Quick Notes from the Start of Spring Practice (Position Changes Galore)

deliveryman35 · Mar 18, 2013

I agree with the Eric Dickerson/Derrick Henry analogy. This young man is going to run through people.

RollTide1224 · Mar 18, 2013

Saw Brandon Hill on one of the practice videos he is freaking gigantic. Got a lot of weight to lose in the next year but the guy is a monster.

Derrick Henry is going to be a monster he has incredible straight line speed for a guy his size. With some coaching from BB his ceiling is incredibly high.

TIDE-HSV · Mar 18, 2013

RollTide1224 said:
Saw Brandon Hill on one of the practice videos he is freaking gigantic. Got a lot of weight to lose in the next year but the guy is a monster.

Derrick Henry is going to be a monster he has incredible straight line speed for a guy his size. With some coaching from BB his ceiling is incredibly high.

I hope that's correct. One question mark I see is whether or not he can make people miss like Trent, Lacy and Ingram could. In all the highlight films I've seen, he simply didn't need to do that. Once he broke the line of scrimmage, it turned into a footrace, which the smaller, slower defenders lost. We'll know a lot more after the spring. Big as he is, he's not as big as our LBs and smaller than our DLs and he'll run into others on other teams. Running over people can get you 7-8 yards and that's a valuable commodity, but, if that's all he can do, then he becomes a situational back. If he can make people miss in that 5-10 range and then turn on the afterburners, then we have us a Trent in a larger package...

JPT4Bama · Mar 18, 2013

RTR91 said:
Here's a picture of Fowler waiting in line to run a drill. The freshman is in the way, so you may not see him very well.

LOL! That young man is healthy looking. Could anyone imagine playing against this Goliath in high school??

beatthemtigers · Mar 19, 2013

RTR91 said:
Here's a picture of Fowler waiting in line to run a drill. The freshman is in the way, so you may not see him very well.

Insane.

beatthemtigers · Mar 19, 2013

JPT4Bama said:
LOL! That young man is healthy looking. Could anyone imagine playing against this Goliath in high school??

No wonder he averaged over 400 yards a game.

Alasippi · Mar 19, 2013

We should nick name Henry. I'm thinking "Taxi".....defenders climb on and he transports them to the end zone

TidefaninOS · Mar 19, 2013

RollTide1224 said:
Saw Brandon Hill on one of the practice videos he is freaking gigantic. Got a lot of weight to lose in the next year but the guy is a monster.

Derrick Henry is going to be a monster he has incredible straight line speed for a guy his size. With some coaching from BB his ceiling is incredibly high.

Is "going to be"? Yeah, I'd say so! (LOL)

RollTide1224 · Mar 19, 2013

TIDE-HSV said:
I hope that's correct. One question mark I see is whether or not he can make people miss like Trent, Lacy and Ingram could. In all the highlight films I've seen, he simply didn't need to do that. Once he broke the line of scrimmage, it turned into a footrace, which the smaller, slower defenders lost. We'll know a lot more after the spring. Big as he is, he's not as big as our LBs and smaller than our DLs and he'll run into others on other teams. Running over people can get you 7-8 yards and that's a valuable commodity, but, if that's all he can do, then he becomes a situational back. If he can make people miss in that 5-10 range and then turn on the afterburners, then we have us a Trent in a larger package...

Yeah his highlights make it hard to tell what moves he has, he really doesn't even need to get low to run over people at the high school level. The rare plays that I saw him get tackled for little yardage it seemed like he gets his feet too close together and it makes it easy to tackle him. I'm sure getting a wider base will be one of the things Coach Burns works with him on.

His speed is insane though, the game I watched against Fred Taylor's son once he got the corner he just accelerated like you wouldn't believe.

crmsntd91 · Mar 19, 2013

If you take Fowler out of the picture and don't realize how tall Henry is...he really is built like TRich.

rizolltizide · Mar 19, 2013

Matt0424 said:
Henry looks like he was created in a video game...

Reminds me of Darren McFadden standing there. I only hope he runs like him.

RTR91 · Mar 19, 2013

Saw a clip of the RBs from practice yesterday on the news last night. Unless the same camera was used for the picture and news footage, the angle of the picture isn't the reason for the size difference.

CaliforniaTide · Mar 19, 2013

TIDE-HSV said:
I really don't see anything wrong with that. No rule that the blocking back has to be bigger. Jalston is a devastating blocker...

Our new jumbo package?

RTR91 · Mar 19, 2013

@JimWilson88: Jai Miller wearing #19 at safety. A sign that Jonathan Atchison is no longer with the team. Ming has also left.

RollTide1224 · Mar 19, 2013

crmsntd91 said:
If you take Fowler out of the picture and don't realize how tall Henry is...he really is built like TRich.

I don't really see the comparison other than the number 3. Trent's lower body was way thicker than Henry's. Trent also was incredibly bowlegged.

buzzincuzzin · Mar 19, 2013

TIDE-HSV said:
I really don't see anything wrong with that. No rule that the blocking back has to be bigger. Jalston is a devastating blocker...

There is a "rule-of-thumb" you can't get on the field if you can't block. I'm sure he has room for development in this area but he could get really good at it.

BigBama · Mar 19, 2013

RollTide1224 said:
I don't really see the comparison other than the number 3. Trent's lower body was way thicker than Henry's. Trent also was incredibly bowlegged.

Yeah, I don't really see the body type comparison. Trents legs were like tree trunks. I'm not saying Henry isn't strong but stretched out more.

bamachile · Mar 19, 2013

RTR91 said:
@JimWilson88: Jai Miller wearing #19 at safety. A sign that Jonathan Atchison is no longer with the team. Ming has also left.

If so, I hate it for the two; hope they take/have taken full academic advantage of the scholarships. Another reminder that potential alone is not enough.

bamafaninOhiO · Mar 19, 2013

Re: Quick Notes from the Start of Spring Practice

jps1983 said:
In a couple interviews, Bo has mentioned WR. That's where he competed at one of the events if I'm not mistaken. My guess (so take that for what little it's worth) is that Bo ends up at a position other than RB.

...maybe he can be a linebacker...

Rush · Mar 19, 2013

RTR91 said:
@JimWilson88: Jai Miller wearing #19 at safety. A sign that Jonathan Atchison is no longer with the team. Ming has also left.

Thanks for sharing the updated info / pics, etc., '91.

I - and I'm sure many others on this board - greatly appreciate it!

Does anyone have any insight into whether these departures could have been foreseen, and whether the impact is expected to be significant?

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