Against Ole Miss, the Alabama football defense was nothing short of horrible. One word can describe the Crimson Tide against Lane Kiffin’s offense – missed. As in missed tackles, missed reads, misalignments and other various mistakes.
Crimson Tide DC, Pete Golding took the brunt of the blame. Criticism of Golding was not misguided. When a defense plays so poorly, the DC should be faulted. Nick Saban, as great coaches do, assumed full responsibility for the defensive debacle. Saban even buffered Golding more, by stating play-calling was not to blame.
To Saban, the failures against Ole Miss went back to players not executing.