🏈 Fall Camp, 2025: News, notes, observations : 'Meat Church' cooks BBQ for the Tide.

[Justneedme81]

The leaders has been preaching accountability.

 

[BamaFan334]

The leaders has been preaching accountability.

Plan on showing my son this. A lot of kid's on his middle school team don't know the plays. He even needs to get better himself so he is confident when he steps on the field today. It's a good message by Tim, I like it.

 

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[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

 

[Bammerboy321]

Man I am really interested in seeing DeBoer and Grubb's offense installed in year two. Watched some of Washington's games from 2022 (the year before they went to the playoffs). There was a stat that showed they run presnap motion 60+% of the time. We really haven't emphasized since Sark was here.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Man I am really interested in seeing DeBoer and Grubb's offense installed in year two. Watched some of Washington's games from 2022 (the year before they went to the playoffs). There was a stat that showed they run presnap motion 60+% of the time. We really haven't emphasized since Sark was here.

He's an extremely important piece of this staff... I think overall, Bama managed pretty well without him last year, all things considered... but having him (back) onboard is very valuable, in a number of ways. Had he been here last year though, I do believe (now) that the offense (and Milroe) would have been better (others who I have a lot of trust in feel that way too). I do think it's funny thinking back however to when Grubb left that February and took Huff with him, back to Seattle to take jobs for the Seahawks. There was a damn meltdown here... most of it were just emotions in the moment, fans feeling betrayed and such... but then there were the usuals from the Pessimist Platoon, popping up out of the compost heap to add their thoughts like they only seem to do during the worst of times for UA athletics... you'd have thought the program was killed by the decision. And Grubb was a pariah of the highest order. I'm glad DeBoer saw it differently though.

 

[Bammerboy321]

He's an extremely important piece of this staff... I think overall, Bama managed pretty well without him last year, all things considered... but having him (back) onboard is very valuable, in a number of ways. Had he been here last year though, I do believe (now) that the offense (and Milroe) would have been better (others who I have a lot of trust in feel that way too).

I can't remember the exact quote, but I do remember DeBoer saying that the majority of the offense wasn't installed last season due to the personnel. Sheridan didn't do a bad job either last season - but I don't think he adapted well in games. But he did have some highlights (1st half vs UGA, 4th and goal call vs Vandy; Wisconsin game). Grubb from his previous stints with DeBoer showed to have a lot more creativity and understanding of matchups. It's all a wait and see at this moment. Grubb wasn't the reason Seattle failed last season but his play calling was a bit baffling at times. Might just be better suited for the college game.

 

[rick4bama]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I can't remember the exact quote, but I do remember DeBoer saying that the majority of the offense wasn't installed last season due to the personnel. Sheridan didn't do a bad job either last season - but I don't think he adapted well in games. But he did have some highlights (1st half vs UGA, 4th and goal call vs Vandy; Wisconsin game). Grubb from his previous stints with DeBoer showed to have a lot more creativity and understanding of matchups. It's all a wait and see at this moment. Grubb wasn't the reason Seattle failed last season but his play calling was a bit baffling at times. Might just be better suited for the college game.

The bonus for Alabama is that the year spent in the NFL will make Grubb an even better coordinator and play caller back at this level (see also Sarkisian after his short stint with the Falcons). In college, an OC will attack personnel on defense and exploit weaknesses there. But in the NFL you have learn to attack scheme because all the personnel is good. It’s much more difficult, but the experience makes guys better play callers and coordinators more often than not.

Personally, I also love that Grubb is a former OL coach and played RB as a player himself. That perspective has an influence on his philosophy, one I think most of us will appreciate.

 

[TerryP]

Sometime, ND somewhere on this forum, I got into a discussion with someone about Ty and his speed. It was brief: you all know the bullet points.

• In a straight out sprint, Ty isn't going to be Jalen.
• And that's it.

Two days ago I watched a guy who "covers the SEC" say that Ty was never known as anything other than a pocket QB. He's not a running threat. (Another example of a lot of people underestimating the potential of this team.) Fortunately, his "co-host" reminded him that Ty was the #2 dual-threat QB in the nation coming out of high school.

Yesterday, sometime, somewhere ... Keenan made these comments about Ty.

Defensive tackle Tim Keenan -- a strong candidate to become a team captain this season -- shared his nickname Wednesday for quarterback Ty Simpson.​

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"Man, Slime, he good -- that's what I call him," Keenan said. "I call Ty, 'Slime.'"​

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"Ty, he can get up out that pocket. He got a little wiggle to him," Keenan said. "He ain't made me touch no grass or nothing like that, but he disappeared on me a couple times. Ty, he be back there moving around."​

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"Ty, he's been doing a great job as far as stepping into that role, winning the job," Keenan continued. "I've seen the work -- there's definitely been some days where you're like, 'Man, alright, I got you tomorrow.' Some of them days. I'm excited and I love what I'm seeing from Ty."​

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"For him to wait his turn, knowing that putting his faith in God, knowing that when it's my time, I'm going to do what I need to do with it -- that's just what y'all seeing. A guy who can see it through, do what he needs to do and work his way into a job."​

