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Napier utilizes 85% of Saban's "Process"

Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:28 pm
Posted by BitBuster
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2017
1443 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:28 pm
I found this old article that describes how he came in and shook things up at ULL.

Sports Illustrated 2018 article on Napier

quote:

It’s all part of The Process, but it’s known here as something else: The Journey. “Alabama says, ‘The Process Begins Here,’” Napier says. “We say, ‘The Journey Starts Here.’”

Napier says about 85% of what he is implementing in Lafayette is in the image of Saban’s program, but he has put his own twist on some items. He breaks up the calendar into eight phases: Foundation (the first two weeks of January), Identity (pre-spring training), Spring Practice, Discretionary (exams and exit meetings), Regimen (summer training), Fall Camp, In-Season and Postseason.

This winter’s workouts mimicked the Fourth Quarter Program that Saban crafted in his days at LSU with longtime Tigers strength coach Tommy Moffitt. Groups of a dozen players moved through four stations in a test of their conditioning, strength and endurance. Head strength coach Mark Hocke spent six seasons on Saban’s staff, moving from an intern who slept on other coaches’ couches to an associate strength staff member who parlayed his success to jobs with Georgia, Texas A&M and Florida State. “We’re cut from the same cloth,” Hocke says, “from that organization in Tuscaloosa.”


If Napier comes in here, and makes some solid staff hires... I wouldn't be mad. We'd get the Saban Assistant curse, though that couldn't be worse than current.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
61496 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:30 pm to
Yeah we've seen this post like 1000 times.


Posted by TrueTigerTale
Zachary, La.
Member since Sep 2011
19318 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:37 pm to
quote:

Napier utilizes 85% of Saban's "Process


Aranda uses 100% focus as Saban does.
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
32249 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:38 pm to
Sounds like when a coach who copied someone else and implemented tell the truth mondays


Napier:Saban::Orgeron:pete Carroll
This post was edited on 10/28/21 at 5:39 pm
Posted by ExpertTestimony
Member since Sep 2021
266 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:41 pm to
I can’t believe none of the failed Saban assistant coaches have thought to try to copy Sabans processes. Yep. Napier is the chosen one.
Posted by deathvalleytiger10
Member since Sep 2009
7655 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:45 pm to
quote:

Napier utilizes 85% of Saban's "Process"


Does that mean he will go 10-2 each year since he’s not using 100% of the process?
Posted by Tunasntigers92
The Boot
Member since Sep 2014
23658 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:52 pm to
quote:

Napier utilizes 85% of Saban's "Process"


What does this really even mean?
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
20544 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:57 pm to
ULL buys Dodge Chargers too?
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
158844 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:58 pm to
O and Derek copied and pasted Pete Carroll’s book, slapped it in a binder, and put their names on it
Posted by Bama Bird
Member since Dec 2011
Member since Mar 2013
19201 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:01 pm to
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Napier utilizes 85% of Saban's "Process"


If the 15% he doesn't use is Pete Golding, I'd love to have him at Alabama some day
Posted by cas4t
Member since Jan 2010
70986 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:01 pm to
I wish this narrative would end

All coaches, and really any profession, learn from previous jobs

He shouldn’t be hyping that he is using the Alabama process. Just say you have a way of doing things and let the results speak for themselves
Posted by ApexTiger
cary nc
Member since Oct 2003
53821 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:08 pm to
It works if you can recruit 5 and 4 star talent

Saban's secret is having better players than everyone else then getting the most out of them...no none sense

it's rocket science

but you have to load the barn with studs, and Saban does it better than anyone
Posted by CapperVin
Member since Apr 2013
10558 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:21 pm to
He would be a horrible hire
Posted by LSUBogeyMan
Member since Oct 2021
1181 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 6:26 pm to
It like a cookbook. I can use Donald Links recipe exactly and make a good dish. But it won’t be the same as the chef’s.
Posted by My Name Is Not Rick
Not California thankfully
Member since Oct 2021
224 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:09 pm to
Didn't he just say on Jordy's show that he is 70% Saban?
Posted by League Champs
Bayou Self
Member since Oct 2012
10340 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:24 pm to
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and shook things up at ULL.

It's ULL, dude.

In the same conference as App St., Coastal, Ark. St., and Troy.

* Coastal Carolina didn't even have a football program until 2003. They didn't join the Sun Belt until 2016, and they have already won the conference championship. And had the coach of the year and player of the year.

* App. St. didn't join the Sun Belt until 2014. They have since won 4 conference championships, and a coach of the year. And have had coaches jump to the SEC and ACC.

* Ark. St. has had coaches named Freeze, Malzhan, Harsin. 2 of them went to the SEC, and are now out.

*Troy beat LSU. Have a coach in the Big 12.


ULL has produced none of the above in the 20 years they have been in the Sun Belt. So there was tons of room for improvement. And yet Napier still hasn't even won the conference yet, in his 4th year.

Billy may have improved ULL, but he hasn't even risen to the level of newcomers App St. or Coastal yet.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
27859 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 8:43 pm to
quote:

He breaks up the calendar into eight phases: Foundation (the first two weeks of January), Identity (pre-spring training), Spring Practice, Discretionary (exams and exit meetings), Regimen (summer training), Fall Camp, In-Season and Postseason.


I mean that's cool and all but what day do they tell the truth?
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
2481 posts
Posted on 10/28/21 at 9:13 pm to
quote:

He breaks up the calendar into eight phases: Foundation (the first two weeks of January), Identity (pre-spring training), Spring Practice, Discretionary (exams and exit meetings), Regimen (summer training), Fall Camp, In-Season and Postseason.


This seems to be an upgrade over:

Tell da troof Monday
Competition Tuesday
Hit the Portal Wednesday
Weed Suspension Friday
Shite the bed Saturday
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