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Although spring hasn’t quite arrived, Alabama spring practice has already begun. Prior to its yearly A-Day game on April 13, the Tide will practice on Monday for the first of 14 sessions under new coach Kalen DeBoer.
Alabama will be able to train three times this week—on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday—before taking a spring break break the following week thanks to the earlier-than-usual March 4 start date. Two closed scrimmages are scheduled for April 6 and March 28.Alabama spring practice has already started, even though spring hasn’t nearly arrived.
The Tide will practice for the first of 14 sessions on Monday before playing its annual A-Day game on April 13 under new coach Kalen DeBoer. Thanks to the earlier-than-usual start date of March 4, Alabama will be able to practice three times this week—on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday—before having a spring break break the following week. There will be two closed scrimmages on April 6 and March 28In small ways, DeBoer is making his stamp on the program. For example, coming fall, practices will move from the afternoons (where they were under Saban) to the mornings before players go for class.
With the addition of new senior writer Alex Scarborough to our team last week, along with Cody Goodwin, Kirk McNair, and recruiting reporter Brett Greenberg, Bama247 will have in-depth coverage from spring practice.Let’s have a roundtable conversation about what to expect when Alabama enters the field:
1. What is the most important lesson you believe Kalen DeBoer has learned from his assistant coaches’ and practice’s media access this spring? Cody Goodwin: Naturally, I’m eager to watch practice and to speak with the assistant coaches more. We will always be in favor of greater access since we are writers and reporters. By viewing more and asking more questions, you get deeper insight and discover more about the squad you’re covering. We believe that our readers will value the change in media etiquette as long as we perform our duties properly.
.Alex Scarborough: It makes sense, and not just because there is nothing to lose by attempting to build a good rapport with the media at an early age. While it’s possible that a misguided practice report will cause some dispair, for the time being it shouldn’t be too detrimental to let reporters watch parts of some practices. I believe that DeBoer’s second part of the question—inviting assistants to interviews—is clever. Yes, that will please reporters like myself and perhaps increase the likelihood that people will give the staff the benefit of the doubt. That being said, it is unrelated. The idea is that the articles we produce will act as a loudspeaker to raise awareness of those employees whoare not well-known in the South, which means that recruiters in the area are not familiar with them. Although the University of Alabama emblem opens many doors, it won’t help guys like Chris Kapilovic, Nick Sheridan, and JaMarcus Shephard unless they visit high schools they haven’t been to previously. Additionally, it will help define the kind of program DeBoer is creating, one that he thinks will attract the players he needs to win titles.
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