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This is unprecedented
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:19 am
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:19 am
Never in the history of college football has a legend retired at the top of his game. Saban is coming off an SEC championshipship and playoff appearance. Pretty damn near his peak.
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There is NIL
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There is a transfer portal
So we are in uncharted waters. Bowden had run the program down a bit before retiring but Jimbo was already on staff.
Paterno ran the program down, wasn't really in charge, and... well, you know that whole mess.
Meyer at Florida and OSU are both close. At Florida he stayed an extra year and that ended up hurting the program. When he left OSU Day was already there.
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So no one has ever seen this situation. We can't say if DeBoer is doing a good job or a bad job handling this because no one has ever had to do this before.
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There is NIL
AND
There is a transfer portal
So we are in uncharted waters. Bowden had run the program down a bit before retiring but Jimbo was already on staff.
Paterno ran the program down, wasn't really in charge, and... well, you know that whole mess.
Meyer at Florida and OSU are both close. At Florida he stayed an extra year and that ended up hurting the program. When he left OSU Day was already there.
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So no one has ever seen this situation. We can't say if DeBoer is doing a good job or a bad job handling this because no one has ever had to do this before.
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Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:22 am to JIB
Y’all just need to hold your nose and watch. It’ll probably look ugly at first compared to what everyone wants, but gotta let coach do his thing.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:30 am to JIB
We just went from the GOAT to the AP coach of the year who was in the natty
You’re right, this has never happened before. And it’s exciting
You’re right, this has never happened before. And it’s exciting
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:30 am to JIB
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Never in the history of college football has a legend retired at the top of his game.
Tom Osborne was still winning at Nebraska when he retired. In his five final seasons dude was 60-3. If that's not top of his game, idk what is.
He also replaced a dude that won 101 games in 11 years at Nebraska, Bob Devaney. He won consecutive titles in '70 and '71. He retired after the '72 season. Osborne is a legend. Osborne won a seat in Congress after he retired as a coach and very nearly won the governorship after that.
This can be done. It just has to be the right guy. There's no reason why DeBoer can't win and win big at BAMA.
This post was edited on 1/13/24 at 11:35 am
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:54 am to JIB
Not sure how old you are but I’ve witnessed nine coaching changes at Bama in my lifetime, including the First GOAT Coach Bryant to Perkins. The one constant result: Bama always eventually makes it back to the top of college football. I expect nothing less this time.
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