As someone living in Tuscaloosa. I didn’t hear anyone complaining about us not getting into playoffs either but all I heard about it was that Alabama fans were losing their minds about it. Make it make sense
@@NonConformist-p4mwhat does that have to do with the comments ? is that your really go to defense of a stranger than says outlandish things because he knows it generates views which equals money ?😂 money isn't everything, especially in this type of convo.
DeBoer isn’t on the hot seat, but he definitely needs to grow a pair and start changing pieces that aren’t working. QB should’ve been changed after week 6, OC needs to go. Bunch of selfish players on the team.
Not saying their should’ve been a change but definitely a competition Milroe knew he was starting all season and never showed that he could throw the ball against great defenses besides Georgia
agree. The QB seemed to have too much power. Like the staff was afraid of benching him bc it would divide the team. The roster needs to turnover. He didn't recruit most of these kids (including Milroe). Until he has a couple classes on the team hes not on the hot seat provided something crazy happens.
finally someone speaking the truth. People out here saying DeBoer sucks. He's not bad. He just need to adjust. 9-4 is not bad. I think people forget how bad Saban did his first year.
ok? Alabama has the #1 composite roster in terms of talent and is out the playoffs. out an EXPANDED playoffs and lost to Vanderbilt. Penn State doesn’t even have a top 10 composite roster and is in the final four. James Franklin hasn’t won a big game since 2016. think about that so he’s in the best situation possible and had less at Washington, and went to the championship. that is inexcusable
Any think there’s A CHANCE that next year ESPN doesn’t pick a song that makes your ears bleed for their college football theme? Just use the classic ESPN stinger, ffs.
@@cooldudecs Not sure what you are getting at but a quick web search showed bama had between 11 and 23 players apply to the portal last year. Assuming these were all blue chippers, that should make a difference. The coach could be in over his head also but college football has changed a ton in the last few years and some people are still trying to catch up.
That's changed a lot of things but it didn't make duke and others any better yet in spite of those changes Alabama didn't gain advantage and that is dude to poor coaching and recruiting at Alabama. Deboer is Jimbo Fisher 2.0 it's pretty easy to see that his "super power" was a dude by the name of Ryan Grubb who's now coaching in the NFL. Just like Jimbo, Deboer got it all handed to him by a winning program. Now he can't live up to they hype and I think it's time for him to go -- NIL, transfer portal or not. We don't like his coaching... thats our complaint. And why would anyone want to get "used to" things wrecking the sport?
disagree on 3, they definitely showed fire/grit a few times this year. We'll see if they can improve 1 and 2 next year. And not to throw Milroe under the bus completely cuz he's a good kid but a better QB should help things. You can't turn the ball over 3 times in a quarter.
@@EB-bl6ccThe WRs reactions tell you all you need to know. Just need someone who can distribute the ball consistently and make the easy plays look easy instead of nearly impossible
It’s Deboer’s first season but the way he was unprepared for Vandys wildcat (coach and qb upset Auburn yr prior) then got destroyed by Oklahoma using the exact same playbook is a huge Red Flag.
Every conference has paid and still paying players. It’s been going on since college football became popular. Get off your high horse, you team has always paid!
I totally agree. Saban paid guys at lsu before he bolted to the nfl. He was a disaster coach with the dolphins and knew that and went to bama and started paying there. Saban ultimately trapped 5 star players on the bench with a lil bag of money and a car. Food for thought. It took 3 years for saban to win a natty at lsu, 3 years to win his first title at bama, and 3 years after nil came out to retire. Correlation much? He knew he was going to be exposed as a fraud coach had he stayed on. He cried to congress even.
@@jcelldogs I was there and other than the rich boys from Hoover the rest of the players either didn't own vehicles or they were "conch cars" that mostly sat in the lot broken down.
