re: Golding is underwhelming!

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Hate to tell you this, but Golding doesnt coach all these players. Even Saban is involved in coaching them. Go tell the GOAT how to coach.
There are other factors that you will not listen to. First, we gave them 2 extra possessions. One on the fumbled punt, and second when we blocked the put and scored. Both times the Def and held and had to go right back out on the field.
Plus, we get so far ahead of these teams, that in the 4th qtr our defense is covered up with subs. And, as Saban said we score so fast, the defense has to play more possessions.
You cant just compare stats. We might smash every offensive record that Ala or the SEC has on the books. Does that make our OC the best to ever coach? Heck no it doesnt. But it does put our defense right back on the field when we score in 4 or 5 plays.

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I don't think it's fair to suggest that Golding or Saban can't coach defense. It is fair to say against certain teams this season we haven't had a defensive answer. I also don't think it's fair to keep blaming our defensive liabilities on youth when we've seen this movie for 2 seasons now.

When Duke came out in the empty set to start the second half, no one looked lost. In fact, we really never looked overly confused the entire game.

When we played NMS, they came out in four wide and we played our Dime a lot of the game. We had timely pressure on the QB and we didn't look young on defense, we didn't look lost, we weren't blowing assignments and we held them to 10 points. Who can bitch about that result?

When we played Southern Miss, they came out in 4 wide, 10 personnel as well. We again put timely pressure on the QB and we went Dime for a lot of the game. We didn't look young on defense, we didn't look lost, and we held a powerful offense averaging at 440 yards a game to 7 points. Who can rightly bitch about that?

Then comes SC and OM and here comes the Nickel and we look like crap for 4 quarters. Not only are we not applying smart pressure to the QB it's almost nonexistent. We set up our defense like a catcher behind home plate. Asking our ILBers to shut down TEs over the middle in this version of the Nickle is a national joke. We lose aggressiveness and in the process of playing on our heels we are out there all day and we wear down.

Same coaches, same players, a different defensive scheme. How does this have anything to do with youth? Golding/Saban, put it any way you like, hasn't figured this aspect of our defense out. Not this year and not last.