"That was the greatest Bama defense I ever done saw! They'd put the '85 bears to shame! Yee haw!"Seriously, how much of an eeyore can you be?
Is that what you want?
I'll stick to giving my opinion.
"That was the greatest Bama defense I ever done saw! They'd put the '85 bears to shame! Yee haw!"Seriously, how much of an eeyore can you be?
"That was the greatest Bama defense I ever done saw! They'd put the '85 bears to shame! Yee haw!"
Is that what you want?
I'll stick to giving my opinion.
Yea i agree with this on PG. Saban seems to like him which gives me hope. He must be doing something right that the rest of us don't see. Just not sure what it is.Wait and see mode here - I haven't seen anything from PG that makes me believe he's the next great DC at Bama, but i'm hopeful.
Agreed, which may point to some of the problem being the lack of development or "catching on" by the player or certain players.Yea i agree with this on PG. Saban seems to like him which gives me hope. He must be doing something right that the rest of us don't see. Just not sure what it is.
To state the obvious, this is the same Nick Saban who a year ago dismantled his coaching staff, hyped the rebuild, then tore it down again. At this point, skepticism is in order. I don't think we would be out of line to withhold judgment on Golding for now.Yea i agree with this on PG. Saban seems to like him which gives me hope. He must be doing something right that the rest of us don't see. Just not sure what it is.
Nick Saban didn't tear down the rebuild. He wanted Enos and Gattis to remain position coaches. They wanted to be coordinators, so they left on their own. Tosh took the DC job a year too early. He knew it. Saban knew it. The price of recruiting sometimes is to keep a coach that might not be properly suited for the duties (original plan was for JP to stay another year and groom Tosh for the 2019 season). That was the case with Tosh. Kool's style apparently didn't mess well with Saban, so he was gone on his own. Key was the main guy Saban pushed out the door after the season.To state the obvious, this is the same Nick Saban who a year ago dismantled his coaching staff, hyped the rebuild, then tore it down again. At this point, skepticism is in order. I don't think we would be out of line to withhold judgment on Golding for now.
I hate it turned out that way, but the move with the OL coach was at least a year overdue. We’ve had NFL-level talent in the OL for several years, but have under-achieved it, across enough turnover in personnel that it’s clear players weren’t the issue.Key was the main guy Saban pushed out the door after the season.
I know he wasn't very popular after his first year or two, but I wonder how Cristobal would have done with the last two OLs. Remember, he coached TEs and Ts when Key was first hired (2016). Saw vast improvement in OJ Howard's blocking in that one year. Mario brought the NFL guys Key coached in while he had to coach the lesser OLs Jeff Stoutland signed.I hate it turned out that way, but the move with the OL coach was at least a year overdue. We’ve had NFL-level talent in the OL for several years, but have under-achieved it, across enough turnover in personnel that it’s clear players weren’t the issue.
Consistent problems in short yardage (despite multiple RBs now in the NFL) and spotty ones in pass protection. Against good teams, our OL could be positively pedestrian, never mind multiple draft choices after the season was over.
Regardless of why, it’s clear the predecessor wasn’t a good fit. We and he needed the change.
just like the discussion of the defense, the OL performance can sometimes come down to one player being a weak link, especially with the zone blocking schemes that we run which require the OL to execute combo-blocks with a lot of timing. In other words, if there are 4 guys with NFL talent, but one that for whatever reason doesn't execute correctly, the unit as a whole won't perform as well as they could.I hate it turned out that way, but the move with the OL coach was at least a year overdue. We’ve had NFL-level talent in the OL for several years, but have under-achieved it, across enough turnover in personnel that it’s clear players weren’t the issue.
Consistent problems in short yardage (despite multiple RBs now in the NFL) and spotty ones in pass protection. Against good teams, our OL could be positively pedestrian, never mind multiple draft choices after the season was over.
Regardless of why, it’s clear the predecessor wasn’t a good fit. We and he needed the change.
I'm going to go with "better," with fingers crossed, just because Saban almost never makes the same mistake twice...
Didn't Muschamp finally unload him?He did say "almost"...
I think that he probably was calling the defense at the end of the season, but maybe not. I do know that he coached your ILBs and they all regressed last year significantly - all of them.