' 13 FL CB Mackensie Alexander

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JacketVol said:
Just glad some of the kids you roughed up a little bit and younger players that you did the same too did not come back and put a bullet in your brain. I played football in HS and was the starting QB and I was apt to protect those who were bullied than the other way around. If someone gets in your face like the d lineman and you protect yourself, well sure, do what you have to do. But to be setting some kind of order just sounds so immature. Several kids in the area I live in now are D1 players and others going to smaller colleges and they don't do this crap. Austin Sanders is one that comes to mind and he has been that way even when younger and tall and skinney in elementary school. Going out of your way to rough people up is being a bully. Protecting yourself or someone else who is being bullied is commendable. Hope my kid will know the difference.
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I said we got the ones that were talking ish. Nothing more, the band members did nothing all game then if we lost a game they want to holler "oh they're sorry" while we're minding our business having to run for the loss and hear it from the coaches all week as well as beating ourselves up all week about it. They were asking for it. And there wasn't too much you can do about it because it was just guys getting jacked up. Football was our life around there and the school even took the losses bad. So for you to say something yeah you're asking for it. And there was absolutely nothing you would've done about upperclassmen making freshman and sophs fall in line.

Example: We had a senior come out for football his senior year. I asked a 10th grade kid for his seat on the bench during practice because the 1s were done. This senior cat said the 10th grader shouldn't have to get up. I jerked him up by his facemask and took his seat for talking. Then we still made the new guys move because we were tired from practice. That's how things were done down there. And if a young guy had a problem with it our coaches would make us go at it in the bull ring or we could handle it on the wrestling mat. Fair if you ask me. But I don't know I guess our methods are old-school compared to now.
 
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OrangeHammer said:
This thread..
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Yep. Pretty much
 
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The Breakerboy said:
I said we got the ones that were talking ish. Nothing more, the band members did nothing all game then if we lost a game they want to holler "oh they're sorry" while we're minding our business having to run for the loss and hear it from the coaches all week as well as beating ourselves up all week about it. They were asking for it. And there wasn't too much you can do about it because it was just guys getting jacked up. Football was our life around there and the school even took the losses bad. So for you to say something yeah you're asking for it. And there was absolutely nothing you would've done about upperclassmen making freshman and sophs fall in line.

Example: We had a senior come out for football his senior year. I asked a 10th grade kid for his seat on the bench during practice because the 1s were done. This senior cat said the 10th grader shouldn't have to get up. I jerked him up by his facemask and took his seat for talking. Then we still made the new guys move because we were tired from practice. That's how things were done down there. And if a young guy had a problem with it our coaches would make us go at it in the bull ring or we could handle it on the wrestling mat. Fair if you ask me. But I don't know I guess our methods are old-school compared to now.
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I get what youre saying, i think people are having a problem with how you are saying it. Its not bullying if a peer who happened to be in band gave you a hard time and you stood up for yourself and put dude in his place. If you continuously did it to one guy its different, but i dont see anything wrong with what you described. Same with getting after the younger guys. Freshmen and sophomores can be rebellious little pricks that need to be handled roughly in some situations. Its the same as drill sergeants getting soldiers to fall in line. Sometimes you gotta stop worrying about whats pc and go with what has worked since forever.
 
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chattavfl86 said:
I get what youre saying, i think people are having a problem with how you are saying it. Its not bullying if a peer who happened to be in band gave you a hard time and you stood up for yourself and put dude in his place. If you continuously did it to one guy its different, but i dont see anything wrong with what you described. Same with getting after the younger guys. Freshmen and sophomores can be rebellious little pricks that need to be handled roughly in some situations. Its the same as drill sergeants getting soldiers to fall in line. Sometimes you gotta stop worrying about whats pc and go with what has worked since forever.
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Society has gotten entirely too soft. But that's for another day. I coach the kids I train hardcore but I still praise them at the same time. They go into games with no fear at all. Only the strong survive on and off the field. I want them mentally tough to handle any situation in life with no fear.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
Society has gotten entirely too soft. But that's for another day. I coach the kids I train hardcore but I still praise them at the same time. They go into games with no fear at all. Only the strong survive on and off the field. I want them mentally tough to handle any situation in life with no fear.
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I totally agree with this. Big difference with elementary kids and middle school and high school. Parents think because a kid hits or runs a ball great or the ball goes in on a two handed shot when eight their kid is great. They get mad when you try to teach them fundamentals. Whether it is the correct way for them to shoot though it may affect their range and ability to get it in at first, or hold the ball correctly to not fumble when someone good hits them, or to not do two baseball steps as pitcher pitches it to get into ready position instead of being in it for 15 seconds each time or do a crossover step when ball is hit when fielding. They think there kid has it all down because of what they can do when young. However, they will yell and scream at their kid and everyone's else the whole game. Then, us who coach for free can get nothing thru to the kid and have to confront the parents. They usually will then take their kid to the next place and the next place. I have heard parents calling their young kids stupid and that they sucked. I would rather give them praise like you said while also having them do it over and over again until they start getting it right.


