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re: Bama focusing on the “small things”.

Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:17 pm to
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:17 pm to
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We have a serious issue in the locker room. We are going to start losing guys.


Do we actually want to keep guys who can't even be bothered to show up on time?
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
Member since Nov 2012
7573 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:20 pm to
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"Don't get bored with the basics. Get back to what we're supposed to wear -- shirts tucked in, five minutes, 10 minutes early to meetings. Not all this late stuff. Not doing what you want to do.


Brutal
Posted by Bear88
Member since Oct 2014
14715 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

We have a serious issue in the locker room. We are going to start losing guys


Good . Time to cut bait
Posted by RescueT
Jackson MS
Member since Nov 2019
2854 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:31 pm to
What guys do you think this pertains to? As in guys we may lose?
Posted by Bear88
Member since Oct 2014
14715 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:41 pm to
I hate to speculate , and that’s all it would be, but I would bet it is not the ones KDB has talked about as being leaders in his interviews
Posted by Lg
Hayden, Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
8527 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:45 pm to
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Do we actually want to keep guys who can't even be bothered to show up on time?


Remember most of these aren't his players. Saban ran into the same kind of locker room when he got to Bama as well. A six loss season does a world of good to eliminate the entitled players. Maybe it has gotten to the point where Coach DeBoer can say, "do y'all want to continue to do it your way and be the laughingstock of the SEC and nation, or do y'all want to do it mine and be the team everybody expected y'all to be."
Posted by BFANLC
The Beach
Member since Oct 2007
23147 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:49 pm to
Saban called this the process. To me this is about creating good habits. If you put your seatbelt on every time you get in the car then it becomes second nature. You use your turn signal everytime whether or not someone is there and it becomes a good habit. If you ignore someone taunting you, you get use to it and it doesn't bother you. It's became a good habit.

Being on time for a meeting is late, being 15 minutes early for a meeting is on time.

Imo some.of these guys are just giving lip service about what it means for them to play for Alabama, what it means to step on that field. Because if they really did care they wouldn't be playing games that they play.
This post was edited on 10/22/24 at 3:50 pm
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
19298 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 3:54 pm to
Saban lost control or these things wouldn't be happening at this level so soon.
Posted by UASports23
Basketball School
Member since Nov 2009
25947 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 4:22 pm to
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Dipree is one of the good guys. We have a serious issue in the locker room. We are going to start losing guys.


Is that what you've heard or just your opinion?

ETA: I saw Boz's comments in the "is this about Milroe" thread. Interesting.
This post was edited on 10/22/24 at 4:48 pm
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
19298 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 4:24 pm to
You disputing it or just asking?
Posted by SuperOcean
Member since Jun 2022
4585 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 4:42 pm to
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five minutes, 10 minutes early to meetings. Not all this late stuff. Not doing what you want to do.


Well.. That's not a disturbing statement

If this is the case, coaches need to return some salaries. Even prime has a no late policy
Posted by UASports23
Basketball School
Member since Nov 2009
25947 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 4:47 pm to
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You disputing it or just asking?


Just asking.
Posted by Syd
Member since Sep 2012
4718 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 5:39 pm to
Hopefully Dipree can step up to a new leader role, dude can ball.
Posted by JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
In The Ham
Member since Nov 2017
12770 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 5:46 pm to
Nick wasn't fighting the almighty dollar at that time,
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
10081 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 5:50 pm to
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This ain’t going to be a good look for Kalen as folks are on his arse about accountability. Looks like players are holding themselves more accountable than him. 247 Sports


Coach DeBoer parked slightly off center today, clearly hes just not cutting it
Posted by Lg
Hayden, Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
8527 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 6:26 pm to
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Nick wasn't fighting the almighty dollar at that time,


I agree but the culture had become entitled. Remember no more fried chicken in the weight room.
It sounds like we have a lot of that going on and a different type of Coach. Hopefully he’ll get it straightened out. Soon.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
11494 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 6:45 pm to
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Didn’t Saban want a player lead team too? He always had a player council to advise him on things and to help with discipline I thought ?


I got a hunch the showing up on time, in the right uniform was not a part of the player-led elements under the prior regime.
Posted by Tideordie256
Florence, AL.
Member since Jun 2022
325 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 7:01 pm to
Well that tells us all we need to know right there, but what we already knew. The lack of discipline off the field translated to a sloppy and undisciplined team on field
Posted by Crimson K
Tuscaloosa
Member since Dec 2018
7176 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 7:10 pm to
Well this thread is a kick in the nuts after not logging on all day. Someone at least tell me our pets’ heads aren’t falling off yet.

Boz when you say losing people, are you talking the problem folks or the good dudes who don’t want to be around an insane asylum?
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
11494 posts
Posted on 10/22/24 at 7:16 pm to
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Do we actually want to keep guys who can't even be bothered to show up on time?



Worried that Boz means the ones with their heads on straight. For example, guys like Bond and Downs jumped ship because they saw where this locker room was going and didn't want to be around that bullshite.
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