re: Why does Pete golding get all the blame for Alabama's bad defense last year?

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Watching Bryce young in Carolina
That dude is terrible

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Bryce had his moments at Bama but became wildly inconsistent last season BUT to defend him way too much was put on his shoulders. Bama didn't even try to run the ball and let's be honest, Gibbs wasn't a typical Bama back.

Also, and this is the bigger point. Offense lends to defense. Coach after coach after coach has said that up tempo, high octane offense puts so much pressure on you defense that its impossible to even be good most of the time. Your offense is scoring fast and putting your defense back out there or they go 3 and out and put the defense back out there. Giving your defense a 2:30 rest vs a 6 minute rest is huge. Golding wasn't as bad as most said but he was so complex and Bama spent so little time in practice on defense as compared to other seasons that the players were exhausted and confused. Look at game after game where Bama's D was OWNED in the 4th qtr last year from playing 80,90 plays. Where Saban shoud get the blame was changing what wasn't broken with his offense. Bama gave up 3 long TD's to UT by not being lined up correctly and gave up a 25 yd TD run to LSU's QB by having 6 guys covering 2 on the wrong side of the field due to misalignment. Golding is really going to struggle at Ole Miss but again, most won't be his fault. Lane's style may be the worst in helping out his defense.

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That dude is terrible

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