BOL Round Table

I'm glad our team isnt as mentally soft as a large faction of our fanbase. What he said is not that far off... you do not lose guys like Barron, Dareus, McClain, Hightower, Upshaw, Cody, Arenas, Chapman, K. Jackson, Menzie, Kirkpatrick and even Rashad Johnson over the last 4 years... and be as NFL talented as we have been. We have as much potential from a talent standpoint as any point in Bama's history... but no, we are not as good as last year on D and not as good as '09 and not as talented as we were in '10. It's what makes Kirby/Nick's coaching job that much more impressive... they're worth evert penny. Dont take comments like that so personally.

I think talent was the wrong word to choose.. if he said experience then I would tend to agree. We have the talent.

I agree with Pollack, but geez that's like saying Miss Texas is the ugliest finalist in the Miss America contest. If we don't have the best defense in the country this year we are probably top three. Last year was IMO the best defense in the history of college football. 2010 was the genesis of that defense. 2009 probably top five in Alabama history. I do not see how saying we're not at that level this year is an insult. Shut down A&M, UGa, and maybe Oregon and we can move this bunch to the head of the class.

Agree. I would also point out that Pollack tends to overstate things to make his point, e.g. predicting Tennessee would put up over 300 passing yards on us, when really he just was trying to say our secondary was unproven at that point.

I actually agree with Pollack. 2010 had the big names and more talent. This years team has more depth IMO.

Exxxxactly. Hell, as far as talent, Bama may have the most talented defensive player it's had in the Saban era with #26, but he doesn't play. There is talent everywhere. It does make me wonder though... if Vinnie continues to have coverage issues, would one of the athletic young guys like Collins/Geno not already be a better option at Star?

Our corners have done fine and safeties are good in run support. Lester does a good job, vin and perry got exposed a little bit. Vin had a complete breakdown on the play they hi lighted.