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re: Better defensive coordinator Pruitt or Smart?
Posted on 11/7/16 at 4:57 pm to MightyYat
Posted on 11/7/16 at 4:57 pm to MightyYat
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I could call plays with Bama's front 7.
How many of Saban's DC's have to crash and burn as head coaches before people stop hiring them?
If you want Nick Saban's defense, you have to hire Nick Saban.
This post was edited on 11/7/16 at 4:59 pm
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Posted on 11/7/16 at 5:06 pm to mattloc
Pruitt
Posted on 11/7/16 at 5:09 pm to ohiovol
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How many of Saban's DC's have to crash and burn as head coaches before people stop hiring them?
Muschamp and Pruitt were both pretty dang good DCs away from Saban.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 5:10 pm to mattloc
I'm one of the most obsessive defense watchers in our fan base and I think Pruitt is light years closer to what I want a defensive coordinator to be. That doesn't mean that Kirby blows... he just played it very conservatively
Posted on 11/7/16 at 5:12 pm to David Ricky
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Pruitt speaks like a borderline invalid
An aubie accusing someone else of this is PRICELESS!
Posted on 11/7/16 at 5:16 pm to VOLLeyLLama
Now I know that most of you clowns are downvoting must be Bama fans. After all I could see why you would think 10 measly points is outstanding because you "won" but you needed how many no-calls on your scoring "drives"? GTFO. Bought and paid the refs again. And no targeting call on Etling? frick you Bama
Posted on 11/7/16 at 5:32 pm to mattloc
I look at FSU for their championship year with Pruitt. Then I look at FSU the year after. It was pretty night and day. FSU had to come back in almost every game it seemed then had 59 hung on them in the playoffs. Defense hasn't been the same since either.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 5:46 pm to mattloc
Has Pruitt been a DC anywhere long enough to actually build a defense? Seems pretty much impossible to reach a good conclusion until he settles down somewhere as long as Smart did.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:14 pm to Cobrasize
quote:You nailed it. Pruitt is more aggressive (more blitzes, tighter press coverage, etc.) than Kirby, but that aggressiveness can sometimes bit you in the arse. Imo, it's working well this year because it's basically a change of pace for Alabama's D and SEC teams haven't had enough time to analyze and adequately game plan against it.
I don't know which is better, but I like Pruitt's play calling and aggression better
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:24 pm to mattloc
Waaaaay too soon. I will say that Smart/Saban were connected at hip. Pruitt not there yet
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:24 pm to coachcrisp
Pruitt by fifty-kabillion-gillions
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:26 pm to VOLLeyLLama
Who's alter is this?
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:27 pm to BamaScoop
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Im starting to think that they may just be following what Saban is telling them to do
It's hilarious anyone ever thought otherwise.
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Pruitt
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Smart
This post was edited on 11/7/16 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:29 pm to RandySavage
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It's hilarious anyone ever thought otherwise.
What Pruitt is doing now is what he did at FSU and at Georgia and is very different than what we did the past 8 years. Obviously Saban is fine with it or we wouldn't do it, but it's a change and it's what Pruitt has done free of Saban's reign.
Also - like I said before - Muschamp and Pruitt were pretty solid outside of the Saban ball and chain.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:29 pm to mattloc
I don't know if it's CJP or the players this year, but I prefer the way this defense is playing.
This post was edited on 11/7/16 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:30 pm to VOLLeyLLama
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Defense sucks. If I wanted to watch defense I'd watch a 1-0 soccer game or 0-0 NHL double OT tie
You certainly wouldn't watch a UT game.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:30 pm to Titus Pullo
Different talent
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:34 pm to RandySavage
Saban doesn't call defensive signals on a play to play basis. It's really basically the same responsibility as the offensive coordinator has. To me, that's the most intriguing part of a game involving closely matched teams. When the talent level is one sided, a monkey can virtually make the calls.
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:34 pm to Jim Croce
Aranda is really exciting...
Posted on 11/7/16 at 6:37 pm to coachcrisp
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To me, that's the most intriguing part of a game involving closely matched teams. When the talent level is one sided, a monkey can virtually make the calls.
You're right. The thing is there is no team that can come close to matching the level of talent at bama. Any one of us on this board would have this bama defense near the top of the nation in any defensive category.
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