TXK's 1st spring practice report

[Toxik76]

Coach Rumph ios an absolute spark plug to the DL shocked some of the guys already making the whole unit group do up downs and putting Ed Stinson (been at Jack LB his whole career at Bama) at DE with the 1st group and he was already looking like a monster, Stinson tore it up on the practice squad & he was imulator for any pass rushing specialist we faced & he put on a little more weight in the offseason & has reaped the benefits

Also Micheal Bowman will get his chance & he lost weight to get back to 225 & he's a legit 6'6 now so him losing that weight helped with speed & Groh begged JMac to move him back from TE squad to WR's & he lost the weight JMac said he had to lose, he's taken a major step toward filling the gap left by Julio

Also a few of the incoming guys were under the weight expected & a few were massive, here' a list with new number & ht/wts

1 | Dee Hart, RB, Fr., 5-9, 187 (WAY smaller than anyone thought he would be, needs to pack on some muscle, even looks like Tyrone Prothro or Marquis Maze, still like his chances on KR/PR though, he's fast though make no mistake about that)

3 | Vinnie Sunseri, LB, Fr., 6-0, 217 (Interesting size, since he's such a thumper & I still like the approach Saban is taking teaching him both the LB sets & DB sets trying to develop him into that STAR position we struggled with really not having last year, but had Javy the year before, I'll also say this on D the largest hill any TF has to climb is learning the sets & he stepped onto campus already ahead of a lot of 1st & even 2nd year guys because of how smart he is and being Sal's son, so it's gonna be interesting to watch him develop this spring)

5 | Ronald Carswell, WR, Fr., 6-0, 180 (good size, expect him to make a push to get in the rotation as a back-up to Hanks)

12 | Phillip Ely, QB, Fr., 6-1, 187 (Actually looks larger to me than I expected, heard he looks a lot better than everyone thought he would so far, but wearing that number has big shoes to fill son)

33 | Trey DePriest, LB, Fr., 6-2, 242 (HOLY MOLY!!!! everyone loves how smart he is and how quick his feet are and how fast he is, Coach Sal even said he could play RB in the SEC with his speed if he didn't like to hit so much he he, I'll tell you this he's already been compared to Hightower & the way he looked coming in as a TF that instantly contributed, size wise he's there too, when we put on pads he'll get a look at moving over to Jack a bit to see how he does, he's absolutely a speed demon)

54 | Jesse Williams, DL, Jr., 6-4,319 (lost a good bit to get down to Dareus' size & you know what that means he he, means he'll play both NG & end likely, Coach Rumph says he's faster than Dareus & if true that's scary, looked great too even with the knee brace bending etc. looked like no lost power)

77 | Aaron Douglas, OL, Jr., 6-7, 275 (a little light, but he has a MASSIVE frame, to me his weight means Cyrus Kouandjio will get a serious shot to earn the LT job as a TF should be an interesting battle, I'll tell you this though, his footwork was alittle bit rusty it seemed)

90 | Quinton Dial, DL, Jr., 6-6, 294 (Most impressive today hands down of ANY player, thought he was 270 or so, a lot larger, VERY LARGE POWERFUL MAN, he'll get a great shot at NG rotation & how active and disruptive he is that's the best position for him, already heard a lot of comparisons to Nick Fairley, a little faster & 10x better hand movement really knows how to swing those tree vine arms, but I know he had the best career of any DT against Dismukes, the best OC this state's seen in 10 years, had 7 sacks in 2 games, anyway I digress, he was the lost prospect so to speak & to me will be a huge sleeper & major contributor, heard he's already Rumph's favorite for his work ethic, I'm telling you now he's one to look out for in stats in scrimmages & in the vids #90)

Some other interesting things:

Marquis Maze started off the practice with a speech about what HE expected to accomplish as a team this year & it TOTALLY caught every one by surprise, he's not one ANYONE thought of a leader, but what it really signified to me & a few other coaches is the HUGE MASSIVE difference in leadership this team will have & it's already VERY obvious after only 1 Spring practice

This QB battle is gonna be totally knock down drag out & a few thoughts: 1. Whoever thinks A.J. has the upper hand because he has game experience is totally inaccurate & A.J. MIGHT win, but if he does it's because he was the better QB, 2. Phillip Sims absolutely believes he'll win & both are working hard to gain weight & staying up late every night studying playbook & staying late with their group of WR's throwing after practices, we've never had this competition at Bama in a long time like there will be & it's great to see, 3. I'm still not sure how A.J. would react if he loses, but pretty sure he'll stay since he grew up a huge Bama fan & doesn't have any desire to play anywhere else & if P.Sims doesn't win he's not gonna even think about transferring, I can assure you, 4. I'll say that the obvious leg-up I saw today with P.Sims is his lightning quick release and it's literally Drew Brees-esque & A.J. has a little longer wind, both are very accurate and both have a great deep ball I'm telling you it's gonna be a mammoth battle

Another big time performer today was Kenny Bell which was great to see, he's finally healthy & visibly a few steps faster than a lot of the WR's, Coach Groh really likes him as well & he made a few deep grabs down the sideline that were all pretty and 1 or 2 slants that he caught one handed, but pads will show me a lot on all the WR's, M.Bowman also looked really good catching etc. and he's visibly faster than he's been ever since on campus

I already mentioned this a bit but the leadership you see already is an enormous difference, William Vlachos & Trent on offense & Hightower, Barron & Upsahaw on D and a number of other older guys helping younger guys & forming friendships

OK that's all I got I'm gonna be on a little bit longer so if any of you have any questions feel free to ask & I'll anwser to the best of my ability

[2Stater]

Great report. If I had the power to give you multiple #'s, I would. so for now, here's one #.

