Levi Wallace played really well in his absence...we will be alright against UF's offense. Need MH back for the playoffs, though.
2016 SEC Championship Gameweek Thread (Practice Reports, Press Conferences)
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Saban said they hope he'll be good to go Saturday after resting a day or so.
Practice report
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2016/11/alabama_practice_report_update_13.html
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As you posit later in the thread, I too am guessing that it's a hammy.
In which case, I'd be surprised if we see him this Saturday.
And would be more than a little happy to see him rest it / undergo the necessary therapy to be ready for the playoffs...
I still wince when I remember Marquis Maze pulling up lame in the NCG against LSWho...
Of course, he had just completed the longest return of the year against that mouthy LSWho punter - who had gotten up in his grill on a previous punt...
He He He...
Thankfully, we have a top notch medical / health care staff to manage Hump's recovery...
This is a good read but I must also recommend watching a short video entitled: "Ode to Defense" set to the 1812 Overture (you know the bit with the cannon fire and bells at the end of the last movement.
There's another side to that coin. We have had some injuries which would have devastated other teams but we have the developed depth to overcome it. Other teams don't. At one point, we were depending on our third string RB to carry the bulk of the load...
I hate it because it's one of those injuries which hand with you for years - hams, ankles, groins. I ran my PB in the 10K, having been out west backpacking, which doesn't stress the hamstring that much. I was dating a girl at the time who thought she knew something about massage therapy and she made it worse with her elbows. It still tightens up on me when cold, these decades later...
FYI: The SEC Network is airing a (new) 1 hour special on the past 24 years of the SEC Championship series.
It's almost over right now....I'm sure it will air again this week. Well worth watching, IMHO.
It's almost over right now....I'm sure it will air again this week. Well worth watching, IMHO.
I can say I'm not one of those people. He does bring something to TF even if it is an outside influence.
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The reporter never said the game didn't matter. He was following up on a player's earlier comment about always competing to win.
That said, the thing a lot of folks continue to miss here is the difference between heat and fire. Reporters who cover Alabama know the deal. When Saban gets emotional, he does a good job not turning it into a personal attack -- as Urban did at the Florida practice ("You're a bad guy.") or as tough guy Mike Gundy when he went after the reporter for writing what turned out to be the truth, fed to her in part by Gundy's staff.
Nick Saban barks, true. But he also answers questions about as thoroughly as any football coach in America. The reporter's job is to ask questions whether Saban likes them or not. To his utmost credit, even when the coach dislikes the question, he answers it. Sometimes he actually appreciates being given the opportunity to address something that's been gigging him for a while. That clearly was the case Monday. He was speaking to his players as much as anybody else.
In no way did he put anybody in their place. He helped them do their jobs, as they helped him do his.
Edit: I don't think it was a stupid question, but it addressed an issue that clearly had gotten in the coach's craw.
That said, the thing a lot of folks continue to miss here is the difference between heat and fire. Reporters who cover Alabama know the deal. When Saban gets emotional, he does a good job not turning it into a personal attack -- as Urban did at the Florida practice ("You're a bad guy.") or as tough guy Mike Gundy when he went after the reporter for writing what turned out to be the truth, fed to her in part by Gundy's staff.
Nick Saban barks, true. But he also answers questions about as thoroughly as any football coach in America. The reporter's job is to ask questions whether Saban likes them or not. To his utmost credit, even when the coach dislikes the question, he answers it. Sometimes he actually appreciates being given the opportunity to address something that's been gigging him for a while. That clearly was the case Monday. He was speaking to his players as much as anybody else.
In no way did he put anybody in their place. He helped them do their jobs, as they helped him do his.
Edit: I don't think it was a stupid question, but it addressed an issue that clearly had gotten in the coach's craw.
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Being fine with a rival fan that comes in and criticizes and nitpicks your head coach seems like a foreign idea to me, but ok.
Projecting again, are we?
There are many frequent posters over whose departure from Tidefans I'd shed no tears; people who post little if anything of substance and seem mainly interested in impressive-looking post counts with contributions such as "I was thinking the same thing," or "Are you mad? You seem mad." B1G is the antithesis of that, even when I disagree with him (and in this particular case, I'm closer to his position than most others seem to be, but that's not the point).
Yep, I don't see why some don't get it. It's a teachable moment for Coach. I took it as he was talking to the team. It's something he's fighting against with all of these reporters/beat writers.
By the way, got a chance to meet DC Reeves a couple of weeks ago.
By the way, got a chance to meet DC Reeves a couple of weeks ago.
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