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re: Najee Harris opens up on Alabama Struggles, Culture Shock and No Regrets - AL.com
Posted on 4/21/21 at 6:51 pm to Globetrotter747
Posted on 4/21/21 at 6:51 pm to Globetrotter747
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Posted on 4/21/21 at 7:10 pm to FWBFLlaw
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Globe, you sound like the “fans” that went after D. Harris when he started making political statements.
I don't care if Alabama wins or loses. I just like watching football. I don't know what political statements D. Harris made, but I wouldn't encourage players to be too political publicly.
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Some of these guys don’t grow up an Alabama fan, and instead see it as a spring board to the next level.
I would say most, not some. And I don't blame them. I would rather be a millionaire too.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:17 pm to Globetrotter747
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I would say most, not some. And I don't blame them. I would rather be a millionaire too.
He said he didn't know what people were saying when he showed up on campus when they said "roll tide." How is that possible when you've been recruited by and then enrolled in school at Alabama?
Said he had a hard time understanding people.
I don't think I've gone anywhere in the country where I had a hard time understand anyone speaking English, as a whole.
I get he was homesick. I get he had homies getting shot back home. I get he had trouble making friends. He said a lot in Part 2 of the AL.com video series:
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Interesting he came home without telling the coaches after the 2017 NCG (from the video). Interesting that he was seriously thinking about transferring because he felt he was better than the people in front of him.
His story really isn't very different from a lot of the "national" players we get. Some stay, some transfer (Blake Barnett?)
Interesting that he argued with Saban and that Saban put up with it. Interesting that in the end Najee says he "loves that little man."
I dunno. I kinda wish I hadn't watched it.
He comes off MUCH different than, say, Smitty or Mark Ingram.
This post was edited on 4/21/21 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 4/21/21 at 8:43 pm to Grievous Angel
Seems like he’s trying to be funny with some of that stuff. Maybe it makes some of his Cali homies laugh when he makes fun of the South or Alabama.
The reason he doesn’t come across like Smitty or Ingram is because he’s not like Smitty or Ingram. I’ll just leave it at that.
The reason he doesn’t come across like Smitty or Ingram is because he’s not like Smitty or Ingram. I’ll just leave it at that.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 9:52 pm to Grievous Angel
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He said he didn't know what people were saying when he showed up on campus when they said "roll tide." How is that possible when you've been recruited by and then enrolled in school at Alabama?
That's hard to believe. I was in O'Hare in Chicago last week and when I showed my ID to the TSA agent he said, "Roll Tide!"
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Interesting that in the end Najee says he "loves that little man."
I don't like that at all. I wouldn't say that about an equipment manager, much less the GOAT coach.
Posted on 4/21/21 at 10:27 pm to Grievous Angel
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I don't think I've gone anywhere in the country where I had a hard time understand anyone speaking English, as a whole.
Same. The only English speakers I’d have a hard time understanding are some of the British dialects
Posted on 4/22/21 at 5:57 am to Grievous Angel
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I kinda wish I hadn't watched it.
I totally agree. I am disappoint
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:22 am to Pastor Mike
Najee is just a complainer. He would have complained wherever he went. It's just his personality.
Still love the guy. But he is a complainer. There is one in every group.
Still love the guy. But he is a complainer. There is one in every group.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 8:41 am to RiverCityTider
In that same video he was in the middle of the road on whether last leason "counted."
Again, he makes fair points. Just surprised to hear a national champion question his own trophy.
Again, he makes fair points. Just surprised to hear a national champion question his own trophy.
Posted on 4/22/21 at 10:21 am to Grievous Angel
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Posted on 4/22/21 at 12:47 pm to TidalSurge1
Posted on 4/22/21 at 3:18 pm to AjA77
‘Like a movie.’ How a movement unified Alabama football (AL.com)
Najee Harris' perspective of how the Alabama campus march and rally brought together a team amid a trying summer for racial justice in the U.S.
Najee Harris' perspective of how the Alabama campus march and rally brought together a team amid a trying summer for racial justice in the U.S.
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Posted on 4/23/21 at 10:12 am to RiverCityTider
Najee has always had a weird personality. He seems a little neurotic.
As far as wanting to transfer out, that's happened to a number of players at Alabama, and I don't blame them at all.
Saban doesn't play the best players. period.
Once a starter always a starter - that's his unspoken rule. I can't remember a single instance of a starter being unseated by a younger, more talented player - except at the very last moment in the national championship game in 2017 - which really says it all. When we're in the shite, and everything is on the line, Saban puts his best players on the field, but not until that point.
It is what it is
We had Derrick Henry - the best RB in the NFL - and only let him really carry the load for one season. He was the best back on the roster from day one, and he wanted to transfer. I get it.
Traditionally, when a mega-talent like Derrick Henry goes to college, they will dominate the college fb landscape for multiple years.
If we're only giving guys like that one year of playing time, that's an issue - especially now that the transfer portal is penalty-free.
As far as wanting to transfer out, that's happened to a number of players at Alabama, and I don't blame them at all.
Saban doesn't play the best players. period.
Once a starter always a starter - that's his unspoken rule. I can't remember a single instance of a starter being unseated by a younger, more talented player - except at the very last moment in the national championship game in 2017 - which really says it all. When we're in the shite, and everything is on the line, Saban puts his best players on the field, but not until that point.
