Agreed. I think Tua is the better QB and it should show in the off season. Unfortunately Daboll doesn’t run a scheme to Hurts’s strength. And that atrocity of play calls where our best RB had 6 friggin carries. 6! He went full Sarkisian.
They reportedly had already signed the deal and are now attempting to back out. Schiano is reportedly seeking the terms for breach of contract. What a mess at good ole Rock Top.
I've got to disagree with you on this. Dabol is trying to coach Bama like they are New England. IMO he runs the plays he's scripted for the game and can't or won't make necessary adjustments. It works ok when we clearly out man the Def but when the def talent is close to or equal our off talent, he seems to panic and go in a brain coma. Did not play to the strengths of Bama's personnel yesterday. Trys those slow developing downfield passes that require our WRs to get separation on Aubs DBs which they did a poor job of. 75% of the time Hurts has about 1.5 sec to throw then he is forced to make a quick decision because the OL has broke down and he has DL breathing down his neck. Hurts is coached to NOT throw into coverage (even though he did a couple of times yesterday). Think back on how Saban coached McElroy, McCarron, and Coker... the same. Wants a game manager who will minimize mistakes rather than a gunslinger who takes chances. How many quick slants did we see yesterday or screens to the backs? I remember one to Harris that got 12 yds and another that got 7 or 8 and the only slant I remember was to Foster who ran 1 yd short of the sticks then took a step back toward the LOS instead of driving upfield and cost us a TO on downs. I'm not saying Hurts played a great game at all. His delay of game killed a drive and stepping ou of bounds for a 7 yd loss instead of throwing it away was not excuseable, but I think his play was good enough to win if Dabol had the right play and personnel in. (Why did Dabol have Bo in at the critical series where his disruption and clapping with the OL caused Bozeman to snap early when Hurts was looking at the defense.) Bama's RBs were averaging nearly 7 yds/carry. Even if you throw in Hurt's 17 runs for 80 yds.. the YPC is still 5.8. Yet.. Bama's 3 stud RBs got a combined number of carries that was about half the total that Johnson did for Aub (18 vs 30). Think about the opening drive of the 2nd half and how we plowed down the field running the ball. Ever since Kiffin was told to find another job, our offense against decent defenses have struggled (Washington.. Kiffin was there but his mind was at FAU)... Sark's disaster in the championship, and Dabol's fail against Auburn. Last year from the first game to the 12th you saw Hurts progress as a QB under Kiffin and was awarded SEC POY. I have seen not further progression from him this year. You swap Chip Lindsey for Dabol, you swap the scores in the game and you have us in the SECCG with a good chance of running the table.
So, the key is that, in the other sports, a conference/division winner won't be excluded from the post-season while someone that finishes below them is included. Should Auburn win the SEC, you're "the way it should be" final 4 violates that. Now, if you want to alter the conference championships to accommodate overall records (thus putting Alabama in the SEC championship instead of Auburn), that's fine - but you'll see nothing but cupcake games out of conference from then on.
You mean if they win their conference, right?
