Hey, man . . . why do you only show up to run down the coaches or the team? Someone else may remember your being here last season to praise the Tide and their accomplishments. I don't.
Notice the timing...when did they show back up.....after the AU/UA game. It may say supporter of Bama football but they are all AU. There is your answer CP.
I'm not old enough to have been around when Bryant had a 5-5-1 season and almost got fired. In the twilight of his career, he was so proven with so many accomplishments, he wouldn't be worthy of "catching heat". I felt the same of Gene Stallings his last 2 seasons. Until Saban wins back to back national titles, let's not put him in the category with Bryant just yet.
Hey, man . . . why do you only show up to run down the coaches or the team? Someone else may remember your being here last season to praise the Tide and their accomplishments. I don't.
Stallings went 9-3-1 the year following the NC in his fourth year at Bama.
I don't remember Stallings blowing a huge lead to Auburn. Do you?
I don't remember Stallings blowing a huge lead to Auburn. Do you?
the Auburn team that Saban blew a lead against was a much better team than Alabama this year.
Put your crack pipe down, Aubie. You know that if it wasn't for a dropped pass and 2 fluke fumbles in the 2nd quarter, it would have been 42-0 at half time.
You're neglecting to account for the fact that the Auburn team that Saban blew a lead against was a much better team than Alabama this year. (And before people start screamng about how we cheated, that is beside the point of this post entirely.)
The score at the end of the first isn't relevant. Over 60 minutes Auburn won. And they took the lead with around 11 minutes to go. It wasn't a case of the Tide coming unglued.
It's the players responsibility to be emotionally and mentally prepared to go out and Battle!
WRONG!! Based on this statement, it is obvious you have no clue what you're talking about.
the 2010 Iron Bowl, Bama beat Bama.
To answer your question...To follow and conform to the direction of the coach, which should include absolute demands, backed with discipline, their absolute upper limits of physical and mental effort, doing things his way and no other.
Motivation, discipline, etc has to be driven by the head coach and his policies. If either is lacking, you get what happened in the Auburn game... ...a loss by a great collection of talent...
Let's not keep arguing about Saban blowing the Auburn game and the fact he got outcoached. Let's hope he get's it right next year. I'm guessing he will be obsessed with getting it right next year and will force his will next year.