📡 Superstar potential could make Jacob Eason biggest threat to Alabama

[TUSKtimes]

I remember that game because just before the game was stop Ole Siss was leading.

Yeah, Bama was probably thinking of getting off the field before they were electrocuted and the rebels all a glee and enjoying their good fortune and turnovers as the rain came down sideways. Didn't last, of course, Bama wins, again.

 

[OldPlayer]

SEC Championship with the potential of keeping us out of the Playoffs again was my guess.

Do I need to ask the question again? :rolf:

 

[TerryP]

Do I need to ask the question again? :rolf:

 

[BamaFan334]

Do I need to ask the question again? :rolf:

Bwahahaha, my bad, my bad. :clap:

 

[sean]

potential: /pəˈten(t)SHəl/
adjective
having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future.

noun
latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.

given these two definitions, how does this relay to Jacob Eason being the biggest threat to ALABAMA? why not any other quarterback, or running back, or defensive back, or wide receiver, or tight end, or kick returner, or kicker...etc.?

any, ANY, highly touted high school recruit has potential. and they have potential to do great things. but too many times i've seen that potential either wasted or be non-emergent. the freshman talent we have coming in this year has TONS of potential. that doesn't mean that any of them will live up to that potential. it's highly unlikely that all of them will fail. but when you start talking about one guy on a team with 10 other players on the field, then that better be some of the best potential this world has ever seen. it won't matter how much potential he has if his offensive line doesn't block for him; or his running back(s) can't hold onto the ball; or his wide receivers/tight ends can't catch.

and i'll quote the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

 

[TerryP]

given these two definitions, how does this relay to Jacob Eason being the biggest threat to ALABAMA?

It's Aschoff--reasoning isn't, and never has been, his strong suit.

 

[TUSKtimes]

From what I see, Eason would have been a more productive QB, as far as stats go, under the leadership of Mark Richt. His offenses were more QB friendly, but his balance and especially his defenses would suffer mightily. So the concept of this one man band being a threat to Bama would have been truer before Smart and less so with a totally different rushing scheme and defensive approach. Add to that point that the only thing Smart has established in the east, for sure, is that he can recruit.

 

[TerryP]

From what I see, Eason would have been a more productive QB, as far as stats go, under the leadership of Mark Richt.

In threads where people have questioned the retention of quarterbacks under Saban as well as the development of quarterbacks I've always thought the staff at UGA under Richt did the best job in the SEC--including Spurrier.

The one question I've not been able to answer is this. Was it the guidance under Richt, or was it Mike Bobo? I tend to lean towards the later.

 

[TUSKtimes]

In threads where people have questioned the retention of quarterbacks under Saban as well as the development of quarterbacks I've always thought the staff at UGA under Richt did the best job in the SEC--including Spurrier.

The one question I've not been able to answer is this. Was it the guidance under Richt, or was it Mike Bobo? I tend to lean towards the later.

Bobo had to have a lot to do with it, cause that was a bad look when he left. In that offense, it always felt like Richt used the pass to set up the run. When he had a talent like Gurley to do his dirty work, like 2012, it felt like he used a little more balance. Almost worked.