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Zabian Brown:

"Ty, he's a leader of men," Brown said. "I'm extremely glad that he's my quarterback."​

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Overcoming Simpson's mobility is a struggle of its own for Alabama's defensive backs.​

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"He's checking out every play. He's making his alerts and going like that, it really makes it sharper," Brown said.​

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"And it's hard because we can't like really scout against them. So they are installing new things every day, but it's obviously a challenge. We're all for it and it will help us down the road, no doubt," Lawson said.​

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In the backfield, Brown and company can count the interceptions they've grabbed with just one hand, and the sophomore attributes the lack of takeaways to the "chess match" led by Simpson and fellow quarterback Austin Mack behind the line of scrimmage.​

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"Those guys, they're a real tight knit group," Brown said. "If we're showing coverages too early, not disguising right, it's a lot of checks. A lot of mental games out there."​

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[BamaFan334]

Sometime, ND somewhere on this forum, I got into a discussion with someone about Ty and his speed. It was brief: you all know the bullet points.

• In a straight out sprint, Ty isn't going to be Jalen.
• And that's it.

Two days ago I watched a guy who "covers the SEC" say that Ty was never known as anything other than a pocket QB. He's not a running threat. (Another example of a lot of people underestimating the potential of this team.) Fortunately, his "co-host" reminded him that Ty was the #2 dual-threat QB in the nation coming out of high school.

Yesterday, sometime, somewhere ... Keenan made these comments about Ty.

Defensive tackle Tim Keenan -- a strong candidate to become a team captain this season -- shared his nickname Wednesday for quarterback Ty Simpson.​

​

"Man, Slime, he good -- that's what I call him," Keenan said. "I call Ty, 'Slime.'"​

​

"Ty, he can get up out that pocket. He got a little wiggle to him," Keenan said. "He ain't made me touch no grass or nothing like that, but he disappeared on me a couple times. Ty, he be back there moving around."​

​

"Ty, he's been doing a great job as far as stepping into that role, winning the job," Keenan continued. "I've seen the work -- there's definitely been some days where you're like, 'Man, alright, I got you tomorrow.' Some of them days. I'm excited and I love what I'm seeing from Ty."​

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"For him to wait his turn, knowing that putting his faith in God, knowing that when it's my time, I'm going to do what I need to do with it -- that's just what y'all seeing. A guy who can see it through, do what he needs to do and work his way into a job."​

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Zabian Brown:

"Ty, he's a leader of men," Brown said. "I'm extremely glad that he's my quarterback."​

​

Overcoming Simpson's mobility is a struggle of its own for Alabama's defensive backs.​

​

"He's checking out every play. He's making his alerts and going like that, it really makes it sharper," Brown said.​

​

"And it's hard because we can't like really scout against them. So they are installing new things every day, but it's obviously a challenge. We're all for it and it will help us down the road, no doubt," Lawson said.​

​

In the backfield, Brown and company can count the interceptions they've grabbed with just one hand, and the sophomore attributes the lack of takeaways to the "chess match" led by Simpson and fellow quarterback Austin Mack behind the line of scrimmage.​

​

"Those guys, they're a real tight knit group," Brown said. "If we're showing coverages too early, not disguising right, it's a lot of checks. A lot of mental games out there."​

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Excited to see Simpson. May go put a hunk of money on us to cover against Florida State before the secret is out about Ty and the offense.

 

[TerryP]

Two days ago I watched a guy who "covers the SEC" say that Ty was never known as anything other than a pocket QB. He's not a running threat. (Another example of a lot of people underestimating the potential of this team.) Fortunately, his "co-host" reminded him that Ty was the #2 dual-threat QB in the nation coming out of high school.

On both a regional scale (see above) and on a national scale there are a lot of pundits who simply don't know much, if anything, about what they are speaking on:

 

[rammerjammer]

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Catholics have their white smoke and Bama fans have theirs. Saw this the other day.............white smoke from the stack at Archibalds. It means we have a new QB named at Bama.

 

[Bammerboy321]

On both a regional scale (see above) and on a national scale there are a lot of pundits who simply don't know much, if anything, about what they are speaking on:

I'm not even going to bother giving that video the time after reading that quote.

God CBS sports has gone downhill in the last 20 years.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

On both a regional scale (see above) and on a national scale there are a lot of pundits who simply don't know much, if anything, about what they are speaking on

"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.

In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.

That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I'd point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all. But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn't. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia."


I miss Michael Crichton

 

[TerryP]

Gell-Mann Amnesia

I'm familiar because...

I miss Michael Crichton

...he's one of my favorite "light reading" authors. (His books have translated to the screen better than a lot; better than most.)

In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story,

It's amusement. Believe you me, unfortunately, it's become somewhat of a hobby.

 

[UAgrad93]

On both a regional scale (see above) and on a national scale there are a lot of pundits who simply don't know much, if anything, about what they are speaking on:

Bama hasn’t been a “pro-style “ offense since McElwain and Nussmeier were calling plays!