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Exactly. A five star at another school thinks he’s the crap. A five star at bama is just another guy and is having to beat out 3 more guys that were ranked just as high. oach Saban apparently has a unique and semi-proprietary method of evaluating recruits. This was mentioned when he alluded to coaches leaving his employ to coach elsewhere, and taking his system of evaluation with them. If you had a way of testing a recruit to see the level of his physical and or mental maturity, you could do a lot of things with lesser ranked recruits. But beyond that, read Clinton-Dix's comments on "the process." It is enlightening. In the series of videos prior to the season that showed the Bama practices, I was amazed at how organized and intense the Bama practices were. Saban was on top of every detail and made the players and coaches get it right. Of course, having top talent is key, but getting everybody on the same page and executing things in a manner that gives you the best chance of success is what sets Saban apart from most coaches. -I'm actually a good person to answer this. I used to be in the strength and conditioning field and was involved in the program during the late Shula early Saban era. Also am familiar with a bunch of programs good and bad at different levels(having worked at several before doing something else with my life). The answer is simple. Saban runs a program like a good company runs its business. I'm sure some have read the book "The E-Myth" which talks about running even small businesses like a turn-key big company. This is how Saban runs Alabama. It is a never failing, always consistent, turn-key operation. Ive never seen any other school run anything similar on a consistent basis. The first year at Bama, Saban went to Tommy Moffitt(whom LSU fans stupidly want to run off) and asked him to come be the strength coach at Bama. He refused but sent Cochran, his assistant, instead. Saban wanted to change the culture immediately and permanently so he instructed Cochran to read the program's creed loudly before every single workout in the weight room(which he did every damn time). He has a plan and procedure for everything. At other programs countless amounts of time and effort are wasted contemplating decisions and actions that are always pre-made at Alabama. While you and your coaches are debating x and y, having meetings other this and that, Alabama coaches are miles ahead. While your players are waiting on your coaches to figure things out, Bama's players have received hours and hours of more, well organized instruction. While your program is wasting precious amounts of limited time on "changing the culture" Bama never missed a beat and is miles ahead with better athletes and coaches. There is a manual and a procedure for operation and it is followed. Saban has been at Alabama for over a decade while other teams have run through failed coach after failed coach, having to restart the some old process of "changing culture" year after year and having the same problems of being miles behind. I havent seen anything behind the curtains at UGA but I can only assume Kirby has been the only one able to check his ego enough to fully devote his program to the process enough to get it running at an Alabama level. He was there long enough, and cant deny it works better than anything he can personally come up with. Ego does more coaches in than anything else and Saban is better at checking his ego than any other coach out there. You may say "bu bu but...I've seen him do this and that argue with coaches..etc etc." Saban had a successful formula of a monstrous front 7 3-4 defense and power rushing attack with game manager QBs. It worked and was working well...yet he scrapped it and adapted as the game did. How many other less successful coaches have rode their ships straight into the ground because they refused to admit their brilliant formula which was once successful couldn't cut it anymore? (looking at you LSU and Auburn) In many ways, Saban is similar to Bear Bryant who also scrapped a system that had won him multiple championships to install the Wishbone in 1971. So many coaches are so competitive and have such high egos that they cant accept that its the players that must win them games, not their brilliant coaching ability. This is why you see so many "athletes" at QB who have to look over at the sideline to get every single read for them because their coach cant stop trying to play his team like a video game. The best coaches realize they have to coach like hell until game time...and then let go and let the players do their thing. Tons of you are gonna say I'm full of shite...I'm not. Studying coaching methods and programs was an obsession of mine for a long time and I saw a lot of programs up close and personal. I was most able to really appreciate what Saban did at Alabama when I started my own business... Hope this helps some of you understand. -Gus Malzahn's greatest nemesis may be his intellect. I truly believe hes is very smart, maybe the smartest in the SEC. He did some incredible things by going back and adapting some of the early football offenses(which were probably more advanced than today's offenses) to the modern game and dominating with it. He single handedly caused Saban to divert the direction of the Alabama program. I haven't seen much behind the curtains at Auburn, so you Auburn fans know much more than I do but if I had to guess, he is just being too stubborn with personnel and the offense. When the pieces fall together, they can be all but unstoppable but when they aren't all there, he apparently is just not gonna adapt. Its my only guess for the roller coaster ride you see at Auburn every few seasons. -Alabama's player evaluation models, strength program, player development/practice manuals are sitting in almost every football program in the country. -He demands perfection from his coaches more than his players. He holds everyone accountable for what happens in games and practices. -% of 5 stars drafted in first round ..Bama 48.3% ...Rest of college football 17%. -A few years back, I read an article about these manuals that Saban wrote that are position-specific and body type-specific, and are pretty thick. It lays out a diet and exercise regimen, sleep regimen, etc. There was a daily thought or quote included that the player was encouraged to reflect on. Each player got a manual and were expected to live it. I'm guess our head coach is familiar and fully aware of Saban's techniques, since he's apparently doing something right. https://www.secrant.com/rant/sec-football/what-makes-saban-so-much-better-at-player-development-than-all-other-coaches/79961067/ Not sure how to send private messages on here, but you and I probably know some of the same people. We should grab a beer if we’re ever in the same town.

