Bama Game Thread: Official Postgame Thread - Reliaquest Bowl, Bama vs. Michigan, Dec. 31, 11:00 AM, ESPN...

[CrimsonBloodn62]

Here's one for you guys to ponder

Please, please, please!

If it happens, it would be another guaranteed win for Michigan if they play each other. Milroe would be 0-3 against them.

 

[Krymsonman]

He was the same QB last year, and the adjustments worked.

Yeah, but that was last year. He fell way off the table this year. I don't know what happened after the Georgia game, but he went downhill fast. He almost refused to run in the big games. (except LSU, but he wasn't getting hit in that game). And he just had a lot of trouble getting the ball out to anyone. Must have been too focused on his corporate empire.

 

[BamaBoySince89]

If it happens, it would be another guaranteed win for Michigan if they play each other. Milroe would be 0-3 against them.

Then he’d be known as “Milro-for-three”

 

[JohnD]

I've said this 100 times, but why not. Hurts, on his first day as a starter as a true freshman, was significantly better than Nilroe RIGHT NOW - and it's not even really close.

Also have said this a bunch. JM wasn't a guy we really went after. We missed on all the QBs we really wanted that year and he was the best we could get to flip. Once he was here we tried to get him to transfer or switch positions. He should have done one of those, but refused.

As for QB skills - that is on him to develop a lot in the off-season. He's hired different QB coaches since he was a freshman in HS, and still is what he is.

Ironically, Sark recruited him away from Texas.

 

[Krymsonman]

So, have any announcements we are looking for been made yet?

 

[B1GTide]

Ironically, Sark recruited him away from Texas.

No one could have known that he was not going to improve at all. He was unstoppable in HS.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

So, have any announcements we are looking for been made yet?

Not yet, but soon

 

[mlh]

Yeah, but that was last year. He fell way off the table this year. I don't know what happened after the Georgia game, but he went downhill fast. He almost refused to run in the big games. (except LSU, but he wasn't getting hit in that game). And he just had a lot of trouble getting the ball out to anyone. Must have been too focused on his corporate empire.

Some kind of injury, perhaps?

 

[JohnD]

I would have taken Rees yesterday

To be fair, Rees was brought in by Saban to try to make chicken salad out of Milroe. Sheridan was brought in to run DeBoer's offense. Which was like mixing oil and water.

 

[JohnD]

No they were not. Not even close. Having Ryan Turner,Arnold, Key, Downs, and Kool Aid last year in a defense that they were recruited to run is a far better defense instantly than starting a bunch of freshmen in a defense that they weren’t recruited to run. Yes we got better as the year went on but no we were nowhere near last year’s defense. Hell we gave up nearly 200 yards rushing in a half vs Oklahoma… that was a November game. When do you remember last year’s defense ever producing numbers like that?

It's very hard to compare defenses from year to year. However, while we had a slew of stars on the defense, we struggled to get off the field at key times. This years D is currently ranked #1 in Total Defense, #24 in Rush defense, and #2 in Passing yards allowed. We were #18, #31, and #24 respectively in those categories last year. 3rd and 4th down percentage defense was improved this year. and scoring defense was the same.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Ironically, Sark recruited him away from Texas.

played the long game

 

[gtgilbert]

Yeah, but he had that fire in his eyes.

Fire didn't survive the q1 downpour

 

[gtgilbert]

Here's one for you guys to ponder

Please, please, please!

As long as he is no where near tuscaloosa, it's a good thing.

 

[rolltide7854]

Here's one for you guys to ponder

Please, please, please!

I don't think Riley would be able to transform Milroe. Jalen Hurts took a year working on his skills backing up Tua before he went to Oklahoma. Jalen Hurts showed a lot of improvement in that year when he filled in for Tua especially against Georgia.

 

[bamacpa]

the narrative that Riley turned Jalen Hurts into the player he became is just annoying.
Having said that, I have no problem with milroe going to USCw.


first guy in the building and stuff

Hurts improved greatly under Dan Enos.

 

[CB4]

Hurts improved greatly under Dan Enos.

Yep. Enos is an absolutely crappy person. But he can coach QB’s. A lot of the stuff Riley got credit for with Hurts at Oklahoma was from Jalen’s work with Enos here.

 

[mlh]

Hurts improved greatly under Dan Enos.

Hurts was coachable. I'm not sure Milroe is. He's had QB coaches working with him for years and he just hasn't progressed.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I don't think Riley would be able to transform Milroe. Jalen Hurts took a year working on his skills backing up Tua before he went to Oklahoma. Jalen Hurts showed a lot of improvement in that year when he filled in for Tua especially against Georgia.

I hope he tries

 

[PA Tide Fan]

Jalen Milroe Tipping Off the Defense: What I Noticed In Alabama's 19-13 Loss to Michigan

The Crimson Tide quarterback's pre-snap stance often revealed Alabama's approach, making it easier on the Maize and Blue defense.

www.si.com

 

[tusks_n_raider]

If GMac had tried something like this in 2008, younger Coach Saban would have said, "That is not how we do things here. There's the the door. We will do what we can to help find another place to play, but you are done here" (but probably in saltier language).

True.

Funny thing if we had 2009 or 2010 GMac at QB this year we easily make the Playoffs.

I can’t stand to listen to him now but he had guts at QB.

That 2009 SECCG vs Florida he played out of his mind.

He maximized every bit of talent he had and coaching he received.

Played the NC game vs Texas with broken ribs.

Gutsy player.