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WTF happened to "make his arse quit!"
Posted on 1/3/15 at 9:43 am
Posted on 1/3/15 at 9:43 am
You never hear Saban or the team talk about "relentless" or "physically dominate our opponent" anymore.
I said it last year and got reamed on other boards by saying Bama didn't play with any swagger anymore. Not the thuggish "U" type of play but the Mike McCoy standing over a safety he had just decapitated on a block type of swag.
I'm not saying we need wholesale changes on our staff but we do need a wholesale change on our attitude. We have gotten away from what made us a dynasty and the most feared team in college football. That was the worst tackling performance by a Saban defense I can remember. Players were not even attempting technically sound tackles. You learn when you're 8 not to tackle high and to wrap up.
I guess I'm over my butthurt. I hate we lost not playing Alabama football more than the fact that we just lost more than anything.
I said it last year and got reamed on other boards by saying Bama didn't play with any swagger anymore. Not the thuggish "U" type of play but the Mike McCoy standing over a safety he had just decapitated on a block type of swag.
I'm not saying we need wholesale changes on our staff but we do need a wholesale change on our attitude. We have gotten away from what made us a dynasty and the most feared team in college football. That was the worst tackling performance by a Saban defense I can remember. Players were not even attempting technically sound tackles. You learn when you're 8 not to tackle high and to wrap up.
I guess I'm over my butthurt. I hate we lost not playing Alabama football more than the fact that we just lost more than anything.
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Posted on 1/3/15 at 9:48 am to bamarep
I agree and there are many more who do also.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 9:51 am to bamarep
A product of winning at the clip we are is that it produces complacency. It's human nature. Not taking anything away from a fine tOSU performance, but when Bama got up by 15, the team started looking ahead to Oregon.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:18 am to bamarep
I think it will be hard to ever replicate that kind of intensity. None of the guys on the team have ever felt losing the way a mediocre team does. Hopefully, the team will look back on the OSU game and see how we got manhandled and vow never to let that happen again.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 12:47 pm to bamarep
I could not be more proud of the Tide this year. The attitude of this team was what got them as far as they went. There was not one ounce of quit in them, and I think that came from a QB who was fearless, even though none of us believed in him 4 months ago.
It sucks to end the season with a loss again, but at least we lost because we were not the best team on the field, not because our team just didn't give a shite about the game. I expected a 3-loss year, and we ended up SEC champs and #1 seed in the playoffs. In my opinion, we were playing with house money after the Iron Bowl, and we still almost made the championship game.
It sucks to end the season with a loss again, but at least we lost because we were not the best team on the field, not because our team just didn't give a shite about the game. I expected a 3-loss year, and we ended up SEC champs and #1 seed in the playoffs. In my opinion, we were playing with house money after the Iron Bowl, and we still almost made the championship game.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 5:10 pm to bamarep
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WTF happened to "make his arse quit!"
I'm not saying we need wholesale changes on our staff but we do need a wholesale change on our attitude.
I've already addressed this in other threads. It seems simple to me. WTF happened? Leon Brown happened. No amount of coaching would ever make him Chance Warmack. Austin Shepherd happened. A change in staff would never make him DJ Fluker. Trey Depriest happened. There's no way in hell that Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, or anyone else could ever coach him up to be CJ Mosley. Etc, etc, etc, etc. There are way too many positions on this team where the guys playing would not have ever seen the field on the three national championship teams. Sure it's disappointing to have come so close and not won it all. But this staff got a helluva lot out of the players they had.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 12:54 pm to bamarep
Bump
Still trying to figure out WTF happen to "make his are quit"
Still trying to figure out WTF happen to "make his are quit"
Posted on 9/20/15 at 1:47 pm to bamarep
I don't think many of us realized what we lost when Coach Pendry retired. We knew he was good but...
At least on the offensive side of the ball. Pendry's OL was a step above of the OL since his departure.
At least on the offensive side of the ball. Pendry's OL was a step above of the OL since his departure.
Posted on 9/20/15 at 1:51 pm to bamarep
The defense is by far the best part of this team. 31 of their points came on turnovers. Offense fricked the defense time and again with it's abysmal performance
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