re: Steps into my flame proof suit - time to shite or your arse will be knocked off of the pot!

This may be the funniest thread I've read on here. I've lurked on here since the BuccwildBammer days and this is the craziest shite ive seen on here. All offseason people talked about the crazy fanbase at Alabama is going to turn on Coach Deboer at the first sign of trouble. We've lost two games by 1 score after the greatest college football coach of all time retired, and this place looks worse than the plains when it was burning! Twisted and Boz may have actual information, or maybe they dont. Maybe the information came from people who already had their minds made up about these players, because shockingly all the cancers besides booker have been playing terribly. But I do know that Coach Deboer and his staff do have all the information, and I promise there isnt one thing going on in that complex that they dont know about. If there is a cancer, it will be dealt with. If there isnt, then it wont be. I know that I will continue to donate every month because I believe in Coach Deboer and his staff, and no one wants to right the ship more than them.

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I mean I can definitely see where something like that is going on. Team leadership acting like they lead from the front in interviews and then leading from the rear behind closed doors and rubbing basically everyone else on the team the wrong way is significantly more plausible than the palace coup scenario.

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Can you believe this entitlement is probably coming from them believing they're superior because they were taught under Saban?

The irony is they aren't showing that. What else is ironic is the coach they feel superior to actually went had more success than they did last season with lesser.

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Can you believe this entitlement is probably coming from them believing they're superior because they were taught under Saban?

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Yes. I can see them making that belief pretty clear to the new guys and being kind of condescending to them rather than welcoming, which prompts those guys to gravitate to the established players who aren't dicks to them and it creates factions in the locker room. That's not even all that uncommon after coaching changes. All this speculation about power plays and intrigue behind the scenes going back to last season just feels like a huge stretch to me though. I don't know how you'd keep a lid on that for over a year.

ETA: I think that read on the situation kind of tracks with what is being said by Boz and Twisted anyway. Basically we're going to lose a lot of guys to the portal one way or another and DeBoer has to pick the right group to show the door. If he picks the wrong group it's going to frick up the program. Saban had to do the same shite after his first season, and he obviously picked the right group to get rid of.

AJ saying what needs to be said:

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“I think it’s definitely a different era. I don’t think you’ll see the same standard from discipline, just things that the team seems to do. And it’s a new day and age,” said McCarron. “Everybody’s worried about f—ing TikTok and having a reel and being on highlights from their personal self and personal gain and how much money they can get from NIL.”

It happens with a new staff. I played for a legendary HS coach in Alabama & he retired after my sophmore season. The next season was a disaster bc the seniors never bought in. There were a handful of guys who just drained the excitement we had for the new coaching staff right out of the locker room & there was nothing we could do bc they were senior leaders who had been starting 3-4 years. We got into a giant fistfight one day after practice bc two of the seniors said they wanted to lose that Friday night bc we'd miss the playoffs & the season would be over. It was ugly.

That next spring & fall was a breath of fresh air bc those guys were gone. The negativity & bitching dried up & we all agreed to do whatever the coaches told us bc none of us wanted to have another season like we did last year. We ended up going undefeated that season & new coach went on to five state championshil games winning two of them.

I doubt he can fix it this season, but I honestly think the further CKB gets from Nick Saban's players, the smarter he is going to look.

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I doubt he can fix it this season, but I honestly think the further CKB gets from Nick Saban's players, the smarter he is going to look.

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Agreed. If there's some significant lack of buy-in, especially from older players, we need to just bite the bullet and tell them all to take a hike. Next year might be shite or it might be like 2008 was for Saban. It'll definitely be shite if there's still a bunch of dudes who aren't bought in hanging around the program though.

Benching Milroe would really send a powerful message. CKB would essentially be saying to the team he doesn't give a shite about t-shirt sales or sponsorships - he's going to do what it takes to win.

The all-in guys will respond positively & the ones that don't can hit the portal in December. Addition thru subtraction.

With that said, I hope Milroe has 6 TD's Saturday & it never has to come to that.

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Here’s what you’re missing. No one is meddling. That hasn’t even begun yet. This has happened all on its own.

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Well it was mentioned that “Bryant boys “ have gone to the President and BOT and that athletic dept money could be affected…. You don’t call that meddling ?

Hopefully that’s it . I am old enough to remember “ we need a Bama/ Bryant guy” in charge .. doesn’t work well

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