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Mike McCoy says Alabama players have ‘rich parent syndrome’ and play like ‘trust fund babies’

So many former Alabama players are continuing to speak about their displeasure of the Crimson Tide’s performance against Tennessee.

Mike McCoy, a 2009 BCS National Champion wide receiver, had a lot to say to Stephen M. Smith of Touchdown Alabama Magazine during Monday’s In My Own Words. He touched on several topics, including one where he feels Nick Saban is not the same coach we grew accustomed to watching. McCoy said when Saban spoke ‘it used to shake the entire house.’

“Hard times build tough people,” McCoy said. “When he came into this program, he built men.