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Originally Posted by BackinBlackSS/RS
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Originally Posted by Dr Jkel
Well it seems like it is the year of the underdog. Alabama has lost again and may not be the last time this year. Oklahoma lost again, Poor Texas what can you say Gilbert throws 5 int's. Florida is down, USC is in trouble, all the Big 10 have lost
If Auburn or Oregon slip up then Boise or TCU will step in.
The one thing it really goes to show you is how competitive college football is, how hard it is to be great year in and year out.
Alabama has alot of talent, albeit young talent, and I believe were living on last years accomplishments and basically got punched in the mouth. It will be a good learning experience if they will listen and learn.
It is really amazig to me that alot often lose sight of the fact that most of these kids are 18 to 21. We as adults put alot of stock into these kids to perform and when they slip, the things that come out of some peoples mouth is abosolutely insane.
In a rabid football state like Alabama it is dis-heartening at some of the noise that people spew about these kids. Not good clean fun, that is not what I am talking about, you know the type, the ones who are rude obnoxious drunks.
I love the Tide no matter what and may be a rare Alabama fan in the fact that I hope Auburn wins the whole thing, another for the SEC, not to mention the fact that it would thrill my little boy.
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Very well said.
If anyone is frustrated with their program, they should always direct their anger towards the coaches and staff, not at the kids. It is the coaching staff's job (and they get paid hansomely for it) to manage a group of youngsters making the transition from youth to men. It's the coach's job to get these kids focused on doing all the right things and none of the wrong things. And when the player makes a mistake, it's the coach's job to teach the player how to learn from their mistake, not wallow in it.
It's also the coach's job to teach their players that nothing is a given, and that you've got to work hard for everything. It's very obvious to me that teams like Texas started to believe all they had to do was show up and they would win. I just hope that by the end of the year, the coaches teach and the players learn that if they want a win, they better put in the time and effort and show up hungry.
I also hope Texas fires their offensive coordinator. But that's mostly a pipe dream. Too many people think he's solely responsible for the athletic talent and leadership in Vince Young and Colt McCoy. I, however, firmly believe those two athletes managed to become superstars in spite of the horrendous play-calling that comes from Greg Davis' pie hole. In the case of Vince, I firmly believe at least half of the plays that Greg Davis called were simply ignored and Vince called his own plays. Colt was simply lucky because he had his very talented friend at receiver who he knew he could count on to catch the ball and make people miss.
Now we've got Gilbert who was an amazing high school player that's been thrown into a position where he doesn't have the kind of confident strong-hands receiver like Jordan Shipley yet to step up and he's blindly following the instruction of his offensive coordinator (and quarterbacks coach), Greg Davis.
www.firegregdavis.com
Yeah, this website was started back around 2000 or 2001, it disappeared for a while when Vince and Colt were there, and it has now resurfaced. I'm not surprised, either.