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Indiana is what I wish Alabama was

Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:55 pm
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
8809 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:55 pm
No nonsense, no taunting, no bullshite. Just line up and whip your arse until you quit. Run the ball. Physical. Dominate the trenches on both sides of the ball.

I like DeBoer. Seems like a nice guy. But we’ve become soft. We’ve become finesse. And that isn’t going to win any championships.
Posted by In Hsv
Huntsville
Member since Oct 2011
333 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:59 pm to
They are what we used to be!!
Posted by RollTide4Ever
Nashville
Member since Nov 2006
19697 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:00 pm to
Jim Leonhard would've been the guy.
Posted by cajunbama
Metairie
Member since Jan 2007
34903 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:01 pm to
upvoted
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
89097 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:02 pm to
quote:

Indiana is what I wish Alabama was
When?

This season?

Last?

Any other time?


Are you insinuating we could always be Indiana? Are there times when you wouldn’t want to be Indiana?

Do you sometimes want to be Alabama but other times not?

Are there times you want to be Alabama?
Posted by PowHound
The Peoples Moderator
Member since Jul 2014
7263 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:03 pm to
Coach Cig is from the Saban Tree.

He's simply playing Saban football.

Kirby is doing the same.

DeBoer is the anti-Saban

His football philosophy will never work; especially at Bama
Posted by Bigfoot67
Member since Mar 2013
3115 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:04 pm to
They appeared to have practiced good fundamental football, not celebratory dance moves to use when they made a good play
Posted by Bobby4Bama
Alabama
Member since Jan 2024
248 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:07 pm to
Makes me wonder why our AD thought to hire him when his ideology is completely 180 from Saban (and his success at Bama)
Posted by RollTide33
Member since Sep 2019
4357 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:09 pm to
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PowHound


Look who crawled out of his hole. I'm begging you to either post here when things are going great as much as you post when we lose or just admit you're a troll and piss off.
Posted by My2Bits
2500 mi from Tuscaloosa due west
Member since Jun 2012
5483 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:30 pm to
Lane and Pruitt were our answer. Pruitt was not available immediately but would have been eventually.
Kiffin would have given his all to be successful here his puerile past not withstanding . So many on here go into conniption fits as soon as they hear his name.
I for one feel convinced that he would have been tremendously successful at Alabama.
I am not ready to say DeBoer won’t be successful here but that it’s going to take much longer than Kiffin would have and we will have to put up with more rectal debauchery like today.
Posted by Shocco
Member since Nov 2015
2231 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:33 pm to
quote:

DeBoer is the anti-Saban His football philosophy will never work; especially at Bama
100% right
Posted by Jdillard343434
Greenville sc
Member since Dec 2020
2496 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:59 pm to
?? ?? ??
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
10490 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

Jim Leonhard would've been the guy.



lololol

25 teams just hired a new coach and nobody hired him. Is this a joke?
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
10490 posts
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:17 pm to
For those of you who want Lane...blame him and his behavior. He would have been hire after Saban if he hadnt burned bridges
Posted by RollTide4Ever
Nashville
Member since Nov 2006
19697 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:23 am to
How many teams passed on Cig?
Posted by deltadummy
Member since Mar 2025
1789 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:30 am to
Everyone. He was at James Madison and went to Indiana, at the age of 62. He was at JMU for 5 years. Everyone missed, including Alabama. Nobody wanted to hire from that level.
Posted by HighTide_ATL
Member since Aug 2020
2243 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:42 am to
It's one season. I'm old enough to see us win 7 natties and not all of them were won the same way. We'll see what Indiana looks like when 60% of their team leaves after this year because they exhausted their eligibility.

I applaud what Cignetti built this year, but I'm skeptical if its sustainable. Being able to consistently jog a team that is mostly 4th/5th year players out there year after year is going to be incredibly challenging in this era. This season is 100% their best chance given all the pieces he has assembled, but Saban always said, getting to the top is one thing, staying at the top is an entirely different beast.
Posted by Sl0thstronautEsq
Member since Aug 2018
16905 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:45 am to
quote:

It's one season. I'm old enough to see us win 7 natties and not all of them were won the same way. We'll see what Indiana looks like when 60% of their team leaves after this year because they exhausted their eligibility.

I applaud what Cignetti built this year, but I'm skeptical if its sustainable. Being able to consistently jog a team that is mostly 4th/5th year players out there year after year is going to be incredibly challenging in this era. This season is 100% their best chance given all the pieces he has assembled, but Saban always said, getting to the top is one thing, staying at the top is an entirely different beast.


This, 100%.

Hell, even Coach O was able to catch lightning in a bottle. Cig seems like a good coach, but you need more than that in this era of college football. Relying on the portal to reload every year is an extremely risky proposition.

And aside from player talent, being able to identify coaching talent when your assistants get poached is also very difficult.
Posted by theballguy
Member since Oct 2011
32666 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:51 am to
My post right here says the same: LINK
Posted by theballguy
Member since Oct 2011
32666 posts
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:53 am to
quote:

Makes me wonder why our AD thought to hire him when his ideology is completely 180 from Saban (and his success at Bama)



It was never a good idea to go 180 from Saban. I get you might do that in a lot of new hire situations (even if the old coach had some success) but not here and not this way.
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