Post Reply to Rock's House

This is not a vent board or any other kind of therapy. Before you hit the POST button, ask yourself if your contribution will add to the level of discussion going on.

Important notes on articles:

Handle:
Password:
Subject:

Message:

HTTP Link (optional):

Poster's Email (optional):

 


Post being replied to

Saban defines hands on with his assistants. Lane Kiffin by KnightlyRevue

describes his time with Saban this way:

"I don't recall a happy moment. I just recall the ass chewings." (He said this laughing)

"So this morning, after the 7:30 staff meeting, before this, we watched the offensive film of practice yesterday," Kiffin said. "And I'd never done that with a coach. I'd never watched the offensive, you know, scout team with the head coach when the head coach is a defensive guy, like coach (Pete) Carroll. So when I got here, that was new. And I was thinking, okay, this is just Coach. He doesn't know me so he wants to understand the game plan, how practice is going, he wants to see the players. And then if we start doing well on offense, he'll back off and he just doesn't -- you know, he just doesn't come in for that meeting and he stays more on defense.

"But today is no different than the first day. Even after all the success we've had. Again, there's the process. He never changes. So that's another lesson as a head coach. Hey, maybe your defense is playing really well that year. You still go in there and you still have the same schedule of watching that and watching the players and hearing the coaches so that you know the game plan versus I know myself as a head coach, I just kind of let the defensive coordinator do what he was doing"

Do you think Kelly is this meticulous with the defense?