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The first season of Alabama football head coaches going back to 1919...
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:12 pm
Xen Scott: 8-1
Wallace Wade: 7-2-1
Frank Thomas: 9-1
Harold "Red" Drew: 8-3
J.B. "Ears" Whitworth: 0-10
Paul "Bear" Bryant: 5-4-1
Ray Perkins: 8-4
Bill Curry: 7-5
Gene Stallings: 7-5
Mike DuBose: 4-7
Dennis Franchione: 7-5
Mike Shula: 4-9
Nick Saban: 7-6
Kalen DeBoer is probably walking into the best situation of any of the previous head coaches who have started out at Alabama. What do you think his record in the first season will be?
Wallace Wade: 7-2-1
Frank Thomas: 9-1
Harold "Red" Drew: 8-3
J.B. "Ears" Whitworth: 0-10
Paul "Bear" Bryant: 5-4-1
Ray Perkins: 8-4
Bill Curry: 7-5
Gene Stallings: 7-5
Mike DuBose: 4-7
Dennis Franchione: 7-5
Mike Shula: 4-9
Nick Saban: 7-6
Kalen DeBoer is probably walking into the best situation of any of the previous head coaches who have started out at Alabama. What do you think his record in the first season will be?
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Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:13 pm to RollTide1987
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J.B. "Ears" Whitworth: 0-10
Woof.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:14 pm to RollTide1987
Clappy Dumbose could have easily won 7 in 1997. What a clown.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:14 pm to RollTide1987
Best situation, but likely the hardest schedule. Be in contention in November and let the chips fall where they may.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:23 pm to angryslugs
DeBoer will have the most wins in his 1st season at BAMA than any coach in its history.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:25 pm to JackieTreehorn
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Clappy Dumbose could have easily won 7 in 1997. What a clown.
Complete meltdown and blew the au game which they had in the bag.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:26 pm to RollTide1987
Ears derailed this and Alabama still hasn't recovered 70 years later
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:33 pm to RollTide1987
Some of those were due to scholly reductions.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 3:34 pm to TS1926
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Complete meltdown and blew the au game which they had in the bag.
One Bruce Arians called that play.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 4:25 pm to TS1926
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Complete meltdown and blew the au game which they had in the bag.
Was that the dump off pass play that we fumbled?
Posted on 1/13/24 at 4:54 pm to KingOfTheWorld
Yep. Was at that game unfortunately.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 6:21 pm to CoolHand
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Yep. Was at that game unfortunately.
I was watching on TV and yes that one sucked. Can’t remember the RB’s name. I’ll know it as soon as I see it.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 8:43 pm to KingOfTheWorld
Ed Scissum. He was a fullback that had only gotten a handful touches all season.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 9:18 pm to RollTide1987
The Frank Thomas record jumps out to me..
He walked into the job with Alabama coming off a Rose Bowl win and a National Championship! That’s really similar to what Deboer is walking into.
All those other coaches were walking in to a rebuild except Curry and to some extent Dubose.
Perkins had recruited well.. Curry just sucked!
The cupboard wasn’t bare for Dubose.. he was just an idiot
He walked into the job with Alabama coming off a Rose Bowl win and a National Championship! That’s really similar to what Deboer is walking into.
All those other coaches were walking in to a rebuild except Curry and to some extent Dubose.
Perkins had recruited well.. Curry just sucked!
The cupboard wasn’t bare for Dubose.. he was just an idiot
Posted on 1/13/24 at 9:26 pm to RollTide1987
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What do you think his record in the first season will be?
10-2. Playoff.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:06 pm to elposter
I think that first Saban team may have finished with ten wins if not for the textbook scandal. He had them rolling midway through the season - annihilated a very good Tennessee team and was one fourth down stop from beating eventual national champion LSU. After the LSU loss they just came totally unglued for some reason.
ETA: Shula's first team in 2003 had one heartbreaker after the next. They were one play away against #1 Oklahoma, #9 Arkansas, and #22 Tennessee. That Tennessee game in particular is probably the most gutwrenching loss I've ever seen.
ETA: Shula's first team in 2003 had one heartbreaker after the next. They were one play away against #1 Oklahoma, #9 Arkansas, and #22 Tennessee. That Tennessee game in particular is probably the most gutwrenching loss I've ever seen.
This post was edited on 1/13/24 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:09 pm to RollTide1987
10-2, maybe 9-3.
Schedule is manageable but has some tough games. Those are spaced out pretty well.
Schedule is manageable but has some tough games. Those are spaced out pretty well.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:38 pm to llfshoals
Except for @ Oklahoma and Auburn back to back.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:47 pm to phil4bama
15-0 NATIONAL CHAMPS
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This post was edited on 1/13/24 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 1/14/24 at 10:14 am to TS1926
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Complete meltdown and blew the au game which they had in the bag.
Some of those losses were inexplicable. We blew a fourth quarter lead against Arkansas, got beat by Kentucky for only the second time in history in overtime, got upset by Louisiana Tech, got ran by both LSU and Mississippi State, before blowing it in the final seconds in the Iron Bowl.
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