[che boludo]

Good stuff.

Marquis Maze started off the practice with a speech about what HE expected to accomplish as a team this year & it TOTALLY caught every one by surprise, he's not one ANYONE thought of a leader, but what it really signified to me & a few other coaches is the HUGE MASSIVE difference in leadership this team will have & it's already VERY obvious after only 1 Spring practice

Glad to hear more positives about Maze answering the call and the critics about our WR corps.  On a thread in Wooly, I had picked him as the most important player this year for us on offense solely due to his need to step up and be a leader for our young WR corps.

Maze is the most experienced WR we'll have and may become our best weapon this year to stretch the field no matter the QB, but his on and off field leadership will be key to get our WR corps where they need to be in order to best help our young QBs.

Glad to see that he is already taking it as a personal challenge to get himself and the WRs ready to perform.  I think he is ready to step up to the challenge and be the leader we need this year in absence of JJ to turn talent into production for our great group of young WRs.

Definitely a can't lose for us this year IMO.  True team leaders are hard to find.

[SUPERCOACH]

Great report!  Did you attend practice in person?

[Toxik76]

Good stuff.

Marquis Maze started off the practice with a speech about what HE expected to accomplish as a team this year & it TOTALLY caught every one by surprise, he's not one ANYONE thought of a leader, but what it really signified to me & a few other coaches is the HUGE MASSIVE difference in leadership this team will have & it's already VERY obvious after only 1 Spring practice

Glad to hear more positives about Maze answering the call and the critics about our WR corps.  On a thread in Wooly, I had picked him as the most important player this year for us on offense solely due to his need to step up and be a leader for our young WR corps.

Maze is the most experienced WR we'll have and may become our best weapon this year to stretch the field no matter the QB, but his on and off field leadership will be key to get our WR corps where they need to be in order to best help our young QBs.

Glad to see that he is already taking it as a personal challenge to get himself and the WRs ready to perform.  I think he is ready to step up to the challenge and be the leader we need this year in absence of JJ to turn talent into production for our great group of young WRs.

Definitely a can't lose for us this year IMO.  True team leaders are hard to find.

Agreed & his personal goals are at least 75 catches, 1500 yds & 10 TDs, the last guy who had big goals like that at the start of Spring Practice was Mark Ingram before his Soph year & we all see how that one worked out he he

This team is very similar to that one in many aspects that I see

[Toxik76]

Great report!  Did you attend practice in person?

Yessiree.................& I'll tell you one thing SC.....IT WAS BLAZING HOTTT!!!!!!!!

[SUPERCOACH]

Well, it is a fantastic report.  I just put it on the front page.

[XBAMA]

good stuff !  thanks !  # 

summer is here 

[che boludo]

Not to be a butt, but I read this and was like  Great info rather first hand or regurgitated from elsewhere.


Then I read how far off the description of Barron's cousin was and I was like 


I'm not calling BS on your info, it just brought back some memories of Rolltide25 or Bucwildbama from last summer who had all the excellent practice/recruiting/personnel updates then got tripped up in a lie about position with team and practice time schedules.

Definitely not accusing you of anything funny, just gave me reason to pause and scratch my head.

[Toxik76]

Sorry man I posted my reply in that other thread & I think Barron was talking about Lang's younger brother or something or it was a misunderstanding on my part, but like I said he was very agitated it seemed about it & didn't want to talk about it & that's not like Barron, anyway I'm gonna ask him tomorrow & see if he'll straighten the whole story out, it still seems a little fuzzy on the details, but it could have also been a case where Barron is embarrassed of Lang or something I dunno, anyway

& I'm sorry I guess I jumped to conclusions on deciphering what he told me, but will get the scoop tomorrow, just got on here & posted didn't read or know all the stuff about Lang, but I just posted what all I noticed and saw at practice yesterday, like I said before I'm still gonna give Barron the benefit since he's a fine young man with a bright future, but for sure it was a bad decision on his part

& YES I was there at practice & I'll share after every practice on here if it's ok with all of you, it's not regurgitated, it's what I saw & noticed with my own eyes

[che boludo]

Sorry man I posted my reply in that other thread & I think Barron was talking about Lang's younger brother or something or it was a misunderstanding on my part, but like I said he was very agitated it seemed about it & didn't want to talk about it & that's not like Barron, anyway I'm gonna ask him tomorrow & see if he'll straighten the whole story out, it still seems a little fuzzy on the details, but it could have also been a case where Barron is embarrassed of Lang or something I dunno, anyway

& I'm sorry I guess I jumped to conclusions on deciphering what he told me, but will get the scoop tomorrow, just got on here & posted didn't read or know all the stuff about Lang, but I just posted what all I noticed and saw at practice yesterday, like I said before I'm still gonna give Barron the benefit since he's a fine young man with a bright future, but for sure it was a bad decision on his part

& YES I was there at practice & I'll share after every practice on here if it's ok with all of you, it's not regurgitated, it's what I saw & noticed with my own eyes

Regurgitated or not doesn't matter as long as the info is valid.

