DeBoer to Bama

[stonesak]

I wonder how much Alabama fans will like 45-42 shootouts.

 

[Tonkasker]

Then what happens if DeBoer has a couple 9-10 win seasons and gets fired? We saw how that turned out for Nebraska. Things can get ugly pretty quick.

I hope that happens in the same timeline as Rhule leaving for Texas A&M or whatever because Kalen would absolutely crush it at Nebraska

 

[Bootleg11]

Then what happens if DeBoer has a couple 9-10 win seasons and gets fired? We saw how that turned out for Nebraska. Things can get ugly pretty quick.

Bama in the 90's showed that they aren't immune to bad hires.

 

[Dell Husker]

 

[Fargo Husker]

Leipold's agent must be the hardest working man in CFB. Dude's name is listed as a candidate for every single P5 opening.

 

[Pipe Line]

He’s career 104-12 as a head coach. Pros and cons both ways. Sounds like Saban will be around to help but Kalen is a process guy and culture guy. If I remember correctly, he’s a buddy buddy assistant hire coach. I don’t know if that will fly though. He’s going to need ties to the southeast quickly.

Yeah, I don't know. Just underwhelming to me. Time will tell.

 

[HerbRedman]

The UA guy Jedd Fisch is a great candidate IMHO. Leipold would be odd there, but would be a good hire. I feel like they need a west coast guy for that job.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

remember when DeBoer wasn’t good enough for NU? Lol our fans are idiots

 

[SyfromSD]

My brother in law played with KD & Grubb back at USF when they won the natty in '96. He came up under Bob Young & he's our poor man's SoDak TO.

Kalen was everything for Washington that SF was supposed to be for us, dude is solid & takes care of his team. It wouldn't surprise me if a couple go with him.

Also, he's a very capable recruiter.

 

[HerbRedman]

remember when DeBoer wasn’t good enough for NU? Lol our fans are idiots

Actually most of our fans hadn't heard of him first. THEN when they found out who he was they proclaimed he wasn't good enough for us

 

[BIGSTICK67]

This sounds sort of like when the coaching fraternity mentioned the same about Nebraska in the early 2000's during one of our coaching searches.

I cannot recall where we were at, but coaches were saying - "Yeah it's Nebraska, they'll be just fine". LMAO

In hindsight it pissed me off so bad.

 

[Alcaus]

That's about as good a hire as Bama could make.

 

[djw004]

Gotta think he could retain so much of his staff - Alabama is a bump for each of them. Honestly - does Grubb stay?

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

I just can’t believe Bama struck out. My how the mighty have fallen

 

[whoboppin]

He is a great coach, i just dont think anyone can succeed Saban. A 9-3 or 10-2 season and they will be freaking out. Not winning the SEC like 3 years in a row they will freak out. Sabans process was one of a kind? Is Deboer gonna get the #1 class with like 7 5 stars every year, or is he going to be getting like the 7th ranked classes with like 1 5 star. He can be really really good and still get on the hot seat.

 

[Adolph Coors]

I wonder how much Alabama fans will like 45-42 shootouts.

they already play them….

 

[Cash68847]

Bama in the 90's showed that they aren't immune to bad hires.

My guess is DeBoer will do a solid job there, but it won’t be good enough for Bama fans. They will fire him and it very well could spiral into the 90s bs if they don’t watch it.

 

[thE kErnEl]

Sadly, yes it is. I was hoping he’d turn them down and Bama would be forced to hire Tommy Rees or Mike Locksley.

What a meteoric rise though. DeBoer was in NAIA just over a decade ago and has 3 total years of P5 coaching experience, and he just landed the biggest gig in CFB.

I was teaching with him 20 years ago.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Offer Peterson $10mill a year to come back.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Leipold's agent must be the hardest working man in CFB. Dude's name is listed as a candidate for every single P5 opening.

That's Jimmy Franklin's agent who got him on all the early Bama lists.


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