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Honest question regarding the fractures within the team:

Posted on 11/1/20 at 9:52 pm
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25608 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 9:52 pm
How much of this has to do with Ryan Clark and the political activism of the offseason. Covid and the media gave these players plenty of time to get involved. It galvanized some teams, but that doesn’t appear to be the case with ours.

Is it completely unrelated to the suckage on the field? Is it simply a footnote? Or should we have seen it as a bigger issue?
Posted by Delacroix22
Member since Aug 2013
4001 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 9:54 pm to
I still stand with the sensible faction of fans that argue no young man would put a small political squabble in the way of a potential future NFL contract
Posted by lurkr
Member since Jan 2008
12367 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 9:57 pm to
Everything this year is bothering everyone, weather it's background or up front in your face.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71983 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 9:58 pm to
No factor when they win but all important when they lose.
Posted by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
32751 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 9:59 pm to
I highly doubt it’s any issue at all within the team.

Fans are more pissed that Ryan has the fricking audacity to come at our program and try to hurt it.

He’s still butthurt that they didn’t want Jordan, his son.
Posted by MBA_Tiger2016
Member since Apr 2017
30 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 10:00 pm to
I see no correlation at all. What we're seeing is a coaching issue combined with the effect of opt outs that resulted from this pandemic. Politics has nothing to do with the product that we're seeing on the field. Ryan Clark has nothing to do with the product that we're seeing on the field.
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
10513 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 10:02 pm to
quote:

Honest question regarding the fractures within the team:
Do they exist?
Posted by memphis tiger
Memphis, TN
Member since Feb 2006
20720 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 10:19 pm to
quote:


Honest question regarding the fractures within the team


Is there even one shred of real evidence that there is a fracture working the team over politics other than idiotic speculation from the rant?
Posted by siliconvalleytiger
Bay Area, CA
Member since Apr 2004
31160 posts
Posted on 11/1/20 at 10:25 pm to
Some of the players from the last year are probably wondering why they aren’t in the NFL and in my opinion aren’t giving it their all. The pandemic is furthering their lack of engagement. It’s just an opinion.
Posted by la_birdman
Northern GA via Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31067 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 1:39 am to
I really don't think that's an issue at all.


Just put it in the simplest of terms: Who's teaching them? Are the players improving? Are they regressing?


There have been no adjustments and players that lit it up last season look mediocre at best this season.

There's some disconnect between them and the DC.

The OL needs improvement too. But I think the focus should be on the defense. We look lost. That's on Pelini. O earned my trust after last season but it's definitely shaken now and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like that.

Pelini has proven to be not a good coach. Look at the games. The results speak for themselves. If O sticks with that, he's really making a bad decision. In my opinion.

The Alabama game is going to be horrible, Ole Miss has a good QB, even Arkansas, they have a better defense than us and we have more talent. That right there is a fact and it's insane to say, "let's give it more time." A&M? Florida? Really?

I don't understand the Pelini defenders and making up excuses like "we're young" and blah blah.

We have the talent to beat these teams. I don't think anyone will disagree with that. We don't have the right coach to coach the guys we have.

I expected a drop off from last season but no one expected this. This is inexcusable.


No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher.
This post was edited on 11/2/20 at 1:59 am
Posted by TriumphTiger
Alpharetta, GA
Member since Sep 2007
10187 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 5:25 am to
quote:

fractures within the team:


What fractures? Did I miss something?
Posted by DallasTiger96
dallas tx
Member since Sep 2006
29 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 6:43 am to
IMO I think a coach should have kept his political opinion to himself. It’s a polarizing issue. I didn’t see Saban or Dabo revealing their choice for president. It was a stupid thing to do. The fans may like it, but many of the players may not have.
Posted by BTRDD
Member since Jun 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 7:07 am to
quote:

How much of this has to do with Ryan Clark and the political activism of the offseason


It is a factor, no doubt.
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
16613 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 7:20 am to
It’s a huge issue w this roster. We can only hope the ilk gets runoff before next year.
Posted by mhc4tigers
Member since Aug 2016
4346 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 7:50 am to
IMO the politics and social justice advocacy fractured the locker room. Not just Clark. The margin for error in the SEC for a team with 17 new starters is very very small. Getting beat in every phase of the game.

There were some IG messages from players earlier in the summer asking racists to unfollow them.
Posted by Tmcnair96
Member since Dec 2016
403 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 7:59 am to
The linebackers are the weakest link on defense. Pelini is the linebackers coach. The defense looks awful, Pelini is the dc. Ryan Clark is not the issue.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
40268 posts
Posted on 11/2/20 at 8:11 am to
We lost 19 starters:

Joe Burrow - NFL Rookie of the year
Clyde - NFL rookie of the year runner-up
Jetts - NFL rookie of the year candidate
Chase - Future NFL All Star
Moss - Record setter at LSU
Saahdiq - Started a game in the NFL before injury
MaGee
Cush - Day one starter in the NFL
Damien Lewis - Kicking the piss out of NFL linemen

Rashard Lawrence - Made NFL Roster
Tyler Shelvin - Sitting out; expected top two rounds in NFL draft
K'Lavon Chaisson - First round NFL draft choice
Patrick Queen - First rounder; AFC defensive player of the week!
Jacob Phillips - Made NFL roster
Grant Delpit - NFL Injured reserve; 2nd round draft choice
Kristian Fulton - Kicked arse in NFL before injury

Why do you continue to look for other reasons? Let me ask this; what do you think caused Abe Lincoln's death?
This post was edited on 11/2/20 at 8:14 am
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