that's a good summary of bama's woes. the coaching just doesn't seem to understand this team. they don't adjust at all. i don't mean adjust for each opp, but adjust to what we can do well and away from what we don't. i get saban's philosophy of "we're gonna do what we do and make the other team adjust" and i agree with it, but it has it's limits too. what we do, this year and last, isn't working. not even against over matched teams. we run a strictly pro set offense, with long developing pass plays and zone blocking scheme. but our line isn't good at either of those schemes, and the wr's aren't as elite as in past and can't get open on those routes. we've barely run any of the simple yet highly effective plays that made tua all world. slants, drags, curls, sluggos, verts, simple routes that are hard to defend. there were a couple drives vs auburn we had that went back to those concepts, and we went through them like butter. i know au isn't great this year, but that's how a good offense should go through a bad defense. yet we didn't for much of the season, including parts of the iron bowl.
on defense, similar thing. we don't ever blitz. we will send safeties and occasional corners, but when we do, we drop anderson and turner in coverage. which that by itself is the stupidest thing, imo. we have a literal record setting pass rusher, and we put him in coverage several times a game on obvious passing downs. wtf? our d used to be exotic. you didn't know where, who, or how many were coming. it's gotten stale and predictable. and we have yet to figure out what a spy is. with the backfield and pass rushers we have, we should be setting records for sacks and such. but we aren't.
some bama fans are scheming how we can sneak into playoffs. i hope we don't. this team doesn't deserve it. we have the talent, and if we sneak in we might screw up and win it. but honestly i think i'd rather a good bowl vs a solid team and reset and reevaluate for next season and beyond. cause we need a revamp. starting with coords.