re: Realistically What is Your View of Kalen DeBoer?

I have liked him since Fresno. But this years team is typical of his coaching style. Dont expect him to have a dominant run game. I am still unsure if Bama fans will ever fully buy in with him.

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But, to win consistently in this conference

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Alabama beat every SEC team they played year. They went .500 against Georgia and Oklahoma this year, both of whom were playoff teams.

And he did it while playing the 4th toughest schedule in the country in only his 2nd year and basically lacking an offensive line.

As an LSU alum/fan, I see him as a good (not exceptional) coach but I don't think he has the best assistants which costs him. He is probably in the top 10 or so but as others are saying, he is not comfortable in the SEC?

I think he is a good coach, but obviously there are some flaws.

Not everyone can coach in this league though. His style may be better suited for West coast and Mid West conferences.

I'd take him over Brian Kelly any day though!

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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.

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I think the skill players were fine, but the OLine personnel was not suited for what he wanted to do. A lot of square pegs leftover from Saban's last year like Proctor, who were not suited for this offense, but he was just such a physical specimen, you had to play him.

DeBoer deserves a chance to run his system with his guys, and most importantly his QB. If he can't show progress in the next two years with back to back top 3 recruiting classes and the highest rated recruit in 'Bama history (one he brought in btw,) he won't be in Tuscaloosa for long.

But being 2-1 vs Kirby already and getting through the toughest schedule in the country this season to make the playoffs is a pretty good start to his career.

I think he is a hell of a coach. Style is different from Saban and some will never be able to let go of that but I think he is one of the top coaches in the country

He's good enough, but that won't matter. It's Alabama post Saban. Doesn't matter who it is, he's not going to be good enough. He will get the blame when the issue is more about NIL bringing parity than his coaching skills.

This is what I think honestly. He is not Saban and no one ever will be. That doesn’t mean he can’t be very successful. It’s still very early on and after you have a sea change of that magnitude in leadership and philosophy you would expect it to be a lot worse. I certainly don’t think it’s as bad as everyone hoped it would be (me included) and I think it’s going to get better. Personally I wish yall could have completely bottomed the frick out for a couple years and then started building it back up. He got y’all in the playoffs year 2. I wouldn’t really give 2 shits what anybody else thought.

Not directly hating on Alabama I promise, but there's no guarantee that things get better after Year 2. A bunch of Bama fans seem to think that "Deboer just needs to get more of his players into the system and Rome wasn't built in a day."

But Georgia had 2 coaches in a row who had their best season in their second year - Donnan and Goff. And then Kirby's second year was his best season for a while until he finally broke through in 2021.

1. He Inherited some great talent but unable to coach them up.
2. Too nice. Wants to have players “like” him too much. An interview with one of our linebackers who said KD is a “players coach”. To me that’s the kiss of death.
3. Bama fans (BMD’s) included, are spoiled. We expect too much every year. It’s just who we are. That being said, KD does not have 10 years to win a conference or Natty.
4. KD doesn’t seem able to motivate his players to play consistently. ( see #2-being a players coach).
5. Question his hiring ability and management style. Assistants I believe take on the personality of their coach as do the players. KD at least from what I’ve seen is wayyyyy to laid back for Bama.

In Summation, Alabama can’t fire him today because they don’t have the money to pay him and new coach and staff. I believe he has six years left on contract. I predict his agent will find him a good landing spot after next season because Bama will be horrid next year.

RTR