It is what it is
We had Derrick Henry - the best RB in the NFL - and only let him really carry the load for one season. He was the best back on the roster from day one, and he wanted to transfer. I get it.
Traditionally, when a mega-talent like Derrick Henry goes to college, they will dominate the college fb landscape for multiple years.
If we're only giving guys like that one year of playing time, that's an issue - especially now that the transfer portal is penalty-free.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 10:23 am
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:39 am to SummerOfGeorge
I try to lurk far more than post, but for folks that are getting mad at Najee for telling his truth or for whatever reason being "insulted" is ridiculous.
I don't know how many of you have been to the Bay area, but I have and it's almost like going to another planet when compared to Alabama. The people, the culture, the dialect, even the terrain and landscape are night and day. I would venture to say if one of you had to pack up and move to Oakland, even a prestigous part such as Piedmont, would have a very difficult time adjusting.
From my own perspective, I can say Alabama took some time for me to get used to when I got there, and I'm not from the other side of the country - I grew up ITP in Atlanta and went to a private school. I'm a tall white dude that joined a good fraternity.
Still, in 2008 going to Alabama was still a "culture shock" for me. When I pledged, I met people all over the state - some of them to this day my best friends and would become groomsmen at my wedding, to my wife from Birmingham. With all that said, there was a lot to get used to. For one, I couldn't carry less about Mountain Brook, Alabama or what private school someone in Mobile went to. I was pretty off-put by how much people used the "N word," and some of the things people thought about folks who weren't white and Christian. We had a Jewish kid in our fraternity who was well-liked, but he's a better man than I for not swinging on someone for some of the things folks said to him during pledgeship.
There were a lot of cool things I got to do for th first time, including go hunting and do a crawfish boil - two things I still enjoy doing to this day. But it was still new.
I look at the way the Alabama student body is built now, and couldn't be prouder. I'm thankful that both the administration and football program are diverse geographically - it's something I wish I had a decade-plus ago. The success it's bred from both an athletic and scholastic standpoint are blatantly obvious.
Big props to Najee for speaking his truth. He wasn't being damning, and I think he was complimentary of his time and experience.
As much as it's been repeated on this thread, it should be said again: the kids that attend Alabama today are going because it is the best chance to be the best football player, and make a lot of money to change their family's fortunes. Period. End of story.
These athletes don't grow up wanting to be college stars, they dream of going and playing in the NFL. Even nowadays in Alabama, most "prospects" when asked "who their favorite team is," will likely answer with an NFL team. Those are their heroes.
Najee has done more for the University of Alabama than all of us in this thread combined. We should be gratefulf for his time and service to the program - especially this past year coming back to school and playing the way he did. Full stop.
I don't know how many of you have been to the Bay area, but I have and it's almost like going to another planet when compared to Alabama. The people, the culture, the dialect, even the terrain and landscape are night and day. I would venture to say if one of you had to pack up and move to Oakland, even a prestigous part such as Piedmont, would have a very difficult time adjusting.
From my own perspective, I can say Alabama took some time for me to get used to when I got there, and I'm not from the other side of the country - I grew up ITP in Atlanta and went to a private school. I'm a tall white dude that joined a good fraternity.
Still, in 2008 going to Alabama was still a "culture shock" for me. When I pledged, I met people all over the state - some of them to this day my best friends and would become groomsmen at my wedding, to my wife from Birmingham. With all that said, there was a lot to get used to. For one, I couldn't carry less about Mountain Brook, Alabama or what private school someone in Mobile went to. I was pretty off-put by how much people used the "N word," and some of the things people thought about folks who weren't white and Christian. We had a Jewish kid in our fraternity who was well-liked, but he's a better man than I for not swinging on someone for some of the things folks said to him during pledgeship.
There were a lot of cool things I got to do for th first time, including go hunting and do a crawfish boil - two things I still enjoy doing to this day. But it was still new.
I look at the way the Alabama student body is built now, and couldn't be prouder. I'm thankful that both the administration and football program are diverse geographically - it's something I wish I had a decade-plus ago. The success it's bred from both an athletic and scholastic standpoint are blatantly obvious.
Big props to Najee for speaking his truth. He wasn't being damning, and I think he was complimentary of his time and experience.
As much as it's been repeated on this thread, it should be said again: the kids that attend Alabama today are going because it is the best chance to be the best football player, and make a lot of money to change their family's fortunes. Period. End of story.
These athletes don't grow up wanting to be college stars, they dream of going and playing in the NFL. Even nowadays in Alabama, most "prospects" when asked "who their favorite team is," will likely answer with an NFL team. Those are their heroes.
Najee has done more for the University of Alabama than all of us in this thread combined. We should be gratefulf for his time and service to the program - especially this past year coming back to school and playing the way he did. Full stop.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 11:56 am to 14&Counting
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Does he really think its going to get any better when he gets to the pros?
Im sure he doesnt. And he's prepared for it
Posted on 4/23/21 at 12:24 pm to ATLabama
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I don't know how many of you have been to the Bay area, but I have
You sound gay
Posted on 4/23/21 at 1:08 pm to CrimsonClover
You sound like an idjit.
Posted on 4/23/21 at 2:18 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Interestingly, he talked about how much those guys hear and know about the crappy self-centered fans who sit around and bash them when things don’t go perfectly. This would apply to all sports.
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