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re: Why the hell did we extend DeBoer?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 8:12 am to Shocco
Posted on 5/4/26 at 8:12 am to Shocco
Win the next game on our schedule week to week. I’m serious, not being flippant. That’s really the only standard that counts because if we do that, everything else will take care of itself.
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Posted on 5/4/26 at 8:13 am to phil4bama
It’s hard for me to disagree with a syllable of your post. 
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:13 pm to phil4bama
I would say Andy Reid.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 2:25 pm to Diego Ricardo
quote:My goal is to, at minimum, have a team with Saban standards of the process.
goal is to win a national championship
Commitment, Discipline, Effort, Toughness, Pride
Championships is the results when these are done better than anyone else......We may not win championships, but when I do not see those standards being followed, I know we are not going to be a team competing with elite teams that do. That is why we got blown out against against Indiana. They were the team that displayed those traits, not us.
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 5/9/26 at 11:12 pm to Shocco
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My goal is to, at minimum, have a team with Saban standards of the process.
What happened to ... Coach Bryant would have done it different...?
Maybe you're too young. Maybe we should have used the Fax Machine to hire our next coach. Some fans are here because we win. Some are here because it's in our blood.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 10:24 pm to InkStainedWretch
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Win the next game on our schedule week to week. I’m serious, not being flippant. That’s really the only standard that counts because if we do that, everything else will take care of itself.
How did this work after the FSU game? We had no business losing that one. If you lose your first game, your season is virtually over. This is part of the reason why Saban kept us in ever season. Over the whole offseason, your main goal is winning week #1. Otherwise, we're in LSU territory.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:16 am to theballguy
You know, he hasn't been perfect by any means, but he just had to take over for the greatest coach of all time, with a gutted roster following that. I'm not saying I've been ecstatic with these results, but I truly believe this guy can get us back there.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:46 am to theballguy
1. What’s the next game on our schedule? The first game.
2. Losing the first game doesn’t end your season in the expanded playoff era.
2. Losing the first game doesn’t end your season in the expanded playoff era.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 10:53 am to Two0Five
i have no expectation of ckd being the next saban. but then again, saban surpassed my expectations of him.
i expect ckd to fluctuate between good and really good years. with roster management being the culprit for not reaching great years.
i expect ckd to fluctuate between good and really good years. with roster management being the culprit for not reaching great years.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:43 am to crimsontater
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i expect ckd to fluctuate between good and really good years.
What will a really good year look like under ckd?
Posted on 5/12/26 at 12:00 pm to crimsontater
My main question about a DeBoer-led program at this point is consistency. Going back to his last year at Washington, it seems like every squad he has fielded going back to that team has played up and down to the level of competition.
This is the primary thing that made Saban as great as he was IMO, and what has spoiled a large portion of the fanbase. Under Saban, the Tide came out of the tunnel and did “their thing” and it was never about the guys in the other jerseys.
DeBoer’s squads, for whatever reason, appear to have major issues with consistency not only on a game-to-game basis but sometimes even on a drive-to-drive/play-to-play basis.
I understand the game/roster management situation is entirely different from the early-to-mid Saban era, and the current format makes consistency infinitely more difficult to achieve, but this is where I’d like to see DeBoer grow in his role as a program manager.
This is the primary thing that made Saban as great as he was IMO, and what has spoiled a large portion of the fanbase. Under Saban, the Tide came out of the tunnel and did “their thing” and it was never about the guys in the other jerseys.
DeBoer’s squads, for whatever reason, appear to have major issues with consistency not only on a game-to-game basis but sometimes even on a drive-to-drive/play-to-play basis.
I understand the game/roster management situation is entirely different from the early-to-mid Saban era, and the current format makes consistency infinitely more difficult to achieve, but this is where I’d like to see DeBoer grow in his role as a program manager.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 12:34 pm to Hawaiian Punch
What will a really good year look like under ckd?
making a run in the cfp, would be really good.
like to see DeBoer grow in his role as a program manager.
i'm thinking only the guys with unlimited nil budgets will be anywhere near the saban consistency
making a run in the cfp, would be really good.
like to see DeBoer grow in his role as a program manager.
i'm thinking only the guys with unlimited nil budgets will be anywhere near the saban consistency
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:42 pm to theballguy
I believe he can win a title here.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 2:50 pm to Two0Five
I believe he WILL win a title here.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 5:02 pm to Two0Five
Sunshine pumpers strong on this board.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 5:10 pm to theballguy
It's an opinion. If thinking Bama with this roster, and a coach that literally every football guy thinks is the real deal, winning a title is sunshine pumping, so be it I guess.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 5:13 am to Two0Five
I can respect that.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:27 am to crimsontater
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like to see DeBoer grow in his role as a program manager.
Me too but right I can only see him as ...
Posted on 5/13/26 at 9:15 pm to Diego Ricardo
Amen and he better learn to run the ball or stuck in the mud we will be.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 3:10 pm to Hawaiian Punch
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Going back to his last year at Washington, it seems like every squad he has fielded going back to that team has played up and down to the level of competition
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Under Saban, the Tide came out of the tunnel and did “their thing”
Bruv, in 2023 alone we struggled with 7–6 USF, 7–6 Texas A&M, 4–8 Arkansas, and 6–7 Auburn (remember The Gravedigger?).
And this was a year before the NCAA authorized unlimited transfers in the portal.
Two years prior we lost to 8–4 Texas A&M and struggle-fricked around again with 6–7 Florida, 6–7 LSU, and 6–7 Auburn (remember 4OTs?).
Joyless Murderball has been gone for a long, long time.
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