There are a couple of things in particular I despise about the "Bama Way".
One is their overwhelming distain for turnovers. They treat an interception or fumble like it's the worst thing that could ever happen to a team, regardless of the circumstances.
Consequently teams like Florida, while trying to copy the "Bama Way", play way too cautiously on offense and resist taking a chance for fear of turning the ball over.
The other thing that reflects the "Bama Way" is the complete and total control of information. Closed practice, press conferences lacking any kind of transparency in communicating what's really going on with the team. The result is, as we saw this weekend, a feeling that fans had been handed a plate full of complete propaganda.
Do they not believe members of the media who are local and follow the team on a regular basis can can watch practice and keep important information confidential. At least they would be able to give us some kind of general idea as to what's really happening instead of the false positives we're being fed.
There are other things about the 'Bama Way" that bug me but those two in particular stand out.
THIS ^ ALL OF THIS. I thought those exact things too about the "Bama way" and Im sure others have similiar thoughts in regards to this.
Like you mentioned, it seems saban and his coaching tree hate turnovers more than they like scoring points. As a result, given two options being
option 1) = punt on the first series of a drive
option2) = move the ball right down the field and get to the opponents 1 yard line but throw an interception in the endzone in an attempt to score
....I'm inclined to believe the Saban tree would choose option 1 beacuse turnovers drive them crazy. Franks being taken out after fumbling even though he wasnt doing that bad supports this. (Franks had nice touch and spirals when he threw).
To me, that's how ultra conservative the offensive mindset is. They ALL try to start running the clock out/play even more conservative the earliest they can do so, sometimes even when the other team has a chance to comeback (see Tenn game last year in second half) so that they dont have to worry/agonize over possibly throwing interceptions and letting the other team back in the game.
Bama is the exceptions because they ALWAYS have the best defense on the field and hardly give up any points, so they dont have to score alot. In order to play their type of ball, you have to have THE BEST and not just good defense or it wont work...
