NIL and jealousy amongst these young men, this will kill college football
South Carolina scored TDS on 9 of 10 drives. It doesn’t matter if Banks played or not. Rattler was Oklahoma Spencer Rattler and our secondary is one of the worst. We were losing that game no matter what.
AGREE !!!NIL and jealousy amongst these young men, this will kill college football
Heupel had to make a huge coaching decision on Saturday. It is almost indisputable at this point that a conflict happened involving Jeremy Banks. We could never know whether it was a fail drug test or something else. But he definitely was not arrested. This along with Heuple‘s refusal to elaborate on the issue gives legs to the rumors floating around.
So here’s the question… Does anybody believe a coach like Nick Saban would have suspended his defensive captain and team leader over an internal disruption/dispute that did not involve any legal issues? I’d say absolutely not. I think Saban probably understands how important continuity is and the residual effect of essentially siding with one player over another. Hell…Saban didn’t bench a wr that struck an opposing teams fan on the field despite getting ripped in the media for it.
I don’t believe the Defense came out and decided not to play hard. But we are going to play talented teams every week and there is anything off psychologically going into a game it could make a huge impact.
Think about what the ramifications of benching Jeremy banks apparently are. We had a great opportunity to go to the playoffs and have our quarterback win the Heisman Trophy. No matter how bright the future might be nobody could believe that’s going to happen here with any regularity. History says that this might be the closest Heupel ever comes. Just think 5 years down the road will he look back at the decision to bench banks with regret? Will it be the biggest mistake of his entire career? What is Heupel had pulled Jeremy Banks and others involved into a room and let them hash it out without any suspensions or anything getting out in the media. How differently could Saturday have turned out? If Jeremy Banks is out on the field and the defense is forcing some punts… Is Hendon hooker even running that play trying to lead a come back down three touchdowns late in the game? I think most people would believe that if the situation had been handled differently we’d have likely won the game and would still have Hooker at the helm.
Coaches are essentially CEO’s of billion dollar entities at this level. It’s not just teaching technique, calling plays, and creating game plans. It is so much more than that. Managing personalities and the psychology of a team going into a game is a big part of the job. And we’ll never know all the details that lead to the suspension on Saturday. But in hindsight… I sure as hell hope that suspension was warranted because the price our team paid is staggering.
Another sad facet of the situation is that , if true and ot comes out that it is true, Banks has seriously hurt his draft stock.Other people have started to fill in the blanks. It was not one issue or incident. And in involved multiple players and coaches. He was warned to stop and he did not.
If our defensive players slacked off, were distracted, or confused without their defensive leader doesn’t matter. His absence affected the team, but shouldn’t have. His outbursts affected the team and left the coach with no choice. Sad this game will overshadow so much of what this team did this year.
If JH can look in the mirror, and sleep at night, so can I.
I‘m behind him 100%, not any less.
Welp it appears that Mr. James Banks wasn't Rehabilitated; At All. STILL a knucklehead. I hope He never wears orange again. Clearly Sabotaged a potentially great season. and COULD be blamed for the Hooker injury; (Hendon trying too hard to stay close) Other guys on the Defense were jealous of the Offense's Fame, (Flowers commented that Tennessee wasn't just about Offense) but Banks was the ringleader & Instigator.
Easier said than done. Everybody deals with the frustration and disappointment differently. If it were that easy, we wouldn’t have forums like this, because no one would care. We haven’t even played the next game.We all need to get over it. Mutiny or not it will eventually show up in the Portal or some player will leak out what happened. Until now all we have is speculation and it is painful drama.
What we saw on the field didn’t look like anyone maintaining power. It looked like a mutiny.
Unless you know something the rest of us don’t, you’re grossly overplaying your hand.Would be worse if we took Banks with us.
Can you imagine serving in a marine forward group. And the leader asking for a show of hands on who voted to charge that hill?
Right or wrong, Coach Hype is taking charge. That is how it should work.
I just take issue with the mutiny theory. No way.Easier said than done. Everybody deals with the frustration and disappointment differently. If it were that easy, we wouldn’t have forums like this, because no one would care. We haven’t even played the next game.
Unless you know something the rest of us don’t, you’re grossly overplaying your hand.
What I saw is the defense failing so miserably, that the only explanation is mutiny. The results don’t exactly scream “leadership.”