TUSCALOOSA | Leaders on the University of Alabama football team made themselves heard following the first of two practices on Monday, and by all indications the message concerned the urgency for improvement after last weekend's first scrimmage of fall camp.
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<style> .art_main_pic { width:250px; float:left; clear:left; } </style> <!-- /GRAY BOX ARTICLE CONTENT--> Linebacker Dont'a Hightower said he joined quarterback Greg McElroy, tight end Preston Dial and defensive lineman Marcell Dareus in speaking to the team.
“It was just time,” said Dial, a fifth-year senior whom Hightower said was the first player to speak. “We had a couple meetings last year where we just kind of had to analyze where we're at, and make corrections and move forward. No different than coaches in the install meetings and corrections meetings we have before and after practice. We went out there today, and it was just little things here and there.
“We just emphasized on keeping the tempo up to Coach (Nick) Saban's standards, up to championship standards. ... It's always better to get the good, the bad and the ugly out there so everybody knows what's going on.”
Saban expressed concern for the development of a young defense following last Saturday's scrimmage, in which UA quarterbacks threw nine touchdown passes. McElroy cautioned that the offense did heavy situational work in the red zone during the scrimmage, thus accounting for some of the touchdowns.
It was also the first time the Crimson Tide has tackled to the ground since camp began, as the standard in regular practices is to “thud,” which means to hit and wrap up ball carriers without finishing the tackle.
For Hightower, that was no excuse for the defensive showing.
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<style> .art_main_pic { width:250px; float:left; clear:left; } </style> <!-- /GRAY BOX ARTICLE CONTENT--> Linebacker Dont'a Hightower said he joined quarterback Greg McElroy, tight end Preston Dial and defensive lineman Marcell Dareus in speaking to the team.
“It was just time,” said Dial, a fifth-year senior whom Hightower said was the first player to speak. “We had a couple meetings last year where we just kind of had to analyze where we're at, and make corrections and move forward. No different than coaches in the install meetings and corrections meetings we have before and after practice. We went out there today, and it was just little things here and there.
“We just emphasized on keeping the tempo up to Coach (Nick) Saban's standards, up to championship standards. ... It's always better to get the good, the bad and the ugly out there so everybody knows what's going on.”
Saban expressed concern for the development of a young defense following last Saturday's scrimmage, in which UA quarterbacks threw nine touchdown passes. McElroy cautioned that the offense did heavy situational work in the red zone during the scrimmage, thus accounting for some of the touchdowns.
It was also the first time the Crimson Tide has tackled to the ground since camp began, as the standard in regular practices is to “thud,” which means to hit and wrap up ball carriers without finishing the tackle.
For Hightower, that was no excuse for the defensive showing.
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