🏈 Bama Football Staff Changes & Updates

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

JaMarcus Shephard's WR coaching spot has been filled... Nix had several options and has chosen Bama. Some may recall, Nix and his family have a very close relationship with the Wommack's. He's a respected coach, players love him, good recruiter, tons of HS relationships in the south (especially in MS), and also good knowledge of how to run an offense (as well as coach RBs).

 

[Justneedme81]

This is good get for Alabama.
Players love him. Got me thinking if we will get certain Auburn players..

 

[rammerjammer]

I really liked Shepard and his whole vibe and feel like he was very motivating and hyped the guys up a lot..........but I hope Nix teaches our receivers to catch the ball.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I really liked Shepard and his whole vibe and feel like he was very motivating and hyped the guys up a lot..........but I hope Nix teaches our receivers to catch the ball.

A lot of the problem IMO is it's bad habits that develop early in HS and before... kids are not taught to catch the ball with their hands, or at least its not coached with the importance that it should be... it's one of the little things... how often do we see these one handed catches go viral and get celebrated on social media... catches that could have been made with both hands... but it's practice... or warm ups, so who cares? Anyway, these kids then get to college and catching the ball with their body instead of their hands is their natural instinct. It has to be coached and drilled out of them. If some of these players knew that scouts were watching every catch they made to see how they did it, it might put their habit changing motor into another gear.

 

[BamaFan615]

I’ve been out of the loop lately, so not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere.

This hire has my mind going straight to “Cam Coleman”.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I’ve been out of the loop lately, so not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere.

This hire has my mind going straight to “Cam Coleman”.

I doubt Bama is going to pay what Coleman would cost (if he even left auburn, which I also don't think is a foregone conclusion).

 

[UAgrad93]

Yep! Nix is a good get! An Alabama product, went to Etowah HS, then to USM and has some deep roots here in state and is well respected.