| FTBL Why the struggles this year poll?

[musso]

Ok so what is your reason? I am interested to hear.

He needs to hear you beg, on your knees, like this:

“Pray tell, Oh @TerryP the Great Oracle, what is the meaning of thy pronouncement? Do please depart from the divine tongues of angels, and indulge us mortals by uttering the tongue of flesh and blood, so that we may know thy will.”

 

[Justneedme81]

He needs to hear you beg, on your knees, like this:

“Pray tell, Oh @TerryP the Great Oracle, what is the meaning of thy pronouncement? Do please depart from the divine tongues of angels, and indulge us mortals by uttering the tongue of flesh and blood, so that we may know thy will.”

 

[TerryP]

He needs to hear you beg, on your knees, like this:

“Pray tell, Oh @TerryP the Great Oracle, what is the meaning of thy pronouncement? Do please depart from the divine tongues of angels, and indulge us mortals by uttering the tongue of flesh and blood, so that we may know thy will.”

Okay, since we're going down this road.

I'm also prophetic. I told the group, before the season, what we were seeing. What we were about to see...and, the "Great Oracle," has been proven correct.

 

[TerryP]

Ok so what is your reason? I am interested to hear.

I will...let me have a little fun with the guy that used to watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as his "news" source.

 

[TerryP]

Ok so what is your reason? I am interested to hear.

In a word, "Rumspringa."

 

[Slickmullet]

Jalen Milroe as our QB is #1 for me. 2nd would be absolutely terrible OC and DC.

 

[Nothing_But_A_Winner00]

Jalen Milroe as our QB is #1 for me. 2nd would be absolutely terrible OC and DC.

Soooo, everything?

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

What about the physicality or lack there of in practices?… Too laid back?…People standing around with arms folded?

Yep. This and all the gameweek interviews and lax approach during game prep.

 

[24and7]

Yep. This and all the gameweek interviews and lax approach during game prep.

Wimp alluded to the fact that a lot of the players were getting sick of showcasing a certain great athlete on Jox several weeks ago..He said CKD needed to spread the attention around more to other players… (WIMP SAID IT Aight)

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

We have some dang good running backs. I don't understand why we aren't utilizing them. running them 8 to 12 times a game is NOT ok.
Also, I hope we hit the portal and recruiting trail HARD to bolster the right side of the OL, Which has been horrible.

 

[Justneedme81]

Many of you forgot what CKD said about the offense:

Why Alabama football's Kalen DeBoer said much of his offense won't be installed in 2024

Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer said much of the offense he brought from Washington won't be installed in 2024, and explained why.

www.tuscaloosanews.com

The reason? The offense must suit the personnel he inherited.


"There's going to be a lot of our offense that we never install this year, just because of the players that we have," DeBoer said Wednesday on the SEC's weekly media teleconference. "There's going to be other elements of the system that we haven't used much the past few years, that we'll go draw upon."

One key difference is that Alabama's returning offensi

 

[mando]

I will...let me have a little fun with the guy that used to watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as his "news" source.

No idea what this means. I never watch any of these moronic "news" shows. I have never watched Jon Stewart.

 

[Justneedme81]

Need to add a box in the poll, "lack of personnel that's a good fit for CKD system"

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Need to add a box in the poll, "lack of personnel that's a good fit for CKD system"

Add in too much time by the players at the jewelry store and car lots.

 

[mando]

Okay, since we're going down this road.

I'm also prophetic. I told the group, before the season, what we were seeing. What we were about to see...and, the "Great Oracle," has been proven correct.

I see you saying this with a straight face. A lot what you were saying in the off season did not happen. You were very bullish on year one. Pretty sure you had Milroe going to NYC and Bama playing for the national championship (I am not going back to find the exact wording it is not worth it). You were on me big time when I was trying to tap the brakes and saying at least let them play a game and even a season or two before crowing CKD the next GOAT. Parts of what you said maybe were true but man you were one of the biggest rah rah guys in the preseason. I still think long term you will be right but you were not year one.

If I interpret you "Rumspringa" correclty your reason for the struggles is the players adjusting to having more freedom and their ability to handle that. That just reinforces my position all along that it takes time especially year one with a new staff and the players ability to adjust to it. Usually I am referring to scheme when I say that but you are applying to how CKD engages with them versus CNS which makes sense also.

 

[mando]

Need to add a box in the poll, "lack of personnel that's a good fit for CKD system"

For these polls you guys can't add to them? Sorry I thought you could and we would end up with a top 5 or so based on peoples views on this board.

 

[TerryP]

If I interpret you "Rumspringa" correclty your reason for the struggles is the players adjusting to having more freedom and their ability to handle that. That just reinforces my position all along that it takes time especially year one with a new staff and the players ability to adjust to it. Usually I am referring to scheme when I say that but you are applying to how CKD engages with them versus CNS which makes sense also.

You are getting the picture I'm painting; but it's not on the staff. The inability to handle tough circumstances in a game comes from the inability to do the same in life. A large breakdown of that came from the Covid years. A larger breakdown comes from their rearing: both educationally and parentally.

You can find a staff of coaches with players who still have the inability to "kick the dust off their sandals" where those staff members have been on a campus for years.

I see you saying this with a straight face. A lot what you were saying in the off season did not happen. You were very bullish on year one. Pretty sure you had Milroe going to NYC and Bama playing for the national championship (I am not going back to find the exact wording it is not worth it). You were on me big time when I was trying to tap the brakes and saying at least let them play a game and even a season or two before crowing CKD the next GOAT. Parts of what you said maybe were true but man you were one of the biggest rah rah guys in the preseason. I still think long term you will be right but you were not year one.

Again. I never said "Bama playing for..." I said, "Bama competing for..." A spot in the playoff is (checks notes) competing for ...

I did say I expected to see JM in NYC. He should be. I can't explain the mental breakdowns he had with Vandy and OU. I saw what he did in other games. Juxtapose those. It's not a new system. It's not a new staff. It's Jalen's mental make-up at times.

 

[TerryP]

No idea what this means. I never watch any of these moronic "news" shows. I have never watched Jon Stewart.

It was a 'dig' at Musso ... you weren't supposed to get what it meant.

 

[mando]

You are getting the picture I'm painting; but it's not on the staff. The inability to handle tough circumstances in a game comes from the inability to do the same in life. A large breakdown of that came from the Covid years. A larger breakdown comes from their rearing: both educationally and parentally.

You can find a staff of coaches with players who still have the inability to "kick the dust off their sandals" where those staff members have been on a campus for years.

Again. I never said "Bama playing for..." I said, "Bama competing for..." A spot in the playoff is (checks notes) competing for ...

I did say I expected to see JM in NYC. He should be. I can't explain the mental breakdowns he had with Vandy and OU. I saw what he did in other games. Juxtapose those. It's not a new system. It's not a new staff. It's Jalen's mental make-up at times.

I still put this under a new scheme with regards to the total picture... It takes time to get the right people in the right seats and each of them knowing w/o thinking how to do their jobs. Part of that is how to work with each other and another part is knowing your competition. This is why a team with some stacked years in the same league should be able to execute more consistently if they have the jimmys and joes. It takes all of it. Now over time coaches better be willing to adapt as the competition learns how to beat you. Adapt to your personel and how you attack the competiion.