News Article: Leaving & Staying: What Alabama Offense Might Look Like Next Season

[twofbyc]

I like your optimism and you make some good points about surrounding talent.

Generational talent is fun to watch, but more championships are won by "game managers" that know how to utilize the talent around them.

If we get a good OC who can also develop the talent at QB, we should be fine next year.

last sentence says it all.

 

[Saban4Ever]

Will Reichard changed his mind and is coming back next year. Best news I have heard today regarding Bama football. He has a great chance of setting the scoring record for the SEC most points as well as NCAA.

 

[81usaf92]

I'll play devil's advocate on Ty Simpson for next season. Before I do that I want to address Milroe and the reason I'm not including him in my devil's advocate explanation. I think Milroe is too far behind in the passing skills it takes to run the type of offense Saban wants to run and regardless of Milroe getting mop up snaps over Simpson, I think Simpson is the more realistic option for next season.

Onto Simpson and next season. Do any of us know how this kid is wired, from a personality standpoint? I know I don't. If he is a kid who is obsessive about getting better and putting in the work, it isn't out of the realm of possibility that we won't see the degree of drop some are anticipating. These players these days have access and money to get private, professional instructors to go along with their coaching and reps with their team to expedite their learning curve between seasons. For the record, I am not suggesting that we won't see any dropoff, because I think we will. Bryce falls into the category of "generational" QB, in which we've been lucky enough to have two in less than five years, with Tua and BY.

But, the fact remains, we never won a national title with either of them as starters. One thing to remember, when having a generational player, there is a human tendency for the team to subconsciously not play up to their potential because they have the generational talent QB to pull them out. Yet, if he's not there, they KNOW they don't have that safety net and they have to give their all. This is a REAL THING in sports.

Honestly… I’m very confident that we will win the SEC next year. Our schedule is probably the easiest it’s been in over a decade and many teams are in transition periods. If we get past Texas then we probably won’t see a tough challenge until LSU.

Speaking of LSU… I think many are going to load up on their success this year and anoint them as the clear front runners. I think they are getting many people’s best shots and they are coming to us this time. Kelly usually doesn’t do well when he is predicted to have a huge year.

I do also agree that we probably took Bryce for granted and got caught depending on him too much.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Will Reichard changed his mind and is coming back next year. Best news I have heard today regarding Bama football. He has a great chance of setting the scoring record for the SEC most points as well as NCAA.

Make some money, kick some balls, make history -- sounds like a plan!

 

[Tug Tide]

I'll play devil's advocate on Ty Simpson for next season. Before I do that I want to address Milroe and the reason I'm not including him in my devil's advocate explanation. I think Milroe is too far behind in the passing skills it takes to run the type of offense Saban wants to run and regardless of Milroe getting mop up snaps over Simpson, I think Simpson is the more realistic option for next season.

Onto Simpson and next season. Do any of us know how this kid is wired, from a personality standpoint? I know I don't. If he is a kid who is obsessive about getting better and putting in the work, it isn't out of the realm of possibility that we won't see the degree of drop some are anticipating. These players these days have access and money to get private, professional instructors to go along with their coaching and reps with their team to expedite their learning curve between seasons. For the record, I am not suggesting that we won't see any dropoff, because I think we will. Bryce falls into the category of "generational" QB, in which we've been lucky enough to have two in less than five years, with Tua and BY.

But, the fact remains, we never won a national title with either of them as starters. One thing to remember, when having a generational player, there is a human tendency for the team to subconsciously not play up to their potential because they have the generational talent QB to pull them out. Yet, if he's not there, they KNOW they don't have that safety net and they have to give their all. This is a REAL THING in sports.

One thing to think about regarding Ty Simpson’s makeup. His dad has been the HC for 17 seasons at UT-Martin. Given that, you’d think he has seen guys who work hard and get better and those that don’t his entire life.
Jalen’s dad was a HS Coach and I don’t know of anyone I would call a harder worker than that guy.
I think Ty will be just fine