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Iron Bow will probably define DeBoer’s tenure here
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:30 am
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:30 am
Biggest game he’s ever coached in his life. Win it and you most likely assure yourself a playoff spot. And hey, you get in and get hot, get Ty back right and who knows. Go into next year with a little momentum and the QB you recruited.
Lose and finish 9-3 and miss the playoffs and you will have pretty much lost the entire fan base. Everything goes negative. He’ll be back next year but his seat will be scorching. Just a massive, massive game in two weeks.
Lose and finish 9-3 and miss the playoffs and you will have pretty much lost the entire fan base. Everything goes negative. He’ll be back next year but his seat will be scorching. Just a massive, massive game in two weeks.
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Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:33 am to Allthatfades
Absolutely. Outside of winning the Georgia game this year and last, DeBoer hasn’t proven that he can handle the pressure of being the head coach of Alabama football. His players emulate their leadership. Not a good sign.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:36 am to bamatide07
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:37 am to Allthatfades
It isn’t fair but you’re right. You can probably predict his termination in 1-2 years if he loses in Auburn in two weeks.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 10:55 am to Allthatfades
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Biggest game he’s ever coached in his life. Win it and you most likely assure yourself a playoff spot. And hey, you get in and get hot, get Ty back right and who knows. Go into next year with a little momentum and the QB you recruited. Lose and finish 9-3 and miss the playoffs and you will have pretty much lost the entire fan base. Everything goes negative. He’ll be back next year but his seat will be scorching. Just a massive, massive game in two weeks.
I dont disagree with any of this but it takes time to overhaul an Oline and recruit players that fit your system. You can cut coaches loose after 3 years but then you have a roster full of Deboer's style players and may need another long overhaul. Then you are in an Auburn situation of a revolving door before you know it. It was always gonna be a bumpy road after Saban. There was nobody realistically on the board that would be doing any better. We cant judge based off of Ohio St who plays mostly terrible teams all year long.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:02 am to Allthatfades
Losing to an Auburn team that just fired their coach is a horrible, horrible look. We’d be entering Bill Curry territory.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:03 am to FairhopeTider
We’ve already entered that territory. A loss to them would be devastating.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:23 am to Allthatfades
Hey........ technically Eastern Illinois can make the Iron Bowl meaningless again.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 11:38 am to Lordofwrath88
The game will depend on which Ty Bama gets. If we get the one from yesterday, we will lose.
A lose to AU will be nucellar at this point.
A lose to AU will be nucellar at this point.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:10 pm to Allthatfades
If we lose to Auburn, and then lose the bowl game to some terrible team and go 9-4 AGAIN, his coaching seat will then be molten magma hot in 2026.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:15 pm to bamatide07
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We’ve already entered that territory.
I don’t think we are there yet but we’re definitely approaching it with a loss to Auburn.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:26 pm to Allthatfades
I fully expect Alabama to shite their pants in Jordan hare as per tradition.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:27 pm to Amarillo Tide
He might not make it honestly. Depends how bad the loss is.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:28 pm to JackieTreehorn
No question we will. If a hardass like Saban had issues playing there then a softie like DeBoer will be having nightmares after playing there. We can just only pray that he doesn’t trot Connor Talty out to attempt a 57 yard field goal at the end of regulation.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 12:45 pm to CrimsonBoz
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He might not make it honestly. Depends how bad the loss is.
It would be enormously stupid to jump into the coaching carousel with how many premier jobs are already open.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 1:10 pm to bamatide07
A coach cannot be a hardass in the NIL/portal era. Saban could not have gotten by with his deal if that had been in place in the late 2000s.
You calling DeBoer “soft” really captures a lot of what is going on here. There’s an element that didn’t want DeBoer from the start because he ain’t from around these parts and because there’s no way his offense is ever going to run the ball twice as much as they throw it. And that element smells blood in the water.
You calling DeBoer “soft” really captures a lot of what is going on here. There’s an element that didn’t want DeBoer from the start because he ain’t from around these parts and because there’s no way his offense is ever going to run the ball twice as much as they throw it. And that element smells blood in the water.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 1:17 pm to scottydoesntknow
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We cant judge based off of Ohio St who plays mostly terrible teams all year long.
Yet according to some of the unabashed retards in this sub, we would struggle with Ohio State's schedule (but never mind the fact that we annihilated Wisconsin).
Not a single coach, including Saban, would have come out of this gauntlet unscathed.
I do agree with OP that the Iron Bowl will absolutely define his tenure but they've also got three weeks to prepare and it's in a stadium Saban struggled at. Not to mention their strengths play right into our weaknesses. I don't care if they have an interim coach or not, fricking Brian Harsin and Hugh Freeze took Saban to the wire with absolute dog shite teams. It's not really the coach, it's the environment. If Deboer loses, he'll have to win big in Tuscaloosa next year atone for it. Otherwise yeah, he's going to lose the fanbase.
BUT knowing how cursed that place is for us, if he actually manages to escape with a win, that's a massive turning point. It would show he's not rattled by the JH voodoo or any of the other cosmic BS that's swallowed far better Alabama teams whole. It would be the first real sign that he's built different.
This post was edited on 11/16/25 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 11/16/25 at 1:27 pm to PuertoRicanBlaze
I am different - his losses last year defined him. This year would only confirm what I felt after last season. If he could somehow manage to beat Auburn, then I might have an attitude change. I just think he is a perennial 9-3 coach. That is the new normal for us
Posted on 11/16/25 at 1:33 pm to InkStainedWretch
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You calling DeBoer “soft” really captures a lot of what is going on here.
I do not think DeBoer has a soft disposition to be honest. I do think his offense is philosophically more about finesse than physicality and I suppose that is "soft" in some respects.
I don't think zone based run teams have to be soft. Nobody would call any of these Shanahan coaching tree teams like the 90s Broncos, the modern Rams and Niners, etc soft football.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 1:41 pm to InkStainedWretch
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A coach cannot be a hardass in the NIL/portal era. Saban could not have gotten by with his deal if that had been in place in the late 2000s. You calling DeBoer “soft” really captures a lot of what is going on here. There’s an element that didn’t want DeBoer from the start because he ain’t from around these parts and because there’s no way his offense is ever going to run the ball twice as much as they throw it. And that element smells blood in the water.
You can be a “players coach” and still have intensity about you. Smart isn’t as much of a “jerk” as Saban was early in his career, but he was just as hard a worker and demanded excellence. The “soft” part is a lack of intensity and mental toughness, not that he doesn’t scream at players enough.
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