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

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

The more I see the more I think he was the straw that mixed the drink.

Well, with some luck next year will be different...........I know the QBs on the roster can throw better and I have no doubt they can run more than 4 plays. Need an OC who can exploit that

 

[CrimsonNagus]

I get it, but we have to have someone at QB who can run a capable offense before we can evaluate anything this season. Read Jess's write up on this game and season about how they had to cobble together 'stuff' to try to create an offense JM could kinda run. Literally almost everything they would want to do are things that JM can't, and JM doesn't do enough other stuff well enough for it to be a cohesive offensive approach.

Shouldn’t this have been a huge red flag. Instead of showing Milroe the door in the spring and installing the offensive that is your claim to fame, he just chose to go with a square peg in a round hole. That tells me that coach was scared to lay down the hammer and that kind of coach will always fail at Bama.

I wonder how much of it was Grubb sometimes

I think he was a more important piece of the puzzle than people were willing to admit at the time.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

With Milroe, the playbook only has about four plays in it...

Perfect place for ANYONE to have run

 

[rtr90]

I wonder how much of it was Grubb sometimes

or luck ...
I have no faith in records of these coaches when they have not been in conferences like SEC

 

[CB4]

The thing that will stick with me, and not in a good way, was CKD unwillingness to sit Milroe when it was clear he was struggling. Not even to sit for a couple of series in an attempt to settle him down. Early in the year, Quinn Ewers was clearly struggling (against Oklahoma maybe?). Sark pulled him for the next two series and sent in Arch Manning. Not that Manning did much better, but when Ewers went back in, the offense started clicking.

So was Milroe so fragile mentally that CKD couldn’t pull for fear of “losing” him or the team? If Sark was willing to sit Ewers to “wake him up” in the second quarter of a game, then why not DeBoer? To me it shows weakness and indecision on the part of CKD.

There was every reason versus Tennessee, Oklahoma and Michigan to do just that. Send a message.

And he sat on his hands.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I'm just glad the season is over, and no more Milroe. I don't really care that we lost this game. It's just the ReliaQuest Bowl. The good news is that the #1 problem with this year's team, and the reason for all 4 of our losses is gone. I fully believe in this staff, and look forward to seeing what the offense does next season with a legitimate QB.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

The thing that will stick with me, and not in a good way, was CKD unwillingness to sit Milroe when it was clear he was struggling. Not even to sit for a couple of series in an attempt to settle him down. Early in the year, Quinn Ewers was clearly struggling (against Oklahoma maybe?). Sark pulled him for the next two series and sent in Arch Manning. Not that Manning did much better, but when Ewers went back in, the offense started clicking.

So was Milroe so fragile mentally that CKD couldn’t pull for fear of “losing” him or the team? If Sark was willing to sit Ewers to “wake him up” in the second quarter of a game, then why not DeBoer? To me it shows weakness and indecision on the part of CKD.

There was every reason versus Tennessee, Oklahoma and Michigan to do just that. Send a message.

And he sat on his hands.

You can't let the team or yourself be hostage to the whims of one ego

 

[russtang]

There wasn't a single Michigan receiver that played today that had over 134 yards on the season. The RBs that played had a combined 64 yards on the year.

DeBoer and this staff took what Saban built and destroyed it in 1 year. All the hype about his offensive mind and we saw zero evidence of it all year. You know what, if Milroe is that bad of a fit for your offense then you should have told him to hit the portal in the spring so you could install your playbook.

if Milroe comes back next year then I’m done with this coaching staff and Bama football until they are all out of Tuscaloosa. If Milroe leaves then DeBoer gets 1 more year to show me this amazing offensive mind.

This was the biggest loss of the year by far. A four loss team with half of the starters out.

I can't think of any on the field results that give confidence of CKD being a contender in the SEC.

All the good streaks and records ended and bad ones started is hard to believe.

