09-19-2021, 03:33 PM
(09-19-2021, 02:59 PM)gailtate Wrote: One of the most flagrant is his exasperating, counter-productive loyalty to seniority. You ever see Nick Saban doing this?
funny you should mention Saban. Ever hear of a kid named Blake Barnett? He won the starting job over Jalen Hurts in 2016. Barnett transferred after the season to ASU via Palomar college, was beat out for the starting job there by Manny Wilkins, and subsequently transferred to the University of South Florida, started for a year, and then lost the starting job to a true freshman. Even Saban sometimes starts a dud.
The next year, of course, many were calling for Tua Taogaviloa to be named starter, but Saban stuck with Hurts until he was forced to bench him at halftime of the national championship game after Hurts led Alabama to a scoreless first half going 3/8 for 21 yards. Tua then came in and led Alabama to a comeback win in overtime. This one is a bit more excusable, since it's not like Hurts was a dud after transferring to OKlahoma, but it did nearly cost him a national title.
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