Tua Injured against MSU

[TennesseeTarheel]

God bless that young man.

 

[Zues1]

Should not have played last week.

 

[vols40]

It should be

If he's healthy he plays.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

"I don't worry about kids getting hurt"

I know the context matters but that's not a good soundbite from Saban.

 

[Orange_Crush]

He asked saban to stay in and run the 2 min offense. That's on him and it's just football

Saban explicitly contradicted this.

 

[vols40]

Bama’s success doesn’t really affect our recruiting. We go ahead to head with Auburn regularly and lose more often than we win. Bama is going to need some other teams to lose to get in anyways I think

Are we talking about the Auburn team we beat at Auburn? Got it

 

[BigOrangeAl 1979]

So I’m as impressed as the next guy with Saban’s best ever career, but I gotta wonder how long before Bama fans start questioning some things. Losses in his last two games of significanc and now a horrible decision to have Tua playing/in the game.

If he fails next season to win the SEC and Natty then he will start getting some heat crazy as that sounds.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

He asked saban to stay in and run the 2 min offense. That's on him and it's just football

You tell Tua when up by 30 not no but hell no.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

If he fails next season to win the SEC and Natty then he will start getting some heat crazy as that sounds.

Thats the problem with the kind of success he has had. 10-2 is no longer good enough.

 

[BigOrangeAl 1979]

Thats the problem with the kind of success he has had. 10-2 is no longer good enough.

He isn’t getting any younger either

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

"I don't worry about kids getting hurt"

I know the context matters but that's not a good soundbite from Saban.

In the past, he never cared about soundbites.

He should pay more attention now.

 

[DNBVOL]

He asked saban to stay in and run the 2 min offense. That's on him and it's just football

According to Saban...

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

In the past, he never cared about soundbites.

He should pay more attention now.

I mean I don't think he meant it the way it sounded (At least I hope not!) But he should know better than the say something like that when his star quarterback is facing a career ending injury

 

[Orange_Crush]

You tell Tua when up by 30 not no but hell no.

They asked if Tua lobbied to stay in and Saban said no. It was the coaches' decision. It was the same conversation he said basically that they don't worry about whether someone will get hurt.

I think the "Tua lobbied" narrative was started by the announcers in-game.

 

[DNBVOL]

You tell Tua when up by 30 not no but hell no.

Sounds to me like he is trying to deter the blame and responsibility. Since when do the players make the calls under Saban? Never

 

[PA Vol]

Not me. I want them to lose every game for the rest of their existence. They need to topple in order for us to get back on top.

Both Alabama and Tennessee are hardly ever near the top at the same time.



Yup. Did you see that little vid they put together of Tua's operation? Holy s**t, they simply drilled some holes in his bone and put in some rubber bands or whatnot to keep his ankle together.

It wasn't 'healed'. The operation didn't 'heal' him.

What they did to him is this generation's version of a "Give him a shot of cortisone and send him back in there!".

Despicable.

UGA and Florida are bigger obstacles to our rise to relevance. It isn’t 1992 anymore.

 

[PA Vol]

Are we talking about the Auburn team we beat at Auburn? Got it

Hasn’t helped us with anyone but Wanya and he was on board prior anyway.

 

[Orange931]

Imagine if OU gets in and plays Bama. OU destroys them with Hurts at QB. That would be glorious.

I see what you’re saying, but I’d rather not see the Gumps anywhere near the playoff. I wanna see Saban ride off in to the sunset with a losing season when he retires in a few years.

 

[OleRockyTop]

 

[davethevol]

That poor kid. I hope he can make a full recovery.

 

[BearCat204]

If he's healthy he plays.

He ain't gonna be healthy

 

[BearCat204]

Sounds to me like he is trying to deter the blame and responsibility. Since when do the players make the calls under Saban? Never

Sounds to me that people are making **** up lol. When did Saban ever say that Tua stayed in because Tua argued to stay in?

 

[USMC-TNVOL]

Wonder if his dad took a belt to him for being injured.

 

[Boston Vol]

That poor kid. I hope he can make a full recovery.

Apparently some orthopedic surgeons, including one former NFL team doctor, are saying on twitter that the fracture makes it a career threatening injury.

 

[davethevol]

Apparently some orthopedic surgeons, including one former NFL team doctor, are saying on twitter that the fracture makes it a career threatening injury.

Geez.