🏈 If we had hired Croom...........

[rammajamma]

Where would we be today?

 

[BamaJay73]

Who cares, we are better off with Saban.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I give up. Where would we be today?

 

[ACL11190]

asking what if we had kept shula as head coach

 

[Guest]

I'll take Saban over Croom. I do question our hire of the OC though. Too conservatve for my liking. We seen what conservative does for over the last several years.

 

[reger60]

you cannot be serious. that's a joke right?

 

[ACL11190]

I'll take Saban over Croom. I do question our hire of the OC though.

Hes good cant blame him for our poor execution

 

[HiTide]

you cannot be serious. that's a joke right?

It's gotta be. :?

 

[rammajamma]

I think if we hired Croom we would have won more games than we did with Shula and we would probably still have him.

 

[bamadezz]

Uhhhh, I'll take Saban on a bad day over Croom on his best day.

This will all pass, Saban is the RIGHT guy for the job.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very upset over the loss. I just have to think back to the start of the seaon and remember, we only wanted a certain amount of wins to be happy. It's so tough, we were so close with the talent we have this season. I feel like most of college football took notice, we will be something!

I just can't stop thinking about what the future's gonna be like with Saban. :wink:

 

[Guest]

Hes good cant blame him for our poor execution

He is not consistent with match-up's though. Yes he calls some really great ones but being inconsistent is not going to win you games.

I don't force all the blame on him. I only put blame on some of the questionable plays like the 1st and goal plays trying to run it up the middle when clearly that wasn't working most of the first half. Then we tried the same play again with the same outcome. On 3rd down we don't give the QB a blocker knowing they are going to come for the pass rush.

There was just no imaginative play calling what so ever today. It's been hit or miss all season long and today it really showed. We have some great tools (players) but don't know how to fully take advantage of them against each different opponent it seems. The WCU & UT games were the only games this season that I saw us being able to confuse and outpower the opposing teams defense IMHO.

 

[kudzu]

Uhhhh, I'll take Saban on a bad day over Croom on his best day.

This will all pass, Saban is the RIGHT guy for the job.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very upset over the loss. I just have to think back to the start of the seaon and remember, we only wanted a certain amount of wins to be happy. It's so tough, we were so close with the talent we have this season. I feel like most of college football took notice, we will be something!

I just can't stop thinking about what the future's gonna be like with Saban. :wink:

Good post and I agree. We'll be fine. Maybe some of these wagoners will jump ship soon.

 

[mongo4bama]

I'll take Saban over Croom. I do question our hire of the OC though. Too conservatve for my liking. We seen what conservative does for over the last several years.

Too conservative you know how many times we run the ball not enough. The mix is not right Applewhite has a long way to go something might change next year

 

[Guest]

Uhhhh, I'll take Saban on a bad day over Croom on his best day.

This will all pass, Saban is the RIGHT guy for the job.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very upset over the loss. I just have to think back to the start of the seaon and remember, we only wanted a certain amount of wins to be happy. It's so tough, we were so close with the talent we have this season. I feel like most of college football took notice, we will be something!

I just can't stop thinking about what the future's gonna be like with Saban. :wink:

Good post and I agree. We'll be fine. Maybe some of these wagoners will jump ship soon.

I hope a lot of them have tickets at Bryant-Denny. I'd like to be able to get more next year.

 

[Guest]

Too conservative you know how many times we run the ball not enough. The mix is not right Applewhite has a long way to go something might change next year

We are not built to run the ball right now though, or at least IMHO. Surely not up the middle every time we do try.

Some toss sweeps, power options, a reverse...something. But instead we tried to put it on Grant to get the job done. The line just isn't built for the run as we've already had to bandaid it with the suspensions and now injuries.

I hope CNS chews everyone a new one and gets them fired up to finish this season off with a bang. I think I'm almost past this loss already. We beat outrselves probably sulking over the near win last weekend. I think, or hope, that CNS gets them re-focused in time to put an exclamation point on the end of the season wins!

RTR

 

[Elephantitis]

I think if we hired Croom we would have won more games than we did with Shula and we would probably still have him.

You're not going to win consistently with sub-par players. Nobody can do that, not even Coach Saban. There can be an occasional flicker of hope, ala a 24 point win over Tennessee, but 6-4 talent will usually give you 6-4 results. You can't make chicken salad without the chicken.

I do think, however, that we would have been far better off in our evaluations of high school talent had Croom been chosen over Shula. FWIW, look for many current players to be replaced over the offseason as our identity and reputation as a program begins to mirror our coach.

Let's face it. For the most part, these were not highly sought after high school prospects. Add the fact that they received no discipline or strength and conditioning program, and you've got a disaster on your hands. I'm not surprised at all that we're in the situation we're in today.

There were quite a few of us projecting a 7 win season, with me being one of them. And while there's no excuse for ever losing to State, there's not as much shame in it in 2007 as previous years. They're a solid, fundamentally sound football team that gives 100% each game. I've got to give Coach Croom his due.

We've got to keep our eyes on the goal, as a program, and focus on our upcoming games. Dwelling on the MSU loss will do nothing for us.

 

[rammajamma]

I am not saying that we SHOULD have hired Croom, nor would I rather have him than Saban. But can we please give credit where credit is due? He has taken Mississippi State and beaten AU @ Jordan Hare and US in Starkville. What does that say?

 

[kudzu]

Uhhhh, I'll take Saban on a bad day over Croom on his best day.

This will all pass, Saban is the RIGHT guy for the job.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very upset over the loss. I just have to think back to the start of the seaon and remember, we only wanted a certain amount of wins to be happy. It's so tough, we were so close with the talent we have this season. I feel like most of college football took notice, we will be something!

I just can't stop thinking about what the future's gonna be like with Saban. :wink:

Good post and I agree. We'll be fine. Maybe some of these wagoners will jump ship soon.

I hope a lot of them have tickets at Bryant-Denny. I'd like to be able to get more next year.

I think I'm in love! :drk
Mrs.Delta,some of these guys could learn a thing or two from you about being a fan.

 

[Guest]

Who are you questioning as a fan or a band wagoneer?

I'm guessing those who think it would of been better with Croom over Shula and Saban?

 

[kudzu]

No one in particular. But some of theses posts are insane. Heat of the moment type that usually are driven by frustration. It's understandable but some folks carry it too far.