I think this is Tua's team for sure now, one could argue it already was before he came into the game. I said a lot of things defending Hurts, and I stand by almost everything I said. To me it was never about how good Tua was, but about the respect and admiration I think Hurts had earned. I still think with a slightly different offense he could have done more. However, the one thing I got completely wrong was saying Saban should have redshirted Tua. Saban knows what he's doing, and he wanted to have that fallback place in place in case he needed it.
Going forward though, I'm not sure I see a place for Hurts. The truth is he never really was a good fit with Daboll's offense. I think he can still win a lot of games as a college quarterback though, but I think the focus going forward is to kind of process Tua and cut down on mistakes and try to keep him healthy, he's the guy now. I probably would encourage Hurts to use his redshirt year to transfer elsewhere if he wants to play quarterback, I'll support what ever choice he makes.