Saban gave bad advice to Ala in coaching hire

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Alabama had no plan in place and made a panic hire.

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You can hope. Dubose never coached a national title game and didn't sniff a 90 percent win percentage. Y'all say this stuff because you were HOPING this would be another Dubose or Shula hire and that didn't happen. Bama just got a coach that took a program that had spotty, to be kind, success and turned them into a national power. In reality, when you saw the hire you said...shite, I was hoping for much worse.

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Pretty much spot on.

These types of threads are purely coping mechanisms. Alabama targeted one guy from the time Saban retired and hired that guy within 48 hours.

The faux “mass exodus” that was chirped about on here resulted in Bama still having a Top 3 roster in all of college football - being coaching by a guy who took Washington to a national championship.

Enjoy.

In a desperate attempt to rationalize away and survive the Saban dynasty at Alabama, LSU fans convinced themselves that Alabama was only going to dominate them as long as Saban was there and that as soon as he left they would go back to their previous Saban level of winning.

So what you see with them running down DeBoer is just them trying to reassure themselves and each other that their abusive relationship with Bama is actually over.

Is DeBoer going to win at a Saban level? No, no one outside of Kirby/UGA has a shot at that.

Is DeBoer a top 5 coach nationally according to all neutral pundits? Yes.

Is LSU going to compete for playoff spots most years? Probably

Is Bama going to compete for playoff spots most years? Probably

Does anyone really know who if anyone is going to dominate this new era of NIL minor league football? No.

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Recruits will not travel far to come to T-Town any longer hard tough times ahead BAMA decline is on lik Donkey Kong

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It's good to see that grammar is still being taught.

TBH I won more $$$$ on BAMA sports than any team a jab or two never hurts glad the BIG Dog is worried

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Recruits will not travel far to come to T-Town any longer hard tough times ahead BAMA decline is on lik Donkey Kong

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Hilarious that you mentioned that.

This week alone, we’ve had the following guys show up on their own dime to watch practice:

March 4
Marcus Garcia, On300 IOL from Ryan HS in Denton, Tx.
Jeremiah Alvis, NR corner from Helena HS in Ala.
Daune Morris, ’26 three-star ATH from Oakland HS in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Zyan Gibson, ’26 WR from Gadsden (Ala.) City
Donovan Murph, ‘26 WR from Irmo HS in Irmo (S.C.)
Chasten Smith, ’26 CB from Bearden HS in Knoxville, Tenn.
Bear McWhorter, ‘26 OL from Cass HS in Kingston, Ga.

March 6
Na’eem Offord, five-star CB from Parker HS in Birmingham (Ohio State commit)
Caleb Cunningham, five-star WR from Choctaw County HS in Ackerman, Miss.
Darrell “Duke” Johnson, Top 100 ATH from Dodge County HS in Eastman, Ga.
CJ Wiley, Top 100 WR from Milton HS in Alpharetta, Ga.
Radarious Jackson, Top 100 WR from Sheffield HS in Memphis
Jourdin Crawford, four-star DL from Parker HS in Birmingham (Auburn commit)
Timothy Merritt, three-star S from Parker HS in Birmingham
Ryan Ghea, three-star TE from Milton HS in Alpharetta, Ga. (Auburn commit)
Dorian Barney, ’26 Top 100 CB from Peachtree Ridge HS in McDonough, Ga.
Bralan Womack, ’26 No. 4 CB from Hatfield Academy in Brandon, Miss.
Helaman Casuga, ’26 QB from Timpview HS in Provo, Utah
Jerquaden Guilford, ‘26 WR from Northrop HS in Fort Wayne, Ind.

March 7-8
JuJu Lewis, five-star QB from Carrollton HS in Ga. (USC commit)

March 8
Antonio Coleman, four-star DL from Saraland HS in Ala. (Alabama commit)
Zion Grady, Top 100 EDGE from Enterprise HS in Alabama (former Bama commit)
Noah Mikhail, Top 100 LB from Bonita HS in La Verne, Calif.
Travis Smith, Top 100 WR from Westlake HS in Atlanta (Ga.)
Anquon Fegans, Top 100 S from Thompson HS in Alabaster (Ala.)
London Merritt, four-star DL from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
Naeshaun Montgomery, four-star WR from Cardinal Newman HS in West Palm Beach
DaSaahn Brame, four-star TE from Derby HS in Kansas
Christian Gass, On300 LB from Eastside HS in Covington, Ga.
Graceson Littleton, four-star CB from Wharton HS in Tampa, Fla.
Brandon Brown, four-star DL from Eau Gallie HS in Melbourne, Fla. (Texas commit)
Ziyare Addison, four-star OL from Sumner HS in Tampa
LaRue Zamorano, three-star CB from Centennial HS in Corona, Cali.
Zymear Smith, CB North Caroline HS in Denton, Mary.
Andre Fuller, DL from Grayson HS in Loganville, Ga.
Bailey Benson, LB from Eastside HS in Covington, Ga.
Vanzale Hinton, CB from East Hamilton HS in Ooltewah, Tenn.
JaReylan McCoy, ’26 No. 3 DL from Tupelo HS in Miss.
Bryce Perry-Wright, ’26 No. 5 DL from Buford HS in Ga.
Carter Scruggs, ’26 OL from Loudoun County HS in Leesburg, Va.
Grant Wise, ‘26 OL from Pace HS in Milton, Fla.
Canon Pickett, ’26 OL from Wharton HS in Tampa

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Does anyone really know who if anyone is going to dominate this new era of NIL minor league football? No

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NIL aside, nobody is going to dominate a 12 playoff format. Even a single repeat will be nearly impossible.

I think both Bama fans and Bama haters are making assumptions that will be proven to be wrong.

Many Bama haters think Deboer is going to flop coaching Bama. Deboer is a proven coach in terms to coaching up talent acquired by his predecessor. He's done it extremely well several times and there's no reason to think he won't again. Bama will be elite next season and the year after that. Those expecting an immediate dropoff are going to be disappointed.

Many Bama fans think Deboer will have no issues continuing Saban's recruiting dominance. Deboer has NOT proven that he's an elite recruiter or even a pretty good one. He doesn't have any recruiting chops of note. That is a huge question mark and should be the worry for Bama fans. It won't have any impact on the 2024 season and will have minimal impact on 2025 but from 2026 on if Deboer is bringing in clases in the 5-6 range rather than the 1-2 range like Saban did, Bama will start to struggle more.

Those expecting an immediate drop will be disappointed. Those that think there won't be any drop even 2-3 years down the road are probably going to be disappointed too.

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SEC West

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next year

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Low IQ football fan confirmed.