But, if parents tell them to ignore it when they get off the field cause what they are doing is working now, just ruins them. My kid went to a great camp and improved greatly. I told him if I or anyone else tells him to do something different than those coaches, to not listen to me or the other person. Do what guys who have been pros tell you cause they know. Sorry to go so long but really just pissed off at how kids are being handled by dumb idiots that don't even know the game. T

One guy told the head coach, "I know you played pro minor league ball but I have been coaching 7-8 year olds for the last two years while you guys coached 5 and 6 year olds." I mean, really? I will shut up. Thanks VN for letting me vent.
 
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:post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912: I keep seeing updates to this thread about Alexander thinking there is something important that has been added. Every time I am sucked into a band member/jock/parent battle royal. I know there is very little chance Alexander chooses us (eh, might not be a bad thing with his attitude), but please let us get over this battle royal business. Get with the times and make it a Royal Rumble. :swoon3::swoon3:
 
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since apparently everyone in here has the transcript of what was said to the boys can someone let me know what made them so mad?
 
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kw3953 said:
:post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912::post-4-1090547912: I keep seeing updates to this thread about Alexander thinking there is something important that has been added. Every time I am sucked into a band member/jock/parent battle royal. I know there is very little chance Alexander chooses us (eh, might not be a bad thing with his attitude), but please let us get over this battle royal business. Get with the times and make it a Royal Rumble. :swoon3::swoon3:
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If you don't like it, then why comment.. It will eventually die out and/or the mods will pull out their internet scissors and trim away.. Then you can jump back in..

As the great Herm Edwards says, "think before you hit send".
 
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m1al said:
If you don't like it, then why comment.. It will eventually die out and/or the mods will pull out their internet scissors and trim away.. Then you can jump back in..

As the great Herm Edwards says, "think before you hit send".
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Thanks so much for that piece of advice. Gosh, why did I hit send?! Dang! I am a true Herm Edwards believer to boot! Shoot, now I am adding to this thread! Mercy! I keep hitting send... Ugh! :whatever:
 
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I don't understand how mod's delete some things, then let complete avalanches of feces like this roll on like it isn't a problem. Can't y'all exchange numbers and text it out? I come here every day, HOPING for some sort of proper update on this kid, and for like 23 pages it's still y'all talking about this b.s.. END IT ALREADY.
 
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OrangeHammer said:
I don't understand how mod's delete some things, then let complete avalanches of feces like this roll on like it isn't a problem. Can't y'all exchange numbers and text it out? I come here every day, HOPING for some sort of proper update on this kid, and for like 23 pages it's still y'all talking about this b.s.. END IT ALREADY.
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I agree with ya bro. Makes no sense to me. They have Free Chat Rooms for this shat. :)

GBO!!!
 
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OrangeHammer said:
I don't understand how mod's delete some things, then let complete avalanches of feces like this roll on like it isn't a problem. Can't y'all exchange numbers and text it out? I come here every day, HOPING for some sort of proper update on this kid, and for like 23 pages it's still y'all talking about this b.s.. END IT ALREADY.
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You should know by now that this board can not let anything go. Hell, there are still posts about Otha getting white girl'd.
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I know you’ve always got to remember what’s going on between the earholes, but you’re gonna have to work hard to find a problem with this guy’s game.
 
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I still like this kid. He hasn't disrespected UT at all during this process. Kid may need to go through some extra social classes and some good mentoring but he's not a bad prospect to take. He plays hard and physical what else do you want in a defensive player.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
I still like this kid. He hasn't disrespected UT at all during this process. Kid may need to go through some extra social classes and some good mentoring but he's not a bad prospect to take. He plays hard and physical what else do you want in a defensive player.
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Kids is a baller and definitely has some skills. He is a definite take IMO. He does have some growing up to do but didn't we all at that age? I look back at a lot of stupid things I have said and done in my youth and wish I could take them back or have done things differently. I learned from my past and hopefully this young man will to. Some of these young guys just need someone in their lives to lead them in the right direction and teach them how to be a man.
 
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The Breakerboy said:
I still like this kid. He hasn't disrespected UT at all during this process. Kid may need to go through some extra social classes and some good mentoring but he's not a bad prospect to take. He plays hard and physical what else do you want in a defensive player.
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yeah, i still want him
 
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I'm sure he is still available for the right price. Having more immature players like our current T. Bray is not a good thing for team success, but that's secondary I guess in the whole scheme of things to what's best for him.

There is no "I" in TEAM.
 
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