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re: Golding is underwhelming!
Posted on 10/1/19 at 8:29 am to Sauron
Posted on 10/1/19 at 8:29 am to Sauron
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Yes, and if your aunt was plumbed differently, she'd be your uncle.
You're not debating any longer. You're just complaining to complain. You're ignoring any valid (or even semi-valid) points I and others are noting and just parroting the same tired lines.
I'm not pleased with the defense's performance thus far, but I can understand some of the underlying reasons. You don't seem to want to do that, so further conversation is useless.
Did you read my last reply or you just here for the giggles? Quote it and we'll talk specifics.
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Posted on 10/1/19 at 8:50 am to bamameister
Fine.
As has already been explained to you multiple times, we did not "look like crap for 4 quarters" in either game. Your love of hyperbole is hurting your argument here.
Against South Carolina, we entered the fourth quarter with a 21-point lead (34-13). Ninety seconds into the fourth quarter, that lead grew to 24 points. SC scored with 11 seconds left in the game to make the final margin 24 points instead of 31.
Against Ole Miss, we essentially shut down their offense for 2.5 quarters. We went into halftime with a 28-point lead; in fact, the only touchdown they got in the first half was due to a muffed punt on our 30-yard line. When the fourth quarter began, the score was 52-17, and I'm fairly certain liberal substitutions began happening on the defensive side of the ball at that point.
Neither of these scenarios is possible if the defense "looks like crap for 4 quarters."
I think Saban and Golding are using a version of Clemson's defense against us in the national championship game for the conference games thus far -- keep everything in front of us, make the other team work their way down the field, and count on stops once they get close to the red zone. It's not what we're used to seeing, but (in case you can't tell) it's worked -- we're 2-0 in the conference, with two relatively easy wins. Our young defensive players are getting valuable experience without (I hope) suffering a demoralizing impact.
I hope and expect the defense will improve over the course of the season, but I can understand how and why the defense is being called the way it is at the moment.
Now, I may be completely wrong, and you may be completely right. Given Saban's track record, though, I wouldn't bet on that.
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Then comes SC and OM and here comes the Nickel and we look like crap for 4 quarters.
As has already been explained to you multiple times, we did not "look like crap for 4 quarters" in either game. Your love of hyperbole is hurting your argument here.
Against South Carolina, we entered the fourth quarter with a 21-point lead (34-13). Ninety seconds into the fourth quarter, that lead grew to 24 points. SC scored with 11 seconds left in the game to make the final margin 24 points instead of 31.
Against Ole Miss, we essentially shut down their offense for 2.5 quarters. We went into halftime with a 28-point lead; in fact, the only touchdown they got in the first half was due to a muffed punt on our 30-yard line. When the fourth quarter began, the score was 52-17, and I'm fairly certain liberal substitutions began happening on the defensive side of the ball at that point.
Neither of these scenarios is possible if the defense "looks like crap for 4 quarters."
I think Saban and Golding are using a version of Clemson's defense against us in the national championship game for the conference games thus far -- keep everything in front of us, make the other team work their way down the field, and count on stops once they get close to the red zone. It's not what we're used to seeing, but (in case you can't tell) it's worked -- we're 2-0 in the conference, with two relatively easy wins. Our young defensive players are getting valuable experience without (I hope) suffering a demoralizing impact.
I hope and expect the defense will improve over the course of the season, but I can understand how and why the defense is being called the way it is at the moment.
Now, I may be completely wrong, and you may be completely right. Given Saban's track record, though, I wouldn't bet on that.
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