Line woes: Coaching or Players/Depth?

Both.

 

I genuinely don't know what the coaches could do barring just telling the linemen to fall in the path of the DL. What do you think?

 

My gut tells me that we have too many rules for the OLine. It needs to be simplified as much as possible.

 

Hopefully it's something that simple. Seems like that could be fixed fairly easily.

 

I don’t see anything that anyone could deem as too complex. They may have too many guys preparing for multiple positions but outside of that there aren’t a ton of excuses to be had.

 

They're young, physically undeveloped and just not very good at this point. Nothing a full year of player dev and a great recruiting class won't cure.

 

The only reason they have to know every position is there's only 8 of them worth a damn

 

we need to hold a little. Refs don't seem to want to call it against us. Hold more until they do

 

They aren't cohesive at all. At times it seems like they aren't on the same page.

 

I can only hope that Saban is taking Lyle’s analyses/recruiting advice to heart and implementing them fully...

It could actually be a stroke of genius on Saban’s part to bring Lyle on board... if Bama’s football fortunes plummet in two or three seasons it would be very credible to lay all the blame at Jones feet... Imagine the wrath of Tuscaloosa turned loose on Lyle... burning mattresses would be child’s play in comparison.

 

I don't know. They've been in a legit S&C for close to a year and still couldn't manhandle ETSU.

 

58 looks like a bama lb, and hes our starting OG.

 

hell at this point I'd go to veer blocking system in my zone.

Center calls out the 0 man and everyone counts out from there to find their man.

 

I don't think they've been doing Fitzgerald's system this whole time have they? I imagine quite a bit of that time before summer was self patrolled.

Do strength coaches not have the same limitations as field coaches?

 

I could be wrong but I believe they can be around the guys year round. They have less limitations than the coaching staff.

 

That’s pretty stupid if they do.

 

You would be correct. This is one of the many reasons why this position is so very important.

 

I think they’re around them more than anybody.

 

No, they don't. It's why S&C is such a huge part of a good program

 

I'm worried that they may have trouble counting. I say this only because we have some that have trouble lining up on the line of scrimmage.