re: Fire Pete Golding

there is no philosophy to the defense this year. here's what I mean. let's stay with auburn game. although you can find this in every game.


sorry for the huge picture. This is my Golding frustration distilled into one play. this is immediately after the snap on the qb power that would result in AU's first score. All 22 guys in the camera frame.

First thing, I've watched this play 20 times. I'm not messing with you. Look at the red arrows. 5 sets of eyes go with the Robertson motion. Barn is hoping to get one of our guys looking the wrong way. We give them 5. Why do 5 of our kids think this is their assignment and none think they have the QB?

One the motion, Branch is sprinting back to the middle of the field. Why? They don't want to throw the ball. Certainly not with 6 lineman and a TE who caught one ball this month on the field.

Hard to see, but Koolaid is waving, perhaps yelling at Hellams to stay put. Why is my senior free safety with 30 starts this lost?

AU is in heavy personnel (6 OL and a TE). We're in nickel. My degree is in electrical engineering which means I'm not a genius but I think I do ok applying logic. Seems like base 3-4 matches up better against this grouping. Maybe someone can explain what's happening here in terms I can understand.

If you let this play run, Anderson, Koolaid and Hellams are never really in the play. Lawson's first two steps are to his right. Barn ends up with 9 guys to block our 8. 7 really because Young and Oatis end up in the same gap, effectively canceling one of them out. Battle actually turns this play back inside but Young is out of position, Lawson gets caught in the wash and Branch overran it which is moot because the guy was already 10 yards down field anyway.

There's too much focus on complex scheme and not enough on fitting gaps. old fashioned assignment football. our kids look confused. 12 games into a season. Golding has overthought this defense to the point that it doesn't make basic football sense.