You are grading based upon how you would have liked the game to go. Les' decision making in a brutal defensive struggle kept us from being down by more than one score. Your harsh scoring is 20-20 hindsight and it makes no sense. Try to be objective.
No, I gave valid reasons. And no, it wasn't hindsight for me. I was questioning putting Lee back in the game before he took that snap from center and threw a game ending interception (luckily it wasn't). I was shocked he was in the game, to be honest. At the 15 yard line no less. I certainly questioned by Ware was in the game in the 4th quarter vs Ford. That was just as bad if not worse than putting Lee back in the game. They made mistakes. Huge mistakes. But ultimately, the conservative game plan kept us in the game and I believe they deserve credit for that. I assume you give them an A and don't think we made any mistakes with coaches decisions.
And if I don't see how you can say putting Lee back in was a mistake without using hindsight. JJ was killing the receivers in the first half pretty bad.
I knew Lee was done after the interception. Deer in the headlights look came back like 2008. Just from a bad snap from center. He panicked. He froze. He freaked out, basically. I questioned Lee coming back in BEFORE the play. Thus, not hindsight.
I agree with SabanFan here can't grade on what you thought or wanted to see. I think the O-Line played better then you gave them credit for. And Special Teams had a lot to do with the win so I would give them an A, you left out the blocked FG
Despite the shanked punt and TM7's attack on DK, I'd give special teams a solid A. Without those two mistakes STs played flawless. Let me amend the "flawless" statement. I'd still give them an A but I thought Ron Brooks looked tentative on kick returns. He took too many stutter steps and never seems to hit his stride running.
You beat me to it. W is the only grade necessary. This was a team win against another great team in their own place. :geauxtige
I have to agree, one bad punt but a few great ones. Not much in return yards for Bama. A blocked field goal. 3 for 3 on field goals. At worst an A- but I say just a plain old A. I was surprised the coaching staff didn't help the QB's with more short high efficiency passes on first down. Neither QB can read the defense. Some quick slants, RB screens and quick passes to the TE on 1st down would have relieved the pressure and required them to think less. The call to be conservative in this type on game was the right one, but they could have mixed it up and helped the offense while staying very conservative and still not putting the game in the QB's hands. Sabans D has never been able to cover the RB out of the backfield and we didn't throw a single one. Still a very big and impressive win. How did Saban the Great lose to Miles on his home field? After all he is the greatest coach ever....Right?
