Bama Game Thread: OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD - Bama vs. TAMU...

[tidefan39817]

No not really. I remember watching that play out on live television.

if this is the incident you guys are talking about, BOB was not in the wrong...
https://nesn.com/2011/12/tom-brady-...-obrien-and-other-leftover-patriots-thoughts/

 

[Bamaglory]

I know Ty Simpson is just a true Freshman but if JM struggles again, do we give him a shot? I thought we might the other night but nope. You never know how a guy will do until he gets a shot. Of course this is if BY does not play. JM can't turn it over 3 times again.

 

[bamamc1]

I'm sure this has been covered earlier in the thread, but my thought during the game was that BoB's "plan" didn't put Milroe in the best position to succeed. In the last day or 2, people who know more than I do have shared that opinion. Milroe was incredibly hesitant on almost every drop back. I wondered about the WRs play since they weren't often visible onscreen (including any sort of efforts to come back to the ball when plays broke down). Jess in his recap said BoB is responsible for scheming our WRs open but it's just not happening with any consistency this season.

Milroe is a phenomenal athlete and by all accounts a great kid. He has a tremendous upside but was set up to struggle by his OC's scheme.

Jess is correct in his statement on BoB. That being said, can any of you imagine Kiffin or Sark with a weapon like Gibbs? Oh My Goodness.

 

[AlistarWills]

Jess is correct in his statement on BoB. That being said, can any of you imagine Kiffin or Sark with a weapon like Gibbs? Oh My Goodness.

Can you imagine what a jet sweep to one of these speed merchants on the team would look like?

 

[CoachJeff]

Jess is correct in his statement on BoB. That being said, can any of you imagine Kiffin or Sark with a weapon like Gibbs? Oh My Goodness.

I'm reminded of Blake Sims hitting Kenyan Drake on a go route against Florida in 2014. Kiffin knew it was a TD before the ball was snapped.

 

[MILEHIGHTIDE]

Just pondering and to further delve into something that several members have posted about but, really how many times in big games, marquee type games have you gone into the game saying to yourself man we really have an advantage with our dc, oc, and game plan, play calling, adjustments etc. since Saban got here, not just the last couple of years.

Keep in mind we have had much more turnover than many of our competitors.

Saban HC 2007-present

Perceived advantage every time, even if sometimes he does appear to get outcoached, remember we are talking perceived advantage going into the game.


lk 2014-2016

sark 2017 one game as oc then 2019-2020

pruitt 2016-2017

kirby 2008-2015

lk and sark from the oc side and pruitt, kirby from the dc side primarily yes most of the time, equal usually at worst and rarely behind.

The rest of our ocs dcs have been the majority of the time primarily equal or behind no real distinct feeling of an advantage. Surely I am forgetting someone or something and again this is just IMO and this is based on feelings and perception going into the game per se not necessarily stats, outcome etc.

With Coach Saban’s success, the program he has built, combined with the advancement opportunities, how do we not have one of the best, if not the best oc and dc in the country, especially with the higher than normal turnover and potential promotion opportunity? You know what I mean like the type of oc dc coach that is respected nationally and thought of as a difference maker type when it comes to strategy, scheme, style, play calling, gameplan etc.

RTR

 

[Krymsonman]

That blows my mind. I was born 1983. I still feel young though! But that 9/11 comment… that hits home.

Well, if you want to talk societal changes, I was born in 1957. It's a really strange world compared to when I was a kid. But thanks to some good heart surgery last year, I still feel young too!!

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Well, if you want to talk societal changes, I was born in 1957. It's a really strange world compared to when I was a kid. But thanks to some good heart surgery last year, I still feel young too!!

1957 - the year I graduated high school...

 

[BamaInBham]

if this is the incident you guys are talking about, BOB was not in the wrong...
https://nesn.com/2011/12/tom-brady-...-obrien-and-other-leftover-patriots-thoughts/

Tom Brady agrees with you. He admitted after the incident that he was wrong and deserved to be blistered by O'Brien. Btw, there are no lingering ill feelings, in fact, some time later I read an article where Brady and Edelman praised O'Brien and talked about how much they loved playing for him. Brady called him "Billy". (Of course someone will say that that means that he doesn't respect him for using such a familiar moniker .)

 

[81usaf92]

if this is the incident you guys are talking about, BOB was not in the wrong...
https://nesn.com/2011/12/tom-brady-...-obrien-and-other-leftover-patriots-thoughts/

Yeah he was. Trying to physically fight Brady on the sideline isn’t a good look even when you are right in the argument. That incident led to Kraft telling BoB to look for employment elsewhere along with other issues.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I'm reminded of Blake Sims hitting Kenyan Drake on a go route against Florida in 2014. Kiffin knew it was a TD before the ball was snapped.

Even Gary called it a TD before the ball was snapped.

 

[rtr90]

trying to understand why it was not PI on last play ... did they not call it becos ball was uncatchable

 

[92tide]

trying to understand why it was not PI on last play ... did they not call it becos ball was uncatchable

the ball was tipped at the line. not sure if that was why they didn’t call it.

 

[day-day]

trying to understand why it was not PI on last play ... did they not call it becos ball was uncatchable

I think that is why the closest official did not flag it; not catchable. The receiver was not really impeded from getting back to the ball and it never got close enough for him to touch it. Also, the contact came close to the same time that the ball got even with the receiver. I'm just going on what " I think I remember" seeing.

Some have mentioned that the ball was tipped by a pass rusher but I don't think the nearest official to the receiver would have known this while the play was going on. He would still have thrown the flag initially if he felt it was interference.