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re: Bama hasn't had a top 5 scoring defense since 2017
Posted on 1/14/24 at 11:21 am to PabloSmash
Posted on 1/14/24 at 11:21 am to PabloSmash
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It’s usually a great offense or a great defense. Very rarely is it both
Truth. I've always wondered about that. It has to have something to do with the way they practice.
Maybe the offense whipping the defense all the time carries over to games, and good defensive teams humiliate the offense all week at practice carries over ?
That's all I got
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 11:36 am to PowHound
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Truth. I've always wondered about that. It has to have something to do with the way they practice. Maybe the offense whipping the defense all the time carries over to games, and good defensive teams humiliate the offense all week at practice carries over ? That's all I got
That and the more physical nature of practices. Defenses practicing against a physical Offense are used to making tough plays.
Also, time of possession. The best defenses almost always are complemented by a physical, ball control offense. Honestly, for Alabama to be in the teens in total defense over the past several years is really good imo. The problem I had with Goldings defenses are ability to get stops when needed. That improved substantially last year.
This post was edited on 1/14/24 at 11:39 am
Posted on 1/14/24 at 12:17 pm to PowHound
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quote:It’s usually a great offense or a great defense. Very rarely is it both Truth. I've always wondered about that. It has to have something to do with the way they practice. Maybe the offense whipping the defense all the time carries over to games, and good defensive teams humiliate the offense all week at practice carries over ? That's all I got
JMO but I think it has more to do with personnel and recruiting philosophy. An offensive minded coach throws all his recruiting resources into getting offensive players. He doesn’t look at defensive players every day, isn’t great at evaluating them and doesn’t waste his time and energy on recruiting players he’s not that great at quantifying. The defensive side of the ball including recruiting doesn’t get equal resources or attention to that side of the ball and the defense suffers to a degree.
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