No one wants to give credit to Michigan's defense in playing Alabama. Wink Martindale had nearly all second stringers what with all the guys leaving to the NFL or in the portal, and they pressured Milroe nearly every play. The offense had their last string quarterback after the next-to-last string QB got hurt, and he was handing off to two running backs that saw hardly a minute of playing time before the ReliaQuest Bowl. Give Chip Lindsey and Sherrone Moore along with Wink some credit for coaching a great game. The guys stepped up. Go Blue!
Be so for real with yourself. Michigans defense didnt make Milroe turn the ball over 3 times and drop it in the rain. Yall want to take credit for everything.
I realize that people want to give DeBoer more time, and that most think it is unreasonable for him to be on the hot seat after just his first season, but what has he shown you this year that makes you optimistic that he has what it takes to rebuild and restore Bama to a National Championship contending team? I watched every game and I still haven't seen it.
Bama played lights out against Wisconsin, Missouri, LSU, and Auburn. Saban was a coach who could get his team to play like that for 13 or 14 games a year, not just four.
@@randyjordan5521 it's always gonna be half empty when your comparisons are against saban. hes not just someone you can replicate. let deboer get some of his guys and schemes goin I think he could have some great seasons, but i don't think any team is going to have that sort of saban domination in the NIL era. field is more even than its ever been and I think it's a good thing
Saban saw what was coming and got out in the "nick" of time. But seriously, with NIL and the transfer portal, college football has changed. It's still most likely to benefit the big schools, but the days of dynasty are OVER.
Yeah Saban realized it wasn’t about to just be Alabama, OSU and a few select big schools being able to pay players under the table. He knew the time was coming where every team was going to have the same avenues and the competition would level out and advantages would be lost.
You are right yeah everyone can pay players but the very best player will still choose the big brands and there will always be a chance for a schoolt to win 2 or 3 nattys in a 4 year span
DAWGS fan here. Do we here in the SEC dare to stand on our OWN accomplishments as a team for once instead of coat-tailing off the University of Alabama?
@@RJ_Focused Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Auburn and Florida all won MULTIPLE national titles while Saban was at Alabama.That's five different multiple National Title winning teams in one conference. Meanwhile no other conference during this time frame was able to field more than 2 national title winning teams. Keep pretending the SEC is just Alabama though.
That’s why you should never replace a legend in the coaching profession. Especially at the best CFB program of all time. DeBoer could win 2 natties in 10 years and it still wouldn’t be enough. The Bama fanbase has become incredibly spoiled by Sabans remarkable tenure. Bama coming back down to earth is hilarious bc their fanbase just knew DeBoer would sustain Sabans success and that was NEVER going to happen.😊
@@Bamruff62 Really, have you read anything involving Bama lately. Especially, after they had 5 players hit the portal in 24 hrs, including their starting OT. So, I saw plenty of the transfer portal and NIL have broken the SEC excuses.
Saban stack up backups with 3 and 4 stars who waited their turn. With the portal that is not going to happen again. That is why Saban retired. The SEC teams had that advantage with the top 5 teams. Now the Big Ten teams are on a level of starters and play much tougher defense.
@espncfb I’ve been an Alabama fan for 71 years and always will. I’ve seen the great times with coaches Bear Bryant, Gene Stallings & Nick Saban. I’ve seen the Schitt’s Creek between each of those coaches. Give Coach DeBo time to get his staff right, the payers that fit his style of Offense & Defense. Alabama will be back under Coach Debo…! PF doesn’t know as much as he thinks he knows. I talk to people all the time that agrees with what I just stated. Thank you
I'm a life long Bama fan. If they never win another natty for the rest of my life I still have not a thing to complain about. The success they have had during my lifetime will never be repeated by another team - at least that I will witness with my eyes. Roll Tide!
That’s a very reasonable, intelligent, and mature position. So rarely seen in the comments section on social media. You’re 100% correct - if your favorite team enjoys a run like Alabama has, you should consider yourself blessed.
"He had the best team, and the best 2nd team. Now nobody can stack talent that way" They said similar things when coach Osborne retired at Nebraska at the same time scholarship limits went into effect.
With NIL and portal, the Saban days are gone for good. The best way to cope is to lower expectations, accept 1-3 losses each year, and hope to be one of 12 playoff teams. The new normal for all teams in all conferences.
