No Apple Watches for Clemson: Dabo Swinney takes shot at Alabama
How has Alabama managed to stay on top of the college football world for so long?
Much of the credit belongs to Nick Saban and his ability to recruit elite prospects to Alabama on an annual basis but the program’s ability to stay ahead of the curve in terms of ingenuity cannot be overlooked.
The latest example of that ingenuity comes with Alabama coming up with the idea to use Apple Watches to track and monitor workouts and the training schedule of its players while they are away from campus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Nick Saban shared that information during his Thursday’s teleconference with media members.
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“They were very instrumental in setting up this whole program of what we’re doing with the players in terms of Apple Watches for their workouts, apps on their phones for weight training programs,” Saban said on the call. “We had issues with some players not having a place to work out because high schools are closed. We put them on band workout programs.
“They’ve done a really, really good job of managing this to this point and the players have done a really good job responding to it.”
While the use of Apple Watches has been called into question by some, Alabama cleared the use of the devices with the NCAA. Here is the statement Alabama provided following Saban’s comments, courtesy of Matt Zenitz of AL.com:
“The SEC is aware that Alabama provided Apple Watches to some of our student-athletes. We are in constant communication with the SEC discussing the appropriate manner in which to utilize these and any other resources to provide for the health and well-being of our student-athletes during this crisis.”
Well, it didn’t take long for word of Alabama’s use of Apple Watches to reach Clemson.
During a Friday call with media members, Dabo Swinney was asked to share his thoughts on Alabama’s creative idea.
“Our guys are putting the work in. I don’t need an Apple Watch to track ’em,” Swinney responded.
Even with college football put on hold for the time being, the rivalries around the sport never take a break.
Sounds like somebody is butthurt lol. Thing is, it’s a great idea and a way to make sure the players are doing what they should be and it keeps them on track. Remember Clemson still has the same strength coach, so yeah he’s right they don’t need it but there’s no need to try and take a shot at BAMA for doing it
He didn’t take a shot at Alabama. He gave his honest opinion. I bet he’d say the same thing even if it was UNC or FSU that uses the Apple Watch. The only reason why it’s “a shot at Alabama” is because the media written headline says it is.
I don’t think it was a shot either..
What a whiner datboi is…he spews Blah…blah…Blah. It’s True that I do not like Clempson & dislike that whiny HC even more….He is merely a cheerleader, no more.
He seems like a very good coach to me…
Two rings, both wins over Alabama. Helluva cheerleader right there.
Compare Dabos honesty to speak truth about how he feels when asked a question and it hurts the snowflakes feelings.Dabo is from Alabama and coare his honest personality and how he laughs and has fun versus the sad and sour face on Saban when things don’t go his way….heck,for that matter when Dabo rarely loses he heaps praise on the other team and he smiles and he is more positive in rare defeats than Saban is during mostly victories.Contrary to what the fake media writes Dabo does not whine he is simply tired of hearing the media attack his players,team,coaches,and conference and he is defending them.First,before he built Clemson into the Dynasty all he heard was Clemsoning and always losing the hig games.Then when they became the champions all he heard over and over was..”Clemson don’t play nobody & all the other teams are beat up by playoff time and Clemson players are rested and fresh.Clemson gets attacked win or lose.Dabo got fed up with it and he fought back for his team and will continue to do so.Why,back in the day when FSU first came into the ACC and they blew out everybody the first ten years and won the ACC every year without losing a game and several Nattys did other conferences not complain about them playing in the weak ACC.I admire the SEC and like Bama also,but please don’t become chronic whiners like the fans of the OSUck CryinEyes.I do see that some of the Bama fans post honestly and are not out to attack Dabo for things that are totally false.Thanks.
Nobody is going to read that wall of text…
I made as far as “Dabo does not whine…..”
JTF, you made it further than I did.
Complete non-story. There’s no cell service in Clemson.
LOL … same story as my CO town.
LOL ! Yeahhhh boyeeee…. Butthurt as in 44-16 beatdown on Alabammie.Seems like all fans go into Liberal radical left CNN/MSDNC mode against teams that crush them.Dabo is awesome !
Tissue?
5>2 simple math I’m out
Makes perfect sense from control-freak Saban.
We have PEDs, we don’t need no stinking watches.
Pretty big outcry from some other conferences.
Really? Haven’t seen it..
It didn’t take long for strength coaches and athletic departments around the country to begin questioning how Alabama was allowed to provide Apple Watches to their team given the current restrictions during this unprecedented time in college athletics. As one Power 5 director of football operations told The Athletic on the condition of anonymity for competitive reasons: “I have no stinking clue how they’re doing that.”
Lifted from the article in Athletic. Quotes from Ryan Day. Tom Herman, others.
Weird.. At most they will be told to stop but supposedly they got cleared to do it..
Who knows. I personally don’t care, but it might be a bad look considering how many Schools are trying to figure out how to keep their programs alive and here is Bama passing out expensive watches.
LMAO… Did Bama give it to players of just let players use the watches and will take them Back? Who knows but I bet nothing comes of it..