{"id":72659,"date":"2024-10-14T15:31:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T20:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/what-alabama-coach-kalen-deboer-said-about-tennessee-on-monday\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T20:31:25","slug":"what-alabama-coach-kalen-deboer-said-about-tennessee-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/what-alabama-coach-kalen-deboer-said-about-tennessee-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"What Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said about Tennessee on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer<\/a><\/strong> met with reporters Monday in Tuscaloosa<\/a>, looking back at the win over South Carolina and the seventh-ranked Crimson Tide\u2019s game at No. 11 Tennessee on Saturday (3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, ABC) at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything DeBoer said about his first meeting with the Vols (the full transcript<\/a> can be found here, including updates on Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe<\/a><\/strong>, wide receiver Ryan Williams<\/a><\/strong> and the Crimson Tide defense):<\/p>\n

Opening Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRolling from South Carolina to Tennessee, guys start the week as we always do with Sunday and just bringing a good mind-set, putting the work into the workouts, wanting to continue to always learn and get better from the things that happened on a Saturday. A lot of highlights, obviously a lot of things that we\u2019ve got to continue to clean up. It\u2019s in all phases of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut moving to Tennessee, we\u2019re really looking forward to. It\u2019s exciting. Obviously, this game is a big deal to fans and obviously to us, and we understand that\u2019s the case for them as well. So looking forward to a really high level, heightened week with preparation and a big game on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

What he\u2019s been told about the Tennessee rivalry<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been told it\u2019s a big deal, and I know it\u2019s a big deal. You see it from afar. These are the games, much like we\u2019ve had on the schedule. As a coach, they\u2019re all big and you take one at a time. But certainly understand the significance of the rivalry. Guys are going to be very motivated to go out and do their best and prepare well and be great on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

What he heard about the Tennessee rivalry, if he\u2019s a fan of cigars<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI know that this tradition goes back quite a ways. I know that cigars are a part of it. But I know that what I\u2019m trying to do is just make sure we do our part as a football program and prepare so that people can celebrate and enjoy the rivalry on our end. And a lot of respect for Tennessee, their coaches, their players. But we\u2019re just pouring into the things we can control, what we can focus and want to bring that joy to not just the hard work we put in personally and within this team but also so our fan base can enjoy it, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

What he has seen from Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s got a live arm, extremely talented. You can tell that they\u2019ve got the skill on the outside to where they can hit the home run and make big plays anytime. I think a lot of it is just trying to disrupt him to where the continuity and the flow is just not consistent, and that\u2019s gonna be any quarterback. Every week, that\u2019s the goal is try to just really cause some chaos and change things up on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey get into their tempo off of positive plays, and that\u2019s the key is try to make sure that they don\u2019t get into that rhythm, just like any offense, that\u2019s what you\u2019re trying to do. He\u2019s talented. You can see it\u2019s there. He\u2019s still, I think, growing and developing, and we\u2019ve just gotta make sure we disrupt him enough and make sure we\u2019re showing pictures and also getting bodies on bodies on the outside to where we make life hard like we would want to any other opponent.\u201d<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s easier or harder to scout a struggling team<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAny opponent? Well, you know that they\u2019re going through it, and speaking really generally now because that\u2019s the question. Yeah, you know they\u2019re going to continue to try to find the things that really work well for them and you\u2019ve got to be ready for anything and everything. But I think at this point in the year there\u2019s still going to be some kind of basis that you work off of. Those added things, they\u2019ve got to execute them as well too. That\u2019s where we\u2019re at.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got things we want to add in and continue to do but we\u2019ve got to get enough reps at them in practice, on top of the things that are already a part of our identity. Because if you can\u2019t execute it well in an SEC game when things are moving that fast, when there\u2019s so many good players on the football field, that can backfire, that can hurt you. The key is making sure we do what we do, apply our rules in everything that we have whether it\u2019s offense, defense, special teams. And then be disciplined with it. That\u2019s going to be the name of the game this week, every week moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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