📡 Anyone care to stroke my ego?

[musso]

A player Kiffin tried to get? Former Tide quarterback Blake Barnett, who committed to Arizona State last Monday.

A coach expected to be part of Kiffin's FAU staff reached out to Barnett last week and told him that they want Barnett to be their quarterback at FAU, a source told AL.com. Barnett, though, said he is sticking with his commitment to Arizona State, according to the source.

AL.com


:dance:

 

[planomateo]

 

[Splittine]

Am I missing something? Didn't really predict anything.

 

[planomateo]

Predicting it in spring camp might have been worthy of a post.

When did the West Coast include Arizona?

 

[rueben]

:eek1:
FAU is not even on the West Coast of Florida...

 

[TUSKtimes]

Actually, the thread title was creeping me out.

 

[alabama mike]

:doh2:Uh, no.

 

[OldPlayer]

First, tell me where your ego is located.

 

[PurlJam]

That's the best I got.... hope you sasisfied.

 

[JoshB]

It pretty clearly says in the quote you posted that Barnett is staying on the west coast while Kiffin is in Florida. So what did you correctly predict there?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

/stroke on "Bama can't defend the spread offense" /stroke off

 

[UAgrad93]

Uh, No! You need to correctly predict somethig first, then maybe you will receive a little:clap:.

 

[Che Boludo]

Uh, No! You need to correctly predict somethig first, then maybe you will receive a little:clap:.

Maybe the amount of "wrong" in his prediction has damaged his ego, so it is a genuine appeal in a safe place for e-bud's to pat him on the back and tell him it will be okay

 

[Che Boludo]

:eek1:
FAU is not even on the West Coast of Florida...

In the case of BB8, yes, Arizona has some nice lakes along the Colorado River, but it's a stretch to really equate it to a true coastline.

 

[musso]

Lol love the responses! Of course I was posting in jest!

 

[alabama mike]

Lol love the responses! Of course I was posting in jest!

You know we really care though...most of the time.

 

[musso]

/stroke on "Bama can't defend the spread offense" /stroke off

Oh @It Takes Eleven and @TerryP , just admit it that your heads were so far up Saban's :moon: that you would have reflexively rejected ANY proposition that the omnipotent and omniscient Saban would need to adjust his recruiting/personnel philosophy. Little did we know that I would be more correct than even I expected, as his offense has also changed too. :neener_neener:

 

[bamachine]

:eek1:
FAU is not even on the West Coast of Florida...

It is west of the coast. So there ya go musso, you are not entirely wrong.

 

[TerryP]

Little did we know that I would be more correct than even I expected,

Except, you weren't, and still aren't.

Tim pegged you earlier. It was all about Saban recruiting people that were too big to defend the spread. Your complaint was the size of those being recruited on the defensive line. Go look at the 2009 class with Sentimore, Bonds, Orr, and others ... now look at the class from any of the last few years. Their body size hasn't changed. Now, as to the athleticism (what we've seen referred to in a number of ways) when it comes to that first step? Yes, they are quicker, laterally. What's the latest moniker, "quick twitch" or something like that?

Remember, @musso this started after the SECCG game in 2008. I'm guessing, but pretty sure you started at least four threads about the same freakin' thing. And, here we are eight years later and you're going back to it, again?

**Off topic, a bit**

So, Wilson Love is going with Kiffin ... Love, a Defensive tackle recruit in the 2010 class as I recall ... came in around 275-280 as a recall. Quinnen Williams in the last class comes to Tuscaloosa about the same size as Love. BUT, Saban is recruiting different sized players than he did eight/nine years ago.

Hell, Raekwon is in the 330 area right now playing in a tackle role ...

 

[musso]

Except, you weren't, and still aren't.

Tim pegged you earlier. It was all about Saban recruiting people that were too big to defend the spread. Your complaint was the size of those being recruited on the defensive line.

Nope. Size AND speed, and not merely the DL, but defensive front seven. You're still inexplicably obtuse now as you were back then on this issue, unable to respond to nuanced arguments. Actually, I distinctly remember back then you denying that losing some weight would improve quickness and endurance. LOL. It's not even intellectual with you; it's psychological. It's the inner child in you closing your eyes and covering your ears and repeating, "Nah ah, no one knows more than my favorite coach! He's never going to change his methods!"

How you can still deny something that EVERYONE including Saban himself has acknowledged (to his credit!) is indicative of a psychological condition you might want treatment for.

To be clear, it wasn't just my opinions that I posted back in the day, but articles including quotes from other coaches around the country. The emerging premium on speed, endurance, and tackling in space was requiring defenses to shave weight across the D front and recruit, develop, and scheme differently. It was clear that Saban's default philosophy upon leaving the NFL (where spread and tempo had yet to appear) would need tweaking. I was reading it everywhere and thought it made sense given the era of Tebow, Urban Meyer, and the proliferation of spread/up-tempo offenses. Remember all the SEC faithful who doubted Urban's silly offense working against mighty SEC defenses? Now I'm not remotely suggesting that Saban underestimated the efficacy of the spread, but it's safe to say that Saban and the rest of the conference had to adjust to its arrival. Urban's offense was to the SEC what Spurrier's offense was to the SEC. They both changed the conference during their tenures.

Alabama and LSU were the last two hold-outs, which speaks to the talent and depth of their rosters compensating for any delay in coaching revisions.

And, here we are eight years later and you're going back to it, again?

Obtuse, yet again.

/stroke on "Bama can't defend the spread offense" /stroke off