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re: Golding with the shutout!
Posted on 11/1/20 at 12:03 pm to bamatide07
Posted on 11/1/20 at 12:03 pm to bamatide07
i agree with you but until he get more disciplined his PT will be in short supply.
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Posted on 11/1/20 at 12:07 pm to mrbroker
I think that he's a better player than DJ Dale and could end starting at some point.
Posted on 11/1/20 at 12:18 pm to bamatide07
Tim Smith has the talent we need at DT. Hopefully we can get him coached up a little during the bye so he can start taking some snaps from Dale who has been mediocre at best this season.
Posted on 11/2/20 at 7:40 pm to Bham4Tide
I guess I owe the man an apology. I never thought it possible
Posted on 11/2/20 at 9:08 pm to tider04
No way that Strong is calling the plays.
Highly unlikely that Kelly is calling the plays. He was simply going to be the "other" voice on the game plan if Saban was unavailable. Calling plays and game plan are two totally different things.
Rest assured that Saban was with Golding on the "pre-improvement" defense, just like he is on the post. Remember that Mizz didn't do that much til the game was out of hand; A&M is better than most thought, and only scored 17 while the game was on the line.
The OM game totally distorted everyone's, especially the fans', view of this defense. Apart from the OM game, Bama has the #2/#3 SEC tot defense, .6 from being top scoring D and nationally #23 tot defense, #13 scoring D. That's with Bama playing from way ahead from mid 3rd qtr forward, further distorting defensive stats.
Summary: this D was never close to being as bad as many Bama fans thought, though there is no doubt that it has improved. And most fans say that "improvement" throughout the year is a sign of good coaching - right? Hope they give Golding that same courtesy. Though great offenses are going to give the best defenses trouble, just like Bama's great 2016 D (gave up 43, 31, 34). 2011 faced one of the worst set of offenses in SEC history. 11 of the 12 FBS teams were 84 or worse, including 5 that were 100 - 119 out of 120.
Note too, that other defenses are improving. The lack of spring practice and normal fall practice really hurt college defenses, especially tackling. Most are improving.
Highly unlikely that Kelly is calling the plays. He was simply going to be the "other" voice on the game plan if Saban was unavailable. Calling plays and game plan are two totally different things.
Rest assured that Saban was with Golding on the "pre-improvement" defense, just like he is on the post. Remember that Mizz didn't do that much til the game was out of hand; A&M is better than most thought, and only scored 17 while the game was on the line.
The OM game totally distorted everyone's, especially the fans', view of this defense. Apart from the OM game, Bama has the #2/#3 SEC tot defense, .6 from being top scoring D and nationally #23 tot defense, #13 scoring D. That's with Bama playing from way ahead from mid 3rd qtr forward, further distorting defensive stats.
Summary: this D was never close to being as bad as many Bama fans thought, though there is no doubt that it has improved. And most fans say that "improvement" throughout the year is a sign of good coaching - right? Hope they give Golding that same courtesy. Though great offenses are going to give the best defenses trouble, just like Bama's great 2016 D (gave up 43, 31, 34). 2011 faced one of the worst set of offenses in SEC history. 11 of the 12 FBS teams were 84 or worse, including 5 that were 100 - 119 out of 120.
Note too, that other defenses are improving. The lack of spring practice and normal fall practice really hurt college defenses, especially tackling. Most are improving.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 3:49 am to tattoo
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Note too, that other defenses are improving. The lack of spring practice and normal fall practice really hurt college defenses, especially tackling. Most are improving.
Pretty simple really. Alabama players were not trusting their eyes. They were in misalignments and were not wrapping up. There was poor communication and mental errors. This was coach Saban's assessment of the defense after TAMU and Ole Miss. Hardly a figment of anyone's imagination. No one was discussing anything that coach Saban wasn't discussing out loud and in the press. He was also verbally undressing our DC on the sidelines numerous times on national TV out of his frustration during that time.
I will say this, you cannot have the improvement we've enjoyed since the second half of the Georgia game and continue to say we have a talent issue. Forget it. This defense is not too young, too anything. They are playing hard and fast because they understand their assignments and I don't see the confusion or mental errors and misalignments that coach Saban, coach Saban, coach Saban, previously spoke about a number of times.
What am I waiting on? A defensive gameplan where we once again take on a balanced HUNH RPO spread team out of our Nickle Rabbit. In the meantime, so far, so good and ROLL TIDE!!.
Posted on 11/3/20 at 9:28 am to bamameister
Many were saying many things that Saban was not saying - many. E.g., Saban was NOT saying that his DC needed to be let go which numerous Bama fans wanted, his view of Moses was quite different than most, etc.
But I'm not trying to say that the defensive coaching was without fault, just that the lack of spring practice and a normal fall, contributed greatly to defensive play at most places; and the greater the personnel change, the worse they were typically affected. Bama was not hurt as much because of overall program discipline; OTOH, because of Bama's complicated D, it was hurt more. But Golding, and Saban by implication, were not the idiots that many, not all, Bama fans were claiming.
A little patience was in order, but not forthcoming by many. One game distorted everything.
UT and especially MSU are not dynamic offenses by any stretch and teams like UF, OSU, et al., are going to move the ball and score points, but the D has made the improvement that one might expect in light of the unusual circumstances of this year and should continue to improve, though most offenses are going to have more success than UT and MSU. When that happens, the ignoratti will likely be back out in force again.
But I'm not trying to say that the defensive coaching was without fault, just that the lack of spring practice and a normal fall, contributed greatly to defensive play at most places; and the greater the personnel change, the worse they were typically affected. Bama was not hurt as much because of overall program discipline; OTOH, because of Bama's complicated D, it was hurt more. But Golding, and Saban by implication, were not the idiots that many, not all, Bama fans were claiming.
A little patience was in order, but not forthcoming by many. One game distorted everything.
UT and especially MSU are not dynamic offenses by any stretch and teams like UF, OSU, et al., are going to move the ball and score points, but the D has made the improvement that one might expect in light of the unusual circumstances of this year and should continue to improve, though most offenses are going to have more success than UT and MSU. When that happens, the ignoratti will likely be back out in force again.
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