🏈 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly vs. FSU

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

So? Better than a late hit 15 yard penalty, giving up multiple sacks, dropping 3 passes, countless missed tackles...

playing 12 games with a punter that can only kick the ball 35 yards is going to cost us game after game

 

[MunchyOs]

I knew we were in deep shit when Saban hung it up

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, IT'S OFFICIAL, DeBoer is on the hotseat....

50 million you owe him

 

[#80]

He can be and is already on the hot seat for sure but he can't be fired buy out is too big. We are stuck with him.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

I knew we were in deep shit when Saban hung it up

Should've made a better hire.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

He can be and is already on the hot seat for sure but he can't be fired buy out is too big. We are stuck with him.

Lol, we'll get the money up for it.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Should've made a better hire.

I disagree... the hire was a good hire. Doesn't mean it would/will work out, but the hire was good. Even in hindsight.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Lol, we'll get the money up for it.

Not this season.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

I disagree... the hire was a good hire. Doesn't mean it would/will work out, but the hire was good. Even in hindsight.

I was hopeful(but skeptical) about the hire when it happened. I was hopeful we'd get Lanning at the time. I'm still hopeful he can somehow turn it around, but that likely isn't going to happen. And I hate that, I don't want this program to go through a bad time. I wanted him to be successful and have a great career here. Godamnit! This sucks!!!

 

[Bammerboy321]

I disagree... the hire was a good hire. Doesn't mean it would/will work out, but the hire was good. Even in hindsight.

Best hire Byrne could have made. Dude was coming off a title run at Washington. Unfortunately now we can kind of see a lot of his success was off the backs of Penix.

Not sure the route he'll go next time, but I hope he's open to looking at assistants. Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Ohio State all found success with this. You could even say Oklahoma after Stoops retired with Riley (until he left). Just because we're Alabama doesn't mean we should be over the thought that we have to get a coach with HCing experience.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

Not this season.

We keep losing.... I hard disagree.

 

[Rolltide24]

Another ugly is our 3 games inside the state of Florida the last 3 years. At least we came out with a win at South Florida…

Anyone else feel like FSU was stronger and faster than us? Looked like it was a noticeable difference.

 

[BamaFan334]

playing 12 games with a punter that can only kick the ball 35 yards is going to cost us game after game

I got news for you, every other aspect of our game is gonna cost us before the punter.

 

[Secondand26]

Name 1 defensive player that had a good game. I can’t think of one.
We helped create creases by undisciplined Defensive line player. That’s coaching

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Another ugly is our 3 games inside the state of Florida the last 3 years. At least we came out with a win at South Florida…

Anyone else feel like FSU was stronger and faster than us? Looked like it was a noticeable difference.

They were much more physical than Bama in addition to quicker. They were hungry and anytime you have a QB with wheels like his, then you have a shot. The only time we stopped them was by accident.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Another ugly is our 3 games inside the state of Florida the last 3 years. At least we came out with a win at South Florida…

Anyone else feel like FSU was stronger and faster than us? Looked like it was a noticeable difference.

Outside of 2020 - which had an absolutely loaded senior laden roster with NFL talent and Sark at OC - the S&C has been a noticeable drop off since Cochran left.

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

Think the in game thread has to take the ugly title

What specifically?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I was hopeful(but skeptical) about the hire when it happened. I was hopeful we'd get Lanning at the time. I'm still hopeful he can somehow turn it around, but that likely isn't going to happen. And I hate that, I don't want this program to go through a bad time. I wanted him to be successful and have a great career here. Godamnit! This sucks!!!

I would have been OK with Lanning (mostly because I like his potential), but he wasn't coming here (at the time). Even still, on paper, DeBoer was 3-0 against Lanning.

We keep losing.... I hard disagree.

The money isn't going to magically appear because he losses more games. The very last thing Byrne is going to spend funds on is a buyout that large that squeezes and strains other areas of the AD, collective/NIL, and fundraising. For better or worse, his approach to everything begins and ends in terms of what is most financially responsible for the athletic department.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

The money isn't going to magically appear because he losses more games. The very last thing Byrne is going to spend funds on is a buyout that large that squeezes and strains other areas of the AD, collective/NIL, and fundraising. For better or worse, his approach to everything begins and ends in terms of what is most financially responsible for the athletic department.

I know a way to get more money.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Best hire Byrne could have made. Dude was coming off a title run at Washington. Unfortunately now we can kind of see a lot of his success was off the backs of Penix.

Not sure the route he'll go next time, but I hope he's open to looking at assistants. Oregon, Georgia, Texas, and Ohio State all found success with this. You could even say Oklahoma after Stoops retired with Riley (until he left). Just because we're Alabama doesn't mean we should be over the thought that we have to get a coach with HCing experience.

I think a large part of the HC experience part had a lot to do with how the CFB landscape was changing under our feet at the time. I'm not sure he will stick with that next go around, if there is a next go around for him. Still too soon for that discussion, IMO. Example, you talk about Penix being the key to his success. He has a freshman QB on the roster now that IMO will be better than Penix was.