re: Bama Football Tidings

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I've long said this and firmly believe it still. Talent is king on defense, but you have got to have a few mean players.

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Couldn’t agree more. You need a combination of seriousness and cockiness that our guys appear to desperately lack. One of my favorite quotes from any athlete is when Jon Allen was asked in an interview “how did y’all do this? Teams just simply don’t do that” (talking about the incredible defensive performance they just had), and Allen responds, without hesitation “Alabama does.” Everything about the way he answered that question embodies that winners mentality that he, and the whole defense, had. You could just tell that every single one of those guys thought just like that.

And now we get “we tried. We showed toughness.” THAT is such a losers’ mentality - I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read that DJ Dale quote.

Saban has always harped on complacency, yet here we are - damn near content with that abysmal/embarrassing performance. I’ve coached 8 year olds in a rec. league that were more upset with their own performance after a regular season game than these Bama players were after that defensive showing against Ole Miss.