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re: Saban's comments on the defense post-South Carolina
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:35 am to bamameister
Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:35 am to bamameister
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Golding just has not got this thing figured out.
Both first string MLBs are out for the season; McMillon, whom Golding had praised for his high football IQ and for getting players in the right position, looked like he'd be calling the plays. Then Moses, the best athlete and other MLB capable of calling plays, goes down as well. Now we have 2 starting MLBs that are true freshman; very talented and will probably be great ones in the long run, but they're still trying to learn the defense...
Many fans pine about Pruitt (I liked him at DC as well) but look at the guys we had at MLB (and all over our D for that matter) when Pruitt was here...big difference. How many true freshmen were starting on Bama's D during Pruitt's time as DC? I could be wrong but I can't think of any; with LaBryan Ray out looks like by this weekend we'll have had 5 true freshman starters on D alone (Dale, Harris, Lee, Battle, and Eboigbe). Has that ever happened in the Saban era? Hell, has that ever happened at Alabama ever? While Battle may end up being a spot starter depending on our formation that's still 4 true freshman who look to be consistent starters. If Golding had Foster & Evans (or SDH) at MLB, not to mention Tim Williams & Ryan Anderson on the outside, I'm sure that'd make him a better DC as well...
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 9:37 am
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Posted on 9/18/19 at 9:46 am to OldPete
The problem with the excuse that our young LB's are the issue is that he also called a shitty game vs Clemson.
If it was just this year I could understand the youth being an issue. If he had called a good game last season, I would easily be defending the guy.
But when it's the 15th game of the season and you failed to get any pressure on the opponents QB and you constantly rushed only 3, I'm not a fan of you.
It's funny because when everyone thought Tosh called that game, it was "get rid of Tosh, he sucks". Then Golding is named the DC, it's leaked that he called the defense over the final games - and nobody seems to have an issue.
If it was just this year I could understand the youth being an issue. If he had called a good game last season, I would easily be defending the guy.
But when it's the 15th game of the season and you failed to get any pressure on the opponents QB and you constantly rushed only 3, I'm not a fan of you.
It's funny because when everyone thought Tosh called that game, it was "get rid of Tosh, he sucks". Then Golding is named the DC, it's leaked that he called the defense over the final games - and nobody seems to have an issue.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:11 am to OldPete
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Both first string MLBs are out for the season; McMillon, whom Golding had praised for his high football IQ and for getting players in the right position, looked like he'd be calling the plays. Then Moses, the best athlete and other MLB capable of calling plays, goes down as well. Now we have 2 starting MLBs that are true freshman; very talented and will probably be great ones in the long run, but they're still trying to learn the defense...
Then let's do them a favor, and get them off the field? Allowing TF QBs to expose them for 4 quarters doesn't seem to be the way to go either. McClain, Hightower, DePriest, Nico Johnson Denzel Deval and a host of other LBers either started or played a ton of football for us as freshmen. We aren't reinventing the wheel either.
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Many fans pine about Pruitt (I liked him at DC as well) but look at the guys we had at MLB (and all over our D for that matter) when Pruitt was here...big difference. How many true freshmen were starting on Bama's D during Pruitt's time as DC? I could be wrong but I can't think of any; with LaBryan Ray out looks like by this weekend we'll have had 5 true freshman starters on D alone (Dale, Harris, Lee, Battle, and Eboigbe). Has that ever happened in the Saban era? Hell, has that ever happened at Alabama ever? While Battle may end up being a spot starter depending on our formation that's still 4 true freshman who look to be consistent starters. If Golding had Foster & Evans (or SDH) at MLB, not to mention Tim Williams & Ryan Anderson on the outside, I'm sure that'd make him a better DC as well...
We were discussing Pruitt's approach to defense. He was in attack mode. Golding had Dylan Moses and Mack Wilson last season. Didn't seem to make him anymore aggressive than this season. I'm pretty much a believer that what you see is what you get.
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