Question for the Bammers.

as for the qb situation, there is no doubt having a senior SEC experienced signal caller was a huge advantage. I don’t know of many claiming Star is THE heir apparent; I actually believe Greg McElroy may start but will trust the coaching staff that their years of experience in evaluating talent is much more valuable and trustworthy than mine.My hope is that all of our players are of such high quality that we worry about losing them to the pros every year.

While we will be in rebuilding mode, I believe Saban and the staff have proven they can accomplish a ton with freshmen and sophomores who buy into the system. I believe we will definitely make a run at the SEC; the schedule is much more favorable filling in South Carolina at BDS and Georgia rotating off. Plus with Tennessee, Mississippi State, and Auburn breaking in new coaches and systems and LSU’s new issues at qb and defense, I think it will be between Alabama and Ole Miss for the West to face Florida again in the SECG.

Those are my humble thoughts.

I’m not so sure Star is the Guy. I think we’ll see McElroy as the starter and Star as his backup, or not. I’m fairly sure that unlike the Auburn situation this year, it will indeed be settled before the end of Fall practice.

As for next year, I don’t see it being as successful as this year, what with the new line and QB. My prediction is Ole Miss to win the west next year.

our starting qb next year is the one who out performs and wins the position in the spring…..right now i’d say Mc probably has a slight edge(some experience), however, considering i’ve never seen star in action, who knows how big that edge could be if there’s any at all…

will be a rebuilding year for the offensive side of the ball only. Breaking in a new QB is tough. On the other hand we only lose RA Johnson and Greenwood on D so our Defense, barring injuries, should be stellar.

that a big reason for red shirting Star is: you IDEALLY don’t want to install a completely new offense in one season. Red shirt star, get McElroy some reps and experience while the whole time developing a spread style offense with Star. I would not be shocked to see split playing time in the qb position next year. I understand many people don’t like that call but let me refer to Tebow and Chris Leak. Dual QB systems work when their designed, not a result of desperation(see So Car, VT, FSU etc). We will be okay, in fact I would say that except for the lack of mistakes, JPW is functional at best. I don’t see leadership oozing from JPW and definitely not talent. He did a good job of maximizing his abilities and not letting our foes exploit his weakness (ie his weak arm). JP is Jay Barker reincarnated… ’
I expect that we will be playing in the SECC next year, I am just worried that Florida will be just as good next year if not better (if Tebow comes back and he will). Our line will be good, we have some good prospects in waiting, and some good ones coming in as well. Our D will be 92 level good!!! I can’t wait!

think our D will be good but we have to replace Bobby Greenwood and Rashad Johnson, not easy to do. It will be interesting to see when guys like Alonzo Lawrence and Jerrel Harris get alot more PT.

The barners thought they had an offense headed into the season with 2 qb’s and a new system. We have 2 qb’s that, though not starters, have been in the system and part of the process, and we are not changing the offense or styles. The coaching was and lack of decision making was the problem in au, and THAT will not be a problem @ Bama.
  I am of the opinion that McElroy will start with Star and Durrah in a close chase for #2. McCarron will be redshirted in order to put on weight and get time in the system. CNS will make the right decision, of that I am sure.

from the real problem. It is silly because it is exactly what au and there fans have done all year. The real problem started before the qb problem, or the OC problem, but with the arrogance, attitude and down right laziness of the coaching staff. TT got an over inflated ego after staving off jet gate and it gained in strength because he followed it up with an undefeated season and beating Bama. But, he began to crumble when his over extended ego let Borges go and thought he could just snap his fingers and keep au on track and overhaul his offense all in one season.
We as Bama fans I believe will not have to worry about this as long as CNS is there. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a more focused and beloved coach in many years. I do know that I for one have drank the kool-aid and will gledly come back for more.
Barners, you made choice and he quit on you, during and after the season.

when was the last glass of crimson kool-aid you had?

As I watched our CNS smile at one of many of his players now and in the future to win awards.
What a man, what a coach, what a GREEK GOD!!!

Unless JPW had a complete meltdown, there was no reason to play Starr ‘just because’. I know we don’t have a lot of QB experience next year, but I’m really not too worried about it.

I expect next year’s team to be better than this year’s! Sure we lose the beastly offensive line, JP, and Rashad Johnson, but everyone else is coming back. Our defense will be an immovable object, and the offense will do just enough for us every game.

Wasn’t Burns learning a “whole new, different playbook” from his first season to his second. One that made the first season book look like a Dick and Jane book and the second like the Bible? Wasn’t the issue supposed to be that he couldn’t get all of these plays down, therefore Franklin went with Todd, who could? Also, none of the boys could get along……

Bama will be losing a great leader in JPW, however the system and coaching staff remains the same. His replacement, whomever that may be, has had the advantage of learning from said great leader. He will be stepping into an established system, NOT trying to learn a new one along with the entire team! As it was stated once before, this really is apples and oranges.

great hire.

By the way- At QB next year we will have a guy who is very smart, respected by his team, and a 4th year junior- GM. He can throw as good as JPW and will be able to throw for 2000 yards next year. Moreover, our offense will be fine as we do not require the QB to carry the team. We will have a very strong O-line even with some new faces. At RB and WR we will be very good. Our offense will be more than able to score 25-30 points a game and with our defense we should be able to win at least 10 games and return to SECCG. Who knows, we could do even better.

As for Auburn…welcome to past, the Barfield years are here again.