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re: Just watched the Deboer post game presser
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:58 am to HillabeeBaw
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:58 am to HillabeeBaw
Blame Bama Fans. The thought of hiring an assistant coach was beneath them.
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Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:58 am to MillerLiteTime
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He and his family will gladly negotiate the buyout down in exchange for being released from the burden of having to be the Alabama coach for 2 more seasons under one of the heaviest crowns in sports.
Probably accurate.
Depends on how this season unfolds and if he can keep it from completely falling apart.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 9:58 am to AuburnTigers
His buyout will be last of its breed.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:06 am to GetmorewithLes
The question is not "what does it cost to dump him?"
The real question is "what does it cost to keep him ?"
The real question is "what does it cost to keep him ?"
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:08 am to GoldenDawg
Imagine you have have spent most of your career working in non-profits out west. All of a sudden your father dies and at 50 years old you inherit a very successful high profile company that is the major employer in a mid sized city. You move your wife and kids to a new environment where you are expected to be a community leader but you hate the job and responsibilities. You realize quickly things are falling apart and you are not ready for this. Layoffs begin and the city and local media blames you for everything. Your kids hate their school. Your wife is miserable. You are miserable and depressed every day at the thought of having to work another day at this place. On paper the company is worth 68 million but to actually sell it for that kind of money it would take several more years of hard work, sleepless nights, lengthy negotiations and court battles, a miserable home life, and having to run a company where no one respects you. A private equity firm offers 45 mil to walk away no questions asked and you and your family can be back on the West Coast tomorrow.
Tempting isn't it?
Tempting isn't it?
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:09 am to HillabeeBaw
Nothing else really to say. Is what it is.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:11 am to Robin Masters
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If he stays on for another 2 years he will solidify his place in history as one of the greatest football failures and no one will touch him.
Yep. Leave now and he is a good coach who was a poor culture fit and a victim of the insane expectations at Alabama post Saban.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:13 am to MillerLiteTime
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but Alabama actually has a ton of leverage here.
He has your asses over burning wood and he is holding the lighter fluid.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:13 am to HillabeeBaw
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How long will the gumps continue to prop this clown up?
We're always calling for him to be removed. We're just too poor to do it.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:14 am to MillerLiteTime
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This is why the buyout will be negotiated down to 45 mil and a lengthy payment plan.
No one is going to willing reduce their contracted pay from 70 to 45 million.
Take a 25 million dollar loss willingly?
If he is that dumb - you should have discovered that in the first interview.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:27 am to SECdragonmaster
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No one is going to willing reduce their contracted pay from 70 to 45 million.
Take a 25 million dollar loss willingly?
If he is that dumb - you should have discovered that in the first interview.
Oh don't get me wrong, he has a ton of leverage too. A contract, plus our desire to stop the bleeding. But the leverage we have is if he won't take a 30-35% reduction in buyout, we can force him to keep working in a miserable environment while his reputation continues to shatter. By the time negotiations ever hit this point, the coach and their family want out of the contract too.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:31 am to HillabeeBaw
I am astonished that college football fans think that a new coach can come into a new football program and instantly win national championships in his 2nd season
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:34 am to IAmNERD
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"I choose to believe that we are a good football team." -Kalen Deboer
I choose to believe that he needs to prove it first.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:38 am to FLTech
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I am astonished that college football fans think that a new coach can come into a new football program and instantly win national championships in his 2nd season
My MAGA friend. I don’t think that’s what the majority of us Bama fans think. This fan wants to see improvement from the last game we played. I didn’t see it at all.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:40 am to IAmNERD
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"I choose to believe that we are a good football team." -Kalen Deboer
This is some 1941 Bama fake national title level cope.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:41 am to HillabeeBaw
So sweet to see the Gumps flopping around like a fish on a hot sidewalk.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:50 am to MillerLiteTime
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we can force him to keep working in a miserable environment while his reputation continues to shatter. By the time negotiations ever hit this point, the coach and their family want out of the contract too.
If it worked you are talking about a pyrrhic victory that would make him a sympathetic figure everywhere else and future coaches less interested in that kind of shitshow. And if someone does something criminal to harass him or his family opens up the university to additional financial liability
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:51 am to HillabeeBaw
Curley Hallman 2.0.
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:53 am to HillabeeBaw
Let's be honest here. No one was going to come in and sustain what Saban built. Even Sabans formula was ruined due to the portal.
Who ever came after Saban was always going to be a sacrifice. Top tier coaches knew it was a death sentence job. The only person willing to take it would be an up and coming coach willing to take the heat for a big payday
Who ever came after Saban was always going to be a sacrifice. Top tier coaches knew it was a death sentence job. The only person willing to take it would be an up and coming coach willing to take the heat for a big payday
Posted on 8/31/25 at 10:58 am to HillabeeBaw
The fact they're 5-5 the last 10 games is wild.
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