Ok. He is the greatest.....
Uh, Golding definitely received a lot of heat during 2020. Specifically after the A&M, Ole Miss, and Florida games where the defense was on its heels most of the game, until the offense put the game away. Granted, those were really good offenses, but he was outschemed badly. And Alabama did not finish in the top 5 in 2019. Why are we omitting that year? Because of injuries? Alabama dealt with injuries in 2017 and still finished better than any defense Golding has ever put together.
Ha... I get a kick out of these discussions and the back and forth between us fans. I commend you Terry for the restraint from "banning" us all, unlike another unspoken site. Thank you, sir, for these opportunities.
This is a reason I don't like fans who are strictly stat watchers and not watch the film. The last three seasons we've had the same glaring problems, we've struggled with rushing the QB with an organic pass rush, we really seem to only be able to get a sack or decent enough pressure when we dial up a blitz from the second or third level of the field. For it to be organic pass rush, it usually takes one guy to have a great game, like Anderson or Byron Young had against Ole miss, which is great.... but if a team is able to take him out of the game, then what? Inside backers have been inconsistent as well, they'll have games like against Texas where they play really good, fill their gaps and not overrun plays, taking on blocks by being violent with their hands, keeping their hips and shoulders square, keeping their eyes up to see where the ball carrier is, and shedding off to make a play. And then there are games like Tennessee, or LSU, or Georgia in the national championship where we need them to be physical and stop the run to make them one dimensional. Third down defense has been bad, and RedZone defense has been bad. Those are two very important stats, and we haven't been on the positive side. Secondary is a whole other thing, everyone sees that, so there's no point in talking about it. My main gripe is that we've been too inconsistent, we never seem to clean up those mistakes, instead they stay the same and keep being an issue, or they regress. It's incredibly frustrating.
Who are these guys?
LSU linebacker. Perkins. Georgia linebacker, Mondon.
An interesting juxtaposition here.
You can’t just ignore what the stats say. I’m not defending Golding or anybody else, but irregardless if we as fans like the way the defense looks on the tv the stats say something
And what good does that do us when we can't get a stop during the most crucial plays of the game? We had LSU held to third down twice, if we would've got a stop on either of those plays, we would've won the game. Same goes for the Tennessee game. Should've clarified that. Stats can be a deceiving thing when that's all you look at.
Sure they say something.....CFOs make their living making sure they say what
Did we get screwed by Refs in both game? A Pass Intereference call and a dumb play in LSU?
I know which plays you're talking about, and regardless to whether or not that's true.... Still had an abundance of opportunities to hold them on third and couldn't. And a reason for a some if those is because of Golding's playcalling. 3rd&long and we send a blitz without making sure every area of the field is covered. And it's usually the middle of the field where they're able to convert. Which is incredibly frustrating because when it's 3rd&long, we're in our dime package. We have six fucking DB's on the field and can't muster up a player to cover that area of the field?You can fill that zone with a safety or the $ player, or even the * . Once again, really really frustrating.
