'19 AL QB Taulia Tagovailoa

#902
#902
I like what Pruitt said a couple weeks ago:

I’ve known everyone in this room for years and not one person has sat down and given me any advice.

They skeered
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Lmao can't take anything you say serious after the Kiffin comment. He is a good OC because he is a good QB coach who knows what to do with any QB he has. He had freaking Sims, Coker and Hurts as QBs and had explosive offenses for you.

Enos is a good QB coach but geez don't say Kiffin isn't a good QB coach in the same post. Nobody would pick Enos as QB coach over kiffin

Kiffin has made some of the worst QBs look like stars.
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That's not what I said.

QB skills coaching and development is not Kiffin's forté. Kiffin's strength is as an OC -- scheme designer, game planner, play caller. He's great at tailoring offensive schemes to make the most of what his QB and other players do well and avoiding what they can't do well. He made the QBs look good because of what he did as an OC, not because he helped them develop their abilities as a passer.

Enos' strength is developing QB skills -- mechanics, accuracy, developing their ability to quickly read the field, pre & post-snap, go through progressions, find the open receiver, look-off safeties....etc. In short, developing (improving) the QBs abilities.

This is the first time Saban has had a dedicate QB position coach. That's what he's done with the 10th on field assistant spot the NCAA now allows. Mike Locksley is Bama's OC.

Idk how to make it any clearer. Smh.
 
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Tidal Surge said:
That's not what I said.

QB skills coaching and development is not Kiffin's forté. Kiffin's strength is as an OC -- scheme designer, game planner, play caller. He's great at tailoring offensive schemes to make the most of what his QB and other players do well and avoiding what they can't do well. He made the QBs look good because of what he did as an OC, not because he helped them develop their abilities as a passer.

Enos' strength is developing QB skills -- mechanics, accuracy, developing their ability to quickly read the the field, pre and post-snap, quickly go through progressions, find the open receiver, look-off safeties....etc. In short, developing (improving) the QBs abilities.

This is the first time Saban has had a dedicate QB position coach. That's what he's done with the 10th on field assistant spot the NCAA now allows. Mike Locksley is Bama's OC.

Idk how to make it any clearer. Smh.
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This makes sense
 
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Tidal Surge said:
That's not what I said.

QB skills coaching and development is not Kiffin's forté. Kiffin's strength is as an OC -- scheme designer, game planner, play caller. He's great at tailoring offensive schemes to make the most of what his QB and other players do well and avoiding what they can't do well. He made the QBs look good because of what he did as an OC, not because he helped them develop their abilities as a passer.

Enos' strength is developing QB skills -- mechanics, accuracy, developing their ability to quickly read the field, pre & post-snap, go through progressions, find the open receiver, look-off safeties....etc. In short, developing (improving) the QBs abilities.

This is the first time Saban has had a dedicate QB position coach. That's what he's done with the 10th on field assistant spot the NCAA now allows. Mike Locksley is Bama's OC.

Idk how to make it any clearer. Smh.
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I... can't... can you clarify?
 
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SmokinBob said:
And you know this, how?
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Word leaked out that Bama was repping Tua a lot in practicing for the playoffs and would play him if needed. We had been discussing it on forums the entire month of December.

Jalen sux at reading the field and going through progressions. No matter how much they've tried to help Jalen improve at it he hasn't.

It was clear that teams with good defenses could scheme to load the box, take away his primary receiving target and force Jalen to do what he can't do. That's what LSU, MSU and AU did.

Kirby had the same plan for stopping Bama's offense with Jalen at QB and they knew they needed to be prepared for Tua. Bama was able to beat Clemson without having to play Tua, but would have played him if necessary.

Kirby himself said after the game that they had prepared for Tua playing.

I don't make stuff up.
 
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butchna said:
Denial worked great with Brandon Kennedy...keep bringing! :clapping:
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I wasn't in denial about Kennedy. I stated several times I thought he'd probably end up getting to transfer to UT in the end.

I don't think Tua will flip to Tennessee, but I sure as heck don't know the thoughts in his head. I've known he planned to still take some visits. But he's been at Bama a lot lately and helping recruit visitors and camp attendees to Bama. Again, I don't think he'll flip. But I'll certainly admit that he can and might. We'll see.

If you want to also interpret that as being in denial, that's certainly your perogative.
 
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Tidal Surge said:
Word leaked out that Bama was repping Tua a lot in practicing for the playoffs and would play him if needed. We had been discussing it on forums the entire month of December.