Paul Finebaum might have the worst takes in sports. And the mean spirited nature of his comments, while never taking accountably for his biased predictions about the SEC falling short is remarkable. He thinks everyone is a failure or a genius, when no one would ever regard him as either.
It's so true. I remember after the UGA - Bama game he was literally saying Deboer was an upgrade over Saban. The guy is nothing but a snakeoil salesman; a college football shock jock whose entire purpose is to drum up outrage.
Michigan didn't just beat Alabama. Michigan was down 12 starters and lost Davis Warren during the game and Bama players opted to play for "revenge" lol
Careful, Icarus. We've seen this movie before. Nebraska ring any bells? Pelini was fired for having a Better consecutive 4 year record than Osborn ever achieved save once. They still haven't recovered. He's in a unique and very difficult situation. FSU also comes to mind.
@@christopherwilliams2351 all your bammer friends are unreasonable. Bama can’t replace him next year if he goes 9-4. I’m sure they blame Milroe so stop
The big 'what if' for me is: Ryan Grubb came with DeBoer to Tuscaloosa to continue as OC, barely unpacked, and then went back to Seattle to become OC of the Seahawks. What would have happened if Ryan Grubb had stayed in Tuscaloosa? It's the same for my Sooners: What if Jeff Lebby and Dillon Gabriel had stayed in Norman for the 2024 season? They were 10-3 in 2023, with the last loss the December bowl game after both had left. The future looked very bright in November 2023, and now we see BV--like DeBoer, a very fine coach--on a hot seat, of sorts, (though the folks in charge are more understanding than the impatient fan base.) Lance Leipold was the up-and-coming next big thing: If one could win in Lawrence, Kansas, one could win anywhere. Penn State takes away his OC Andy Kotelnicki, resulting in KU having a tougher season in the very competitive Big 12. Meanwhile, Penn State takes a big step forward. These head coaches, we think that they're all-powerful, but they're at the mercy of a lot of elements that they have no control over. It's not easy.
As an Alabama fan, i can 100% tell you we do not feel this way. Was he unprepared and didnt grow a set this season? Yeah. But he also lead Bama to 9-4, which is better than any head coach in their first season. And he had Jalen Milroe shackled to all of his decision making. Now that he's gone, he has to grow a set and be a leader and not let the locker room be the head of this program.
Not a Bama fan as I graduated from Michigan State but I loved Saban and after that one player refused to come off the field and DeBoer didn’t suspend him for at least half a game I knew they would run all over him. Reminds me of Remember The Titans when Coach Boone told the other coach not to coddle the players and by doing so he was crippling them for life. Saban would have never let that fly. But there is a reason why Saban retired. He knew he wouldn’t be able to back up his starters with bench players who were almost as equally talented. Now late in the 3rd and 4th quarter these SEC teams have to sub in guys who aren’t as talented, especially in the trenches, and it showed this post season. Good luck to the SEC moving forward, should be fun to watch the rivalry with the Big Ten for years to come. Cheers 🍻
Saban left because the players disrespected him too... He talked about how they all acted after Michigan beat em last time...Nil and the transfer portal have ruined college football they don't have to listen anymore they can say you can't talk to me like that and go somewhere else...
Nah, they really aren’t. The reality that Saban was the brand, not Bama is setting in and the dynasty is dead.. Deboer has 1 more year, but he must sacrifice 1-2 coordinators this year
He is going to have his former OC available by Monday. Seahawks will get rid of Grubb. I loved the guy at UW, but that was an amazing year, and it's hard to make the jump to the pro game (for most).
