Well, maybe not an eye-opening article to a lot of us in here but it will be for the overly-optimistic group that is part of every BAMA message board.
http://www.tidesports.com/article/20070815/NEWS/70814035/1067/NEWS
The analogy of the 1969 team is quite good in my opinion. He made it a point to make it clear to the reader that we had a pretty good coach in '69 and got spanked a few times.
A few questions have arisen in my mind since the scrimmage on Saturday. It has been an old adage, at least around my house, that defenses should always be ahead of offenses, especially early in the year. Apparently that is not going to be the case with the Tide in '07 and that's why I still think that going 8-4 would be quite optimistic, especially with the very good defensive teams that are on our schedule. 7-5 would not surprise me at all and we can keep on building for the next two years which should be exceptional at the rate we are raking in blue chippers.
It has crossed my mind that are offense just may be that good. Then I have my second cup of coffee and save my dreams of grandeur for probably another season or two.
No matter what, we will be more competitive than we would have been had there not been regime change. Could you imagine what this season had been without a true teacher of the game not on the field with our young defense? No knock on Joe Kines because I feel he saved his best for the Tide in his last three years of coaching but Nick Saban, whether we go 7-5 or not this year, is exactly what the Crimson Tide needed in this part of her long and succeful history.
RTR!
http://www.tidesports.com/article/20070815/NEWS/70814035/1067/NEWS
The analogy of the 1969 team is quite good in my opinion. He made it a point to make it clear to the reader that we had a pretty good coach in '69 and got spanked a few times.
A few questions have arisen in my mind since the scrimmage on Saturday. It has been an old adage, at least around my house, that defenses should always be ahead of offenses, especially early in the year. Apparently that is not going to be the case with the Tide in '07 and that's why I still think that going 8-4 would be quite optimistic, especially with the very good defensive teams that are on our schedule. 7-5 would not surprise me at all and we can keep on building for the next two years which should be exceptional at the rate we are raking in blue chippers.
It has crossed my mind that are offense just may be that good. Then I have my second cup of coffee and save my dreams of grandeur for probably another season or two.
No matter what, we will be more competitive than we would have been had there not been regime change. Could you imagine what this season had been without a true teacher of the game not on the field with our young defense? No knock on Joe Kines because I feel he saved his best for the Tide in his last three years of coaching but Nick Saban, whether we go 7-5 or not this year, is exactly what the Crimson Tide needed in this part of her long and succeful history.
RTR!