re: Defense Problems need to be addressed

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The guy they all drool over and compare Aranda to is Brett Venables from Clemson

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Can we switch schedules with Clemson and see how their defense compares then? I'm not saying Venables isn't a great coach. I'm saying Arandas faced many more challenges (no 5* dline, no high powered offense until this year obviously, no cupcake schedule etc.) and has still weathered the storms time and time again. He's proven he is worth his salary even if there are areas of improvement needed from our defense.

I also don't get this whole 'Aranda isn't worth the salary he makes'. He is worth whatever value O places on him, and O obviously places a lot of value in keeping him so the $ amount shouldn't even be an argument unless it prohibits us from hiring another great coach/coordinator. I haven't heard Arandas salary being a reason we didn't hire or missed on another coach so I just don't see what it matters.

Yes we need to fix somethings but it sounds like you want to get rid of Aranda. I don't think that's a stellar idea. Sorry.

I agree with you that many of these people are twisted die hard O fans. It's just so weird because O had the opportunity to let him go yet spent every dollar he could to keep him. Wouldn't that make O the fool for paying all that money for a DC that's not worth his pay, in their opinion at least?

Ultimately it doesn't matter what these guys think. O was smart enough to know that Aranda was worth the money and he would need a DC like Aranda not only to compete for the NC but to keep us in games and relevant while O was finding a way to get the offense updated.

Yea don’t take that comment the wrong way, there’s nothing wrong with being an O fan even previously. But, and it’s not exclusive to O, we have some fans that when they exalt a coach or player they view them as infallible and perfect and this leads them down the path of insane Rant takes. So when the offense was struggling you’ll see a lot of the same guys excusing O, warranted or not, so now that the offense is outperforming the D they feel justified in taking vengeance. I know it seems crazy but I’ve watched this from it’s inception, Bama week of last season, and it’s real.

Definitely some things to fix on third and long and contain situations.

End of the day Les Miles beat Saban in Tuscaloosa by 3, O won by 4. Defense has to tighten up and not let teams back into the game. We were very lucky to let a champ off the ropes like that. Should have pulled away in the 3rd or at least closed out on 3rd and 19.

I thought Aranda had Bama thoroughly baffled, and did a great job in this game. He took away everything Bama liked to do the most, and made them throw low percentage passes. Bama converted quite a few because their receivers are elite, and Tua is in a class by himself as a passer.

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need better pass rushers

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This is the missing link. If we had Auburn’s front 4, this would be the LSU defense of old. We just had a spell where we missed on those recruits. They saw us as on a decline. We should be able to get some better rushers with the next class or two.

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the bs Stingley play.

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that was a gimmick play. not going to put that on Stingley

You do realize that you take away the punt return for td which was caused by the special teams and the td that stingley wasn’t even looking when ball was snapped away the defense holds them to 27 points.

Agree with you 100%.