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Why is Saban always late to the Party?

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Why is Saban so late in making changes on this team, when it is apparent to all of us WAY AHEAD OF TIME. Ie; Playing Daunte, L.J. at Left Tackle, Tillman at Safety, too conservative play calling early in games, etc.
What is it with this guy anyway??
 
Something definitely is wrong. But then again, it is much easier to be an armchair coach than the real thing.
 
ever since he was late to throw the red flag in Pittsburgh, its as if all of a sudden the team's bubble burst and the reality about Saban was exposed
 
ChuckKLINGBEIL said:
ever since he was late to throw the red flag in Pittsburgh, its as if all of a sudden the team's bubble burst and the reality about Saban was exposed
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hey Buddy, in Nicks defense he pulled that red flag out and when he went to throw it, he thought for a moment he mistakenly pulled out a Little Debbies cake and became hestitant in throwing it, until he realized he did correctly pull out the red flag and then threw it, but it was a little too late
 
FinsGonnaRock06 said:
Why is Saban so late in making changes on this team, when it is apparent to all of us WAY AHEAD OF TIME. Ie; Playing Daunte, L.J. at Left Tackle, Tillman at Safety, too conservative play calling early in games, etc.
What is it with this guy anyway??
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I've wondered the same thing. My theories are one he believes that people must be given opportunities to play themselves out of funks. Unfortunately, sometimes the player simply sucks and its not a matter of being in a funk. I think that after two staright years of slow starts, the lesson is there to be learned that you dont have enough weeks in the NFL to allow players to be subpar and start. The NFL is too good at exploiting weaknesses. In college you can cover up a weakness. In the NFL its almost impossible. The one semi-positive going into next season is that Saban should be able to fill the few subpar spots we have in the offseason. Then its a matter of getting difference makers on both sides of the ball. That may take longer
 
It makes you wonder what's going on during training camp and practices for Saban to be completely oblivious to how things will play out during real games.
 
theres just certain players getting paid way too much on this team for their productivity...

Booker, Chambers, McMichael eat up to much cap space for an offense thats near the bottom... these guys arent BIG GAME PLAYERS
they only look good when the pressure is off
 
It seems since Saban has arrived on the scene, the atmosphere has been joyless and intense. Saban may say upbeat things at times, but his demeanor and style is... joyless and intense. As a result, his team is a reflection of the coach, they play scared and instead if just lettin' it go with abandon they're too scared of making a mistake. It's a losing mentality. The opposite end of the spectrum is overconfidence and swagger, but we could use some of that, we ain't got none of that!
 
It is aggravating, he seems clueless at times, In one of his PC's one of the reporters asked him why Bell is'nt starting over Tillman and the expression on his face, it was like a lightbulb went off and he says thats a very good suggestion...:lol: Maybe this is why the players seem up in arms the guy just might not be fit for the NFL. The bad thing is it's going to take time to figure this out and if it is the case we are in for another couple years of disappointment. I think his biggest problem is his lack of experience with the offense mix that with Malarkey and you got a recipe for disaster. When he brought Linehan down on the sidelines the team turned it around and looked like a superbowl team now that Linehans gone its back to the beginning of last season with a very mediocre offense.
 
I think he is a good coach, and this is not a knock on him or your team, but like most coaches, the next NFL team that he coaches will benefit from all he learned on your dime. And that sucks.
 
ChuckKLINGBEIL said:
the dolphins need culpepper healthy
and they need a real #1 receiver
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Absolutely agree.

However, I disagree with you on Saban. I think it's two fold. One, he tends to surround himself with coaches with track records and allow them to do their own thing. This is great when they are getting results, it's not when they don't. Secondly, I think Saban also sees mistakes as talent deficiencies or as correctable and coachable weaknesses. Most of what ails the fins are correctable issues and Saban thinks he and his coaches can get them corrected. I don't think he'll tolerate the same mistakes or lack of progress in correcting those mistakes forever, which is why it seems to take time for him to make a move.

DC can be rehabilitated, just no idea how long that process will take. Also, you can't cut an entire 53 man roster and completely rebuild it in your mold in two years. It takes time. Then, take into account your coaches just may not be able to coach players that fit into your system. Everything must work. Right now, Saban is learning all of the above. We just have to cheer and hope for the best and that it will happen sooner rather than later.
 
Dirtywater said:
I think he is a good coach, and this is not a knock on him or your team, but like most coaches, the next NFL team that he coaches will benefit from all he learned on your dime. And that sucks.
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unless the guy pulls a spurrier he's here next yr and that will be enough time to get the ship righted. this is the last yr we go through this slow start. the team will have a lot more stability going into next yr and the turnover wont be as great as it has been the last two yrs. he just needs to learn from some of his mistakes and he'll be fine
 
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