Discipline, Understanding, and Execution - Where does the buck stop?

TTFWIW...

3rd party info...but an athlete on my team knows an athlete on a team at Bama that shares study hall with a few football players. Apparently, they said Deboer doesn't get on them, and when he does, they pay him no attention. So there ya go...

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Apparently, they said Deboer doesn't get on them, and when he does, they pay him no attention. So there ya go...

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That is on KDB.

If he hired coordinators who would enforce then he could continue to be the jolly west coast verision of "ole shucks" all he wants.

I believe Grubb is an enforcer it's just #74 harmed our OL cohesion, Ryan got concussed and had many drops and Ty Simpson was reading and throwing late.

The defense though? That was an absolute shitshow and they represent their Coordinator to the fullest.

Hence why the most important thing is to hire a defensive analyst to work as a ghost DC to create gameplans and lead halftime adjustments. If KDB is arrogant and stubborn about this, the AD needs to step in a put significant pressure on make such a hire.

Wommack should be DC only by title and shipped to some poor high school by February

I'm a fan of Vince Kehres. Good coach, solid. You're correct, he would right the ship (at least on defense) quick. His salary at Toledo is $241K (?!).

For those that don't know who he is, google him. He's impressive.

Here are the issues with the Alabama Football program.

CKD excels at building relationships, using the brand, and being a genuine nice guy to play for. This makes recruiting fairly easy.

CKD is failing at providing a sustainable culture and has the wrong coaches in place.

CKD expects his players to provide a level of accountability. He doesn’t provide accountability directly. This is why we are seeing the Washington transfers playing harder than the 5 stars.

CKD style will NOT work when your top players are getting paid millions. They are complacent and there is no mechanism to correct this. NIL fricks up CKD process.

You’re also taking these players who mostly thrive or need structure. Coach Saban detailed EVERYTHING. You either do it or you are out of the program. It’s why his players say he made men. It was boot camp. CKD is treating this program like the NFL except he is afraid to cut players and can’t because of NIL obligations.

This year and last year you can see “player only meetings” occur and the messaging is one of Coach Sabans. Focus on all the little things. Adhere to the standard. The players are trying to get other folks onboard but the complacency can not solely be removed by the players. The lack of top down mechanisms is leading to a lack of respect for CKD.

Now add the fact that coaches were shocked at how the players played timid and how it isn’t the “culture”. It shows a significant disconnect between the players and coaches. For Ty, he spoke to Coach Saban before the game and Saban told him to focus on not making negative plays. Ty was extremely timid. Coach DeBoer told him to sling it. That is going to cause confusion. While Saban isn’t trying to sow confusion people still respect him more than our current coach rightfully so.

While I’m all for giving coaches three years….DeBoer has a significant cultural problem on his hands and he also needs to fire his friends.

I’m not sure this man is going to do those things. Now this dude would probably be successful at Alabama in 5 years down the road but his style is way too different than Saban.

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Don't know if that's true but makes perfect sense and wouldn't surprise me a bit. It sounds like CKD and the staff either have or are completely losing control the team.

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Part of the issue with DeBoer’s style IMO is you have all these high caliber athletes that have been told how they are God’s gift to earth since the time they picked up a ball in middle school, and DeBoer just continues to tell them how awesome they are. Whereas with Saban, Smart, etc., they would get these guys to campus and check their egos immediately. And this clearly got the most out of the players. The coaches made it very clear they did not care how many stars your recruiting profile had, and when you got to campus you better be ready to fall in line with the process because Saban & co. were “going to win with you or without you”. DeBoer with these players just seems like he’s terrified of losing a friend by getting into an argument.

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DeBoer with these players just seems like he’s terrified of losing a friend by getting into an argument.

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How about KDB should focus on ripping his staff for a poor job??

I don't care how many stars you have if you don't know what you're doing you can't play fast or be effective.

When that rot sets that's when players (who are basically older teenagers) give up, stop caring, etc.

If our coach would actually be accountable then the tone would be set but instead of Wommack coming out explaining how he failed, Wommack came out to tell us how he knew it all, was very prepared, etc... what an idiot.

Even bigger idiot is the guy above him who didn't blast him for that stupid news conference

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of Wommack coming out explaining how he failed, Wommack came out to tell us how he knew it all, was very prepared, etc... what an idiot.

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Agree completely, it really bothered me how he said he knew what they were doing on offense. So why didn’t you stop it? Are you lowkey blaming all the players who all looked lost all at once? What are the odds every player is lost and it’s not coaching related?

Lots of other fanbase trolls up in here downvoting