According to the the score Jalen Hurts may transfer if he doesn’t start. I tried to post the link but I couldn’t get it to work. I’d rather see him go than Tua, however, I think which ever one doesn’t start will transfer.

I certainly hope he doesn't, but could not blame him if he did.

According to the article his father was “hinting” at a transfer but nothing from Jalen. He’s a great athlete but he is not going to beat you with his arm and teams have figured that out. I wouldn’t mind having him as a RB but then again last I checked I wasn’t on the coaching staff.

hate to see him go, but...bye Felicia.

He will be the starter.

My guess would be for the first series

Averion Hurts said. "My job is to do what's best for Jalen -- and make no mistake, Jalen is a quarterback, and he wants to play quarterback. He loves Alabama, loves Coach Saban and everything about that place. But he wants to play, and he will play."

So his dad suggests that Jalen will look for a greener pasture if he doesn't start. I assume Jalen has sense enough to not publicly speak on the topic.

Bye

His father also said that he would he the biggest free agent in the history of college football.

I suspect that this will be fun to watch......

I would hate to lose a good athlete like that but Tua is the real deal and should be the starter.

What a problem to have! On the flipside, I am worried about Tua's hand. Will it heal properly? I don't think any of us have the whole story on that. Thats not the kind of info Saban wants to say in public.

Heck. He might not even be hurt. I think I read on here he can’t tear an acl if he on the bench during the spring.

seems like i read he re-injured it as well

Hurts would serve himself well to look at the history of QB transfers, not only from Bama from anywhere. The success of QB’s once they transfer from their original school is very small. Most are like a fart in the wind, they just fade away. Hurts will never play QB at the next level, he should realize that now and maximize his stock for the NFL.

Sounds like his dad is the issue. His arrogance will cost his son lots of money.

Well ol' Averion may be a High School football coach but he doesnt know much about QBs as they progress up in age. Jalen was a QB. He's an absolutely 100% perfect HS QB that any HS coach in the nation would kill to have on his roster. At the college level, as a QB, he's decent but not great and there are probably 60-75 college QBs, if not more, that spin it, read, and make quicker, better decisions at the QB position, than Jalen is capable of doing. Jalen has survived and played very effectively at Bama based only on his freakish athleticism and supporting cast. At the pro level, Jalen will get laughed at as a QB by pro scouts. If Averion's job is truly "to do what's best for Jalen", he needs to pull the "daddy ball" blinders off and meet with Saban and Jalen about a position change and move to slot receiver so that Jalen can make it to the pros and be successful, cause he's dang sure ain't going to be successful as a pro QB, no matter how much daddy thinks he should.

Well said.

Excellent point. A lot of colleges will want him but he will not have the success anywhere he goes, because if you're at a mediocre or even decent D1 school and not surrounded on the field, every single game, by 21 other 4-5 star athletes, with another 15 or 20 sitting on the bench, you're not going to have defenses worried to death about stopping your 4 deep 5 star running game, and you're not going to have 6 WR's rotating in and out that all have 4.4 or better speed that have the ability to get open against any coverage. When all that is taken away, as a QB, you'd dang well be able to read coverages and defenses, find the right receiver to get the ball to, make decisive decisions and do it quickly, and lastly, be able to thread the ball it into tight windows. Alabama's overall roster talent covered up a ton of his inadequacies as a QB which will become very evident the day that he transfers to a lesser school.

If you can't have better passing stats as Alabama's QB, with 4 and 5 stars at every position, what makes his dad think Jalen would do better somewhere else?

Will he get better coaching somewhere else?
Will he have a better supporting cast somewhere else?
Will he find a better offensive scheme somewhere else?
Will he have a better defense somewhere else?

I think NOT.... bye Felicia

I agree with him.

“Free agency” in college is a graduate transfer who can play immediately.

We’ve had 10 years of that maybe? Know anyone bigger?

Russell Wilson from NCState to Wisconsin I remember was big.

Jake Coker from FSU to Alabama was meaningfu in long run, but not slam dunk.

