player coming full steam. Harris or Jacobs would have had an easy first down.
If I can see that...then why can the coaches not see that? We were outcoached tonight and the players knew it...that is why they were panicking. We were never ahead of AU in the thought process...their coaches were one step ahead of us.
Oh well -- losing 1 every 4 years to AU we can handle...I hope.
If I can see that...then why can the coaches not see that? We were outcoached tonight and the players knew it...that is why they were panicking. We were never ahead of AU in the thought process...their coaches were one step ahead of us.
Oh well -- losing 1 every 4 years to AU we can handle...I hope.
You can’t play sub-par and expect to beat agbarn and timely missed calls in their house.
Ridley was almost tackled in the EZ when Hentges almost made the miraculous catch. Missed holding calls galore when their o-line was getting beat.
I saw in the game thread that someone asked about a top o-line coach. It made me wonder if that even exists any more. Seems I read somewhere that the NFL was even having trouble with quality o-line coaches and developing players. Players were getting together and working together to hone their craft over summer because their coach was a former LB or WR and didn’t know the nuances of o-line play.
Ridley was almost tackled in the EZ when Hentges almost made the miraculous catch. Missed holding calls galore when their o-line was getting beat.
I saw in the game thread that someone asked about a top o-line coach. It made me wonder if that even exists any more. Seems I read somewhere that the NFL was even having trouble with quality o-line coaches and developing players. Players were getting together and working together to hone their craft over summer because their coach was a former LB or WR and didn’t know the nuances of o-line play.
Here's the silver lining. Alabama is going to have plenty of time to get healthy and try to solve their issues.
Might they get a chance to try out some improvements in the playoffs or just a major bowl game? Who knows at this point, but I'm not feeling too bad that the team we saw play this game isn't taking the field next week.
I think it's always a little dubious to harp on the refs after the loss, but there was a string of about 3 calls that really seemed to swing the momentum. A couple questionable ones in Auburn's favor, and then that mugging of Ridley. Those calls go the other way, and the game could have as well.
That was textbook CNS early in the game. Pin 'em deep and don't give them a short field.
Yes, hindsight is 20/20, but in most cases that's the right call. We just didn't expect to give up a 95 yard TD drive. That set the tone.
Well said...Saban has his blind spots like all of us. Other coaches now see them...
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