Thoughts after last night’s loss to Texas:

In my 50 years of Tide fandom, I’ve been privileged to experience 10 national championships & 2 legendary coaches (with all due respect to Coach Stallings).

It’s from that perspective that I write today.

What other program can tout that kind of run in the last half century?

Nothing will diminish Coach Saban’s run or his importance to this program & its history.

All the talk about him losing his fastball is that, just talk.

The effect of having Bryce Young was difficulty in recruiting the QB position for a couple of cycles. We are seeing that now

Add to that the revolving door of coordinators & no other program has been challenged in terms of consistency & culture in the transfer portal era.

This team had a test early in Texas & they weren’t ready, but that doesn’t mean the sky is falling.

Hopefully this will motivate these young men to put in the work to achieve the greatness they are capable of.

They still have every goal set for them in front of them.

I don’t believe Milroe is the answer. He’s a much, much more athletic Blake Sims with a less dominant O line & less potent weapons at WR. He’s an amazing athlete & could be a great specialist in short yardage, but he doesn’t have “it” & it seems like most of all, he knows it.

This is pure conjecture: I think Dylan Lonergan could be the actual answer, but without early enrollment, he’s playing catch up. Perhaps we will get to see him soon.

Whatever happens, the QB needs to make proper checks to get the O line & RBs in the right protection. Rees has to figure a way get the ball to the playmakers.

The secondary has to improve & that’s probably the thing that sticks most to Coach Saban.

Maybe the complexity should be dialed down. Seemed like the calls were late & they guys weren’t in the right position a lot. That didn’t lose the game. I’m

Tighten up the penalties & easily correctable mistakes & last night easily could have been different.

The sky isn’t falling & the dynasty isn’t over. There is a lot of football yet to play. Let’s just see how things play out from here & trust The Process.

After all The Process has carried Alabama Football a long way…