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Tonight was a coaching exercise & Saban took Dabo to school
Jan 2, 2018, 12:33 AM
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The player skill sets with Clemson & Bama were pretty even. The pregame play calls by Clemson coaches were really predictable, and Bama's physicality was evident from opening kickoff when they smashed ETN.
It was real clear Bama coaches had ZERO respect for Clemson QB competence. They went after KB, and Clemson coaches knew it was coming and had no answer. What Dabo and O coaches did over the past 5 weeks is a lesson in what not to do again. Credit to Bama. They earned it. And tonight DW was not on the field to lead our coaches and players to victory. Go Tigers 2018!
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Re: Tonight was a coaching exercise & Saban took Dabo to school
Jan 2, 2018, 12:41 AM
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Nailed it
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Therefore the reason Bama was favored the whole time
Jan 2, 2018, 12:44 AM
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CU Guru [1105]
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It was pretty obvious they knew our play calls
Jan 2, 2018, 12:46 AM
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Offense never had a chance and the staff didn't adapt quick enough. We've won plenty of games doing that too. That's life.
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Orange Blooded [2753]
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Yeah - think about that . . .
Jan 2, 2018, 12:56 AM
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You said we've won plenty of games doing that . .. and we have, but we've won them often in spite of that. It's one thing to win doing that, it's another to LOSE doing that, or - more specifically, to CONTINUE to do it while losing. Spitting in the wind. It's terrible. I think the #1 reason we didn't compete in this game (that is, from our side - GIVEN how Bama played), is that we dialed up our playcalls and just continued to spit in the wind.
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Knowing Dabo,like we do,He'll learn from it.
Jan 2, 2018, 12:46 AM
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At this stage that's all you can ask for.
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Orange Blooded [3427]
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The offense has been bland all year long
Jan 2, 2018, 12:48 AM
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I’m hoping Scott and Elliott realize the shortcomings and draw up some fresh plays. Running the same plays over and over again without much success is frustrating. The stupid tunnel screens when the OL just flops down needs to find its way out of the playbook QUICKLY.
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Orange Blooded [2332]
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Re: The offense has been bland all year long
Jan 2, 2018, 12:57 AM
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Dabo needs to make hard decisions after this game, but will he? Caldwell has done a good job, but recruiting suffered on OL against UGa. and I wonder if it is time for a change. Next year the OL will not be as strong and thus our offense must be reviewed accordingly. The lack of a quality TE also was evident.
Just random thoughts, but clear concerns.
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Orange Blooded [2753]
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True. Horrible job by Elliot and Scott . . .
Jan 2, 2018, 12:54 AM
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I know folks are gonna hate me for that, but I've often (not *always*, but plenty often) thought their playcalling was hideously predictable - and it was pretty bad tonight too. Now, that wasn't by any means the only thing contributing tonight. Bama played better in many respects, not the least of which was just the basic attitude and physicality they brought. However, I think you ought to do what you can to give yourself the best chance - and if you lose anyway, then so be it. But our offensive playcalling looked like it was stuck in a loop. Given the penetration Bama was getting, and given KB's general ineffectiveness (and much of that was not his fault as he was on the run all night), how could you expect to keep calling plain jane drop backs and expect KB to get out of it?
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What's crazy is that I knew that would happen before...
Jan 2, 2018, 1:03 AM
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the game if we went with that game plan. What I don't know is whether we had to go with that game plan? Maybe Dabo thinks/knows that's all that we had? I knew we had to pass the ball and spread it around to open it up to have any chance.
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