I'm sorry, I was talking about Tua, not Jalen. I know what Jalen does... There is a reason why he has won all those games... and his stats improved a lot.
You have the right to that opinion...I think others see something much different.
If Jalen logs more carries than our RBs, we'll lose in the playoff/bowl game anyway.
Lots of goody in your observations. If the players are obviously disgruntled during a game (remember Calvin Ridley Saturday?) something not good is going on.
A big component of CNS's formula to winning a game is defense. Not simply scoring as many points as possible. I think if you were to use a pie chart to break down the weighted value (in Saban's mind) of his formula defense may take up equal amount of that chart as the offense, possibly even more. Andto your exact statement, yes, at times this thought process becomes a problem in games in which we don't have a great defense or great defense performance. Risk and turnover aversion is so ingrained into his football DNA that even when he "cuts it loose" it really isn't "cutting it loose". It's "cutting it loose" by his standards but still has a decent size element of risk aversion in it. But given his track record, I'll take it.
There's no doubt his "formula" works almost all the time. But there's a trend afoot that in our biggest games in the last couple of years, we can't make first downs and keep our defense (no matter how good they may be) off the field.
Saban's statement that any possession that ends in a kick is a good possession is proof positive. I laughed when I first heard it. It is absurd. Any possession that ends in points is a good possession. Every possession that ends in anything other than points is a failed possession. I heard another coach talking about this comment after he made it - don't remember who - but he said something like, "this comes from a coach who trusts his defense more than his offense".
In defense of Saban's comment I'd say he says it with an unspoken "assumption". That the defense does it's job and in his mind if he can put a defense on the field that is to his satisfaction his theory is right more times than not.
No I don't think that. Was simply saying that if AJ almost transferred, there is probably a higher chance that Tua considers it
The reason that it is a weakness is simple - sometimes the defense can't carry the whole team. When those games come around, this philosophy creates losses for Alabama because he hasn't groomed the offense to have the same kind of attitude. The offense has to believe that they have to score on every possession - that nothing else is acceptable - just as the defense believes that they have to stop the other team from scoring on every drive.
I agree. There are so many threads now but I will leave this though here. This could be a transition year for our offensive identity. It took us a couple of years to combat the HUNH but it was well documented about the transition. Maybe we are moving back to the old way of doing things on offense and the plays and offense we saw this year were just a steps in the transformation back to the Pro-set. We are getting the young o line some good reps in blow outs so next year they will be even better. Just a thought.
