Jun 11, 2026 · 36 min · 8 segments
Paul and Roger sit down with former Alabama outfielder, Scott McClanahan. He was an outfielder for Alabama from 1999-2002 and was on the last Alabama Baseball team to reach Omaha and the College World…
Scott McClanahanGuest
Paul GrahamHost
Roger MyersHost
I mean, you're not sitting there living and breathing it day in and day out like we are of the current team.
But what similarities do you see kind of between this team and the types of teams Coach Wells put together that you were on, particularly the World Series team, the 0-2 team? I mean, obviously the 0-6 team that got so close.
So a lot of it's body language, right? I mean, can you go out there? Do you got a dog in the infield? Somebody that's just going to no matter what show up.
And I think they got that in LeBron, right? Do you have some pictures? They're going to go out there on a Friday night and give you like, you feel like you're going to win.
And then does the team have the kind of the effort together to support the energy or the ego bravado, all that stuff that it takes to when you're behind, come back.
And then when those things start clicking together, right, that you kind of get that momentum.
So I can't compare the teams from position to position, but the energy and the expectation and a higher, you know, it takes some winning to do that.
And it's tough to be great when you, until you've created some form of greatness that people want to jump on that bandwagon.
And then you kind of get some momentum and, And so I'm real proud of this team for stepping into, I'll never forget when Coach Vaughn got here and brought his young coaching staff.
And I think we're at Bright Star, right? So it's not one of these moments that it's like classic, the new coach comes in from Maryland and we're like, we don't have any NIL money.
Just facilities are kind of, And he just looked at us and went, I have everything I need to have a
championship
I mean, you're not sitting there living and breathing it day in and day out like we are of the current team.
But what similarities do you see kind of between this team and the types of teams Coach Wells put together that you were on, particularly the World Series team, the 0-2 team? I mean, obviously the 0-6 team that got so close.
So a lot of it's body language, right? I mean, can you go out there? Do you got a dog in the infield? Somebody that's just going to no matter what show up.
And I think they got that in LeBron, right? Do you have some pictures? They're going to go out there on a Friday night and give you like, you feel like you're going to win.
And then does the team have the kind of the effort together to support the energy or the ego bravado, all that stuff that it takes to when you're behind, come back.
And then when those things start clicking together, right, that you kind of get that momentum.
So I can't compare the teams from position to position, but the energy and the expectation and a higher, you know, it takes some winning to do that.
And it's tough to be great when you, until you've created some form of greatness that people want to jump on that bandwagon.
And then you kind of get some momentum and, And so I'm real proud of this team for stepping into, I'll never forget when Coach Vaughn got here and brought his young coaching staff.
And I think we're at Bright Star, right? So it's not one of these moments that it's like classic, the new coach comes in from Maryland and we're like, we don't have any NIL money.
Just facilities are kind of, And he just looked at us and went, I have everything I need to have a
championship
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