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Posted on 9/1/25 at 5:21 pm to Tide Groupee
Posted on 9/1/25 at 5:21 pm to Tide Groupee
Can't develop while sitting on the bench.
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Posted on 9/1/25 at 5:24 pm to phil4bama
If 28 can't be the guy at RB then we're done. The others are ordinary. There will not be hole, just a crack and we need speed to reach it.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 5:42 pm to scottydoesntknow
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Even with hindsight, I still cant give you a better name to replace Saban at that time
Posted on 9/1/25 at 5:43 pm to Chancellor
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Chancellor
Give us a name then
Posted on 9/1/25 at 5:45 pm to JackieTreehorn
Dead man walking. He’s lost the money guys and more than 50% of the fans.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 5:57 pm to scottydoesntknow
Lane fricking Kiffin. He should have been the hire, but a BOT or someone was in their feels. The fact that you or anyone else doesn’t like him because of stupid fricking nonsense that people repeat about him because they heard it on Facebook doesn’t make the fact that he should have been the hire and was the best replacement any less true- it merely causes you to deny the truth and stick your head in the sand because you simply don’t like the truth and refuse to acknowledge it. Downvote away.
I’d have fought harder for Lanning.
Schumann has been mentioned. He would have been a better hire.
Hell, Dabo won 2 Natty’s and both of them against the GOAT and what would have been the GOAT football team. I know he may have said no, but I’d damn sure sit down and make that guy say no to the University and whatever amount of money before I’d go hire an unproven commodity whose only claim to fame was he was some FCS has-been and had a decent year in the Pac fricking 12.
Kiffin and Dabo are infinitely better hires than this fricking loser we’re stuck with, now, and so would have been any number of other people.
It was a lazy arse hire. This thought that he was the best available hire is absolute horseshite— fricking stupid nonsense and revisionist history meant to justify and cope with a horrible hire. Our current situation is proving that.
I’d have fought harder for Lanning.
Schumann has been mentioned. He would have been a better hire.
Hell, Dabo won 2 Natty’s and both of them against the GOAT and what would have been the GOAT football team. I know he may have said no, but I’d damn sure sit down and make that guy say no to the University and whatever amount of money before I’d go hire an unproven commodity whose only claim to fame was he was some FCS has-been and had a decent year in the Pac fricking 12.
Kiffin and Dabo are infinitely better hires than this fricking loser we’re stuck with, now, and so would have been any number of other people.
It was a lazy arse hire. This thought that he was the best available hire is absolute horseshite— fricking stupid nonsense and revisionist history meant to justify and cope with a horrible hire. Our current situation is proving that.
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:02 pm to Chancellor
I’m open to Kiffin. And was mildly ok with it when we were looking.
But every single one of us knows you’d be losing your shite if he brought some of his flaws with him. He’s far from a sure thing at Alabama.
But every single one of us knows you’d be losing your shite if he brought some of his flaws with him. He’s far from a sure thing at Alabama.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:10 pm to ReauxlTide222
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But every single one of us knows you’d be losing your shite if he brought some of his flaws with him.
He may drop a game or two he’s supposed to win every year at Ole Miss. Saban did, too, at Alabama. But, he’s regularly putting out 10- win seasons at Ole Miss. Even did so at FAU and won a conference championship.
I’d be fine with 10-win seasons. The loser we have, now, is in his second year and hasn’t reached 10 wins, total, yet.
I wouldn’t complain too much about Kiffin’s flaws. CFP is different, today. I don’t expect to dominate everyone like Saban’s teams did in the early years.
Also, I’m fine with someone besides Kiffin. I just didn’t want a loser. We hired a loser. And some of us knew it from the beginning.
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:17 pm to ReauxlTide222
Kiffin shoulda been it. Even if DeBoer rights the ship somehow and survives 4-5 years Kiffin still should have been the choice.
He was most ready to takeover from Saban.
In my opinion he is not the same man he was at Bama. People eventually learn from their mistakes and he is much older now.
He would have devoted himself to win championships here, knowing this might be his last opportunity to do so.
Hell if DeBoer falls flat on his face, wiser heads may still bring him back. I certainly hope so.
He was most ready to takeover from Saban.
In my opinion he is not the same man he was at Bama. People eventually learn from their mistakes and he is much older now.
He would have devoted himself to win championships here, knowing this might be his last opportunity to do so.
Hell if DeBoer falls flat on his face, wiser heads may still bring him back. I certainly hope so.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:18 pm to Chancellor
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Lane fricking Kiffin
lol I thought yall wanted a hard arse
Kiffin is just a cooler version of Deboer, inexplicable losses and all(with less Championships and big wins)
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I’d have fought harder for Lanning.
Schumann has been mentioned. He would have been a better hire.
Hell, Dabo won 2 Natty’s and both of them against the GOAT and what would have been the GOAT football team. I know he may have said no, but I’d damn sure sit down and make that guy say no to the University and whatever amount of money before I’d go hire an unproven commodity whose only claim to fame was he was some FCS has-been and had a decent year in the Pac fricking 12.
