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Just my opinion but I don't know if Little Nicky is going to risk losing a commitment (don't know if he's committed or not) from Tua's brother. The coaching staff and players seem to agree that Tua is the better choice. Sure they could run with Jalen thru the regular season unscathed, but the Tagovailoa family would disapprove. That is if any of the news about Tua thinking about transferring before the Championship game was true.
A little shocked Eason didn't do that last year
Never seen that done with identical QBs before. Usually it's done with totally different QB styles (like Fromm/Fields, Greene/Shockley, Leak/Tebow). Hurts and Tua are the same guy. The only benefit to it would be trying to keep both happy...which will probably result in both being very unhappy.
Eason was a trooper. He did what he was asked to do. No complaints, drama or pouting. DGD.
Eason also didn't have the benefit of 4 game redshirt rule. He would have had to apply for a medical.
Tau and Hurts. Both are passers with Hurts having more athletic ability/running ability. Tau may have a slight better arm while Hurts has the experience under his belt
Fields and Fromm: Both are passers with Fields having more athletic ability/running ability. Fromm may have a slight better arm while Fromm has the experience under his belt
this quarter back controversy is something i would’ve never seen coming from Bama. Saban usually controls these things.
Tua and Hurts are both running QBs who have no aspirations of being a drop-back passer. Fromm is a drop-back passer who has enough running ability to get away once in a while. Fields is a running QB who is coming here to learn to be drop-back passer, but still has the running abilities of Tua/Hurts.
Part of me is wondering if Saban is orchestrating it so no one asks about title aspirations instead. Not saying that’s what’s happening, but I wouldn’t put it past the guy
Jalen should not have been the SEC Offensive POY in 2016. Josh Dobbs led the SEC in offense and touchdowns and as a senior was a much more effective QB ....
Agree. Dad spouting off made it harder. Now Jalen himself. I think he's gone
Saban controls these things?
Both Bateman and Barnett had bad things to say about Saban after they left. I can’t remember all their names, but there have been several players who’ve left Bama and had cross words about the way Saban runs things. Who was the receiver that got injured, and after he got healthy never got back into the rotation? After he left he sad he was disappointed because after he came back from injury, he felt like he never was given the opportunity to get back into the rotation?
And note that what Jalen said about Saban is very similar to what Bateman and Barnett said about him, poor communication.
And when.players leave, Saban has often had bad things to say about those players. Remember Saban going on a radio talk show, to make fun of Barnett an 18 year old kid at the time?
My guess is Jalen just wanted to have his opinion on the record, before he left. Because the people who waited until after they left, and even after Saban criticized them, their opinions were pretty much ignored by the media.
Now I’m not saying Jalen won’t be there this year. I don’t know what’s gonna happen this year. But I don’t think Jalen will be at Bama next year.
He would probably qualify for in state at this point. He has been living there for 2 years and at most schools after a couple years at a school you can get instate. Especially if you get an apartment and live there.