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Message: [QUOTE="nralecuse, post: 289043, member: 678"] People on the forum suggest HCDM's style is 'anti-player', and that players 'are all intimidated by him'. Keeping with my previous ESPN program reference please note: From Wikipedia: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junction_Boys[/url] The [B]Junction Boys[/B] is the name given to the “survivors” of [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Bear_Bryant'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Paul “Bear” Bryant’s[/COLOR][/U][/URL] 10 day summer football camp in [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Junction,_Texas'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Junction, Texas[/COLOR][/U][/URL] beginning September 1, 1954. The ordeal has achieved legendary status and has become the subject of a 2001 book [I]The Junction Boys[/I][URL='http://syracusefan.com/#cite_note-MightyOrphansGoogle-0'][U][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0066cc][1][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][/URL] by [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Jim_Dent_(author)'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Jim Dent[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and a television movie produced by [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/ESPN'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]ESPN[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Although the "survivors", as they came to be called, were mentally tougher after the experience, this new strength did not translate into immediate success on the field. In 1954, Texas A&M won only one game against nine losses, the only losing season in Bryant's 38 years as a head coach. In 1955 Texas A&M went 7-2-1, and in 1956, the team went 9-0-1 and won the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Southwest_Conference'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Southwest Conference[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Many of the Junction Boys went on to great success in various fields after college. [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Jack_Pardee'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Jack Pardee[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Gene_Stallings'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Gene Stallings[/COLOR][/U][/URL] would go on to become head coaches in the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/National_Football_League'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]NFL[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Pardee was a two-time All-Pro with the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/1971_Los_Angeles_Rams_season'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Los Angeles Rams[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/1963_Los_Angeles_Rams_season'][U][COLOR=#0066cc](1963)[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and the [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/1971_Washington_Redskins_season'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Washington Redskins[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/1971_Washington_Redskins_season'][U][COLOR=#0066cc](1971)[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. Stallings would also become the head coach of Texas A&M and later took over Bryant's [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/University_of_Alabama'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Alabama[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Crimson Tide[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and won a national championship in [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/1992_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]1992[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. GO ORANGE ! [/QUOTE]

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