Fall Camp set to begin August 2nd

[CajunCrimson]

I am just tired of all the talking. I am ready for Game time. This feels like the longest offseason i can remember.

At least 10 days longer than usual

 

[Tidelines]

Well, it's not, It's really humid through most of the south, but it's not aberrantly hot. In HS we practiced in this heat in central FL daily, even had two-a-days in July and August and we were treated a bit like the Junction boys (very little water, coaches thought it made us 'tougher' (morons)).

These young men today are in FAR better condition and are monitored far more closely (and safely) than we were.

They'll be fine.

And a hand full of salt tablets.lol

 

[crimsonaudio]

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[FF4bama]

Well, it's not, It's really humid through most of the south, but it's not aberrantly hot. In HS we practiced in this heat in central FL daily, even had two-a-days in July and August and we were treated a bit like the Junction boys (very little water, coaches thought it made us 'tougher' (morons)).

These young men today are in FAR better condition and are monitored far more closely (and safely) than we were.

They'll be fine.

Should have used blue font 😁

 

[crimsonaudio]

Should have used blue font 😁

Yeah, I totally missed the sarcasm, hahaha

 

[CoolBreeze]

There's a Reason Why Nick Saban Will be Smiling as Alabama Opens Fall Camp

https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/nick-saban-smiling-alabama-opens-fall-camp

 

[CoolBreeze]

Alabama 2023 Fall Football Preview: Coaching Staff brings significant continuity into the season

Ignore the coordinators, the other seven guys on staff could matter far more.

www.rollbamaroll.com

 

[JustNeedMe81]

3D

There's a Reason Why Nick Saban Will be Smiling as Alabama Opens Fall Camp

https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/nick-saban-smiling-alabama-opens-fall-camp

He shouldn't be smiling.... Ijs.

 

[colbysullivan]

He shouldn't be smiling.... Ijs.

Because?

 

[Tidelines]

Time to start having that game face on.

 

[crimsonaudio]

There's a Reason Why Nick Saban Will be Smiling as Alabama Opens Fall Camp

https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/nick-saban-smiling-alabama-opens-fall-camp

"Consequently, the coach won't just be smiling because he's at a feel-good event on the eve of the team's first fall practice. He knows that Alabama is about to hold its most competitive fall camp since he's been here."

 

[Power Eye]

There's a Reason Why Nick Saban Will be Smiling as Alabama Opens Fall Camp

https://www.si.com/college/alabama/football/nick-saban-smiling-alabama-opens-fall-camp

A good article. Not sure I agree that it will be the most competitive fall camp under Saban, I think 2008 would be hard to top, but I would wager it will be the most competitive since then.

 

[GrayTide]

Well, it's not, It's really humid through most of the south, but it's not aberrantly hot. In HS we practiced in this heat in central FL daily, even had two-a-days in July and August and we were treated a bit like the Junction boys (very little water, coaches thought it made us 'tougher' (morons)).

These young men today are in FAR better condition and are monitored far more closely (and safely) than we were.

They'll be fine.

In south Alabama back in the day, summer practice (not called fall camp then) started August 1st. The first game was the Friday after Labor Day, that was a long practice time. I assume all high school football coaches who coached in those days must have had a college course on "Players should not get water during Summer practice". I can remember praying for rain and then licking the rain water off our helmets which drew the ire of the coaches. Things have changed since then, back then nobody heard the phrase to keep hydrated.

 

[Tidewater]

In south Alabama back in the day, summer practice (not called fall camp then) started August 1st. The first game was the Friday after Labor Day, that was a long practice time. I assume all high school football coaches who coached in those days must have had a college course on "Players should not get water during Summer practice". I can remember praying for rain and then licking the rain water off our helmets which drew the ire of the coaches. Things have changed since then, back then nobody heard the phrase to keep hydrated.

In Vietnam, the USMC had a thing called "water discipline."
"Do not drink too much water, guys."

 

[CB4]

In south Alabama back in the day, summer practice (not called fall camp then) started August 1st. The first game was the Friday after Labor Day, that was a long practice time. I assume all high school football coaches who coached in those days must have had a college course on "Players should not get water during Summer practice". I can remember praying for rain and then licking the rain water off our helmets which drew the ire of the coaches. Things have changed since then, back then nobody heard the phrase to keep hydrated.

We didn’t even have water coolers on the sidelines. Our coaches would take about a 15 minute break every couple of hours. This was during August and two-a-days.
But they were very good to us. They would let us drink lukewarm water from a hose on the side of the gym…but “no more than 10 sips. One of the coaches would stand over us as we drank and “count the sips”.
And, by the way, they passed out salt tablets like crazy.

 

[dvldog]

In Vietnam, the USMC had a thing called "water discipline."
"Do not drink too much water, guys."

Never known for our high intellect 😉

 

[Tidelines]

We didn’t even have water coolers on the sidelines. Our coaches would take about a 15 minute break every couple of hours. This was during August and two-a-days.
But they were very good to us. They would let us drink lukewarm water from a hose on the side of the gym…but “no more than 10 sips. One of the coaches would stand over us as we drank and “count the sips”.
And, by the way, they passed out salt tablets like crazy.

That’s the way it was done back then. It’s a wonder no one died. But I can take the heat better today than these air condition babies.

 

[Tidewater]

Never known for our high intellect 😉

I'm sure the Army had the same thing at the same time. My source for the "water discipline" term was James Webb's Fields of Fire.
By the early 1990s, the tune had changed. Medics would tell you, "You can't drink too much water (unless you are doing sustained strenuous activity for hours in an extremely hot, humid climate, in which case you need water and electrolytes)."
If you drink too much water, you'll just have to pee. If you don't drink enough, you can die.

 

[GrayTide]

That’s the way it was done back then. It’s a wonder no one died. But I can take the heat better today than these air condition babies.

When I grew up, every house did not have an A/C unit, certainly no central A/C. I remember having an A/C window unit in the den, the den was like an ice box and the rest of the house just kinda cool. I agree, it is a wonder no one died, but we were much younger then, in better shape, and did not live in a world where everything was climate controlled. I hated the thought of salt tablets, the mere thought makes we want to puke.

 

[STONECOLDSABAN]

That’s the way it was done back then. It’s a wonder no one died. But I can take the heat better today than these air condition babies.

Uhhh I think a few players did.