Jalen sux at reading the field and going through progressions. No matter how much they've tried to help Jalen improve at it he hasn't.

It was clear that teams with good defenses could scheme to load the box, take away his primary receiving target and force Jalen to do what he can't do. That's what LSU, MSU and AU did.

Kirby had the same plan for stopping Bama's offense with Jalen at QB and they knew they needed to be prepared for Tua. Bama was able to beat Clemson without having to play Tua, but would have played him if necessary.

Kirby himself said after the game that they had prepared for Tua playing.

I don't make stuff up.
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I heard him say that after the game but it sure didn’t look like it in the game. :)
 
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KBVol said:
Agree. Great gutsy call by Saban in that spot. How many coaches would’ve done that in a regular season game much less in the title game? But then again, Tua is special and the offense was dead with Hurts’ inability to throw/win from the pocket.

Also agree in hoping we sign little brother. Sure feels like the longest of long shots though imho
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Certainly not Butch
 
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Tidal Surge said:
Word leaked out that Bama was repping Tua a lot in practicing for the playoffs and would play him if needed. We had been discussing it on forums the entire month of December.

Jalen sux at reading the field and going through progressions. No matter how much they've tried to help Jalen improve at it he hasn't.

It was clear that teams with good defenses could scheme to load the box, take away his primary receiving target and force Jalen to do what he can't do. That's what LSU, MSU and AU did.

Kirby had the same plan for stopping Bama's offense with Jalen at QB and they knew they needed to be prepared for Tua. Bama was able to beat Clemson without having to play Tua, but would have played him if necessary.

Kirby himself said after the game that they had prepared for Tua playing.

I don't make stuff up.
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Yea they played 1 double a lot... and they played Cone a lot...
 
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Tidal Surge said:
I wasn't in denial about Kennedy. I stated several times I thought he'd probably end up getting to transfer to UT in the end.

I don't think Tua will flip to Tennessee, but I sure heck don't know what's going through his head. I've known he planned to still take some visits. But he's been at Bama alot lately and helping recruit visitors and camp attendees to Bama. Again, I don't think he'll flip. But I'll certainly admit that he can and might. We'll see.

If you want to also interpret that as being in denial, that's certainly your perogative.
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You kept bringing up him possibly being ineligible because of courses he had already enrolled in then the new rule not being effective til October every lil possible snag. You didn’t want it to happen...it’s ok being honest. You’re not openly obnoxious about but you grip your talking points in your remaining teeth and hold on for dear life. Whatever happened with that inner press conference with yourself where you mulled never posting again? Knew you were hooked. :wink2:
 
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KBVol said:
Agree. Great gutsy call by Saban in that spot. How many coaches would’ve done that in a regular season game much less in the title game? But then again, Tua is special and the offense was dead with Hurts’ inability to throw/win from the pocket.

Also agree in hoping we sign little brother. Sure feels like the longest of long shots though imho
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Meh, I don’t think it was a gutsy call by Saban to put Tua in. It was the only call; they weren’t winning that game with Hurts in the game. In fact it was probably a game late. Tua would have given them a much better chance to beat Auburn.
 
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Dooby15 said:
Meh, I don’t think it was a gutsy call by Saban to put Tua in. It was the only call; they weren’t winning that game with Hurts in the game. In fact it was probably a game late. Tua would have given them a much better chance to beat Auburn.
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Seriously? Thats was a huge gutsy call. Asking a true FR to be a savior against one of the best teams in the country in the national championship game? That takes moxie.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Seriously? Thats was a huge gutsy call. Asking a true FR to be a savior against one of the best teams in the country in the national championship game? That takes moxie.
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How? It was the most obvious call. It’s not like Tua had never played. For 6 straight quarters Bama did not move the ball and it was because of Hurts. It was the only option Saban had. He would have looked like a moron leaving Hurts in and losing the game.

Edit: They did beat Clemson in between the Auburn and Georgia game. But that was a complete dominant effort from their defense.
 
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Dooby15 said:
How? It was the most obvious call. It’s not like Tua had never played. For 6 straight quarters Bama did not move the ball and it was because of Hurts. It was the only option Saban had. He would have looked like a moron leaving Hurts in and losing the game.
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No it wasnt his only option. There is always that possibility that Hurts could have cane out in the second half and lit UGA up. We will never know. But Hurts had much more big time experience and Tua had none.

If Tua would have played in the playoff games then I would agree with your assumption it wasnt that big of a call. But to pull your starting QB at halftime for a true FR in the NC game is big time.
 
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