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And you know this because you were in the closed scrimmages? Playing in the scrimmages doesn't give them experience. Practice gives them the experience. Go to a football camp before blurting out that they didn't play in scrimmages so they havent even seen live action basically.
We all know what we are up against with Bama but we believe that our guys will come out to play, not concede because they have us beat on paper.
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Have you been in a football practice before? Every practice is a scrimmage. The guys on our defense aren't walking through the motions against them. Every single day these guys line up and go against a live DL after the individual drills. Game experience will help with some nerves but after the first snap nerves are gone. This is a whole new system so experience playing from last year isn't the same as them being returning starters in the same system.
Grimes pushed these guys to find out who can hack it and who can't. He found the guys that fit his scheme the best and he knows better than anyone. Our lack of depth is concerning and how good these guys are is a different argument but I can't see how anyone of us could say he didn't take his best 5 and put them out there. The OL is a unit, not 5 individuals. Guy A might be a better blocker in drills but on the field with the other 4 guys, he might not work as well.
You don't think the starters have been put through "game like situations" in practices or the closed scrimmages? The number of people who have watched a guy play doesn't have much bearing on his ability as a player (outside of maybe dealing with crowd noise, which an open scrimmage or spring game isn't going to provide a worthwhile simulation anyway).
Also seeing how Grimes moved the lineman around to EVERY SINGLE POSITION, I don't see how you wouldn't think the best 5 are on the field- that was his exact goal with that exercise. Essentially what you're saying is, "I don't trust Grimes judgment," which seems crazy considering he's seen these guys practice and play much more than any of us have and he's an established professional offensive line coach.
There isn't exactly a highly experienced stock of lineman riding the pine behind the starting five. Farris, Wang, and Miller all have starting experience and it's not like All-ACC players have been benched in favor of those guys. As for tackles, what exactly are you even asking for? There aren't any tackles on the roster with significant experience, so it's absurd to criticize them. And what are you basing the "there is no way they have even closely been adequately prepared" statement on? A picture in a blog? I'm sorry, but I can't stand to read this type of post that is overly pessimistic and borderline insulting toward our guys when they busted their tales to earn starting jobs for this team. Of course we'd be thrilled to be stocked with all conference guys across the line and highly experienced backups filling out the 2 deep, but anyone who knows what's been going on with the OL this offseason knew that wasn't going to be the case. It's ridiculous to already start harping on these guys not being good enough, not having the experience, or not being prepared when everyone already knew we were facing a lot of challenges on the OL coming into this season.
C'mon man, that's not cool.
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So, who is the experienced player who is getting left out? The only guy who has played a snap is Benedict, and he doesn't have the wheels to play tackle. If you think he is better than Farris or Miller, then that is a debate to be had, but otherwise I am not sure where these experienced guys come from.
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You are correct. Against A&M and Georgia, the Tide user a 4 DL, two linebacker, and the "star" (which essentially a nickel corner hybrid similar to the whip.) rather than use another DL, the jack linebacker moves down as a defensive end. Xavier Dickson and Adrian Hubbard both were used as edge rushers from the four man front last season, but don't be shocked to see Stone Bridge (Ashburn VA) product Jonathan Allen get some snaps at end when the Tide are in nickel.
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A really big concern is the tackle position after the starters, who are completely unproven. Conte is not near ready.
Guess we will find out what they are made of come Saturday.
The way I think of it is that these same guys would probably be starting anyway in this same game but with a significantly inferior coach training them if changed hadn't been made.
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Depth along the offensive line is a huge concern. I'd say Wyatt Teller isn't ready yet either considering he's been practicing at tackle for, what, a week now? So how are you criticizing the starting tackles when you yourself are saying the backups aren't near ready? What could Grimes have done, or what would have you done, so differently that would have this group prepared for Bama? It seems to me you're all doom and gloom bellyaching about something that has to do with the shortcoming of prior coaching and recruiting at the offensive line and nothing to do with Grimes and his preparation of the players he had to work with for this upcoming season.