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re: Honeymoon is Over

Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:55 pm to
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
83033 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:55 pm to
quote:

Inability to run the ball is a major issue.


We have help coming in EJ Crowell.
Posted by Bobby4Bama
Alabama
Member since Jan 2024
207 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:57 pm to
Yeah I thought the flow of the game was setting up for a QB change at start of 3rd...
But when we came out with TS and we went flat, I knew our chances to win were very slim.

I think that was a defining moment and decision for Kalen. And his indecision to not create a spark or momentum was very damning.

Posted by Chris ALL Capps
Member since Jan 2024
503 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:57 pm to
He's obviously talented but will he be able to pass protect? That seems like the best indicator of who plays. Really hope Dear makes a huge jump in that department this off-season.
Posted by JoseyWalesTheOutlaw
In The Ham
Member since Nov 2017
12584 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:58 pm to
I have never seen a group of RB's at Bama this F bad. Then again, I am only 75.

Dear ain't it either.
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
83033 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:59 pm to
quote:

He's obviously talented but will he be able to pass protect? That seems like the best indicator of who plays. Really hope Dear makes a huge jump in that department this off-season.


Hell no.

But he can fricking run the ball.
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
9859 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 6:59 pm to
quote:

I have no hate for Coach Deboer. He's a good coach. But this is his last year of grace. If he doesn't put hardware in the case next year, he should pack. Too much has been given to tolerate mediocrity.


The dude just won the SEC reg season championship
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62566 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:03 pm to
quote:

It ain’t 1983 anymore…


The only time we've given a coach more than 3 years with nothing to show for it, and it ended up working out, that coach was Bear Bryant.

Bear Bryant took on a team that had only won 4 games in the three years prior to his arrival, and turned that into 2 bowl games in his first 3 years/

DeBoer did not come into that same situation when he took over Bama and should be expected to produce something within his first 3 years.

Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62566 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:04 pm to
quote:

The dude just won the SEC reg season championship


This is NOT A THING.
Posted by InkStainedWretch
Member since Dec 2018
4794 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:06 pm to
I keep asking people railing about the running game to come up with a combination of backs in our locker room who could be a competent, consistent unit, and all I get is stuff about schemes and “coaching them up.”
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
23942 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:06 pm to
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The dude just won the SEC reg season championship


This isn't basketball. That isn't a thing. His team just got GAPED in a nationally televised championship game. At no point past the initial whistle were they a threat to win. In the 3rd quarter, they had just over 60 yards of total offense.

fricking spare me. Bama doesn't give a fiddler's frick about how hard you tried. Win or make room for someone that can.
Posted by Golgi Apparatus
Member since Sep 2009
3335 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:09 pm to
quote:

The dude just won the SEC reg season championship


Stop trying to make fetch a thing.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18831 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:10 pm to
quote:

Just a reminder, Kalen DeBoer has more SEC title game appearances than Lane Kiffin, Mike Elko, Brent Venables, Josh Heupel, Eli Drinkwitz, Clark Lea and every other hot name during this coaching carousel season.


Granted he made the SEC title game, but all of those other guys except Lea and Drink have made the 12 team CFP. At a place like Bama, if you can’t finish in the top 12 after 3 years….
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
23942 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:19 pm to
quote:

Granted he made the SEC title game, but all of those other guys except Lea and Drink have made the 12 team CFP. At a place like Bama, if you can’t finish in the top 12 after 3 years…


You're an open wheels racer. Enzo Ferrari hands you the keys to an F1 ride. You think he expects you to try your best and do good? frick no. He wants podiums. He gave you the keys to get podiums.

DeBoer has the seat and the backing, but both can be yanked if he doesn't produce. That's the game
This post was edited on 12/6/25 at 7:21 pm
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
62566 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:22 pm to
quote:

You're an open wheels racer. Enzo Ferrari hands you the keys to an F1 ride. You think he expects you to try your best and do good? frick no. He wants podiums. He gave you the keys to get podiums.


Exactly. We're a podium program, not an also-ran program.
Posted by BamaGradinTn
Murfreesboro
Member since Dec 2008
28576 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:25 pm to
quote:


Just a reminder, Kalen DeBoer has more SEC title game appearances than Lane Kiffin, Mike Elko, Brent Venables, Josh Heupel, Eli Drinkwitz, Clark Lea and every other hot name during this coaching carousel season.


Just a reminder...having more SECCG appearances than the head coach at Vanderbilt is not the Alabama standard.
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
23942 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:30 pm to
The Bills have a lot of superbowl appearances. Too bad they never won and no one cares.
Posted by Hawaiian Punch
Member since Jan 2018
963 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:41 pm to
quote:

You're an open wheels racer. Enzo Ferrari hands you the keys to an F1 ride. You think he expects you to try your best and do good? frick no. He wants podiums. He gave you the keys to get podiums.

DeBoer has the seat and the backing, but both can be yanked if he doesn't produce. That's the game

You are completely on target. Anyone saying “he made the SEC champ” or even worse “regular season champs!” are fricking morons who have no clue what they are looking at on a day to day basis.
Posted by TiderNAL
Member since Nov 2010
7984 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:50 pm to
It should be CFP appearance or bust next year. He seems like a nice guy, probably too nice. Was a terrible fit from the word go. A huge miss by Byrne.
Posted by UhOhOreo
Los Angeles
Member since Jul 2014
3231 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 7:50 pm to
Lol, no
Posted by Bird_Hunter
Chicago
Member since Nov 2023
837 posts
Posted on 12/6/25 at 9:42 pm to
quote:

You're an open wheels racer. Enzo Ferrari hands you the keys to an F1 ride. You think he expects you to try your best and do good? frick no. He wants podiums. He gave you the keys to get podiums.


This is the best analogy ever lol
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