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re: DeBoer November Melt 2 in progress?

Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:48 pm to
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
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Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:48 pm to
Even grandpa Saban couldn’t save us. He knew this and retired. You can’t recruit and keep 5 star depth for more than a year anymore.
Posted by bamabonners
Alabama
Member since Nov 2015
4727 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:49 pm to
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The only players on this offense responsible for wins other than Simpson are Deboer’s players from Washington.


Then that's their fault. Cuevas is awesome. So is Horton. Why is jam the starter? That's on the coach.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 6:50 pm
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
2256 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:49 pm to
Oh ok lol. I just don’t think there is any coach that can maintain a dynasty anymore. Kirby will maintain 10-win seasons probably, but even Deboer and Kiffin are capable of that.
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
2256 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:51 pm to
Jam is our best pass blocking RB. Cuevas is awesome, but we don’t utilize TEs enough. Tonight is the first time I saw them getting more than a few looks.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
11163 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:51 pm to
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He hasn’t even gotten his players in yet.



DeBoer's quick ascent in FBS was due to a lot of winning with other dude's players. I'm beginning to think his brand of ball is disinclined to work like it did in the MWC and late Pac-12 in a major power conference. We've been winning games by the skin of our teeth despite playing very disjointedly since the 2nd half of the Georgia game. It's a repeat of 2024 but this time we have an solid college QB instead of a glorified WR playing QB.
Posted by Crimsonpirate23
Member since Jan 2024
232 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:54 pm to
If a coach doesnt have his players in yr 2 in this era its his own fault.
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
2256 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:55 pm to
Deboer’s also in a conference way more elite than the PAC-12 and has learning to do. Saban didn’t dominate at LSU. Other than their championship season, they had one 10-win season.
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
2256 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:56 pm to
They’re freshmen, and the freshmen playing have done really well.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 6:57 pm
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
22266 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:56 pm to
People like to dismiss that Michigan game because it was a meaningless bowl game but today felt a lot like that. Should’ve come out with our hair on fire after the loss last year. Instead we come out of the gate playing skiddish and throw up on ourselves.

We dig ourselves out of a hole but then suddenly the offense disappears when it’s time to be clutch. Then lose a game we shouldn’t lose.
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:57 pm to
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Saban didn’t dominate at LSU. Other than their championship season, they had one 10-win season.


Saban won two SEC Titles and a Natty at LSU in five years. But I guess other than that…..
Posted by LovetheLord
The Ash Grove
Member since Dec 2010
6349 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:57 pm to
Here we go again.

We are the most emotional fanbase on earth.
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
2256 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:58 pm to
shite happens.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
11163 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:59 pm to
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Deboer’s also in a conference way more elite than the PAC-12 and has learning to do. Saban didn’t dominate at LSU. Other than their championship season, they had one 10-win season.



So DeBoer is about to lead an upset win in the SECCG against a national title contender. Thats what Saban was doing in year 2.
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
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Posted on 11/15/25 at 6:59 pm to
And who else in the SEC was worth a shite during that time aside from Florida?
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
2256 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 7:00 pm to
Tell me how elite the SEC was at that time.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
11163 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 7:01 pm to
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Here we go again.

We are the most emotional fanbase on earth.


I am not being emotional. I think that DeBoer has got to finish 10-2 or the whole relationship is going to start getting frayed here. Imagine him getting knocked out of the playoffs by going to a headless Auburn and losing how they've been shown to lose games in their first two seasons here. You think everything is going to be copacetic between him and the fans ... and more importantly him and the big dollars funding his salary and roster?
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
22266 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 7:01 pm to
Now we’re discounting Saban’s accomplishments to excuse DeBoer. Yikes.

Tell that to the Tennessee team he beat in 2001.
Posted by RTRcdub
Member since Nov 2019
2256 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 7:04 pm to
Not discounting. Just saying our expectations are too high. Saban jumped ship for a reason. The game is tougher now.
Posted by Chancellor
BHam
Member since Oct 2017
3374 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 7:54 pm to
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Just saying our expectations are too high.


For a NAIA coach and a Sunbelt staff, yes.
Posted by TideCPA
Member since Jan 2012
13157 posts
Posted on 11/15/25 at 8:02 pm to
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Saban jumped ship for a reason. The game is tougher now.
You can lose two games and make the playoffs now. We’re another vintage DeBoer pants shitting away from being on the outside looking in yet again.

You can’t play to the opponent every week and expect to make a playoff. Unless you’re Kirby Smart.
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