led Alabama back against MSU
Is this where we are ? Needing to come back vs Cowbell U ?
The offense would have hung 50 on them with Tua distributing the ball. Moo State roster has no business taking Bama the distance.
Good lord. That's not even an argument. You have gone so far off the deep end at this point you are going to have to delete your account if things dont work out with Tua.
You're "that guy" that decided to respond to the one post that was off topic, and a total hypothetical. I suppose you have no answers for the other posts that ask the important questions, or speak to the important ideas that have been brought up.
You present your contentions in a child like manner. You sit dormant for long stretches ignoring points that you can't counter, and simply wait for a "got ya" moment that allows you to skirt the meat and potatoes of a conversation.
Simply put, and I hate to sling mud at this point, but you're one of those terrible dinner guest that can't hold up your end of a conversation. You have not provided one idea worth reading in this thread. You have not provided anything that would make a Tua supporter stop and ponder for a moment that maybe Hurts is the answer. Not even close. Meanwhile I've provided a short novel of all the reasons the Hurts era must come to an end.
Here let me Tee-It-Up for you, and lets see if you have the backbone to answer -
Question 1
Why was Jalen unable to put a single point on the board vs UGA ? Why is there a clear trend that shows Jalen can not move the ball vs teams with a good defense ? Why does the offense seem to be simplified, and many of the offensive weapons left on the shelf to collect dust when counting on Hurts to distribute the ball ?
Question 2
Why was Tua able to hang nearly 30 points on the uga D in two quarters - The same D that completely shut Hurts down ? Why was he able to distribute the ball to so many players ? Why did the team look like a totally different team with a total different energy, and a totally different sense of urgency ?
Why did Saban say after the game "I felt we needed to throw the ball better, and I thought Tua gave us a chance to do that."
Why did Herbstreit say that "Tua was the difference in the game." Why did Herbstreit say that Hurts poor play at QB was damaging Ridleys draft stock ?
You comprehend like child, I'm not presenting anything like a child. I "sit dormant" for long stretches because I have a job, I'm sorry if that is something you can't relate to, and every time I come back to this thread there is dozens of posts that I do not feel like reading (primarily because you just keep saying the same things over and over).
Why am I supposed to make a "Tua supporter" ponder anything? I'm a Tua supporter. I think people like you have forgotten that he is on the same team as Jalen Hurts...
Question 1
Because he had a bad half, a really bad half. There isn't. Because it was simplified. I do not think that DaBoll was comfortable with Jalen at all. I've never argued that in the back half of the season that Jalen struggled at times (he struggled badly against Auburn and Georgia explicitly). He has also WON multiple games with his play down the stretch over the past two years. People like you tend to ignore the positives and simply harp on the negatives because you have a narrative that you want to paint. You don't like Jalen Hurts as a QB, you have said multiple times "he's not a QB." You will never back away from that. There is nothing for me to "defend."
Question 2
Because he had a good (at times, great) half and the Georgia defense was completely caught flat-footed and unprepared. No. 1, they had a different sense of urgency because that's the way the game was called from the sideline and No. 2, the defense actually started to settle in and play. You sound like Skip Bayless defending Tim Tebow at this point by attempting to give Tua the credit even for the defense.
Tua was the difference, his play in the second half was the biggest difference. Who has argued against that? Ridley was a first round draft pick.
This is the problem. You don't just argue that you think Tua is a better quarterback and give Alabama the best chance to win, you abandoned that a long time ago. No, you feel the need to throw out hyperbole constantly, trash Jalen as a QB and want to argue until your face turns blue. Even when someone tries to just bow out and move on, because you obviously don't care for an actual discussion, you try to bait them back into. You also pretend to know more than the head coach himself and you like to point to people like Blackledge or Herbstreit but if any other expert makes a comment positive in nature to Jalen, you dismiss it completely. You pretend to not have a bias but every post you make is oozing in bias.
I think Tua has the potential to be one of the best quarterbacks in Alabama, hell even SEC, history. POTENTIAL. I am not and will not sit here and say that I KNOW that he is going to live up to that potential based on one half of football combined with a bunch of garbage time during the regular season.
I personally believe that Jalen is a solid quarterback, that has several areas that he has to CONTINUE to improve (primarily with his confidence and reading the defense). He has shown at times he CAN have both, he's shown at other times he struggles with it. He's also the best athlete on the field every single time he walks out there and can do things that very few quarterbacks can. He also doesn't turn the ball over.
Tua IS going to turn the ball over. How much he does depends on how much the coaches can reign him in with some of those dumber throws where he just simply has TOO much confidence in his arm. I think they both will play.
Regardless, Nick Saban is going to make the decision that he feels will be best for the TEAM. He will. Not you, not me or anyone else on this board or in the media.