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Posted on 9/9/25 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 9/9/25 at 1:35 pm
So yeah, he had that growing pain season last year and some terrible losses. But let me ask you this. Assuming Alabama actually does really good from here on out, do you believe the FSU loss was the first time he realized “oh….I’m the coach at Alabama…”
I feel it’s the first time, based on underground reports and even his own interviews where his fundamental coaching philosophy and demeanor is being challenged by basically everyone around him. Even Grubb said “guess I wasn’t hard enough on Ty”
These past 2 years seemed to have had a major impact on DeBoer. I’m hoping the FSU game was the culture shock he finally needed to realize the south was a whole different ball game than the west coast.
I feel it’s the first time, based on underground reports and even his own interviews where his fundamental coaching philosophy and demeanor is being challenged by basically everyone around him. Even Grubb said “guess I wasn’t hard enough on Ty”
These past 2 years seemed to have had a major impact on DeBoer. I’m hoping the FSU game was the culture shock he finally needed to realize the south was a whole different ball game than the west coast.
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Posted on 9/10/25 at 1:37 am to Vulcan Materials
I hope but only time will tell.
If that’s the case though, it’s hard to go from a laid back leader that’s lax with the rules to a hard arse.
If that’s the case though, it’s hard to go from a laid back leader that’s lax with the rules to a hard arse.
This post was edited on 9/10/25 at 1:42 am
Posted on 9/10/25 at 8:28 am to Vulcan Materials
It'll be the same script as last year: beat teams he shouldn't and shite the bed against teams the second string should roll.
I doubt FSU was a shock to the system since Michigan, Vandy and OU wasn't...
I doubt FSU was a shock to the system since Michigan, Vandy and OU wasn't...
Posted on 9/10/25 at 12:27 pm to Vulcan Materials
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Even Grubb said “guess I wasn’t hard enough on Ty”
It's been well documented that he's a players' coach, and it appears he hired a staff full of them. Grubb's comment leads me to believe so. If that's what he is at heart, I doubt he's going to be able to flip a switch and become something else. He is what he is.
He's dug himself a massive hole that I'm not sure he can pull himself out of. He's lost the confidence of a large portion of the fans and the win against ULM was great, but it isn't going to be enough if he rolls another clunker out there or we begin to see the same crap during games pop up again. IMO, he's coaching the rest of the schedule to keep his job. Buyout be damned.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 12:46 pm to NWLA_Bama
I just think they had no idea what football means in the south or sec. That laid back attitude may work in Washington but not here.
Posted on 9/10/25 at 1:03 pm to NWLA_Bama
Well Grubb is known to be a hard arse so that isn't true.
He probably just took it easy on Ty because he didn't want to lose him. After that result and the fallout? KDB made it clear we would give others chances and Grubb obviously felt no holdback in expressions from that point
He probably just took it easy on Ty because he didn't want to lose him. After that result and the fallout? KDB made it clear we would give others chances and Grubb obviously felt no holdback in expressions from that point
Posted on 9/10/25 at 2:45 pm to YStar
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Well Grubb is known to be a hard arse so that isn't true.
Then he should have been a hard arse from the get-go, the day he showed up on campus. This isn't the first year of the regime anymore, and every complaint from game one and going back to last year has pointed to a coaching staff that isn't very hard on their players. There have been too many signs on the field to think otherwise.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 9:17 am to YStar
it would be hard for anyone to play the QB position well based on way the two offensive tackles played vs fsu. They were pathetic
Posted on 9/11/25 at 9:35 am to IB4bama
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it would be hard for anyone to play the QB position well based on way the two offensive tackles played vs fsu. They were pathetic
I could argue it would be hard for any offense to score and do well when your QB was processing and making slow reads while throwing late balls.
There is a reason KDB and Grubb had hard stances on Ty Simpson, then made it known they would give Mack a series to open things up a bit and apply pressure.
Posted on 9/11/25 at 9:37 am to NWLA_Bama
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Then he should have been a hard arse from the get-go, the day he showed up on campus.
That isn't how life works. I don't know the man but he’s probably smart like Saban and was picking and choosing when to apply pressure.
Only people on message boards think we're still in the 90s and 00s where coaches just say whatever and do whatever. Especially now with a transfer portal and NIL; one needs to use wisdom.
He probably thought a soft touch was needed with a experienced I years QB like Ty, then saw his boss and his own job on thr line and threw out the niceties and said get to work
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