 

[bvandegraff]

The thing that will stick with me, and not in a good way, was CKD unwillingness to sit Milroe when it was clear he was struggling. Not even to sit for a couple of series in an attempt to settle him down. Early in the year, Quinn Ewers was clearly struggling (against Oklahoma maybe?). Sark pulled him for the next two series and sent in Arch Manning. Not that Manning did much better, but when Ewers went back in, the offense started clicking.

So was Milroe so fragile mentally that CKD couldn’t pull for fear of “losing” him or the team? If Sark was willing to sit Ewers to “wake him up” in the second quarter of a game, then why not DeBoer? To me it shows weakness and indecision on the part of CKD.

There was every reason versus Tennessee, Oklahoma and Michigan to do just that. Send a message.

And he sat on his hands.

Above all, this is the main reason that DeBoer has lost the benefit of the doubt and will have to listen to his competence being questioned for the next 9 months. So be it.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

The thing that will stick with me, and not in a good way, was CKD unwillingness to sit Milroe when it was clear he was struggling. Not even to sit for a couple of series in an attempt to settle him down. Early in the year, Quinn Ewers was clearly struggling (against Oklahoma maybe?). Sark pulled him for the next two series and sent in Arch Manning. Not that Manning did much better, but when Ewers went back in, the offense started clicking.

So was Milroe so fragile mentally that CKD couldn’t pull for fear of “losing” him or the team? If Sark was willing to sit Ewers to “wake him up” in the second quarter of a game, then why not DeBoer? To me it shows weakness and indecision on the part of CKD.

There was every reason versus Tennessee, Oklahoma and Michigan to do just that. Send a message.

And he sat on his hands.

Yes to the fragile mental makeup and Yes to CKD being (to borrow a word from B1G) feckless.

A team is a reflection of their HC and we are screaming 'soft'.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I will not believe Milroe is gone until I hear it from him.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

I will not believe Milroe is gone until I hear it from him.

I have no idea what he'll decide.

But to get onto an NFL field he'll have to buy a ticket and jump the railing.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

I will not believe Milroe is gone until I hear it from him.

I just don't think there is anyway he can come back here. Wouldn't be surprised if he transferred instead of trying to go to the NFL though

 

[tusks_n_raider]

I just don't think there is anyway he can come back here. Wouldn't be surprised if he transferred instead of trying to go to the NFL though

You're probably right but I still want to hear it.

He shouldn't have taken another snap after Tenn.... or OU...or in the Bowl game.

But aside from *checks notes* Mercer he's taken every single snap.

 

[Clay]

Milroe will not get drafted. He will be playing college football next year.

I mean this will all due respect to Bama and Jalen. If he wants to play college next year he should take the Hurts path. To much water under the bridge here. Find a school that he things will help him and allow the next chapter here. I don't hate the guy, sometimes change is right.

 

[CrimsonCleanse]

Looking at things after year one of the guy who had the task of following Saban, I'm beginning to wonder if we should have tried harder to have kept the hire in the family. I say that because I wonder if 9 win seasons are kinda just "good enough" for him

 

[russtang]

Next year will be yet another season with backup QB's with no development and a starter with hardly any snaps. or experience. smh

 

[SkullDuckery]

I just don't think there is anyway he can come back here. Wouldn't be surprised if he transferred instead of trying to go to the NFL though

I didn’t think there was anyway he’d still be starting after his crappy play but here we are.

 

[CrimSonami]

Yes to the fragile mental makeup and Yes to CKD being (to borrow a word from B1G) feckless.

A team is a reflection of their HC and we are screaming 'soft'.

Don’t use that word “Soft!”
There’s some here who’ll crucify you!

 

[TideEngineer08]

They still didn't deserve to be in, but they could have put in South Carolina or Ole Miss.

I don't necessarily disagree, but look at South Carolina losing to 9-3 Illinois, who no one suggested deserved a playoff berth.

Ole Miss? They will probably lose too because Kiffin. But I think today proves that Alabama was really the team that went 5-4 after the Georgia game, not the one that had gone 4-0 through the Georgia game.