Tough loss but we'll get over it

[BigAlinKnoxville]

of course most reasonable fans did not think DeBoer would go undefeated in year 1, but no one expected any loss to Vandy.

Okay, but who expected them to beat #1 (at the time) Georgia?

Not many people that I'm aware of.

 

[BigAlinKnoxville]

This. I get 10-2. But if you lose to Vandy, you're likely going 9-3 or worse.

Isn't that a bit of an extrapolation? What if we'd lost to Vandy the week before the Georgia game? Then everyone would be saying that "we learned our lesson from Vandy and that's why we beat Georgia."

 

[B1GTide]

Isn't that a bit of an extrapolation? What if we'd lost to Vandy the week before the Georgia game? Then everyone would be saying that "we learned our lesson from Vandy and that's why we beat Georgia."

When you lose is important.

 

[denver]

Taking Vandy lightly should have lasted 8 mins...once they drove it down the field on their first possession stuffing it down our throats and then got the pick 6...our attitude needed to switch to beast mode...but it didn't...it seemed we were on our heels the whole game on defense...i give Vandy players and coaches credit for this..they came to play from the first snap to the last..this is a combination of poor leadership/attitude/discipline on the field and poor coaching off it..a loss can be devastating and ruin a season, or it can be the catalyst to something better...our reaction to this loss will be the telling factor on the mentality of this team and the coaches and how we finish the season

 

[81usaf92]

with all due respect, we just lost to Vanderbilt. The Eeyores have every right in the world to be “back”.

Yeah but there is a difference between being down after a bad loss and wanting to fire everyone after one. There is way too much of the latter here.

It’s a bad embarrassing loss in the first year of a new regime. It happens.

 

[countrytider]

Yeah but there is a difference between being down after a bad loss and wanting to fire everyone after one. There is way too much of the latter here.

It’s a bad embarrassing loss in the first year of a new regime. It happens.

As hard as it is to say right now, let’s see how the rest of the season plays out. Roll Tide.

 

[81usaf92]

As hard as it is to say right now, let’s see how the rest of the season plays out. Roll Tide.

I think a huge reason many are taking this so hard is because it’s Vandy… a team everyone has joked about for 40 something years. I still think our worst loss is the 99 LaTech game. There is no reason we should’ve lost any game that year with Shaun Alexander and a highly experienced team behind. To be beaten at home by LaTech probably costed us a chance at a national championship.

I think we will know alot about this particular team in the next 3 weeks. We will know if Milroe and Moore are really the leaders that we have been told or if it is just lip service. If we go 3-0 then the Vandy loss will sting but we will be back talking about playoffs and the staff being good. If we lose 1 or 2 of them then I think winning vs Auburn and LSU will be back to meeting expectations for year 1. I still see DeBoer’s regime as your typical work in progress and we have to give it time. He isn’t Saban but who is? I do still like the direction even if it has these rocky parts.

 

[crimsonaudio]

That it is not acceptable? Seems legit to me. Maybe you can accept it? Doesn't mean that others should.

Whether you or I accept it matters not.

 

[KrAzY3]

Okay, but who expected them to beat #1 (at the time) Georgia?

Not many people that I'm aware of.

Part of the issue is how that second half went against Georgia. It was like two games, one of them a loss. 27-11 in the second half was a bad performance, saved only by a fantastic first half performance. The second half against Vanderbilt was still bad as well, 21-17 against Vanderbilt.

So, we've witnessed 6 bad quarters of Alabama football, and the issue is if the first two against Georgia are what this team and coaches are capable of, what the heck have the last 6 been?

 

[81usaf92]

Whether you or I accept it matters not.

Well none of us are playing and none of us are coaching at Alabama so I don’t know what more we can do but accept we lost and move on.

The last 17 years have spoiled us.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

It's going to be like Pro Football except with a committee (Which I don't like). Some years you are going to make the playoffs, some years not. Some years you lose 1 or 2, some years 3 or 4.

 

[B1GTide]

Whether you or I accept it matters not.

Nothing that we say on this board matters. We are a community, having a discussion.

 

[SkullDuckery]

As bad as it was thank god it wasn’t a home game.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Nothing that we say on this board matters. We are a community, having a discussion.

Some of us are just Whining about things we can't control!

 

[crimsonaudio]

Nothing that we say on this board matters. We are a community, having a discussion.

That's my point - I'm not sure what this thread is supposed to add to the already existing discussions.

The OP statement is patently false, both factually and wrt what's 'acceptable'. He's not getting fired this week, so...

 

[crimsonaudio]

Some of us are just Whining about things we can't control!

Emphasis added.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I could be worse ..... we could be FSU! Coming off an near perfect season and laying an egg!

 

[B1GTide]

Some of us are just Whining about things we can't control!

LOL - I don't see anything childish or petulant about these discussions. Might be annoying to some. They will get over it.

 

[crimsonaudio]

LOL - I don't see anything childish or petulant about these discussions. Might be annoying to some. They will get over it.

Maybe you've not read all the posts, but there have been some real Eyeores.

Most are not, and I guess we should have expected it, but man...

 

[B1GTide]

Maybe you've not read all the posts, but there have been some real Eyeores.

Most are not, and I guess we should have expected it, but man...

I agree that some people are not handling this well. I am okay with the venting. It is harmless.

Tomorrow it will be time to turn the page and start thinking about the next game. Hopefully they can do that. It might be healthy to vent, but it is also healthy to let it go and move on.