"Your players create the culture: your coach creates the vision" - Shannon Sharpe of all people....i think he nails it.
I also like to see the passion from players; however, the problem with this demonstration of "passion" is that it looked like more of a tantrum because of the result. I have a feeling that if our coaches and players had prepared and played with passion that we would not be talking about a loss to lowly Vanderbilt. It was not a fluke loss. Vandy whipped us on the line. That shouldn't happen. If you only show passion with one minute left after watching Vandy whip your tail for 59 minutes, it is much too late. At that point, it was time to demonstrate class and congratulate those guys on the other side for whipping your tail. Now, we can only hope that we learn from this and get things right.There are a million ways to skin a cat. Just look at Sabans great friend Tom Izzo. Regarded by all accounts as one of the "goats" in college basketball and openly lets his player get into yelling matches with him. He says he loves the passion. Saban also had a sense of this where he wanted his players to have ownership and passion for the game and the team. There is a thin line between love and war and sometimes that passion becomes toxic in the right environment on any given Saturday. As I have said before, let the coaches handle it and we can judge the results as we see fit.
Agree with everything you said!I also like to see the passion from players; however, the problem with this demonstration of "passion" is that it looked like more of a tantrum because of the result. I have a feeling that if our coaches and players had prepared and played with passion that we would not be talking about a loss to lowly Vanderbilt. It was not a fluke loss. Vandy whipped us on the line. That shouldn't happen. If you only show passion with one minute left after watching Vandy whip your tail for 59 minutes, it is much too late. At that point, it was time to demonstrate class and congratulate those guys on the other side for whipping your tail. Now, we can only hope that we learn from this and get things right.
Completely agree, which was precisely Tupelo's and mlh's point. Not saying CPB was always right, or that the situation could be handled that way today (and yes, Finebaum does stir the pot a lot!) - just that college football today is just a completely different animal than what most of us grew up with - and not in a good way.Football has changed massively in the 40+ years since he coached.
A suspension's impact on a game should not be one of the considerations. If it is, then you get stuff like Les Miles pulled, delaying the suspension for a game or two until they were playing a cupcake.Who's going to fill his shoes on an already anemic defense? I think he should get some sort of practice in-house punishment, but we can't afford to have him miss a game. We can't afford another loss or there will be no playoffs and the fans will go crazy and the message boards will break the servers!
Yikes. That is not a good look.Calling out your DC is not a good look.
Malachi Moore: "Late Calls Cause Anxiety"
Malachi Moore spoke with the media for the first time since Alabama's loss to Vanderbilt, discussing defensive play calling.tuscaloosathread.com
Nor is more of this 'anxiety' talk.Calling out your DC is not a good look.
Malachi Moore: "Late Calls Cause Anxiety"
Malachi Moore spoke with the media for the first time since Alabama's loss to Vanderbilt, discussing defensive play calling.tuscaloosathread.com
By that logic I guess the players were running the program under Saban, too?Moore was not suspended which tells me the players are running the program.
I'm guessing that's just not the way kids are these days. If what Pavia said is true and they were yapping at the coin toss then that UGA game gave them huge egos and they thought they were unbeatable.When I played...back in "the good old days"...I don't remember ever speaking to a player on the other team until after the game, and then it was congratulatory or respectful, never condescending.
I said plenty to my teammates, but not the opposing players.
Players have always "yapped"! Even at Alabama. You just don't know unless the camera is shows you. I don't know why we have this "pious" attitude about the Saban administration Just because you walk on the field "business like" doesn't mean that their isn't any talking on the field. Part of the game is getting into the other guy's head!I hope this is all just part of the coaching transition. This talk of anxiety isn't a good look. That word should never come out the players mouths.
They yap so much on the field at the other team....you know that anxiety comment is going to get yapped back at them all game every game now.....along with other colorful words to get them emotional and off the game they should be playing.
Tony Brown says hello...Players have always "yapped"! Even at Alabama. You just don't know unless the camera is shows you. I don't know why we have this "pious" attitude about the Saban administration Just because you walk on the field "business like" doesn't mean that their isn't any talking on the field.
"you'd better pass" - marty lyonsPlayers have always "yapped"! Even at Alabama. You just don't know unless the camera is shows you. I don't know why we have this "pious" attitude about the Saban administration Just because you walk on the field "business like" doesn't mean that their isn't any talking on the field.