Golding (only football talk thread)

Thank you for your honest response

Recruiting he’s great at. As a DC I was never impressed. He returned an entire defense and couldn’t stop an Auburn QB who can’t pass, gave up last minute drives against LSU and Tennessee in games where Bama took the lead late with little time left on the clock. Bamas offense averaged 40/42 points a game and lost two games. When did you ever think a Bama team that scored 49 points would lose a game?

Golding is a great recruiter and can only help bring in better defensive talent to ole miss.

Golding is a horrific play caller on defense. His approach either works great or he gets absolutely burned. Some of his inventive play calls make zero sense. I can't even count all the 3/4th down series where he calls for the interior d lineman to stunt, no matter what the yardage to gain. It drives you mad. Then add on he had absolute stud pass rushers in Anderson/Turner but would drop 1 or both into coverage 40% of the time.

He calls a lot of exotic blitz packages that wait for the offense to hold onto the ball for 10 seconds before the defender makes his way to the QB.

A lot of people have mentioned. He is a whiz on the whiteboard with inventive schemes. Just terrible actually translating it to the field. I think that is why Nick had such a hard time judging what to do with Pete

For me, Golding could get opposing offenses in third and long and then just have brain farts on third and 4th downs. Sometimes the defense just couldn't get off the field when they could have and should have. I caught myself talking to the TV more in the last 2 years than I had in awhile.

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He is a whiz on the whiteboard with inventive schemes. Just terrible actually translating it to the field. I think that is why Nick had such a hard time judging what to do with Pete

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Hmmm. Who knows how these coaching staffs work out when we all first hire. Sometimes it hits and there’s chemistry and sometimes it doesn’t.

Being both innovators and both having shortcomings applying it to the field is interesting. There may be a synergy there but who knows. Chemistry is in the ether and is an intersection of art and process. You know you have it with people or not almost immediately whether it’s scheming plays, on field players executing, playing music in a band, running a company, etc…

He will bring a lot of top notch talent and make the overall roster better because he is a great recruiter, but he will infuriate the fans with a lot of his play calls especially in times when the game is on the line.

the only thing "wrong" with Pete Golding is that he is hated by the biggest collection of imbeciles in the Western Hemisphere, Alabama fans.

They're all legends in their own minds as they coach peewee football and think they're on the verge of being hired by Bill Belichick.

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Then add on he had absolute stud pass rushers in Anderson/Turner but would drop 1 or both into coverage 40% of the time.

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uh, probably because they're linebackers maybe?