re: Curious as to what makes bama fans so confident that deboer is the guy?

What choice do they have? They can either think he will match or better Saban, unlikely, be down in the mouth and about to slit their wrist, un healthy, take a wait and see attitude, un-interesting or they can take the approach many are taking and say he is the perfect candidate and who they wanted all along, very troll worthy. Given that about 99.9% of the messages and comments on these boards are troll attempts they really have no choice but to take the last route.