What really concerns me more than anything is the total confusion on the part of our players about where to line up. Did anyone expect Ole Sis to do something different than they did? On many occasions our defenders were looking to the sidelines or at each other while they were set on offense to run the play. We were totally unprepared for a quick snap. It just looked like lousy game planning and player prep.
JessN: Ole Miss wrap-up: Bama avoids disaster with a lowercase “d”
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Thank you for this. I am functionally illiterate when it comes to a detailed knowledge of schemes, X and O's, etc. But I do have a question: there is a suggestion that perhaps our defensive scheme is too complicated now (for a variety of reasons that have been discussed). Also, Coach Pruitt and Coach Smart are defensive coaches and disciples of Coach Saban. So, now that they are running their own programs with seemingly more efficient defenses, are they running the same thing or did they simplify their schemes?
They are all running 3-4 defenses with split safety coverages, but Pruitt is more innovative in his blitzing. Pruitt is a risk taker, and blitzes from everywhere. Not sure what the numbers look like now, but while at Alabama Kirby blitzed on about 20% of plays while Pruitt blitzed more than 35% of snaps - some games more than 50%.
This game was won on talent and depth, not coaching. Our depth and talent finally wore OM down in the last 8 or so minutes of the game. Unless this defense makes dramatic and unbelievable improvement, we may be embarrassed Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.
Pretty much spot on EXCEPT...
I gave our Defense a D -
and I gave Pete a failing grade.
Pete received an F because the Defense is his responsibility.
Sark is in charge of Offense. I gave him and our Offense an A+.
I don't remember feeling this bad with a victory.
Isn’t Kirby running the same scheme that we are? If so, why aren’t they having the same issues with today’s offenses that we are?
Thanks for the writeup Jess. That was one of the weirdest games I've ever watched. As ugly as it was I had full confidence we were going to win the game. I thought our defense would eventually make a play, that actually never really happened their mistakes were pretty much the only thing that stopped them. I was confident we were going to score every time it was amazing.
I'm hopeful that this game was an outlier and not another piece of a clearly growing trend. There was a lot of criticism after the AM game but they gave up an easy 7 off a turnover and produced a pick six themselves. In modern football I actually thought it was a good performance. The busted coverage and then weak attempt to push guy out of bounds was the only really horrific play. The ole miss game was that play on repeat for the entire game. Best play to indicate it to me was when Ole MIss had a busted play and Corall just ran around the right side for 6 yards. That or where we had them 3rd and 22 or 27 and ended up giving up a conversion on fourth down.
I'm not going to be down on the team. They won the game and they kept fighting despite the adversity. They have the desire and the talent to get better, it just has to happen. It is still going to take a lot for teams to beat us because of how we can score. We're in a better position than most teams in the country right now, undefeated.
I'm hopeful that this game was an outlier and not another piece of a clearly growing trend. There was a lot of criticism after the AM game but they gave up an easy 7 off a turnover and produced a pick six themselves. In modern football I actually thought it was a good performance. The busted coverage and then weak attempt to push guy out of bounds was the only really horrific play. The ole miss game was that play on repeat for the entire game. Best play to indicate it to me was when Ole MIss had a busted play and Corall just ran around the right side for 6 yards. That or where we had them 3rd and 22 or 27 and ended up giving up a conversion on fourth down.
I'm not going to be down on the team. They won the game and they kept fighting despite the adversity. They have the desire and the talent to get better, it just has to happen. It is still going to take a lot for teams to beat us because of how we can score. We're in a better position than most teams in the country right now, undefeated.
An RBR post today suggested something I've thought for at least a year. Make it simple - put a hat on a hat, blitz a third of the time, and just let our athletes play. There are no doubt exploits of various kinds against this, but really could it be any worse than we saw on Saturday? This would move to a disruptive defense instead of a brick wall defense, but if what we saw on Saturday was our new brick wall, I think it is time to give something else a try.
Moses seems to be missing tackles and finding a way to be out of position since the season started. He has not looked like the player he is supposed to be.
he was flat out awful against Ole Miss...there was one play where he should have dropped the QB scrambling right for a minimal gain and instead looked like me stumbling out of bed at 3 am and tripping over the dog on the way to the bathroom.
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