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Bama 247 board has a weekly column called "What Saban said and what we think he means"
Here's a few excerpts from his press conference today:
Saban on possibility of offense sustaining historic pace of last few seasons: “I really can't answer that because I don't know what people think out there, you probably have a better feel for that than I do. But I think the realistic approach is we have a lot of new players on offense, and it's a work in progress to get all these players to develop to be productive and consistent performers. We're working hard on that. The coaches are doing a good job of that."
"We've got new faces and a lot of positions, which creates a lot of opportunity for people. How they manage it in the game, how they can take it to the game, how they prepare for the game, those are all question marks that get answered when you play a game. We're working hard on it."
"Wherever we are, we're going to continue to work on it and develop it. I have confidence in the players that we have. We just have, you know players that don't have as much experience as we had a year ago. So, we're gonna see how that manifests itself in positive performance on a consistent basis and how can they manage playing one play at a time and how can they stay focused on executing and doing their job, and I think that'll go a long way to say, you know how productive we are you know as an offensive team.”
What we think it means: This isn't the plug and play situation UA unleashed on opponents over the last four seasons. Monday's drop of the depth chart revealed a unit that will lean heavily on fresh faces, with an emphasis on the passing game.
That doesn't mean it can't perform well enough to provide plenty of points while working opposite of a defense that should be Alabama's best in at least five years -- and might just score a good bit in its own right. Just don't expect this team to put up 45-plus points for a fourth-straight season. Instead, think more along the lines of 2017, when UA averaged a healthy 37.1 points per contest and go from there.
Here's a few excerpts from his press conference today:
Saban on possibility of offense sustaining historic pace of last few seasons: “I really can't answer that because I don't know what people think out there, you probably have a better feel for that than I do. But I think the realistic approach is we have a lot of new players on offense, and it's a work in progress to get all these players to develop to be productive and consistent performers. We're working hard on that. The coaches are doing a good job of that."
"We've got new faces and a lot of positions, which creates a lot of opportunity for people. How they manage it in the game, how they can take it to the game, how they prepare for the game, those are all question marks that get answered when you play a game. We're working hard on it."
"Wherever we are, we're going to continue to work on it and develop it. I have confidence in the players that we have. We just have, you know players that don't have as much experience as we had a year ago. So, we're gonna see how that manifests itself in positive performance on a consistent basis and how can they manage playing one play at a time and how can they stay focused on executing and doing their job, and I think that'll go a long way to say, you know how productive we are you know as an offensive team.”
What we think it means: This isn't the plug and play situation UA unleashed on opponents over the last four seasons. Monday's drop of the depth chart revealed a unit that will lean heavily on fresh faces, with an emphasis on the passing game.
That doesn't mean it can't perform well enough to provide plenty of points while working opposite of a defense that should be Alabama's best in at least five years -- and might just score a good bit in its own right. Just don't expect this team to put up 45-plus points for a fourth-straight season. Instead, think more along the lines of 2017, when UA averaged a healthy 37.1 points per contest and go from there.