Edit: google gave me a top 10 list already made up....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndic...te-transfers-of-the-past-decade.amp.html

Jalen Hurts needs to step up and be a man and tell his dad to step DOWN!! They new when they went to Bama at some point there would be a qb competition,has been always will be as long as Saban is there. It makes a person stronger for it. If they can't stand the heat in the kitchen get the flock out.If he wants to quit he needs to go one on one with Saban not hide behind his daddy's coat tail.

And another thing it appears to me that they're trying to bluff Saban. Saban needs to call and raise him fifty k and tell them see ya wouldn't want to be ya, hasta la vista, baby .

I've been thinking the same thing since I heard it on the radio.

He'd fit right in at GAWGA TECH or GAWGA Southern where he didn't have to throw very much.

Sounds like Dad thinks that positions at Bama are just given away but in reality they are earned. If Jalen doesn't have the skills to earn the QB position then it should be "fair the well" hope you can do better somewhere else after his Dad made such a stupid statement

I bet he ends up with Kiffin

That is a smart money bet right there. One thing I think everybody will agree on is that dad isn't doing him any favors. If he feels the need to move on, so be it, but your only hurting the kid by playing it out in the press. Dad needs to shut his mouth and let this be between the kid and Saban.

Yea, all the other transfer QB's have been soooo successful, right? Wrong! Bateman left for Utah, and didn't see the field. Cornwell left for Nevada, started a few games and quit. Barnett went to Arizona state and couldn't start there. He can't see the field, it's that simple and until he does he will not be a good qb. He's not fluid enough in the hips to play safety or RB. Tightend would be a good fit, but he wants to play QB and he wants to be a pocket passer, that's why he came to Alabama, because they promised to develop him into one, but some people just don't develop. QB's are primadonna's. Any that are scared of competition, usually wont be successful no matter where they end up.

I guess I’m not much of a college football fan, Ive never heard of any of these guys. I knew Russel Wilson while he was in Seattle but had no clue where he went to school. Hurts dad is acting like his son is a sure-fire pro prospect. This just isn’t the case. If he could ever get a decent throwing game he would be dynamite but that just isn’t the case. I see Tua being named the started and Hurts ultimately leaving. He graduates in December so he will be able to transfer and not have to sit out a year. Saban undoubtably is thinking the same thing because he tried hard to get a transfer QB.

I hope nick lets MR. HURTS know that he ( NICK ) runs the football program at ALABAMA .not the players parents, and if MR. HURTS don't like it ,he can take his son and hit the road, ALABAMA will be fine with hurts, are with-out him !!!

And none of those guys were starters at Alabama. Hurts has been. None of those guys could beat out Hurts.

Troy Aikman, Russell Wilson, Jake Coker were all successful as transfers. What’s his name in Auburn wasn’t horrible last year.

Excellent point.

But you have to put it in perspective, first half of NC game, second half of NC game.....is Hurts the best QB of the 2? We wont know who Nick decides until the first series of Louisville game.

I know i'm just a washed up, lackey rec league coach BUT, in my eyes...Tua's upside is so much greater than Jalen's. Yes, Jalen is 26-2 (that 26th win was won by tua btw) as a starter. But i'd be 20-8 as the starter with the cast that he's had around him. Yes his passing stats look good...cause he had 1000 yards and half a dozen td passes his frosh year on those jet/sweep pop passes. No, he hasn't thrown any picks...cause he won't try to complete a pass unless the receiver is 10yds from anyone else. How many careless fumbles has he lost? Nobody brings them up...several have been costly. How many times has he thrown the ball out of bounds while running backwards (with open receivers waiting on the ball), nobody mentions those? Yes, tua will make more mistakes...he'll probably throw multiple interceptions...BUT, he'll probably double the passing td numbers of Jalen and open the ground game up for the stable of backs he has behind him. That's my thinking on the 2. As a Tide fan, i'd much rather see Jalen leave as Tua. So again...if Jalen gotta be qb1 and he don't get the start and leaves...bye Felicia. Don't let the door hit ya.

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Jalen does not need to worry. Tua's injuries have given Jalen the starting job for the first few games so he is not going anywhere this year. Hopefully Tua recovers fully and can make the qb alternating series fun to watch!

