Setting aside Tua's appearing to be injury prone for a moment I believe there is a point where running the stadium and hitting the weight room every day has diminishing returns from an injury standpoint. With my very limited knowledge of bio-mechanics and nutrition I tend to believe that there are a number of open questions about the number and types of injuries that Alabama has experienced over the last several years.This is not welcome news. It does not bode well for this season, but even more for Tua's future in the NFL. The NFL scouts are watching.
I don't think anyone is making a big deal out of this injury - we're just commenting on the quantity of injuries he's had compared to our other recent QBs. He's injured a lot, you cannot deny that. And while this injury may be mild, were I a betting man I'd put money on his being injured sometimes during the 2019 season rather this his going through the season uninjured, based on his time at Bama.This is a slight hamstring injury so I am thinking we might be making a bigger deal out of this than it really is.
It is not this incident, but the overall pattern that is worrisome. But BIGTide is right. It is defense that wins championships. Alabama has won several NCs with great defense and "game manager" QBs. If this year's defense is great, Bama will roll.This is a slight hamstring injury so I am thinking we might be making a bigger deal out of this than it really is.
TBDI understand the concern, but last year showed us that Alabama is not going to win a championship just because you have Tua. If you have an elite defense this year, you will win it all, even if Tua is as limited as he was last year.
He did say if Gray and I think we will by the way. Until anything actually comes to a conclusion you can consider anything TBD.
As much as people pile on Sark for the 2016 season title game, if he had a QB who could complete a pass then Alabama would've won in a romp like this past season's result for Clemson.This maybe just more reason to believe we will see a more run oriented offense this season with Sark. Shorten the game, pull back on the fast paced "run as many plays as we can" mentality and go back to more of a grind it out type approach.
And we also lost a National championship with possibly the greatest College Football Defense of All time. Game mangers aren't enough anymore....It is not this incident, but the overall pattern that is worrisome. But BIGTide is right. It is defense that wins championships. Alabama has won several NCs with great defense and "game manager" QBs. If this year's defense is great, Bama will roll.
We lost that game to a defense that played and adjusted better than ours did in the second half.And we also lost a National championship with possibly the greatest College Football Defense of All time. Game mangers aren't enough anymore....
Yes, please be a little more Kyler Murrayish. He moved around a lot, but somehow managed to avoid a lot of hits. He either went down, out of bounds or something, but he stayed healthy. I want to see Tua still upright at the end of the year.He subjects himself to a lot of hits by trying to extend plays.....
I wish he would learn to use that skill less often -- sometimes just run out of bounds.....or throw it away. Save your body....
That would be amazing.I think you're right which is why we brought on Flood at OLC and Sark at OC/QBC. We're going to run the rock this year and make every quality opponent we face spend more time on figuring out how to contain Harris and Robinson than our WRs and QB.