I am a Saban fan however my frustration is he is slow to give young guys a chance. Why? Is his system that hard? If so then should it be simplified?
Let's think about his moves so far and what has worked.
Coaching staff hirings - you have to question them - our ST's at least on the return side are terrible - certainly not any better than they were. He kept the same coach - mistake IMO. OL - we all praise Houck but is this line any better - not much if so. I don't see us doing any better against pretty poor teams. We have to quick pass all the time because we can't run yet our line avgs what 330+ lbs. Offense - better yes - by much no - upside hard to tell - certainly can't see that they scare anybody. Is mularkey the answer - doesn't look like it. Why was he forced to take over somebody else's offense? It obviously hasn't worked out. D - Smith - bad hire but he was what the 3rd or 4th choice. Capers - haven't seen any improvement - respected coach but not much change from last year. Dominant downs 1 and 2 - stink on 3rd down and let up the big plays - so what has changed? Coaching doesn't seem to have made a difference - at least in the results.
Players - what FA has made an impact?
Draft - RB - yes good move although we needed more picks - not to spend the #2 overall on a back - I like him alot just would have rather had 2 or 3 picks instead. Roth, Crowder, and Daniels - could be good players - any studs? Maybe Crowder - too early to tell. At least they were able to play early. This year no young guys have been playing - why? Is our talent level that good - obviously not. This years draft may not pan out so well.
FA - what has worked? Traylor - good - KCarter - good - what else - who else - can't think of any big time players we have gotten. DC and JH - who knows - could be busts still - certainly hasn't been rosy so far.
This isn't to bash Saban - he has a great work ethic and approach. Seems to be the right guy and I have been singing his praise BUT if you look at the team and teh results you have to wonder - are we any better 1 1/2 years later and is there an upside here? We have a very old team - we aren't starting 3 rooks on the OLine like the Packs. Our D front 7 is very old! Where is the youth infusion?
Let's think about his moves so far and what has worked.
Coaching staff hirings - you have to question them - our ST's at least on the return side are terrible - certainly not any better than they were. He kept the same coach - mistake IMO. OL - we all praise Houck but is this line any better - not much if so. I don't see us doing any better against pretty poor teams. We have to quick pass all the time because we can't run yet our line avgs what 330+ lbs. Offense - better yes - by much no - upside hard to tell - certainly can't see that they scare anybody. Is mularkey the answer - doesn't look like it. Why was he forced to take over somebody else's offense? It obviously hasn't worked out. D - Smith - bad hire but he was what the 3rd or 4th choice. Capers - haven't seen any improvement - respected coach but not much change from last year. Dominant downs 1 and 2 - stink on 3rd down and let up the big plays - so what has changed? Coaching doesn't seem to have made a difference - at least in the results.
Players - what FA has made an impact?
Draft - RB - yes good move although we needed more picks - not to spend the #2 overall on a back - I like him alot just would have rather had 2 or 3 picks instead. Roth, Crowder, and Daniels - could be good players - any studs? Maybe Crowder - too early to tell. At least they were able to play early. This year no young guys have been playing - why? Is our talent level that good - obviously not. This years draft may not pan out so well.
FA - what has worked? Traylor - good - KCarter - good - what else - who else - can't think of any big time players we have gotten. DC and JH - who knows - could be busts still - certainly hasn't been rosy so far.
This isn't to bash Saban - he has a great work ethic and approach. Seems to be the right guy and I have been singing his praise BUT if you look at the team and teh results you have to wonder - are we any better 1 1/2 years later and is there an upside here? We have a very old team - we aren't starting 3 rooks on the OLine like the Packs. Our D front 7 is very old! Where is the youth infusion?
