In one way Croom and Bear nothing alike

Well, here we are with 2 games left in the season and we are just where ole Saddawg predicted we would be on the offensive side of the ball.

Dead last.

Again.

For 5 years now.

Everybody has their ideas on why this is so.

Some say talent. Some say scheme. Some say playcalling. Some say it's too complicated.

Well I say it's a combo of the 4 along with something else.

Mentality. Croom's mentality.

If Croom were running the Wishbone, the Wing T, Split Backs Veer, or 5 Wide, he would think just like he thinks now.

If it wasn't working, he would stay with it. He would stay with it because he would be convinced it was the best thing to run. He would know it. It's worked before. It has to work now. And if it doesn't, then by God we'll just get beat.

To bad we'll never find out if he could run any of that other stuff, because Croom ain't changing.

And that is the problem . His inability to think outside the box.

What's funny is that Croom is a Bear Bryant legacy. He played for him. He coached for him. He was around him as much as anybody.

He took a lot from Coach Bryant. He emulates him in a lot of ways.

Except one.

Bryant's ability to change and learn from others.

When he was at Kentucky, he saw some pro teams using something called the Shotgun.

Bryant thought that might utilize a player he had named Babe Parelii. Changing from a split T option team to the shotgun created the legend of the "Sweet Kentucky Babe" and lead Kentucky to success they haven't seen since.

At Alabama he had some QB's named Namath, Stabler, and Hunter. He changed, against his beliefs, to a more pro style offense to showcase those talents.

He had won a National championship running a power running game with a little option mixed in. But he changed because of the talent that these QB's brought to the table. And he won it all, again.

Then one year he looked around and he didn't have a Namath or Stabler. But he also noticed what Texas was doing on offense and saw them winning a lot of games.

So he calls up Coach Royal and goes over there to investigate. Royal and his OC, a guy named Emory Bellard(who invented the wishbone and was a head coach at State, for the uninformed)
sat down with Bear and his coaches and taught them the Wishbone. Alabama went on to win at a unbelievable pace, again.

Now I think Bear would have won being stubborn. He was that good a coach.

But he wouldn't have won like he did.

Unfortunately, Croom did not learn or inherit that ability to change from Coach Bryant.

So therefore we suck on offense.

Again.

Enter the fishing trip contest here.