I got this in a email the other day and thought I would post it here for everyone to enjoy !!!
Bigdaddy51200
Pictured above is the training and conditioning facility. You might call it āCoach Cochranās Officeā. The photo does not fully capture how vast the space is. By way of comparison, I have also been to the Titans training facility in Nashville. The locker room facilities are equivalent, but the Tideās weight room is larger and has more equipment and the Titans.
Evidence of Coach Sabanās philosophy is everywhere you look and the players cannot go to and from the practice field without encountering motivational messages. For example:
As the players leave the locker room and head to the practice field they have to pass by a pyramid of the logos of the teams they will play this season.
As each game is played, when the Tide wins, the opponentās logo is removed from the pyramid and placed on the wall leading from the locker room. Each player who contributed to the victory autographs the logo and it remains on the wall as evidence of the teamās success.
If the Tide is not victorious, the opponentās logo remains in the pyramid as a tangible reminder of a goal not achieved. There are only seven logos on the wall under the date of 2007, twelve logos are on the wall for 2008 and fourteen are on the wall under the date 2009. Here is the last of the 2009 logos:
Teamwork, commitment to the team, and to the program are ingrained into the culture. We asked our guide about Coach Sabanās statue along the Walk of Champions. It should be completed and unveiled prior to the opening game this fall. How will Coach Saban be depicted; coat and tie, sideline attire or dressed for practice? Dressed for practice; complete with straw hat and wind-breaker vest. After all, heās a working coach. But the statute nearly didnāt happen. Coach Saban did not initially consent to have his likeness cast in bronze and put on display. He relented only after the University agreed to this condition: In addition to his statue, there will be a bronze plaque containing the name of every player who contributed to the 2009 season! University officials like the idea so much that they plan now to retrofit each of the existing coaches monuments to include similar plaques for the other 12 national championship teams.
Another example of this culture of teamwork is found in the home locker room at BDS. Notice the Alabama logo in the floor of the locker room:
It is roped off for a reason.
No individual is allowed to step onto the logo. On game days, the team as a whole gathers on the logo and takes a knee. The ceiling above this spot is a dome, and whatever is said from that spot can be heard everywhere in the locker room. This is where the team spends its final moments before moving out of the locker room and onto the field for the game.
Bigdaddy51200
Pictured above is the training and conditioning facility. You might call it āCoach Cochranās Officeā. The photo does not fully capture how vast the space is. By way of comparison, I have also been to the Titans training facility in Nashville. The locker room facilities are equivalent, but the Tideās weight room is larger and has more equipment and the Titans.
Evidence of Coach Sabanās philosophy is everywhere you look and the players cannot go to and from the practice field without encountering motivational messages. For example:
As the players leave the locker room and head to the practice field they have to pass by a pyramid of the logos of the teams they will play this season.
As each game is played, when the Tide wins, the opponentās logo is removed from the pyramid and placed on the wall leading from the locker room. Each player who contributed to the victory autographs the logo and it remains on the wall as evidence of the teamās success.
If the Tide is not victorious, the opponentās logo remains in the pyramid as a tangible reminder of a goal not achieved. There are only seven logos on the wall under the date of 2007, twelve logos are on the wall for 2008 and fourteen are on the wall under the date 2009. Here is the last of the 2009 logos:
Teamwork, commitment to the team, and to the program are ingrained into the culture. We asked our guide about Coach Sabanās statue along the Walk of Champions. It should be completed and unveiled prior to the opening game this fall. How will Coach Saban be depicted; coat and tie, sideline attire or dressed for practice? Dressed for practice; complete with straw hat and wind-breaker vest. After all, heās a working coach. But the statute nearly didnāt happen. Coach Saban did not initially consent to have his likeness cast in bronze and put on display. He relented only after the University agreed to this condition: In addition to his statue, there will be a bronze plaque containing the name of every player who contributed to the 2009 season! University officials like the idea so much that they plan now to retrofit each of the existing coaches monuments to include similar plaques for the other 12 national championship teams.
Another example of this culture of teamwork is found in the home locker room at BDS. Notice the Alabama logo in the floor of the locker room:
It is roped off for a reason.
No individual is allowed to step onto the logo. On game days, the team as a whole gathers on the logo and takes a knee. The ceiling above this spot is a dome, and whatever is said from that spot can be heard everywhere in the locker room. This is where the team spends its final moments before moving out of the locker room and onto the field for the game.
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