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re: Ecstatic Bama won, but I still think DeBoer = Mark Richt
Posted on 12/21/25 at 10:30 am to UASports23
Posted on 12/21/25 at 10:30 am to UASports23
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quote:Kalen DeBoer is now 20-5 vs. nationally ranked teams as an FBS head coach. He’s 8-3 at Alabama. He’s also 4-0 against AP top 10 teams in true road games. /thread
Nick Saban started 10-15 against top 25 teams in his first 25 games btw, starting from his first P4 job at Mich State.
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Posted on 12/21/25 at 10:57 am to PowHound
quote:Throw in the turnover numbers and think real hard back to their regular season game.
Oklahoma beat Alabama in:
Total yards 362 - 260
Time of possession 33 - 26
Total plays 75 - 54
First Downs 18 - 12
Third down conversions - Okla was 7 - 18 Bama was 2 - 12
Kinda scary!
Posted on 12/21/25 at 11:45 am to coachcrisp
lol, i'm about to tell on myself. just a few days ago, i literally told my brother that part of ckd's problems are his soft voice. his actual voice is soft. where sabans voice has an edge to it, deboers has no edge, its just soft.
i actually like ckd and hope he has an extended run at bama. if he can traverse the bama learning curve, i do believe it will be worth it for him and us.
i actually like ckd and hope he has an extended run at bama. if he can traverse the bama learning curve, i do believe it will be worth it for him and us.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 11:58 am to crimsontater
Saban was a chain smoker for years, I don’t know if he’d quit before he came here, that’s a big reason for the edge in his voice.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 11:59 am to samson73103
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Imagine the amount of shite posting about the offense had message boards been a thing during the Stallings era
maybe you are not aware but message boards were a thing even in Stallings era.
There was a UA listserv group then. I believe I used to login to UA IBM 3090 XA to access it .. could be wrong about how I accessed it. memory is fading
This post was edited on 12/21/25 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 12/21/25 at 12:02 pm to InkStainedWretch
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Saban was a chain smoker for years
I did not know that .. he seems very healthy for a chain smoker
Posted on 12/21/25 at 12:04 pm to scottydoesntknow
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Nick Saban started 10-15 against top 25 teams in his first 25 games btw, starting from his first P4 job at Mich State
Thats not a fair comparison at all. Even Shula wins 10 games at Bama
Posted on 12/21/25 at 12:14 pm to LaneB
His smoking in his younger days was mentioned in Monte Burke’s biography of him. I would wager he quit some time ago.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:21 pm to scottydoesntknow
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You are free to have an opinion, and we are free to to think its a stupid one...and it certainly is
Freedom is a beautiful thing (opinion)
However, if I’m on the opposite side of you on a take, I’m feeling really good about being on the correct side. Downvotes can be a pretty decent tell for non-alters as well. This board hates facts (and opinions) that aren’t ultra positive unless it’s after a loss.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:32 pm to InkStainedWretch
Funny - the Film Guy agrees with me on the tyrant thing. We need someone with fire (ff to about 19 minute mark where he talks about DeBoer being a pro coach and not a college coach)
Youtube Film Guy
Youtube Film Guy
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:47 pm to Pastor Mike
I watched it. I like that guy but he doesn’t seem to understand either that these aren’t young men who need to be molded anymore, they’re mercenaries motivated by money just like pro players who have complete unfettered freedom to walk right now if a coach makes them mad. That’s a tough pill to swallow in Alabama where we believe in God and country and respecting authority and minding your momma and daddy, and your football coach, but it is what it is.
I think DeBoer is very intense. You can see it in his eyes. But it’s an inward intensity not an outward intensity. And we just had 17 years of some of the most outward intensity in the history of the game. Which skews the contrast.
I think DeBoer is very intense. You can see it in his eyes. But it’s an inward intensity not an outward intensity. And we just had 17 years of some of the most outward intensity in the history of the game. Which skews the contrast.
This post was edited on 12/21/25 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:52 pm to LaneB
He switched to copenhagan, the first few years he was here my buddy washed his car, said the backseat was full of empty cans.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:54 pm to InkStainedWretch
This isn't new for us to disagree. It's all good.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 3:56 pm to Pastor Mike
I gave you an upvote, you’re one of the good guys here. We will see what the future holds.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 4:52 pm to InkStainedWretch
You get it. A lot of these couch coaches haven’t figured it out and aren’t likely to anytime soon.
Posted on 12/21/25 at 5:06 pm to llfshoals
I’m a realist who doesn’t let fandom overpower my realism.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 10:03 am to BamaBravesPackers
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“Im you were”?
Brother, I’ve had middle school coaches in 3 different sports be more detailed oriented and better situationally than DeBoer. Some of us have coached, played, and/or refereed at different levels of the game and understand what can be coached vs. what can’t. When to snap the ball on a punt is 100% controllable by the head coach…starting at about 5th grade.
Bama needs to hire this guy if CKD leaves. Some call him the saban of the vaunted middle school league. What a clown.
Posted on 12/22/25 at 10:34 am to PowHound
So were you a big Kiffin Fan and think he would have ever come to Alabama.
Has Kiffin ever won anything as a head coach?
Has Kiffin ever won anything as a head coach?
Posted on 12/22/25 at 11:55 am to 2020Champs
I will never understand anyone putting it all out there for Kiffin. Dude is not the second coming of Saban, he’s such a freakin troll clown 80% of the time. I’m not saying he’s incapable of moderate success, but he’s not this football savant that some fans are now envisioning him to be. Also, if he has any level of success at LSU, dude is gonna bail and go back to the NFL first whiff of that he gets. He’s akin to a hot chick that is appealing for a time, but jumps to the next dude so the novelty doesn’t wear off and contributes to the aura of being such a prize. Lmao
Posted on 12/22/25 at 12:04 pm to crimsontater
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lol, i'm about to tell on myself. just a few days ago, i literally told my brother that part of ckd's problems are his soft voice. his actual voice is soft. where sabans voice has an edge to it, deboers has no edge, its just soft.
They were talking on JOX about how DeBoer is a totally different beast in the locker room. We got a glimpse of it when he came out of the tunnel vs Tennessee. Dude looked like he was about to ready destroy somebody for that brief stretch before shifting into PC coach mode.
Also got a glimpse when the obvious DPI on Bernard wasn't called early in the OU game. He was losing his mind on the ref involved.
So yeah, don't think the guy's soft just because he doesn't scare the shite out of people in press conferences like Saban did.
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