Chris Low revisits one of the preseason’s big oversells:
Jake Coker will be the answer at quarterback for Alabama
Not only was Coker not the answer, he’s yet to even start a game and has attempted just 33 passes, most of those coming in a blowout 41-0 win over Florida Atlantic. Fifth-year senior Blake Sims, who played running back as a redshirt freshman, has been the Tide’s starting quarterback the whole way. Sims got off to a hot start, but the entire Alabama offense has bogged down the last two weeks with just three offensive touchdowns in a 14-13 win over Arkansas and 23-17 loss to Ole Miss.
The point here isn’t to belittle Coker, who came in having to battle to overcome a complete lack of experience at a new school breaking in a new offensive coordinator, but instead to remind everyone what a ridiculous rush to judgment we saw from many in the media during the preseason to crown the kid the next greatest thing despite those very issues. Maybe we’ll learn someday. Heaven knows some of those folks never will.
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I don’t have anything against Coker but after listening to my obnoxious, Florida State bandwagon jumping brother in law guarantee that Coker would lead Alabama to a NC I’m glad this has played out as it has.
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All the espn gameday douches pick the hogs except the camerman.
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The gameday douches are just reacting to the disarray in the fan base and the Disgruntalization of Mark Richt.
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I feel better now.
Last week they all picked Mizzou.
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I don’t think there have been many mea cul pas on that, either. Predictors just kind of started pretending he never existed.
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+1.
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ridiculous rush to judgement and media in the same sentence is the essence of redundant.
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Coker is no Jeff Driskel
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Interesting NCAA legal question re: Coker. Once a player has graduated from undergraduate school and used that rule to transfer and be eligible to play immediately, can he then transfer a second time to a different school? Would he have to sit out a year? Coker has 2 seasons of eligibility remaining counting this one. Perhaps FU next? 🙂
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