Tua turned the ball over like crazy early on in practice from what I’ve heard as he needed to adjust to the speed and complex looks he was seeing. He probably should’ve had the job earlier but he wasn’t ready day one from everything I’ve heard.

Jalen Hurts was running a HS level RPO and was only on the field because the options ahead of him all imploded. Go watch film from his freshman year and tell me he was a high level QB against teams with championship level defenses. It’s a testament to him that he helped us find ways to win even though he was a developmental guy, but it wasn’t exactly an ideal situation for anyone.

Each of the other guys you listed were in the same situation Hurts was in where they were thrown to the wolves because the other guys sucked.

Given the competition we now face in conference every year I don’t think we should ever aspire to start a TF, it’s an indictment of the previous QB evals & development we’ve done and almost guaranteed to cost us 1-2 games that season.

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Posted by RollTide33

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Posted on 12/19/23 at 9:58 am to tide06

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Given the competition we now face in conference every year I don’t think we should ever aspire to start a TF, it’s an indictment of the previous QB evals & development we’ve done and almost guaranteed to cost us 1-2 games that season.

Why are you responding to me as if I'm advocating to start Sayin next season? I clearly said I'm glad Milroe is back and Sayin has time to polish his game and prepare for the college level. But I also think Sayin is good enough to start. Doesn't mean I want him thrown into the fire, just that I think he could handle it.

Tua may have had some turnover problems if he had started from day one but I would argue we'd have gone undefeated that season with him over Hurts. We didn't play a team that was any good until LSU. Yeah FSU was ranked #3 preseason but they turned out not to be very good especially after their QB went down. I don't think he would have cost us any of those early games and he'd have been closer to playoff Tua sooner getting all the practice and game reps as the starter.

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