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Quote from Jaylen Moody's high school coach. Ouch.

Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:37 pm
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
75881 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:37 pm
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That made no sense to me,” Mabry said. “I know they love Deontae Lawson, but Moody is the best inside linebacker on that team. He is the guy that will strike your cap and your butt. What they have done with him is absolutely an atrocity. He is one of my guys, but I don’t understand what the team is doing. 10 [Henry To’oto’o] ain’t the one. I don’t know how many games we need to watch, these big games where he gets small, but for him to get on and talk afterward on the news talking about we are coming back? No son. Bro, you could do it and have not gotten it done. My thing is the standard is not there because the coaches are not making the standard the way it’s supposed to be. They are showing too much preferential treatment to players. When you bring a kid in, and I am not picking on this kid specifically, but any transfer that comes in they don’t know the standard. They do not know the standard. They come in and get a starting position at Alabama at inside linebacker and never be in pads? You were promised the job. This is indicative of what’s going on in the program. I know I have a kid there right now, but I will be upfront with you. I will share some information. He went in on Sunday and went off on Golding. He said ‘we need M’Fers on the team, and I am one of them. When it comes down to it, the coaching staff has a personnel issue and they don’t have guts. When you hype a kid up and he’s not performing, there is a good place for him called the bench. When he can go out there and play whether he is a poor performer or not, guess what we got, a poor performance. This is not the first poor performance. There are kids on the sideline that need to be in the game, but this is not making sense to me.”


Posted by 251_Dreaux
Port-City, BAMA
Member since Jul 2013
713 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:44 pm to
If a true quote, I can’t disagree with 90% of it. HTT has not held the standard of what a Bama LB is/was. I do disagree with throwing Lawson in the mix, because he is young and cutting his teeth.
Posted by ChromaticTide
Member since Dec 2021
892 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:45 pm to
I've been saying this for YEARS.

HORRIBLE personnel decisions and it has nothing to do with transfers.

In 2015, 3 games into the season, Saban thought Cooper Bateman would be better than Coker and we dropped a game bc of that.

The list of poor decisons on personnel is a mile long. Fortunately when you recruit as well as we do, even a bad decision works out
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 12:46 pm
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Tittleman's Crest
Member since Feb 2009
52808 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:46 pm to
I mean, everyone has their opinion. It kind of sounds like he's just upset that his former player isn't getting a lot of playing time. I don't think that Lawson or Too'Too are the problems with our defense.
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Antarctica
Member since Aug 2018
9272 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

He said ‘we need M’Fers on the team, and I am one of them.


10000000000% agree. Guarantee he wouldn't have had any issues with anxiety.
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 12:50 pm
Posted by ChromaticTide
Member since Dec 2021
892 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:49 pm to
quote:

 I don't think that Lawson or Too'Too are the problems with our defense.

Moody is better than both of them. When you see so many bad personnel decisons currently and over the years, you can't help but wonder about who's getting overlooked.

And many times the staff knows who the best players are, and we'll see them thrown in in crisis situations, but not until we need them? It's been going on for years, and it's weird
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:50 pm to
Didn't Moody have a bruised kidney?
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Antarctica
Member since Aug 2018
9272 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:52 pm to
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Didn't Moody have a bruised kidney?


He missed A&M with a bruised kidney. He was cleared to play against Tenn and had been practicing during the week.