Kiffin and Dabo are infinitely better hires than this fricking loser we’re stuck with, now, and so would have been any number of other people.
It was a lazy arse hire. This thought that he was the best available hire is absolute horseshite— fricking stupid nonsense and revisionist history meant to justify and cope with a horrible hire. Our current situation is proving that.
Everyone and their sister on this board would have flipped out if Dabo would have been hired. Schumman?? They guy was still a GA 5 minutes ago and you think hed have the gravitas to follow Nick Saban. My point wasnt to say Deboer was best hire...but rather that even when looking back its still hard to make a slam dunk hire.
Lanning turned us down. He was never gonna take the job. Plus he had just been punked by the guy we DID hire twice.
Maybe, just maybe...that guy that is the best fit for Bama(assuming CKD doesnt get it done) is NOT READY YET and there were no realistic candidates that really would have been fire hires.
I personally would have liked to have gotten an older coach. Chris Klienman comes to mind, maybe the Kansas coach. The only young coach I liked was Jamey Chadwell at Liberty....but none of those were realistic hires that our fanbase wouldnt have flipped out about
This post was edited on 9/1/25 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:18 pm to Chancellor
All very fair points.
And as far as CFB enjoyment goes, 10 win seasons would be sooo welcomed.
And as far as CFB enjoyment goes, 10 win seasons would be sooo welcomed.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:22 pm to My2Bits
Kiffin is still unbelievably immature.
But, he was high-ish on my list and a big reason was because I thought we needed to shake things up a lot and go for the opposite of Saban because of how 2025 football works. Kids would forget about Saban in 5 seconds if Alabama hired someone like Kiffin. He’d resonate with HS/college players very well, even if for different reasons.
DeBoer was different enough for me to want him over Kiffin, given what I was expecting from DeBoer schematically.
But, he was high-ish on my list and a big reason was because I thought we needed to shake things up a lot and go for the opposite of Saban because of how 2025 football works. Kids would forget about Saban in 5 seconds if Alabama hired someone like Kiffin. He’d resonate with HS/college players very well, even if for different reasons.
DeBoer was different enough for me to want him over Kiffin, given what I was expecting from DeBoer schematically.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:24 pm to Chancellor
Finebaum so take it as you will said today that Kiffin did not even receive a call when Saban left.
I would be stunned if he got one now.
It is what it is. As a poster said here yesterday, Kiffin didn’t just burn his bridges in Tuscaloosa, he thermonuclear bombed them.
I would be stunned if he got one now.
It is what it is. As a poster said here yesterday, Kiffin didn’t just burn his bridges in Tuscaloosa, he thermonuclear bombed them.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:35 pm to InkStainedWretch
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As a poster said here yesterday, Kiffin didn’t just burn his bridges in Tuscaloosa, he thermonuclear bombed them.
Honestly I think Kiffin is petty enough to turn us down if we offered it now. He wanted to be Saban's successor not the backup plan if DeBoer didn't work out.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:37 pm to RollTide33
That would not surprise me a bit, and I wouldn’t call it petty, maybe it’s a matter of pride.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:39 pm to RollTide33
I think he’ll still take it in a heartbeat.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:44 pm to FightingOkra
He isn't going anywhere for a while. That is just a fact. With the current landscape for player pay,, we can't afford to have those $ going to paying a massive buyout.
We are definitely going to see what kind of coach he his now. Personally, I am not convinced much can be read into last year, and I was hopeful we would see some big improvements this year. They didn't materialize, we have no dogs on defense. My only hope is that it just from a Malzahn offense that even made several of Saban's defenses look pretty bad in the past.
We are definitely going to see what kind of coach he his now. Personally, I am not convinced much can be read into last year, and I was hopeful we would see some big improvements this year. They didn't materialize, we have no dogs on defense. My only hope is that it just from a Malzahn offense that even made several of Saban's defenses look pretty bad in the past.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:48 pm to UBamaJelly
In fairness Gus’ shtick has always been Kenny Norton to us as Muhammad Ali. Old-school boxing fans will understand that analogy. Several people came close to killing Norton but for some reason Ali, who I think was the GOAT, always had tons of trouble with Norton and could easily have been 0-3 against him.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:48 pm to InkStainedWretch
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Finebaum so take it as you will said today that Kiffin did not even receive a call when Saban left.
I already knew that.
We hired a fricking retarded loser and didn’t even give the best hire (or one of the best hires) we could make a phone call or the least amount of consideration. Nor several others.
Read that, again.
That’s why it’s so maddening. We didn’t even inquire with several good potential candidates. We just ran straight to the FCS has-been who had a decent year in the Pac12.
Our athletic department is administrated by a moron.
Posted on 9/1/25 at 6:49 pm to FightingOkra
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One More Year
These sort of decisions are contextual. If we go 6-6 or worse this year then many in the big donor pool may decide the AD cannot afford not to fire him.
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