re: Can Pete Golding improve or do you think he is who he is at this point?

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His defenses seem to put it together in the later part of the year. It looks like it may be a feature at this point and not a bug.

With playoff expansion coming, perhaps having a learning curve for the defense isn't a bad strategy if it's complexity helps in January

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This is the same way with Drinkwitz. He is still learning, and his staff is now set. The DC was really bad in the beginning and now seems to settle down near the end of the season. Alabama has a huge advantage with a top 5 recruiting class every year. Add good backups and depth while Drinkwitz had to find ways to get better players to replace players that isn't SEC worthy on the roster. That is why I give Drinkwitz a couple more years to get more HC experience and build the roster to have good starter, have depth, and have good backups.