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Ryan Grubb was here. I promise.
He blew through Tuscaloosa faster than you can get through Cottondale running a stop sign, but he was the first choice to be Alabama football’s offensive coordinator under Kalen DeBoer last year. He was in town just a couple weeks — long enough to pick up some Alabama gear, speak to a few boosters and do some recruiting — but not long enough to sign a formal contract. Attracted by the chance to stay in Seattle, where he’d coached under DeBoer at Washington, he left Alabama at the altar to accept the offensive coordinator job with the Seattle Seahawks, who promptly fired him 51 weeks later.
There’s a palpable buzz about his return to UA, and there should be. The Crimson Tide offense was disjointed at best last year, sustaining a flat tire on a road trip to Knoxville, and two flat tires on the way to Norman. But for the same reason 2024 offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan wasn’t entirely to blame for that, Grubb shouldn’t be considered a 2025 savior: great players win games moreso than great schemes. And Alabama just didn’t have enough great offensive players; only Tyler Booker and Ryan Williams fit that description.
The Alabama defense suffered season-ending injuries to three starters, including a team captain in Deontae Lawson, and still played consistently enough for Alabama to qualify for the College Football Playoff. The same can’t be said of the offense, which was far healthier, yet less effective.
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First and foremost, Grubb will have to spur the development of quarterback Ty Simpson as a starter. As the presumed play caller, his relationship with UA’s most experienced option at the position…
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2025-02-03 19:28:00
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