Someone has to counterbalance Brent’s aggressive Gump. And, sadly, that burden falls upon me today. The head man is not happy: Not happy with execution and substitution. Not happy about the youth on the front seven. Not happy about the focus of and unsteadiness in the kicking game. Really not happy with the linebackers. You get the point.
At the beginning of the year, it seemed as though there was a wealth of defensive linemen, with the Tide having the ability to run 9 or 10 guys out in situational packages. It hasn’t quite worked out that way — Sopsher hasn’t had the immediate impact many predicted, and that goes double for Antonio Alfano.