Article on Phelon Jones - LSU Related

Thanks for the pass Big Fat! Just hate to see that kind of talk. Who would want to give a release to a kid to go and play for the strongest competition? Jones' dad is lucky that he got Miles to give him the release to Alabama at all. You think Saban would've done the same? No way in hell.

That article got blown way out of proportion on the SEC Rant. He played in '08 some and looked completely lost most of the time. He fell victim to the bullshite co-coordinator debacle.

If I remember correctly, Saban said he hadnt learned much at LSU. (and then explained it was because he was on scout team and not part of the regular defense at practices, etc). Not sure if Saban meant to take a shot at LSUs staff or not..

I still wonder how good he is, maybe it was coaching, maybe not. Brandon Taylor beat him out in fall camp in 08, despite Phelon having a year in the system. Then I kept wishing he'd take the nickel spot from McCray, or at least split it the way McCray and Francis did, but it never happened. He played well against Troy once we started making the comeback though.

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Camaro usually means a starter so he needs to step up for you guys. Reserve players get a truck or suv at bammer.

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well it depends on what kind of SUV or truck.

Phelon Jones needs to be thanking Miles, not many coaches would have let him walk to a SEC West rival.

When players start making comments like that, I'm willing to bet he's not starting for the Tide and he'll fade into further irrelevance.

Seems to be a reoccurring theme with these Alabama kids. Rivals likes to overrate them to hell.

this guy had to play under peveto/mallory for the seaosn they were in charge. of course the coaching is going to be better. that being said saban is a master in terms of developing defensive talent, and i'm pretty confident phelon is indeed better there than he was here.

It appears that Tony Jones likes to run his mouth. Compare these with his quotes when NS put the full court press on Phelon at the last minute in 07, and you'll see a complete 180. My theory is that Tony became persona non grata after the he called into question Saban's ego, and now he's making up for lost time.

I'm sure Phelon has improved, as DB's are Saban's specialty. Knowing this, I was uncomfortable with the decision to release him to an SEC West foe, especially Bama. We'll see if it bites us in the arse.