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Question: Could the team have just simply looked past USF?

teamplayer said:
I agree. Our recruiting is still top notch, and we brought in a few guys in the portal who are contributing. We just look lost and confused on offense, and that makes us look slow. If our offense can get their crap together and start controlling the line and the clock, our defense will look even better, and we will suddenly start looking like a team.
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I just think that we have lost too many coaches.
 
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Tenntiderman said:
I just think that we have lost too many coaches.
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I agree with this. Coaching turnover. Year after year after year. At one time we had guys like Kiff, and Sark calling the offense, and guys like Smart/Pruitt calling the defense. We simply are no where that level from a coaching standpoint.

It is mind boggling at the same time, that even a halfway decent assistant could field a competent team with the player talent we have.
 
BigAlinKnoxville said:
Serious question. It's not that uncommon for the stronger team to just go out there and sleepwalk through a team that they consider inferior. Add the loss to Texas in the mix, which I'm sure was very dispiriting, and it makes sense.

Think about it. You just came off a heartbreaking loss, and now you have to get past this "podunk" on the other side of the ball. Personally, if I were playing on the team, my attitude would probably be, "Blah, blah. USF. So what?" That's just human nature. Besides, the "podunks" always give us their best game.

Don't get me wrong. We have serious issues on offense and especially at QB, but I also think that Coach Saban will get it figured out. I don't expect us to go all the way this year, but I also don't expect the season to go like last night might indicate. It's just one game folks, and it's one the players probably didn't have a lot of interest in.
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Good question. I've wondered about that. The funk the offense was in yesterday made we wonder that.

USF was/is a bad team.

Whole team seemed a little "half there."
 
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2003TIDE said:
Sounds a lot like an excuse. Other teams are managing to recruit, use the NIL and transfer portal, and not look like a pile of hot garbage on Saturdays.
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Other teams with deeper pockets. You see Tennessee? You see Georgia? Struggles. LSU has an experienced quarterback so they are holding steady, but they got embarrassed as well.

These are legitimate issues THAT OUR COACH told everyone would happen two years ago.

Not excuses, the new norm.
 
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CoolBreeze said:
You do realize that Bama is everyone's national championship game don't you?
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A few years ago I would have agreed. Teams still get up to play us, but the mystic of facing Alabama is gone. Maybe we get it back. Maybe we don't. 3 games into the season and I am not confident it will happen this year. I think the consistant turn over in coaching staff has finally caught up with us.
 
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I’m gonna say nah, that offensive line has been the same every week. If anything is getting overlooked, it’s the small details about blocking
 
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I just don’t see how this is surprising to anymore. Week 3 and the coach with more National Championships than ANY OTHER COACH IN HISTORY still doesn’t know who the QB is. When we failed to get Sam Hartman or Drake Maye out of the portal the season pretty much ended. CNS has been dropping hints all along but folks don’t or won’t hear. It is what it is.
 
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BigAlinKnoxville said:
Serious question. It's not that uncommon for the stronger team to just go out there and sleepwalk through a team that they consider inferior. Add the loss to Texas in the mix, which I'm sure was very dispiriting, and it makes sense.

Think about it. You just came off a heartbreaking loss, and now you have to get past this "podunk" on the other side of the ball. Personally, if I were playing on the team, my attitude would probably be, "Blah, blah. USF. So what?" That's just human nature. Besides, the "podunks" always give us their best game.

Don't get me wrong. We have serious issues on offense and especially at QB, but I also think that Coach Saban will get it figured out. I don't expect us to go all the way this year, but I also don't expect the season to go like last night might indicate. It's just one game folks, and it's one the players probably didn't have a lot of interest in.
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team is just looking past this season
 
AlexanderFan said:
Other teams with deeper pockets. You see Tennessee? You see Georgia? Struggles. LSU has an experienced quarterback so they are holding steady, but they got embarrassed as well.

These are legitimate issues THAT OUR COACH told everyone would happen two years ago.

Not excuses, the new norm.
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Then OUR COACH should do something to fix this.
 
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Rees was brought in to run a certain style offense. Two TE, power running with a huge OL,play action passing style. I saw it a little the fourth quarter and it worked. Though we need to settle on a QB to run it. It’s like the coaches decide to go in a set direction, then half way through decide it isn’t going to work. Now Kiffin is saying Steele isn’t even calling the defense. That Robinson is calling the defense. Mind game…..maybe but there is something internal going on.
 
bamacon said:
I just don’t see how this is surprising to anymore. Week 3 and the coach with more National Championships than ANY OTHER COACH IN HISTORY still doesn’t know who the QB is. When we failed to get Sam Hartman or Drake Maye out of the portal the season pretty much ended. CNS has been dropping hints all along but folks don’t or won’t hear. It is what it is.
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That coach that walks our sidelines, as good as he is, is not perfect and certainly is not a clairvoyant.

I'm not saying Hartman or Maye wouldn't be better, but so much of the problem is an OL that can't block anybody very well right now.

Did we overvalue JM's abilities and/or the OL's? It's looking that way right now. But if we think CNS saw this coming and could have done something about it back in the spring or summer, but didn't, is just silly.
 
I don't think Saban's method of coaching works with pro players. It used to be about pride, integrity, building a future for yourself. Now the future is now and it's all about money. The players don't appear to actually even LIKE playing football. Zero enthusiasm. They get paid no matter how bad they suck. Arch Manning is a third string QB at Texas and has NIL deals worth 3.8 million dollars. Why would he even try? he could retire today.
 
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bamaslammer said:
I don't think Saban's method of coaching works with pro players. It used to be about pride, integrity, building a future for yourself. Now the future is now and it's all about money. The players don't appear to actually even LIKE playing football. Zero enthusiasm. They get paid no matter how bad they suck. Arch Manning is a third string QB at Texas and has NIL deals worth 3.8 million dollars. Why would he even try? he could retire today.
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I see what you are saying, but getting paid doesn't mean you don't want to compete and succeed.

If so, why would Bird, Magic, and Jordan succeed? Why would any NFL player like Mahomes or Brady keep getting better?

I think NIL is so new it's going to take a while for the kids to adjust, but I don't think it means they will no longer care about improving and playing great.
 
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crimsonaudio said:
This team lacks heart and ferocity - things that are difficult to quantify but you know it when you see it (and know when you don't).

Too soft mentally.
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And Bama fans aren't used to seeing it either. We used to see it in other teams we were dominating.

How do we adjust to this reality???
 
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