Will Lowery's quote "Can assure you its 100% the former. The support system in place is as remarkable as the rest of what Saban‘s built. Its close to a military academy..many players’ entire days are scheduled from early wakeup to tutors after dinner. Some struggle once they leave that.See Ro McClain"
is what has bothered me about the tremendous structure at Bama, specifically they're under such a tight schedule and are told exactly what to do all the time they don't develop the independence a typical college student might during their time in school. Kids who didn't have good structure before coming to Bama may not develop in that environment.
:agree:
In my learning about child development, neuroscience, and the development of the "moral sense," this too has bothered me. I'm afraid we will look back as a society at big time college football in the modern era, and we will notice that as the revenues rose, so too did the ability of programs to isolate and harness athleticism and aggression for college profit at the detriment of adult failure later in life.
To call a system of rigid rules and pre-planned itineraries, "player development," is deceiving. Try "PROGRAM development." Humans don't develop in tyranny. They develop by making choices over and over again and facing the consequences, good and bad. In micromanaged environments, the ability to discern between a wise choice and an unwise choice atrophies. Plus, add to this the fact that football is such a reactive sport, where you are literally drilled to respond to stimuli without rational contemplation.