Let's see if ya wanna say that when the SEC wins the NFL draft in April for 2 decades of 1st place finished. Who has more ranked teams ? Who had the highest average opponent rankings ? The Big 10 and SEC have dominated college football for two decades.and their SoS defines it. 2024 Average Opponent Rankings SEC 21.81 Big 10 29.17 Huge Drop ACC 40.76 Big 12 45.06 Huge Drop Ind 77.67 PAC 83.00 MWC 95.42 SBC 95.50 MAC 98.08 SBC 105.50 AAC 110.57 USA 108.80
Milroe lost every game on his own for every loss alabama had this year. He's a 1 dimensional qb that can't read coverage to save his life. He don't know how to throw the ball away. Kalens biggest heat should be him not pulling milroe in the Michigan game. That was insane
Shut up with that narrative. Its nothing he same. Alabama hadnt had 10 win ssason in forever before Saban. Roster was trash. Saban gave dubum a LOADED roster
Nobody at Bama is worried about DeBoer, the only thing that worries us now is can Debo and staff get a QB to play at a high level for next season? Cause we have a loaded WR room for next season and are actually talented everywhere. We need a OT, maybe a TE, possibly a RB, then a couple of other pieces to add depth. We’re getting everyone back except Jihaad Campbell at LB, Malachi at Safety, and Booker at OG…also Milroe is gone but that’s gonna help our win %. Bama has like 7-8 juniors that are borderline good enough to enter the draft this year but are coming back! Nobody is worried about DeBoer, everybody is mad about the failed Milroe experiment and Saban started it, KD was in a bad spot when he got here especially after the mass exodus once Nick retired.
Like the SEC and it’s a great conference, but sometimes they get way too full of themselves. They do most things right, but as Paul said they love to talk.
Quite the opposite. Wins over quality out of conference opponents might’ve put them in over SMU and Clemson. Playing USF, Mercer, and WKU held them back in a way.
DeBoer is great. Just not comfortable yet. Other than Lanning, we couldn't have gotten a better coach. His recruits for next year are very surprising in a good way. Im on the DeBoer bandwagon sure.
@jakobhazeltine2688 lol. 26 players transferred from alabama when Saban retired. Texas and Ohio State have starterS that started for Alabama last year. So I can't respond to the rest of it when you're starting out in an inaccurate context
@@jdavis9837 Hmm you don’t think Ohio state lost players when Ryan day took over lmao we just lost less because Ryan day knows how to lead young men and establish a culture lmao… maybe if yall had a culture other than “Saban used to win here” than you’d keep your athletes 🤡😂
@jakobhazeltine2688 BS. NIL wasn't around then. Isaiah Bond got a Lambo from Texas before DeBoer even got there. Just stick to knowing about Ohio State. It's fine if you weren't keeping up with the Saban DeBoer timeline as it was happening but don't act like you were
Let the man build his roster and get his own QB to operate it and you will be singing his praises. This man is a winner Jalen Milroe is not the QB for the system.
Jalen Milroe has never consistently been a good qb. Not last year, not this year. Saban drug last years team kicking and screaming into the playoffs. Give DeBoer sometime to get his system in place with a bunch of players that aren't complaining that he's not Nick Saban. Some fans will never stop complaining. People were still crying for Alabama to reanimate Bear Bryant's corpse until Saban got things going and we had a hall of fame coach who won a us a natty in between the two.
ESPN executives are starting to seriously regret not having a TV deal with the Big Ten. Michigan versus Ohio state is the most watched game every single year. But ESPN chose to be basically an exclusive network for the SEC, a dying conference that can't afford NIL like the B1G can.
Finebaum is still making up imaginary fans to complain about. I haven’t met a single Alabama fan who even wanted them in this year. They complain about Milroe and the coaches; that’s it.
The pay thing and the "refs our against us" are the two go to "Alternative Facts"in football and if that's what makes ya feel better about your team / conference, then continue to suck on that magic teat.
Correction - pay kids to leave away from home because they can pay for flights for family and themselves. If kids stayed in region, dominance in the SEC would remain
@azzamzahir8449 Everyone was paying under the table before NIL ,but you guys down there, SEC country ,more than anybody,,,just look at Saban when he realized "bribe" is now legal, he lost the edge, he retire,,watching him on game day crying and whining about NIL ,, EMBARRASSING
My daughter attends the University of Alabama. They are most assuredly behind the new head coach. No one is talking about replacing him or him being on the hot seat. Everyone is already looking forward to next year.
