finmann said:
Why is that idotic....JJ came in and rebuilt this team bascially overnight and gave us one of the youngest best defenses in the league at that time.
Too bad we play offense too.
Which wasn't his fault. He couldn't remove Dan. And Dan was honestly the problem with rebuilding under Jimmy.
Welcome to the new era.
We we are BUILDING.
I know it's gonna take a while for most fans to realize it... but the team that's on the field right now, is NOT the team Saban envisions in the near future.
You guys have to understand something.... we have a LOT of problems and needs. And for those in denial, JT and ZT will be gone soon.
We don't have their replacements on the team right now.
Where do you think we are going to get them? Yes, in the draft. From my estimates... we are stilll about 20 players away from where Saban wants us.
For those who want to argue with me... please... it's pointless. It's not that I'm "right" and you're "wrong".... it's just what is. You can't honestly expect to believe we were "that close" when Saban got here. The 11-5/10-6 seasons were the best that team was going to do. We're not plugging new faces into THAT old team. We're putting a new face on THIS team.
Before this is over.... Kevin Carter, Keith Traylor, Jason Taylor, Zach Thomas, Vonnie Holiday, Damien McIntosh, Seth McKinney, possibly Shelton (the way it's looking), Ricky Williams, Olindo Mare, Jeff Zgonina, Dan Wilkinson, Marty Booker and possibly another OLineman will be replaced. We ARE NOT rebuilding for next year or the year afterwards... we are BUILDING for the next 5 - 10 years. We really need to come to grips with it and move on. Living in the past is doing us no good.