The whole point of the wildcat is that 90% of the time you run the ball. The advantage being you get it directly to the runner, which cuts down on the time it takes the play to develop. I remember Alabama putting a game away with Ingram in the wildcat, and he ran every single play.Teams were already crowding the LOS when he was back there at QB because they knew he couldn't throw down the field with any consistency. If Jalen lines up in wildcat, everybody, including the defense, knows whats coming. Kind of defeats the purpose IMO.
The issue has always been Hurt's inability to make complex reads. He's not unable to throw the ball downfield, that's never been the issue. It's just the complexities of the plays that he seems to get lost in. By the time he finds the open man things could already be off the rails. Wildcat or trick plays, there really is no complexity to the read. If the guy is wide open you throw it, if he's not you run it. In that case, Jalen, the guy who had a 60% completion rate, and only 1 INT would be the better passing option by a mile compared to anyone Alabama has had running those sort of plays under Saban.
I'm not advocating for that mind you, but I am saying if that's what Saban has in mind, clearly Hurts is capable of doing it. It's more an issue of can they perhaps develop him more as a halfback or receiver, so he be a more legitimate thread in other areas.