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I’d say that’s unequivocally a huge improvement across the board. Maybe not where we want to be ultimately, but definitely moving in the right direction.

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Wilson is an Ohio kid. He was always going to Ohio state. When he was at Texas on his official, he kept talking to Drayton about Ohio State. Drayton and the rest of the staff knew the kid was tOSU bound long before the announcement. They had already moved on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m glad that’s the prevailing attitude up there. Fuck those inbreeders. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, I think kids get to college and realize receivers will beat them with route-running, body position, qb timing, etc. It’s not always good enough to be a good athlete. You kinda have to sink or swim and learn to watch film. As far as Boyd goes, he’s come a LONG way, but you’re right: he’s just aggressive by nature. He’s a plus athlete with plenty of ability and frequently is able to recover when he gets beat on double moves. His style is boom or bust, but even when he’s beat, he manages to get in a position to make the tackle, even if he gives up the completion. I hope the other guys will make similar strides with time and experience. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Correct. He got beat in the end zone twice, I believe. The way I remember it, one was caught for 6, and the other was dropped. I could be confusing one of those plays with a Thompson play, though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My guess is it will be like Clemson trying to get rid of the “Clemsoning” verb that followed them around until they started beating teams they were expected to beat consistently and winning conference/national championships. And to be fair, that should be our standard, too. So when we go multiple consecutive years without being upset by inferior competition, and when we win or play for conference championships every year, no one will have to say “Texas is back” anymore. It will be obvious and they’ll drop it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

But I will also concede it was not widespread throughout the stadium. It came from one area. Possibly students.

I’m just telling you, I was there on about the 40 yard line, maybe 25-30 rows up, and it was more than one or two bottles of water. I’m not sure which sideline I was behind. The fieldhouse/basketball arena was to my left. The trash was thrown from the seats down to my right. It was a substantial amount and lasted a few seconds. It absolutely happened. I was not yet drunk. And Joe’s happened after the game. I had one oSu guy get mildly pissed off at me for offering to buy him a beer, in addition to the late-40’s/early 50’s lady who knocked our tower of Joe’s cups all over the second floor of the joint. But I do love me some Stillwater, and I’d say y’all’s behavior that year was out of character for your usually friendly fans. I’ve been multiple times and I have friends up there to this day that I met on road trips. I’d send my kid there, and I will vouch for y’all’s friendliness with the 07 trip as a significant outlier.

I’m telling you, they’re usually very gracious hostesses.

Did you go to the game up there in 07 when we came back from 21 down in the fourth quarter? It was something like the sixth consecutive come-from-behind win we had over them. They took it poorly. Threw trash at our team on the field. Eskimo Joe’s was not its usual welcoming environment. A middle-aged pokes fan came to our table, saw our Texas shirts, and knocked all our Joe’s cups all over the bar. Then she just ran away like an 8 year old. But I will agree it’s usually a great place.

Yeah, I think the kid had been bouncing around friends’ homes in south Florida and getting in trouble. Deion was trying to get him out of the environment in Miami because he was afraid the kid would end up wasting his talent. Brought the kid into his home. Came home after a couple weeks and Devine had bought a Greyhound ticket home.

The kids seemed to like it when Summy did it. Plus it’s an efficient way to get to multiple games. I don’t like that aggy did it first, but I’m cool with it.

Yeah, I missed it too.

Sounds like the kind of corner I’d run right at.

Gotcha. My bad.

I can tell you that Drayton was very unimpressed by the talent he had to work with last year. He targets elite backs almost exclusively, and he does well with them because he doesn’t suck their dicks. He actually coaches them up as he recruits them. He is the main reason Sanders loves us. He’s also a straight shooter. He straight up told Sanders and Cain that Sanders is his number one recruit at the position and Cain is his number two. Told them both that. Cain actually appreciated it because he’d been lied to by other programs. I think Drayton will deliver. He’s a very good coach and recruiter. He had a dog shit offensive line last year with below average talent at RB. Ingram is hurt and on a pitch count, so I wouldn’t put his limited touches on Drayton.

Powell will probably play defense, so I wouldn’t count him in that six.

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