Days 'til the A-Day Game: 12 Days 'til Season Kickoff: 145
Sorry for no updates over the weekend. I had a show here in town Saturday night, had poker on Friday night, and then of course Easter was yesterday. Enough excuses...back to some Crimson Tide news.
Kevin Steele fits the mold perfectly as one of Coach Saban's assistants. Read on to see what I mean.
John Parker Wilson, while being one of the bright spots on the team, also still has a lot to learn in Coach Saban's new offense. He ran an offense like this when he was at Hoover.
The Mobile Press-Register had an interview with Coach Saban in Sunday's newspaper. It's a very interesting read...he tries not to go into detail about how Alabama went after him first (before Coach Rod), etc. It's a very good read.
DJ Hall is excited about stepping up and learning to block better after he watched game film of LSU's wide receivers. They come off the ball hard every single play and block the corner into the ground. He wants to do that.
The scrimmage on Friday was, as Coach Saban pointed out, "a good starting point." They're still learning and still growing in the new system, but overall they're beginning to grasp it. That's what I like to hear.
Coach Saban, like we all knew, is a big-time disciplinarian. Cecil goes more into detail about how stat sheets don't really matter, especially in scrimmages, and that Jimmy Johns' lack of practice is a sign of more discipline to come. This is definitely not Shula ball anymore - with "ice cream cones" and handguns now being tossed out the door.
Brian Motley had 11 tackles (3 for loss) in the scrimmage on Friday. He JUST moved their from the offensive line. Looks like Coach Saban knows what he's doing. Coach also touted Zeke Knight at the jack position, which is a very good sign of things to come. Read more about the scrimmage here.
Quotes from Coach Saban, regarding the first scrimmage, can be found here, thanks to the Dothan Eagle.
Josh Moon, from the Montgomery Advertiser, sounds like a bitter little kid who whines when he doesn't get what he wants. I guarantee that no reader has sent him a request to step up the coverage on Alabama practices, so he has no reason to bitch about Coach Saban stepping up the privacy on practices and such. He even goes as far as to take credit (for the media) for making Saban such a hot commodity and for making him so much money. If you want a good laugh, go read his article about how Coach Saban's strict policies are "only hurting the fans." Honestly, everyone should be happy we finally have a coach who will put his foot down and not give in to what everyone else wants. That's been part of the problem with the last few coaches.
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