ETA: But maybe he didn't get enough practice time in for the coaches to feel comfortable playing him against Tenn, or maybe he was held out for precautionary reasons.
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 12:58 pm
Posted by SuperOcean
Member since Jun 2022
3297 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 12:54 pm to
I don't know much of the Xs Os .. I just want to see a RB not drag and LB and Safety 6 yards after contact
I presume that has to do with equal parts technique and attitude
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 12:55 pm
Posted by Robot Santa
Member since Oct 2009
44401 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:01 pm to
I don't think HTT was responsible for DBs squatting on underneath routes, getting run past, and continuing to squat on underneath routes like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, but he has really only had like 2 or 3 games where he had a major positive impact on the game during his time here. After it being an annual thing for several years we haven't really had an ILB who made his presence felt in every game since Reuben though. We have had some good players since then, but no true alpha dog like Rolando, Hightower, Mosley, Ragland, or Reuben. Nakobe Dean was supposed to be that guy, and would have been, until a red and black duffel bag full of cash showed up on his front porch at 3am on signing day.
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 1:03 pm
Posted by tider04
North Carolina
Member since Oct 2007
5606 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:32 pm to
Henry is valuable because he’s smart and usually gets the defense set and in the right call. He isn’t nearly as big and strong as Moody. I think there’s a place for both of them in this defense. This coach is right, we need some mean gagsters on this team. Where is the Rolo or Ruben dude that everyone on the team was scared of? We need some killers. Toto is a nice guy but he ain’t the killer out there this defense needs right now. Will was supposed to be that guy, but I don’t feel that vibe from him either. Someone needs to show some fire and bark out there on the field and demand a standard from his teammates.
Posted by Joka2kold
Member since Nov 2019
5003 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:37 pm to
Henry & Moody together are pretty good.

I will say this though...Lawson was not good at all vs Tennessee because he's to stiff. Moody would of made way more plays then Lawson so if he jumped down Goldings throat because of that then I'M PROUD OF HIM.
Posted by Crimson77
Member since Dec 2019
774 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:50 pm to
I'm just tired of us getting pushed around. Every OLine this season has been able to get 2-3 yards of push on us in short yardage situations. We have no shot in a goal line jumbo package.

Vice versa on offense. Even though our guys have held their blocks well, we're not moving anyone backwards. We're just getting in the way.

It's more than just a strength/weight room issue. It's an effort issue. We're not playing with an attack mentality. How many games do I have to watch where defensive players start a light jog once the play is 3 yards past them?

Rally to the ball for once. If a player is halfway to the ground, tackle his arse the rest of the way down don't just watch. Lay the wood for once. Give me some dudes who want to dominate their opponent and impose their will. I don't care what class they're in or how well they know the playbook. Just give me a game with 100% effort for once this season.
Posted by Panthers4life
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2017
4364 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:59 pm to
I hate takes like this.

He was cleared against Tennessee, but I don't think he was "quite" ready to play... he probably was held out of precautionary.
Posted by RescueT
Jackson MS
Member since Nov 2019
1446 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 1:59 pm to
I agree with all of this and honestly I just don’t think it’s gonna happen. It’s the same shite week in and week out. Player press conferences that we are doing this and that and show up to look like shite. Then we get to hear Saban talk about all the corrections we need to make and we need to play 60 minutes. No shite we do. So let’s do it. I mean damn. Seems the killer instinct is all but gone.
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
4957 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 2:00 pm to
quote:

He was cleared against Tennessee, but I don't think he was "quite" ready to play... he probably was held out of precautionary.



I didn't notice him, but he reportedly played a few snaps early vs 10rc.
Posted by Panthers4life
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2017
4364 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 2:04 pm to
Nope, I checked. he didn't play at all against Tennessee.
Posted by bamarep
Member since Nov 2013
51811 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 2:07 pm to
Hard to argue with much of that..

I'll add one thing to it though, the lack of adjustments of both personnel and scheme in the second half was pathetic. The same players and schemes kept getting smoked arse the coaches did nothing about it.
Posted by Bear88
Member since Oct 2014
13295 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 2:14 pm to
quote:

Lawson was not good at all vs Tennessee



No he was not . He had a free sack and was way too tentative on the blitz . Hell they asked him to go cover the slot once too . Henry missed some crucial tackles as well. I would be pissed if I was Moody too
This post was edited on 10/18/22 at 2:16 pm
Posted by Night Vision
Member since Feb 2018
4957 posts
Posted on 10/18/22 at 2:19 pm to
According to the participation chart he played, but I didn't see him.

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