Tired and tired of seeing/hearing this! Everyone paid! It’s the south that had the best players. The commitment days are over and that’s what you’re seeing more of. You clearly don’t watch enough college football to understand this. Players wanted to play for Saban or Kirby because the NFL.
@@ugadawgs831 there's some truth in the OP comment though. college football did seem to have a more 'even' feel to it this season. lots of loses, upsets, watched alot of close games this year. I feel the NIL era has made for good football, but obviously there's some adjustments that could be made and mostly likely will. NFL is not the only option to make coin anymore so it's not necessarily the end game for alot of college players. I know big10 n sec fans think all the other conferences are trash, but good football is good football and if the game is entertaining, it doesn't matter to me that it's not a blueblood vs blueblood.
@@shadowdawg04no they did NOT! How many national championships did Nick Saban win at Michigan State? Oh, the answer is NONE. He did not even win a BigTen championship. He did not win national championships until he could pay for players in the SEC (LSU, Alabama). Darn those pesky facts…
Portal has changed everything. Being a dominant team year after year will be much more difficult, if not impossible. No one really knows what they will have to work with from one yr. to the next. That doesn’t excuse Bama(I am a huge fan) from losing games they should have been won. Portal notwithstanding. The portal didn’t make the Tide look awful against Oklahoma-no T.D.’s really?? Offense needs coaching, and on field leadership. The defense I think has been improving, and playing hard. They deserve a “attaboy”.
This was always going to be a transition year for Alabama, no matter the coach. Losing talent like Caleb Downs and Isaiah Bond hurts. No one is replacing Nick Saban. This was going to be a 2-loss team before Saban, Downs, and Bond left. Frankly I think 3 losses and a fringe top 10 ranking was Alabama's ceiling, and DeBoer took them there. Alabama isn't going to fall off the face of the earth under him the way it probably would with, say, Dabo Swinney or Lane Kiffin. It just won't be a dynasty anymore.
If Deboer is serious, his first order of business should be making a change in the offensive playcalling. Sheridan was beyond awful in that position this season. Say what you want about Tommy Rees, but he at least could put together competent game plans to counter Milroe's limitations.
The SEC self cannibalizes during the process of trying to just make it into playoff scenarios. Put Ohio State, Notre Dame and Penn State in the SEC and let’s see which one of them loses a starting QB after having to play the same top ten team twice just to make it into the top 12. And yes Ohio State played Oregon twice but if they had lost the last matchup instead of the first or had their QB injured during one of those games, they would be out of the playoffs instead of still in it.
@jeremyking9185 are you actually staying up all night just to find new excuses for the SEC? First Alabama should have made the Playoffs ... they losed to Michigan without any QB. Georgia gets handled by Notre Dame ... the excuse is, they didn't have their QB who played bad all year in the first place. First year Texas walked into the SEC and almost won the Confernce straight up. At this point it's just embarassing how SEC fans trying to push a narrative that got exposed.
@@FirstNameLastnNamethis year being the key phrase to your statement. The SEC was a power conference before the power conference was a thing. The last 25 years have been dominated by the SEC. 14 titles, and that’s before OU and Texas was in.
The fact youre questioning DeBoer shows how lost the SEC talking heads are. The NIL/portal has taken 1st round BACKUPS out of the SEC and put them as starters on other teams. DeBoer has half of the talent depth Saban had, as do most SEC coaches now.
Bama was bleeding players after Saban left and it continues. DeBoer made a mistake leaving Washington and trying to follow a legend. It never works out. i am not sure how good the recruiting is either.
Definitely not judging DeBoer of the record this season. Judging him off his decision making around QB and also what he does with the staff now.. If he keeps OC, I am all in favor of him being under immense pressure
The REAL problem I have with Deboer and the staff is the LACK OF ADJUSTMENTS. It’s like they go into a game with a game plan and if it doesn’t work they seem to struggle pivoting. In every loss and the second half of the Georgia game they didn’t adjust to what the other team was doing.
