I agree, however I must note that this team is made up of players who were recruited, developed, and coached by the previous regime for the past four seasons.
Again, no argument...however when you get into the "why," it gets a bit more convoluted. Has Saban's teams had a history of folding down the stretch? Did Shula's?
Think about it though...I have read some comments that said something like "we have enough talent that our third string coached by graduate assistants should beat ULM." If that is true (or even close to being true) then why did we lose? I think the answer lies with the mentality of our players. It has been said many times by people wiser than me that a football team will reflect the mentality of the coaching staff...our team reflects a mentality, and it is not a reflection of the mentality of our current coaching staff. It is eerily reminiscent of a coaching staff that did not instill discipline and was happy with moral victories and being "this close."
I agree with you completely and I am not afraid to ask "who recruited and developed those players?"
The answer is not Saban and his staff. You can mark my words, if we don't run him off, Saban will have us in the SECCG by 2009, and competing for a NC in 2010. I think you would agree with me on that. To finish our debate on the topic, answer this question: "what will the most significant difference be in our team then v/s now?" Therein lies the reason that many of us are still critical of Shula's regime and continue to reference it in the face of this team's failure.
