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The season is over. Even though the majority on here don’t like evaluating how the season has gone and who are valid contributors (players & coaches) going forward, I feel it needs to be done. Fans don’t like the negativity but coaches do this with players at the end of every season.
OL - Either talent evaluation or coaching is sorely lacking. In 4 years CJH has not had 1 HS signee start on the Offensive line. Even more alarming is the portal guys have not been that reliable. Living in the portal for any team group is playing with fire and OL is the worst. It never allows to build depth because nobody good is coming to play behind someone else, and many times you only get 1 or 2 years max.
WR - Here I think it is more coaching than talent evaluation. Speed is not the issue. There are probably 2 or 3 WRers faster than Hyatt was. The signees are sought after by many top schools so I think the talent is there to be coached. The starters this year had a bad case of drops. Why were players like Matthews and Staley not playing more and at least given a game chance. They preferred playing injured players over these guys.
QB - Where to start? Again coaching or talent evaluation? They are paying a reported $2M per year (current $4M invested) for a QB who averages a tad over 200 ypg passing. Can’t throw an accurate deep ball. All this after 14 starts, playing mop up last year, and has been through 3 bowl / post season practices.
Head coach OC - Why has the offense slowed down and why continue to play the wide splits? Considering 22 was the best season of his tenure, why slow down. They were not just winning, they were dominating foes. Defensive depth is better, WRers are faster with more system experience, RBs have experience, but stats are down. While use the splits if you are playing a slower pace and not taking advantage of confusing the defense.
My opinion is talent evaluation. I think Nico is over rated. He is probably a better QB for a pro style system. Problem will be not being able to play the current and incoming QBs due to the money invested. High school O linemen are apparently not SEC ready even after 2 years in the system.
Many are bragging arguing about winning 10 games this year. Of those 10 wins, I believe only 3 teams had a better than .500 record and Ala lost 3 games and is a shell of their former self.
OL - Either talent evaluation or coaching is sorely lacking. In 4 years CJH has not had 1 HS signee start on the Offensive line. Even more alarming is the portal guys have not been that reliable. Living in the portal for any team group is playing with fire and OL is the worst. It never allows to build depth because nobody good is coming to play behind someone else, and many times you only get 1 or 2 years max.
WR - Here I think it is more coaching than talent evaluation. Speed is not the issue. There are probably 2 or 3 WRers faster than Hyatt was. The signees are sought after by many top schools so I think the talent is there to be coached. The starters this year had a bad case of drops. Why were players like Matthews and Staley not playing more and at least given a game chance. They preferred playing injured players over these guys.
QB - Where to start? Again coaching or talent evaluation? They are paying a reported $2M per year (current $4M invested) for a QB who averages a tad over 200 ypg passing. Can’t throw an accurate deep ball. All this after 14 starts, playing mop up last year, and has been through 3 bowl / post season practices.
Head coach OC - Why has the offense slowed down and why continue to play the wide splits? Considering 22 was the best season of his tenure, why slow down. They were not just winning, they were dominating foes. Defensive depth is better, WRers are faster with more system experience, RBs have experience, but stats are down. While use the splits if you are playing a slower pace and not taking advantage of confusing the defense.
My opinion is talent evaluation. I think Nico is over rated. He is probably a better QB for a pro style system. Problem will be not being able to play the current and incoming QBs due to the money invested. High school O linemen are apparently not SEC ready even after 2 years in the system.
Many are bragging arguing about winning 10 games this year. Of those 10 wins, I believe only 3 teams had a better than .500 record and Ala lost 3 games and is a shell of their former self.