Yep, next season will determine DeBoer's fate. Alabama is built for playoffs. Alabama doesn't make playoffs next season, DeBoer is gone. The only question is? Who would replace him? Hopefully, someone who can discipline players.
Urban Meyer is still influencing college football. He went to the B1G, and dominated. At his first B1G press day, he scolded the other programs for being mediocre and lazy. He beat Jim H so bad, that he was forced to get better. Michigan has now made Ohio State go up another level. Those two rising tides, along with NIL, have lifted the conference as a whole. Meanwhile, the SEC got comfortable in the shadow of Nick and Kirby, ehile chanting, "SEC, SEC".
Which school spent the most buying up the best players this year and which team is dominating in the playoffs. It's no longer about who can develop the better team but rather who has the most money to spend. It's hard to follow college football these days.
Really? Now it comes down to sharing the 5 Stars due to money. The SEC wont have all the top players anymore and reason Saban quit. It was a good run though but its over
I don't think Bama fans are that upset. Its the coaches first year! The oddsmakers were being ridiculous in making Bama such big favorites in the games they lost. You can't make accurate odds based on a teams past performance, and that is what's been going on this year.
Here's why Alabama fans should be concerned about KDB: After DeBoer's 1st yr at Washington, they went 10-2 and were definitely on an upward trajectory, including beating TX at the Alamo Bowl. You could feel it, esp after Penix said he was coming back for '23, which also got all the other starters to come back to try and win a national championship, which they nearly did. What should bother Alabama fans is that there is no feeling of upward trajectory w/ their team after DeBoer's 1st year. Instead, everything got worse. And it ended with a thud at the bowl game a few days ago against Michigan. Concerning.
Hot seat after one year and winning 9 games is crazy. Lmao. But I guess I can’t blame bamas fandom considering they had 13/14 years of success under Nick Saban. 6 nattys, multiple BCS appearances, multiple playoff appearances, and a couple of new years six appearances in the playoff era. DeBoer needs to step it up because this isn’t UW, anything less than playoff appearances will not cut it.
Yeah only the crazy fringes of the bama fanbase are disappointed with this season. We had literally as much go against us in the preseason and still managed a 9 win season in the SEC. That’s a pretty good start for a head coach imo. We Bama fans have lived on top of the world for over a decade, we know that couldn’t last forever, and are willing to allow a new guy some time to grow.
The NIL and transfer portal are already ruining college football, because it's already become apparent that the schools that have the most money to buy players, will be the only ones who will be vying for the national championship every year...
Paul Finebaum et al it is unfair to gauge a new coach on his year one performance in the SEC. Coach DeBoer has the opportunity to learn from many lessons he should have learned in 2024, including team composer, tackling, strength and conditioning etc., etc. The SEC is very unique in that virtually any team can beat you on a given day. Players have to be very focused one play at a time and one game at a time. Saban knew this. Any deviation from intense focus can result in defeat. If you have players, superstars or not, that are not fully focused and all in on the demands required for Bama's SEC success get rid of them! This is not the former PAC 12 with razzle-dazzle football-lite plays that are reminiscent of that which we all played in our backyard as kids. The SEC dictates that you must have a strong defense with an offense that can run the ball whenever needed and not just the quarterback! And what's with this heavy reliance on a 3-man defensive front line in the run heavy SEC? You must be able to not only stop the run, but also routinely harass the QB. You have to be able to run the ball when the opposing defense has a very good defensive backfield. Heck, you need to be able to run the ball with success every single day and still maintain explosive plays in the passing game. The SEC is not the powder-puff Pac-12 of yesteryear. One very important thing I think that Coach DeBoer does not know is that in Alabama, and most of the deep South, football is not just a game or a form of entertainment, it's a statement about who we are as a people or tribe. Don't mess with Bama, ever! This runs very deep and has been so for over a century started by our Great Grandfathers in many instances many decades ago. Therefore, Alabama football dominance is in our blood and failure to live up to the tribe's expectations hurts our pride and we won't tolerate it. After having read Paul Finebaum's newspaper articles for many years in the past, I know he too knows this. But we must be fair and I think that most fans realize this. We did have what in many corners of our nation would be considered a successful season at 9-4, but this is perhaps only OK for year 1 for a new coach at Alabama, but not for the long-term. If Coach DeBoer learns these lessons and many others from his inaugural 2024 SEC season and we have much better success in 2025 then I will continue to support him. If not, look out Coach DeBoer because it will not be pretty. Bama fans will revolt big time because fair or not, it's a matter of embedded tribe pride. Coach DeBoer, roll up your sleeves and get to work right now because the clock is ticking and kickoff on August 30, 2025 in Tallahassee is right around the corner.
