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My biggest FEAR of the season is true............

  • Our offensive line's ability to run block effectively was my biggest fear going into the season. And it was revealed that my concerns were correct. I don't know what it is. Lack of a killer instinct, coaching, the scheme? Whatever. All I know is they need to come up with some improvements quickly.

    sabanbama

  • Back away from the edge. We experimented with about 7 different groupings yesterday. Obviously the first two drives had the #1s in there with Barrett Jones and Steen. Then they put Jones everywhere else including Center.

    We'll be fine. Obviously the coaches saw the same game you did.

    Not sunshine pumping, just trying to get the fan base to realize that most of that game was experimenting not trying to beat the other team into submission like they were Auburn or something.

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  • Understood. But we never were able to run the ball effectively LAST YEAR against decent teams (Arkansas, South Carolina, LSU and Auburn)

    sabanbama

  • The first unit looked bad against kent st. That is a bad sign imo. I agree with the op. We should have been gashing them. Tr had 38 rushing yds instead. I don't know about y'all but I don't want to have to depend on aj or phil for our offensive production.

    OL needs to get better but this group may not have it in it.

    This post was edited by natalex85 on 9/4/2011 at 8:02 AM

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  • I was interested in seeing how Jeff Stoutland coached up our O-line. I was not impressed with Miami's O-line last year, but
    gave him the benefit-of-the-doubt that he lacked talent at that moribund and pathetically-corrupt program. However, we KNOW
    what the talent is on our team and I was underwhelmed with our O-line play. I think Jeff Stoutland needs to get to work NOW
    and correct some things and fast. We all know that CNS is not patient in demanding excellence and if he does not get it, he
    quickly moves to correct deficiencies. Hey Jeff, if you don't believe me, call Austin and ask to speak to Major Applewhite, how
    about it.......We need to get better fast, Penn State will do the same things Kent State did with better athletes and if we don't adapt, we could have some tough struggles with Arkie and Gators.......RTR!

    JoeRio

  • We are just extremely lucky that the defense is so good. Even though the offense is going to be shaky because of a vastly overrated offensive line, the defense will still give us a shot at a title. People need to take off the Crimson glasses and forget about how the players were rated out of high school. Fluker......yikes.

    Iceklee

  • First, no offensive line is a well-oiled machine in the first game. Second, Kent State had a pretty good defense. They were a top 10 in the nation defense last year. Third, Bama didn't even run it's most effective running play from last year, the Wildcat, because they wanted to keep it vanilla and not give Penn State too much info. The O-line returns four starters from last years group. Trust me, they will be fine.

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    janda23

  • Iceklee said...

    We are just extremely lucky that the defense is so good. Even though the offense is going to be shaky because of a vastly overrated offensive line, the defense will still give us a shot at a title. People need to take off the Crimson glasses and forget about how the players were rated out of high school. Fluker......yikes.

    I think the OL will come around to be better than average, but not great. Great defense can cover up a lot of problems on offense and we'll have to rely on the D for the first month or so. Our 92 team's offense was atrocious (OL was terrible). Everything sucked except the RBs but great defense gave us a short field and it all worked out.

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  • I think the 92 OL was a pretty good run blocking team. Those backs didn't create all of that alone.

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  • Iceklee said...

    We are just extremely lucky that the defense is so good. Even though the offense is going to be shaky because of a vastly overrated offensive line, the defense will still give us a shot at a title. People need to take off the Crimson glasses and forget about how the players were rated out of high school. Fluker......yikes.

    You really have no clue...the line is not overrated but overanalyze please

    Phoenix Bama404

  • I am going to say this in every thread about our oline, we are going to have to pass on first down for them to be effective. It is a good talented group but we have to mix it up.

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  • Alabama averaged more yards per carry from the wildcat last year than any other running play.

    This post was edited by janda23 on 9/4/2011 at 10:02 AM

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  • Unfortunately, you can't have everything and there's a limited amount of time to work on what you want to do I love a run-oriented offense, but Coach Saban wants balance and is willing to let the run game be less than it could be so that we can have enough of a passing game to create balance. I can't argue with that approach, but it's painful sometimes to see the talent we have at running back and on the OL and yet not be able to shove it down someone's throat.

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  • janda23 said...

    Alabama averaged more yards per carry from the wildcat last year than any other running play.

    That's because we ran it less than every other play & more than likely sprung a couple of big ones that brought up the average. Not to mention, having JJ to hand the ball off to helped that play be more successful as well.

    If the wildcat is our big money play this year, it'll be thanks to the addition of Blake Sims to the playbook. Unless you run block close to the way we did back in 2008, or a WR with size & speed like Julio to possibly have the RB hand the ball off to, or you have a speed demon who can also keep the defense off balance by being able to zip a couple of passes into a small hole to pick up some big time yardage, you probably don't want any part of the wildcat.

    The pistol is by far our best running formation.

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