Alabama’s ability to adjust on the fly in the last two games comes down to a simple factor that was desperately missing last year
Kane Wommack is showing why communication is an art.
Many people say that variety is the spice of life. The truth in my opinion, is that the spice of life is communication. The ability to communicate effectively is an art that, when mastered, can open a lot of doors.
And for the Alabama Crimson Tide, the 2025 season is showing that firsthand. Last year, it was a new language on both sides of the ball. A language that impeded the communication between Alabama players who signed under Nick Saban and stayed with Kalen DeBoer and Kane Wommack.
Now, as Wommack explained this week, that communication is excellent and it’s literally winning Alabama football games.
Kane Wommack credits communication for Alabama’s ability to adjust
“Especially early on in the season, you get a feel for what a team is trying to do. So, they’ve put a body of work on tape, but then specifically for you, for our team,” said Wommack. “How are they attacking us? Our staff has done a really good job, our players have done a really good job, really since the Florida State game, of taking the adjustments that we have made on the sideline and at halftime, and applying them to the next drive and the next series. If we continue to do that, we will make it hard for people as the game goes on to be an efficient offense.”
Watching the safety play from Alabama is a key sign of what Wommack is speaking to. The way that Bray Hubbard and Keon Sabb play off each other is a work of art. When the Georgia Bulldogs blew the game open because of an ill-timed blitz, it wasn’t the defense’s fault; it was Wommack and DeBoer who took accountability. Deontae Lawson, Sabb, Hubbard, they all look like they are playing in sync. That starts with knowing where one another will be.
“I think the level of communication for our team, especially being in Year 2 as a defense, just the understanding of coaches is really seamless when we get in there at halftime, the adjustments. We’re very efficient with it right now,” added Wommack. “The communication to the players goes out through position coaches, and then I bring those guys all in and give them the overarching theme again, hit the high points of the things we need to make sure we defend so we can make people play left-handed. So whatever it is that they show, we are going to make sure that we take away those top one, two, three things in the game, and then see if they can beat us with option four, five six.”
If Alabama can continue to make opposing offenses play left-handed, they have a great shot at doing what few believed was possible after FSU.
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