You Bama's don't seem to think Jalen can improve. Isn't he a junior? Most players improve a lot their junior year. Kiffin seemed to call plays more to the style of Jalen's strengths. Don't know if he has worked with QB experts during the off season or not.

The good thing is that Bama can win with either of these quarterbacks, heck they can probably win with the freshman quarterback. Today is the A-day game and there is a pile of 4 and 5 star players on campus, big recruiting weekend.

win the friggin big game

Well let’s see if Jalen has improved

3 and out... and the 2 passes he threw were horrible

There is no physical way possible hurts has improv d his passing game.

Hair or no hair.....so far this still looks like the same old Jalen run offense.....stagnant.

Tua Tungaviolatunga!!!! Is in Jalen Hurts head, and you can tell it, HURTS looks bad, real bad!!!!!

Taulia reportedly committed just a little while ago

Jalen still Jalen.
I hate that too. He’s a good athlete and a great young man. But it’s almost as if he’s afraid to throw the deep ball.
Mac Jones had some high and some low. His numbers could have been much better.

Hurts seems like an average QB surrounded by a great team. They keep trying to shoe horn him into a QB much like the Steelers did with Kordell Stewart in the 90s.

Jones looked more promising than Jalen

Hurts simply isn’t going to progress as a downfield passer. Tua most likely won the starting job, without taking a snap.

I agree prb.

Looked like the world of Jalen is gonna receive some bad news come game time.
I don’t think anyone was impressed with his performance today. I watched part and listened to Eli Gold on the rest and even he wasn’t impressed from the sound of his voice. He was more enthusiastic about Mac Jones

Jesus it's a dang glorified practice.

Saban sorta said the exact same thing on a hot mic.

I wouldn’t even call it glorified...

I ain’t never seen a spring game that was worth the time to watch.

But the bammers sure try to make it a big deal.

I don't understand why the bammers are like that. It's almost like they care about football or carrying on a tradition or wanting to see how players have healed and young guys match up with older players. How stoooopid! WDE!

AND................ Auburn still hasn't made the PLAYOFFS!!!! but enjoy those SEC west championship participation rings!!!!

26-14


(Pretending to be a disgruntled barner is even easier than I thought )

It gives us something to do in between national championships.

At halftime, Mac Jones was 12-for-21 for 179 yards with 1 TD, 1 INT. Jalen Hurts went 6-for-14 for 32 yards with 0 TDs, 0 INTs.

Saban was heard on hot mic saying “I mean the third team quarterback can move the team right down the field throwing the ball."

They’ve given Jalen 2 full seasons and 3 springs to develop him. He just can’t do it. From what I saw yesterday he’ll be transferring soon. It was more of the same, look at one receiver and then run if he’s not open. He also still can’t hit a receiver in stride. Open receivers had to slow down or stop to wait on the ball

I’m one of those bammers, Ive just never got worked up over a spring game. I dont see anybody making a big deal, just guys talking about their team. You barners sure are sensitive bunch......

Racist!

After the spring game and the performance by Mack Jones, Saban knows he's got a decent back up. Now, he probably could care less whether Jalen goes or stays. If he stays, great, if he leaves, "bye Felicia". Jalen and his daddy certainly are not in a position of leverage now. Not that they ever were to start with.

Heck he can't even throw to a wide open, 5yd. away running back without throwing it into the ground or the back having to do a 360. The only thing about Mack Jones is he was facing the 2's. I would have liked to have him work with the 1's to get a better look at his talents.

He was facing the 2's but also running with the second offense against them. If he was working against the 1's, he would have also had the first string line, WRs and RBs. Given that, I doubt that the results would've changed much. He made a couple mistakes but overall looked pretty dang solid.

Not wanting to cause an argument but I really don't think Jones would've faired well against the 1s defense I. Buggs and R. Davis on DL we're eating the OL up. Reminds me of a spring game a few years back when Timmy Williams had about 50 sacks. The OL 1s right now is a work in progress really looked like something was missing. But it was a glorified practice and will improve hopefully .