There are two things I've consistently repeated.
unless you know the defense called and the film watched and the scheme put forward and then taught and practiced.... then you don't have enough information. You can watch all the games you want and you still won't have enough information to know where/if there is a breakdown. Was it a breakdown in the ability of the player? The actual execution of the play? The evaluation of the player during recruitment? The scheme put forward from film breakdown? Is it the actual play call? There are literally dozens of reasons whey things may have gone wrong on a play, game, season. You, my friend, only have a bit of information to try and determine from your couch what is the problem...
A drop off in defensive has happened all across football at all levels and at all schools... it's not something isolated to Bama and Saban. Some of that is due to skill players being found more on the offensive side of the ball in lieu of playing defense. Some of that has to do with the way the rules have been installed given some advantages to the Offensive side of the ball. Some of that has to do with much more Offensive minded coaches making their way into head coaching positions. There are many other reasons too.
@TerryP , I'm right there with ya... I think we've all been a bit spoiled from years past and have unrealistic expectation to say the least. This is a much changed game over the last 5 or so years... Better or Worse, I can't say, but defiantly a different game.
That's why we watch film man, to determine what the problem is. And you can breakdown what play they called by watching film, you can physically see the breakdown of coverage, or if a player overran a play, or if a player didn't fit their gaps right. And it could be the player messing up, or the coach calling the wrong thing in that situation. Both things have happened this year. So what you're saying isn't factual. They have a wealth of information online about Sabans scheme
But you can't see why... is it the teaching/coaching? Is it the players abilities? Is it communication on the field? Is it the scheme put forward to defend? Is it the playcall ? Is it the offensive scheme causing confusion? There are a many reason WHY these things happen... all of which you know zero about. Heck ,you don't have access to the all 22 camera either... so you can't see the whole play anyway. (if you can, you need to share that link). All you can say is player X missed his assignment/tackle... but that's about all and means not much in the grand scheme of if the coordinator is doing his job correctly.
I blame Saban and his required Yoga and mediation classes.... making the team soft...
If it's a consistent problem of these things(which was the case this year) then it's coaching. It almost always goes back to coaching. Seeing the same mistakes over, and over again for the last three seasons is telling that it's more than likely a coaching issue, if a player is struggling, or makes a mistake, whats the coaches job to do? You guessed it, coach them up. And I've gone over this already, in detail in a past thread. Film tells all, and will expose all. And it not difficult to find a skyview of the games, just search for it.
OK let’s assume you’re correct. Which coach is at fault? Is it the defensive coordinator for calling the wrong plays? Is it the position coach for teaching the wrong techniques? Is it the recruiting coaches that are evaluating players incorrectly? Is it the analyst putting forward the wrong schemes for the opponent? Is it the head coach and his implementation of his overall schemes and processes? Where is the failure?
Wait a minute, that vaunted Georgia defense that everyone is clamoring for gave up more yards per play than the regular run of the mill average defense played by Bama. Hmmm
I never said that Saban was happy with Pete or for that matter that he wouldn’t make a change. All I said is that trust what he does will be correct because he has the information and we don’t.
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