The standard is not gone

Players not running from challenge

"We've had some guys leave and wish them well, but that doesn't change the standard at Alabama or our belief that Coach DeBoer is going to lead us where we want to be, winning championships," said starting inside linebacker Deontae Lawson, who passed up the NFL draft to return for his redshirt junior season. "We know what we can accomplish and know he's won everywhere he's been. We're going to keep this thing going. It's going to be a wonderful story, and we're ready to embrace it."

"I want to wish them well wherever they go, but just because Coach Saban is gone, that doesn't mean the standard is gone. He taught us that standard," Tyler Booker said. "It really comes down to, 'Why did you come to the school?' I came to Alabama obviously to play for Coach Saban and play to his standard, to be challenged every day and be held accountable by my teammates, the people in this building and the fans.

"No amount of money could buy me away from Alabama and my legacy here." - Tyler Booker


"I told Coach DeBoer the night we met that it takes a man to come in here behind Coach Saban and take this job on. And then you sit there and listen to the vision he has for this program, and that says a lot about him and who he is." - Malachi Moore

Sounds like Alabama is going to be ok. Please keep up the premature celebration. It will make it all the more sweeter when you are proven wrong.