First-game jitters and offensive foibles aside, Sims played quite well.
I was impressed with his ability to evade rushers and create a second pocket to pass from a few times.
He looked athletic and agile (although I'm not ready to say he looked comfortable back there just yet).
I still don't like his delivery as it's low and to the side, he will have passes batted down/tipped when we see bigger
defensive players on the line and linebackers. WVU is pretty good, but not that good and we didn't hammer them
as bad as we could have with our running game.
I think any qb could be successful this year with our stable of RBs IF we don't ask too much from our passing attack.
I was unhappy to see us go for dedicated pass formation on 3rd and short a couple of times...and fail.
Our identity, hopefully, will be one of offensive power *RUN* game and not so much a passing team.
Sims seems like a dink and dunk qb. Coker probably has the long ball better but not the evasiveness of Sims.
Overall, the success of this year's team, like the other teams that WON a championship, will be how well our running game
develops in tandem with the passing game. We gotta watch out for Lane calling too many pass plays in situations where
our RBs can dominate. Remember, in the grand scheme of an entire game, it's the crushing run plays in the fourth that ice a game and demoralize any team trying to hang with us late.
And, I like the fact that Saban is calling this a competition and refusing to call it a controversy, because it's not.
Even the guys on Jox this morning are bringing up race....utterly ridiculous.
