Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

This is what amazes me about Saban. Sure he cheated like hell but he dealt with attrition so often and so well that he rarely missed a beat year after year

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Saban would have told Hartline get out. thanks for your service here.

osuvictory1 said:

I realize that Hartline was a huge distraction.

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This is what amazes me about Saban. Sure he cheated like hell but he dealt with attrition so often and so well that he rarely missed a beat year after year

RB07OSU said:

Can't they declare as a soph now? If not, I was mistaken.

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They can declare 3 years after their HS class graduation

brodybuck21 said:

Total team loss imimho

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Not sure I agree. I think we lost where it mattered most and that’s up front.

That said, we threw a pick 6 on second down inside the red zone, lost the turnover battle, lost the penalties too.

Miami did what teams do when they win. They won the turnover battle, they didn’t make mistakes, and they won the LOS.

It’s sort of a miracle it was even close to be honest

Defense overall played well last 2 games but when they were absolutely needed they could not get off the field

I love Day, and think he is a fantastic coach. It is times like this, that frustrate me to no end and I don't understand his tendencies at all.

The constant times when games have been lost because of special team, and other than firing Parker Fleming, not making any effort to improve or spend a little money to get better kickers is mind boggling. It is literally ending seasons. There is no room to be nice.

The other issue is him having to call plays where he has to do things by committee, thereby slowing things down and a inability to make fast decisions quickly.

He was so awesome last season when he was a manager. Making sure all the cogs moved correctly.

Literally, it is well known that statistically head coaches that call plays rarely win it all.

These are conversations we have had before., yet we end up here again.

I thought last season after winning the natty because he was a manager, and pushing buttons, would mean that he would never want to lose that feeling and grow from it.

Yet here were are again, and I don't get it at all.

I realize that Hartline was a huge distraction.

In this new year, let's hope for changing tendencies. I know I have some myself to change.

Total team loss imimho

Gothmog8 said:

Don't know decades but clearly a problem up front. You can have world class runners and receivers but if there are no holes or protection, it means nothing.

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This was different today. I’m still taken aback by what we say today.

I realize Miami had all the secondary benefits etc but this was domination all game.

We shouldn’t abandon our approach but can we split the different here and go get 1-2 elite OL instead of numerous WRs? I thinks that’s not unreasonable

Osubartender24 said:

What kickers are in the portal?

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Who cares just do the “random select” feature and we are better off.

That said we need go get the best players available at positions we lose to the draft.

We probably need a DT, S, LB and maybe Corner.

Captain Buckeye said:

This was the worst mismatch up front in maybe 2 decades.

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Don't know decades but clearly a problem up front. You can have world class runners and receivers but if there are no holes or protection, it means nothing.

cmstophe said:

Agreed… Jeremiah being mad means nothing.

Whipped up front

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This was the worst mismatch up front in maybe 2 decades.