Thanks for the updates.  If you could get the scoop on the Robby Green suspension and length of suspension it would much more interesting to me.  I think the MB issue has been played out and it is pretty obvious why he made the decision that he did.

[ricky023]

First off you get my e-cred for sure. I love these reports. I am with you on the fact Pads have to go on and a few days we will know the difference. I Love your desrciption of the Leadership it absolutely made chill bumps come up. We have neede it so bad. RTR!

[Toxik76]

Sorry man I posted my reply in that other thread & I think Barron was talking about Lang's younger brother or something or it was a misunderstanding on my part, but like I said he was very agitated it seemed about it & didn't want to talk about it & that's not like Barron, anyway I'm gonna ask him tomorrow & see if he'll straighten the whole story out, it still seems a little fuzzy on the details, but it could have also been a case where Barron is embarrassed of Lang or something I dunno, anyway

& I'm sorry I guess I jumped to conclusions on deciphering what he told me, but will get the scoop tomorrow, just got on here & posted didn't read or know all the stuff about Lang, but I just posted what all I noticed and saw at practice yesterday, like I said before I'm still gonna give Barron the benefit since he's a fine young man with a bright future, but for sure it was a bad decision on his part

& YES I was there at practice & I'll share after every practice on here if it's ok with all of you, it's not regurgitated, it's what I saw & noticed with my own eyes

Regurgitated or not doesn't matter as long as the info is valid.

Thanks for the updates.  If you could get the scoop on the Robby Green suspension and length of suspension it would much more interesting to me.  I think the MB issue has been played out and it is pretty obvious why he made the decision that he did.

Robby is in a position right now that is a fluid situation. His suspension has a lot more to do with him proving he has changed from the lifestyle he had the 1st 2 years on campus. He was caught in another bad situation involving his crutch that he loves so much (recreational drugs, I'll leave it at that) and was turned in by another player and we all care about him very much (his crimson family) and he has to prove to CNS and staff that he is rehabbed, clean and willing to stay that way over the summer. Right now that's about all I can tell you I hope you understand that I have to be vague because of the situation and CNS' desire to keep it under wraps and in house.

Anyway I shall return later on today with another report a little more in depth on guys development and guys I expect to be surprises and step into starting roles and fill voids. Gonna be another scorcher today but perfect weather for Spring!! See you guys a little later on.

[2Stater]

Sorry man I posted my reply in that other thread & I think Barron was talking about Lang's younger brother or something or it was a misunderstanding on my part, but like I said he was very agitated it seemed about it & didn't want to talk about it & that's not like Barron, anyway I'm gonna ask him tomorrow & see if he'll straighten the whole story out, it still seems a little fuzzy on the details, but it could have also been a case where Barron is embarrassed of Lang or something I dunno, anyway

& I'm sorry I guess I jumped to conclusions on deciphering what he told me, but will get the scoop tomorrow, just got on here & posted didn't read or know all the stuff about Lang, but I just posted what all I noticed and saw at practice yesterday, like I said before I'm still gonna give Barron the benefit since he's a fine young man with a bright future, but for sure it was a bad decision on his part

& YES I was there at practice & I'll share after every practice on here if it's ok with all of you, it's not regurgitated, it's what I saw & noticed with my own eyes

Regurgitated or not doesn't matter as long as the info is valid.

Thanks for the updates.  If you could get the scoop on the Robby Green suspension and length of suspension it would much more interesting to me.  I think the MB issue has been played out and it is pretty obvious why he made the decision that he did.

Robby is in a position right now that is a fluid situation. His suspension has a lot more to do with him proving he has changed from the lifestyle he had the 1st 2 years on campus. He was caught in another bad situation involving his crutch that he loves so much (recreational drugs, I'll leave it at that) and was turned in by another player and we all care about him very much (his crimson family) and he has to prove to CNS and staff that he is rehabbed, clean and willing to stay that way over the summer. Right now that's about all I can tell you I hope you understand that I have to be vague because of the situation and CNS' desire to keep it under wraps and in house.

Anyway I shall return later on today with another report a little more in depth on guys development and guys I expect to be surprises and step into starting roles and fill voids. Gonna be another scorcher today but perfect weather for Spring!! See you guys a little later on.

Here, you're available for another #.

[pmull]

Thanks for posting. Good information.

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