I heard that Brian Kelly has only talked to players individually that are in bad standing

This sounds like disinformation.

Cleaning house, you start with the dirt.

BK went in and laid down how things will work and sent some packing...or asked them nicely to leave on their own.
Higher character athletes will train harder and work more to achieve..

you know that Hester has said many times that the norm was for Coach Saban to walk past you in the complex and not even acknowledge you being there. He said normally the only ones Saban ever acknowledged or talked to were the ones in trouble or in danger of being in trouble. If you were good and did all the right things he just ignored you

Miss Ed O, right?

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that the norm was for Coach Saban to walk past you in the complex and not even acknowledge you being there

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I've read the same thing about Belichek and look at how successful both have been. They simply aren't coddlers or overly friendly, player's coaches.

I will say... a professional team ive followed since the 90s is going with a complete rebuild rt now. the coach, with groans from fans, pretty much pushed all the big high earning stars out and any one who wouldnt get on board. The first season sucked, but the team is much better for it now and playing much better with younger inspired talent who buy in.

He basically told any of the older players from the last regime to get fricked, even if that meant losing his job. The past coaches would go out and just find a big overpaid star to stack on top of the other overpaid losers and you end up going no where.

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Just say who it is

I mean this is very common even in Business, you let your Managers manage their people.

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I've read the same thing about Belichick and look at how successful both have been. They simply aren't coddlers or overly friendly, player's coaches.

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When BellyChuckles first started making noise with the Pats, his teams were nicknamed "the No-Names" because that's exactly what they were: a group of players dedicated to playing well together, for the team, regardless of their star power (or lack thereof). His first SB team was basically one or two "names" and a bunch of other players he found, plugged in to his system and then proceeded to win - convincingly.

Billy B was - and is - a master at getting the right players for his system and vision. And Saban is a direct branch off his coaching tree, so it makes sense that he would replicate a successful coaching approach with his own teams.

Neither Belichick nor Saban have ever been known as coddlers, and seem to actively avoid cancerous players regardless of how skilled they may be.

Again, I've never been a Pats fan, and I'm no fan of Saban. But I can't argue with their approach to building and managing teams. Excepting a few questionable practices at Bama, you can't deny that the team-first system works.