Nick Sheridan

Right.

Uh, but I, I will say, like, uh, maybe there's an, a choice that, um, you know, Pat Fitzgerald could've wooed him and, and getting Nick Sheridan in the mix could've wooed him.

Uh, but I...

Uh, ultimately they decided on Alessio pretty early, I think, in, in that Iowa game that Fitz always talks about when he got his, quote, "lips knocked off"-

The play call was absolutely horrendous.

I don't know, and I wanna preface this by saying I thought Nick Sheridan called a really good game.

I, I thought that was probably the best game he's called all year.

I don't know what the hell they were doing on that two-point conversion.

We're gonna make some very direct comments today, and none of it is personal.

Um, I do not consider Nick Sheridan a friend.

I've met him three or four times, and I like him as a person, okay? But the reality is, and I told you this and I talked about it on this podcast, when they hired him, he'd essentially been demoted at Alabama.

He was not calling plays anymore.

Um, he's a concern.

Um, I, I just don't think he's quality to be where...

The, the quality of coach right now in his career, uh, where if they wanna be a top third, they're not gonna do that with Nick Sheridan, in my opinion, okay? Um, uh, this is not anything to do with, um, uh, Max Bullough in the least bit.

Uh, Max is brilliant.

... before Larry Fitzgerald was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and spent the day with the team, and couldn't be more impressed with Coach Fitz and his staff.

Um, big fan of Nick Sheridan and Joe Rossi, and they do really good stuff.

And I know it's been frustrating probably for, for all the fans.

Right.

Like, I think what, what we saw the last couple of years was his first year there, he's got Jalen Milroe, who's massively talented, big leader in that locker room.

And as talented as he was, like, if I'm calling the plays, if, if I'm Nick Sheridan at the time, like I don't know what I'm gonna get every Saturday.

Like, do I get Jalen Milroe, who's running for a million yards against LSU, or do I get the Jalen Milroe that has trouble completing forward passes against Oklahoma? So like, that's hard to game plan for.

And then you have the following year where you get Ryan Grub back in the fold, and Ty Simpson's awesome.

Like, I think what, what we saw the last couple of years was his first year there, he's got Jalen Milroe, who's massively talented, big leader in that locker room.

And as talented as he was, like, if I'm calling the plays, if, if I'm Nick Sheridan at the time, like I don't know what I'm gonna get every Saturday.

Like, do I get Jalen Milroe, who's running for a million yards against LSU, or do I get the Jalen Milroe that has trouble completing forward passes against Oklahoma? So, like, that's hard to game plan for.

And then you have the following year where you get Ryan Grub back in the fold, and Ty Simpson's awesome, but I mean, when, when you can't run the football and you become one-dimensional, there, there's only so much you can do.