News Article: Alabama is more dialed in this off-season.

[crimsonkelly]

Cubelic told a story of how back in 2017 Pruitt was getting frustrated with the players because of their inability to watch film for more than 10 minutes at a time before needing a break. That is mind-boggling to think kids these days can't even pay attention for 10 minutes.

I am a teacher and baseball coach. This is 100% true now a days. 10-15 years ago you could teach a play or rule relatively quickly and players would be fine w a few reps depending complexity. Now it takes some days/weeks/years. Some never pick it up.

 

[colbysullivan]

The article states Montgomery was known as RyQueze McElderry during his recruitment.

Ahh, I was confusing him with Hingle McCringleberry

 

[CoolBreeze]

The article states Montgomery was known as RyQueze McElderry during his recruitment.

Yea, that is a mouthful. Roq Montgomery is an upgrade.

 

[dvldog]

Just download anything you want them to learn to their phone. Problem solved.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Just download anything you want them to learn to their phone. Problem solved.

...or post it in their Facetagram...

 

[CaliforniaTide]

I am a teacher and baseball coach. This is 100% true now a days. 10-15 years ago you could teach a play or rule relatively quickly and players would be fine w a few reps depending complexity. Now it takes some days/weeks/years. Some never pick it up.

Former teacher/coach here - I absolutely agree with a majority of students/teenagers these days. I was also finding a good number of them had never done certain drills/movements ever before getting to me, despite being an athlete. It was dumbfounding to me.

 

[The Ols]

Former teacher/coach here - I absolutely agree with a majority of students/teenagers these days. I was also finding a good number of them had never done certain drills/movements ever before getting to me, despite being an athlete. It was dumbfounding to me.

Agree w/the teenagers? Not sure what that means?

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Agree w/the teenagers? Not sure what that means?

I think he means he agrees with what's being said ABOUT the teenagers. I think he just misworded it.

 

[KrAzY3]

Sad that things slipped that much. Glad to see it is being addressed.

Yeah, the mid-season quote from last season about not showing up late for meetings anymore was fairly ominous. The team did play better for a bit after that, but when you combine it with this quote: "You can't be late to workouts no more", it makes it sound like you could be before.

So clearly some massive discipline issues that hopefully are being cleaned up because I'm not sure how you can succeed in the SEC without it.

 

[mlh]

Yeah, the mid-season quote from last season about not showing up late for meetings anymore was fairly ominous. The team did play better for a bit after that, but when you combine it with this quote: "You can't be late to workouts no more", it makes it sound like you could be before.

So clearly some massive discipline issues that hopefully are being cleaned up because I'm not sure how you can succeed in the SEC without it.

I'm curious about who was not dialed in last year and if they're still on the team.

 

[dWarriors88]

Cubelic told a story of how back in 2017 Pruitt was getting frustrated with the players because of their inability to watch film for more than 10 minutes at a time before needing a break. That is mind-boggling to think kids these days can't even pay attention for 10 minutes.

Ten mins in 2025 is probably even still high, its probably down to 5 mins now

 

[CaliforniaTide]

Agree w/the teenagers? Not sure what that means?

Yeah, my eyes said I had a word in there that made it make sense, but clearly I didn't. I was trying to express agreement with the poster that I'd quoted.

 

[cdub55]

Cubelic told a story of how back in 2017 Pruitt was getting frustrated with the players because of their inability to watch film for more than 10 minutes at a time before needing a break. That is mind-boggling to think kids these days can't even pay attention for 10 minutes.

Go substitute for a day or two. Kids lack of focus will be way down on the laundry list of things you will find shocking.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Go substitute for a day or two. Kids lack of focus will be way down on the laundry list of things you will find shocking.

My wife has been a school teacher for close to 30 years. She tells me about the clown show they have to deal with on a daily basis.

 

[cdub55]

It's going to take getting kids that are wired a certain way to get the culture back to what it was in the early years of the dynasty under Saban. As much as Saban set the culture, ultimately the types of players he brought in kept the standard up. It's why in one of Sabans early speeches he said the key to a successful team is "knowing which players to put on the bus and which players to get off the bus."

In today's NIL world and just overall general culture, those types of players are getting harder and harder to find.

Saban once told me that when recruiting you have to ask yourself, "what kind of team do I have?". He said that if you had a team with a great culture and high standards, you could afford to recruit a guy like Reuben Foster, who had a high ceiling athletically but also potential for off the field issues. He felt that those guys would come in and either get right or they wouldn't make it pretty quickly, if the culture and leadership was right. He said he had some teams that didn't have those same things and he had to quit recruiting certain guys because he felt like they would just add to the bad culture that they were trying to fix.

 

[cdub55]

My wife has been a school teacher for close to 30 years. She tells me about the clown show they have to deal with on a daily basis.

I would write a book but I would be like the person who got abducted by a UFO...no one would believe me.

 

[cdub55]

Ahh, I was confusing him with Hingle McCringleberry

Ahhh Hingle, one of my favorite Penn State players from the 90's. Guy really had a motor on him. I'll never forget when L'Carpetron Dookmarriot, Xmus Jaxon Flaxon-Waxon, Scoish Velociraptor Maloish, T.J. AJ. RJ. Backslashinfourth U, EEEEE EEEEEEEEE, and Hingle led the Cowboys to the Super Bowl in '06. What a special team that was!

 

[FaninLA]

Ahhh Hingle, one of my favorite Penn State players from the 90's. Guy really had a motor on him. I'll never forget when L'Carpetron Dookmarriot, Xmus Jaxon Flaxon-Waxon, Scoish Velociraptor Maloish, T.J. AJ. RJ. Backslashinfourth U, EEEEE EEEEEEEEE, and Hingle led the Cowboys to the Super Bowl in '06. What a special team that was!

But Fudge won the MVP!

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Saban told me once that when recruiting you have to ask yourself, "what kind of team do I have?". He said that if you had a team with a great culture and high standards, you could afford to recruit a guy like Reuben Foster, who had a high ceiling athletically but also potential for off the field issues. He felt that those guys would come in and either get right or they wouldn't make it pretty quickly, if the culture and leadership was right. He said he had some teams that didn't have those same things and he had to quit recruiting certain guys because he felt like they would just add to the bad culture that they were trying to fix.

Players matter and I don't mean just the physical talent part of it. A team filled with a bunch of kids with crappy attitudes, lazy work ethics, and me first mentalities, can be the most physically talented team, and odds are will not have much success. Saban had a few of those types of teams at Alabama and they always fell short.

 

[22Musso22]