NWLA_Bama

Here's what you're missing. Lane's style of offense gets less effective in the redzone. Here's Lane's red zone TD rate for the past five and half years.

Season Red-zone TD rate National Rank
2021 61.2% 74th
2022 64.4% 47th
2023 65.6% 33rd
2024 59.0% 79th
2025 61.5% 51st
2026 67.3% 44th

In comparison, in each of DeBoer's first three years, his offense is very effective in the red zone:

2024 74.5%
2025 71.7%
2026 78.4%

There's enough of a pattern to have concern that what you saw last Saturday wasn't a one off.

No he can't. He's not draft eligible until after next season.

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Damn, Bama gonna have to pay an arse of money to Kleeon

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I'm not certain any team (whether they can pay it or not) is going to pay what I'm sure he and his agent are going to request after this season. This is like the NFL now, you can pay your QB a crap load of money, but if there's nothing left for the other starters, does it really do you or the QB any good? No amount of money makes it enjoyable for a player to be on a team that's losing. So my guess is, Keelon is going to have to make a decision on whether he wants all the money and not a very good supporting cast, or wants to take enough money to still make him rich but leave enough to field a competitive team.

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Weren’t you guys set to fire him earlier this season?

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Bro, Alabama fans are set to fire any coach after one game. We run our coaches on a game to game contract. It is a true "what have you done for me lately" relationship. Where have you been?

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Why do you think he has better talent?

You constantly rebuff the idea that DeBoer took over a top talented roster, yet parrot the idea that LSU bought a top talented roster in one offseason.

What is any of this based on?

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One reason is because just from the naked eye watching on TV, LSU was bigger and faster at most positions compared to Alabama. As a matter of fact, I'm involved in a group text thread with about 10 other Bama fans during games and the common thing that was said by most of them when watching the game was "Man, LSU's players look so much bigger and faster than ours", and to me, I couldn't argue with them because I thought the same thing.

Second, is that it was reported all off season how much money Kiffin had pumped into the program and him bringing in the top ranked portal class. This was even flaunted by LSU fans.

I didn't say DeBoer didn't have any talent in his first year; I'm saying after transfer outs once Saban left he wasn't left with the same level of talent had before he retired. We had A LOT of key talent leave with under developed talent left. DeBoer had talent, just not the "loaded" team people want to claim he did.

I don't think you LSU fans realize the type of talent your team has maybe because you watch them every Saturday. You've got an uber talented team with NFL talent all over the roster. The problem is, you've got a coach who has yet to figure out how to win in the pressure moments and in the pressure games. If he ever figures that out, y'all will put together multiple NC's.

Kalen DeBoer had a boatload of talent walk off campus when Nick announced he retired and didn't have $40 million at his disposal to try to convince them to stay. Though there was still talent left, it wasn't near what other fans like to say he had and it showed.

DeBoer was in no way gifted what Lane's been gifted at LSU in his first year. Lane's just doing what Lane does and that's make messes of situations.

He didn't have in his first year what Lane had dumped in the program. No where close. As a matter of fact, the numbers going around during that time was around $20 million, nowhere close to the $40+ million Lane had.

If DeBoer would have had $40+ million dumped into the program in his first year he probably could have. :cheers:

They did all of this to what basically nets to $155 million more dollars pure year in overall revenue. The juice isn't going to be worth the squeeze, imo.

Do they still run the time sucking offense they did when Pavia was there? Lord, I remember all they had to do was get like two or three first downs and they could suck 3/4's of the time out of a quarter.

I think whether it is worth it or not depends on how it all plays out. If you're playing the SECCG, win the game, but your quarterback blows a knee out in the fourth quarter and is out for the season, and it cost your team a national championship. At that point, was the game "worth it" to you?