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Realistically What is Your View of Kalen DeBoer?
Posted on 1/7/26 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 12:54 pm
I'm curious what the outside perception is from SEC fans.
He made it to the SECCG and Playoff Quarterfinals in year 2.
But also had some embarrassing blowouts.
Do you think he'll continue to build on this year, or is this guy just not championship caliber?
I think myself and most Alabama fans want to see what the team looks like when we have more DeBoer recruits on offense. This past season he only had 1 recruiting class on the roster.
Usually you have to at least wait for a coach to get 2 recruiting classes in before you can judge.
He made it to the SECCG and Playoff Quarterfinals in year 2.
But also had some embarrassing blowouts.
Do you think he'll continue to build on this year, or is this guy just not championship caliber?
I think myself and most Alabama fans want to see what the team looks like when we have more DeBoer recruits on offense. This past season he only had 1 recruiting class on the roster.
Usually you have to at least wait for a coach to get 2 recruiting classes in before you can judge.
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Posted on 1/7/26 at 12:55 pm to UAClassOf22
quote:Good coach. Not built for life in the SEC.
outside perception is from SEC fans.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 12:56 pm to BevoBucks
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Not built for life in the SEC.
Curious what you mean by this?
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:00 pm to UAClassOf22
I think he's a good coach but not elite. His teams will out talent and out finesse you one week and then completely lie down the next. He seems to get them up for the big games but then they'll come out completely flat against a team they should dominate. Your defense improved over the course of the season but you will never have dominant defenses under Deboer like you had under Saban.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:01 pm to UAClassOf22
He needs an extension.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:02 pm to UAClassOf22
Decent HC and just part of the inevitable Bama decline.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:02 pm to UAClassOf22
He's a good coach but he needs more time to harden enough for the SEC. Unfortunately LSU has been no issue for him lol, but he's not SEC material overall in my opinion.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:03 pm to UAClassOf22
He is a great Coach with bad timing.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:03 pm to jangalang
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He needs an extension.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:03 pm to UAClassOf22
He seems like he is an OK coach.
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Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:03 pm to UAClassOf22
He’s an elite head coach trying to follow up one of the best to ever do it, but in a completely new era of college football. Everything has changed, and he had Bama in the playoff this year, all else be damned.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:05 pm to UAClassOf22
quote:It's not the X's and O's. But, a combo of other things. The added hours needed for politicking with boosters. The extra scrutiny of living in a fish bowl. The cutthroat nature of cruitin/portal. And, having your team physically & mentally prepared for the grind that is an SEC schedule.
Curious what you mean by this?
He's pretty good at those things. But, to win consistently in this conference means going all in on them. And, from afar, I don't see that in him. But, I've been wrong before.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:07 pm to UAClassOf22
He's Mark Richt. Good coach and will have his team competitive every year but not good enough for championships, etc.
However, he is relatively young with only a few years of major college coaching experience, if he evolves and develops he could become elite. Saban had 10+ years HC experience under his belt plus the NFL stop before he came to Bama.
However, he is relatively young with only a few years of major college coaching experience, if he evolves and develops he could become elite. Saban had 10+ years HC experience under his belt plus the NFL stop before he came to Bama.
This post was edited on 1/7/26 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:10 pm to Imber
An elite coach that should get BAMA back to the summit of college football. As good as Kirby and he just lost to Miss. Even Saban could not win them all.
Patience you must have as your coach is as good as any out there.
And ignore the nonsense that he doesn't fit in. Saban from West Virginia to Michigan State. When LSU hired him I thought Michigan State to LSU, he will never fit in.
Patience you must have, good luck my friend.
Patience you must have as your coach is as good as any out there.
And ignore the nonsense that he doesn't fit in. Saban from West Virginia to Michigan State. When LSU hired him I thought Michigan State to LSU, he will never fit in.
Patience you must have, good luck my friend.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:17 pm to UAClassOf22
-Feels like an outsider of the deep south, similar to harsin
-Obvious winning pedigree at washington so he's not a total scrub
-Was handed the keys to a souped up ferrari and has driven it off the road numerous times. A couple big time wins but some utterly head scratching, inexcusable losses
-He has as many losses in his 2 year career at bama than the previous 5 years combined. Program does not seem to be on an upward trajectory overall
-Lots of "bama hasn't something since something" records are falling under his watch. Losses to unranked teams, loss to an SEC team at home, loss in MBS, etc
-Iffy coordinator hires
Overall thought? He's better than the vast majority of other HC in America but doesn't seem quite right for his specific time and place at the moment.
-Obvious winning pedigree at washington so he's not a total scrub
-Was handed the keys to a souped up ferrari and has driven it off the road numerous times. A couple big time wins but some utterly head scratching, inexcusable losses
-He has as many losses in his 2 year career at bama than the previous 5 years combined. Program does not seem to be on an upward trajectory overall
-Lots of "bama hasn't something since something" records are falling under his watch. Losses to unranked teams, loss to an SEC team at home, loss in MBS, etc
-Iffy coordinator hires
Overall thought? He's better than the vast majority of other HC in America but doesn't seem quite right for his specific time and place at the moment.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:18 pm to UAClassOf22
I don't think we really have a good idea of what he can do there just yet. You always need to give a guy 3 years to bring in his style of players and implement his system. Not to mention the guy followed the greatest coach in the history of the sport. Not exactly the easiest thing in the world to do. He seems like a good enough coach if you give him another year or 2.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:19 pm to BevoBucks
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And, having your team physically & mentally prepared for the grind that is an SEC schedule.
To be fair, he had one of the toughest schedules in the nation this season, and came out of the regular season ranked #1 in the SEC standings.
I think he's obviously more of a "nice guy" but I think he has much thicker skin than people realize.
I think he can handle the external factors in the SEC, but at the end of the day, he needs to figure out how to win a ship in this crazy cfb landscape. I think all of the coaches are still trying to figure out the best method with roster management and NIL.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:20 pm to UAClassOf22
The only chance he ever had to not be seen as a failure is to win multiple natties in a row within his first 4-5 years.
He’d still be paid, though, so I would take it.
He’d still be paid, though, so I would take it.
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:21 pm to WG_Dawg
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-Feels like an outsider of the deep south, similar to harsin
And Saban.
And Urban Meyer.
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-Was handed the keys to a souped up ferrari and has driven it off the road numerous times.
False, he was given a roster that made Saban say frick this shite, it's not worth it. Look at who our coordinators were in Saban's final years they weren't developing shite and NIL paid players only cared about money.
Our best players this year offensively were mostly players that transferred in from Washington, not Saban left overs.
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Overall thought? He's better than the vast majority of other HC in America but doesn't seem quite right for his specific time and place at the moment.
Your coach is 1-2 against him despite him having to piece together teams.
This post was edited on 1/7/26 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 1/7/26 at 1:22 pm to TigerLunatik
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I don't think we really have a good idea of what he can do there just yet. You always need to give a guy 3 years to bring in his style of players and implement his system
I think the biggest issue his first 2 years is he has a 180 opposite offensive philosophy to Saban, and yet he's had to play with Saban guys on offense.
Only 2 years in and our top 4 receivers are guys he's brought in. That says a lot.
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