Defense

It is absolutely a combination. However, I think Golding has to go. It’s one thing for inexperienced players to make mistakes. It’s another to be in the last regular game of the season still making the exact same errors that could’ve been corrected weeks before. To be fair, we’ve seen some of this really flare up in some previous big games, but not on this consistent of a level to where the offense is literally carrying us. Making half assed attempts to strip the ball instead of make a tackle, absolutely BLOWN coverages, barely any coverage in the flat, zero pass rush, zero push up front to eliminate inside runs. Remember when we were so dominate up front that we were pretty much forcing everyone to throw if they wanted a chance to win? I’m not saying I expected that this year, but to get gashed like we have been? Unacceptable. I find it hard to believe that every player on the team was prone to non-progression versus Golding just simply not being fit for a DC position.

I get that we need results now and that it is a different era, but if we had canned Kirby after 2007 then he would never have developed into what ultimately would be one of our best coordinators of all time.

If we're tired of our staff getting poached, we are going to have to develop our coaches.

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It's also important to note how crazy and difficult modern offenses are to defend. The RPO was a game changer, pun intended.

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This. If you go back and watch the film of some of the teams running the RPO (even Alabama), you’ll notice how difficult it is to defend.

Am I wrong or did we give up a crazy amount of passes in the middle of the field? Like we weren’t even trying to defend the pass.