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‘Be the aggressor’: How Kane Wommack wants Alabama defense to play

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‘Be the aggressor’: How Kane Wommack wants Alabama defense to play


New Alabama football defensive coordinator Kane Wommack doesn’t want the Crimson Tide to start slow in games this season.

He didn’t think Alabama played particularly well early in the spring game. Wommack is challenging his defense to prevent those in the future.

“We’ve really encouraged our guys to start playing not on their heels but be the aggressor early and that means playing with some instincts,” Wommack said Thursday after practice. “I think we’re seeing that.”

Wommack inherits a defense that didn’t return many starters from 2023. Gone are Justin Eboigbe, Dallas Turner, Chris Braswell, Kool-Aid McKinstry, Terrion Arnold, Caleb Downs and Jaylen Key.

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Many new faces will man the defense, and with it, Wommack will welcome in a new defense. It includes new positions (Wolf, Bandit) and new approaches (vision coverage).

“People have a misconception of vision coverage, that it’s all this space out there when really what you’re doing is you’re taking away the grass and the people that the quarterback is wanting to get the ball to,” Wommack said. “So our players naturally starting to get a little bit more matchy with some of their coverage when we play some of our vision style coverages and then just having a better feel for our defense.”

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group.Follow him on X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter.



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Alabama hires former college offensive lineman as assistant tight ends coach

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Alabama football is hiring Noah Fisher to be its assistant tight ends coach, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

Fisher spent two seasons as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line and tight ends at Louisville before joining the Tide’s staff. He played three years on the offensive line at South Alabama and spent one season with Tulane. The Jaguars started Fisher along its offensive line when he was a player for multiple games.

The Crimson Tide appear to want to use their tight ends in multiple ways in the future including as extra blockers along the line of scrimmage. Fisher looks as if he can assist the Tide with this mission.

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills


Sewage overflows during storms in Prichard are sending wastewater into local waterways that feed Mobile Bay, prompting an environmental group to push for state funding to upgrade aging infrastructure.

Mobile Baykeeper says sewage overflows during storms flow into Three Mile Creek, then into the Mobile River, and ultimately end up in Mobile Bay. The group said that last week, during heavy rain, more than 256,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Gum Tree Branch and Three Mile Creek.

Mobile Baykeeper has launched a petition seeking funding from the state of Alabama to fix Prichard’s old water infrastructure.



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Crash Closes Crescent Ridge Road Early Monday Morning

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Crash Closes Crescent Ridge Road Early Monday Morning


This resulted in the stretch of Crescent Ridge Road to be closed while wrecker crews work to recover the vehicle involved in the crash.

Troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division are on the scene investigating the circumstances surrounding the wreck.





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