| FTBL Damien Harris Comments - Thoughts?

[mando]

Damien Harris rips Malachi Moore for behavior at end of Alabama loss, questions Kalen DeBoer

Harris did not hold back on his thoughts about how Moore acted and how CKD is engaging the team and holding them accountable.

Hate to see previous players commenting publicly and this could get ugly. I agree with Damien but I do not agree with stating it in a public setting.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Damien Harris rips Malachi Moore for behavior at end of Alabama loss, questions Kalen DeBoer

Harris did not hold back on his thoughts about how Moore acted and how CKD is engaging the team and holding them accountable.

Hate to see previous players commenting publicly and this could get ugly. I agree with Damien but I do not agree with stating it in a public setting.

I kinda feel like if it had been most anyone else, a non-captain player, Harris wouldn't have said much about it. I'm not a fan of family business being aired publicly, in part because situations like what Moore did will be handled privately (more than likely) by the folks who matter... but, I can also absolutely understand why a guy like Harris who has equity in the program (his fingerprints are all over it), and he's a former captain himself, could be so bothered by what he saw that he felt the comments were necessary. He's no ordinary player.

 

[Scrape&Search1032]

Hes right. That's bullshit behavior, I hope we actual leaders in this defense who are dealing with him in the locker room. We don't get this shit straightened out now, we'll lose again next week. Go out there, and prepare the right fucking way and this shit won't happen. Goddamn embarrassing the way we played.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Hes right. That's bullshit behavior, I hope we actual leaders in this defense who are dealing with him in the locker room. We don't get this shit straightened out now, we'll lose again next week. Go out there, and prepare the right fucking way and this shit won't happen. Goddamn embarrassing the way we played.

Que Robinson took the right path and handled it well with his comments, IMO. Personally, I was pretty disappointed in the Moore thing when I saw it later... I was headed out when it happened in real time. And while the kicking of the ball was bad (and stupid), the refusal to leave the game was more disturbing.

There's a fine line when a head coach gives his team this much ownership... it requires leaders of the highest order, enforcers in a way. When it works, it can be incredibly rewarding. When it goes off the rails, it can be very destructive. Saban always walked that fine line, but everyone, EVERYONE knew he was the ultimate authority above all else. And he was also the master at putting out fires and managing issues (it's one of the areas where he separated himself from a guy like Kirby for instance). DeBoer gives a longer leash to the players, and that's ok too, but there are times when he's gonna have to tighten it and/or shorten it... Can't just have the pulse of the team, gotta have the respect of it. I think he does, which is why I don't believe this will be a lingering problem.

 

[mando]

Didn't realize this had been posted in another thread but given the signficance of a previuos captian calling out a current captain and CKD to some degree probably worth the stand alone thread.

Moore does need to be held accountable and own what he did as not acceptable. The coaches need to hold him accountable and tell him that is not how we do things here. I do not care about NIL, new era etc.... Harris commenting will escalate it in the media even more than it already was. CKD is about to earn his pay as he navigates this one. I am sure CNS will defend CKD and probably say something in a way that sends a message to previous players to keep this in house. Honestly I would not be suprised to see Harris and Moore offer public apologies.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Didn't realize this had been posted in another thread but given the signficance of a previuos captian calling out a current captain and CKD to some degree probably woth the stand alone thread.

Moore does need to be held accountable and own what he did is not acceptable. The coaches need to hold him accountable and tell him that is not how we do things here. I do not care about NIL, new era etc.... Harris commenting will escalate it in the media even more than it already was. CKD is about to earn his pay as he navigates this one. I am sure CNS will defend CKD and probably say something in a way that sends a message to previous players to keep this in house. Honestly I would not be suprised to see Harris and Moore offer public appologies.

He has done that with the team. All else will be handled quietly, as it should be.

 

[mando]

He has done that with the team. All else will be handled quietly, as it should be.

I assumed he would. I have never seen anything out of Moore that aligned with what he did last night. I still believe if Moore is interviewed he will publicly own up to it and apologize publicly.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I assumed he would. I have never seen anything out of Moore that aligned with what he did last night. I still believe if Moore is interviewed he will publicly own up to it and apologize publicly.

Probably so. It was certainly out of character for him.

 

[mando]

Probably so. It was certainly out of character for him.

Making it worse I saw a video clip with him continuing to rant at the end before the final whistle and Womack was out on the field trying to get him to come over and talk but Moore just walked away.