I’ve been a Bama fan for over 40 years. This season was disappointing but only the loudest scattered randos online are talking like this. Finebaum is just a clickbait machine.
I just find this conversation hysterically funny. All I can do is laugh at Paul Finebaum. It is interesting two years into the NIL era, and Nick Saban seeing the landscape change and retiring (don't blame him at his age to not want to compete in this era) that the college landscape has changed. Finally schools outside the SEC can now pay for players and compete for top talent. Just look at the exodus of players hitting the portal from Alabama. It isn't like no one is leaving there because that's the greatest of all time. And it isn't because Saban left. It's money. Finebaum needs to change his narrative if he wants to be relevant.
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When tf is finebaum gonna be on the hot seat?
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Comment of the millennium right here. 👏
He's almost 70....he's not worried about losing his JOB.
He’s a heel wrestling character on a sports show
He is on mine right now. He never misses a chance to con-dim Bama
As an alumni who is talks to Alabama people everyday, I can say nobody is talking like this at Alabama. This is absurd.
Paul's entire platform relies on him stirring up controversy even when there isn't one.
Grammar must not be a hot topic at the Capstone.
Should have took an English class lol
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As someone living in Tuscaloosa. I didn’t hear anyone complaining about us not getting into playoffs either but all I heard about it was that Alabama fans were losing their minds about it. Make it make sense
Paul is an idiot. He was telling everyone Saban is done, football has passed him by, now he says Bama can't survive without Saban
I think football has passed by Finebaum by. Dinosaur
I've noticed that too.
@@gildo4realdo He probably makes more money than the rest of you do at your sorry jobs.
@@NonConformist-p4mWhy do you like Finebaum so much?
@@NonConformist-p4mwhat does that have to do with the comments ? is that your really go to defense of a stranger than says outlandish things because he knows it generates views which equals money ?😂 money isn't everything, especially in this type of convo.
DeBoer isn’t on the hot seat, but he definitely needs to grow a pair and start changing pieces that aren’t working. QB should’ve been changed after week 6, OC needs to go. Bunch of selfish players on the team.
Not saying their should’ve been a change but definitely a competition Milroe knew he was starting all season and never showed that he could throw the ball against great defenses besides Georgia
agree. The QB seemed to have too much power. Like the staff was afraid of benching him bc it would divide the team. The roster needs to turnover. He didn't recruit most of these kids (including Milroe). Until he has a couple classes on the team hes not on the hot seat provided something crazy happens.
I agree! NIL and portal have screwed college football. That's why the "goat" quit.
finally someone speaking the truth. People out here saying DeBoer sucks.
He's not bad. He just need to adjust. 9-4 is not bad. I think people forget how bad Saban did his first year.
@@BL-zf9fg I love Milroes attitude but when the freshman qb played he looked like he cared more and was having fun
De Boer is replacing a legend. Hard to replace Saban, period.
Agreed 100 %. But unprepared is unprepared. I think that’s the issue.
Ya think?
Especially if you can't win big games.
ok? Alabama has the #1 composite roster in terms of talent and is out the playoffs. out an EXPANDED playoffs and lost to Vanderbilt. Penn State doesn’t even have a top 10 composite roster and is in the final four. James Franklin hasn’t won a big game since 2016. think about that
so he’s in the best situation possible and had less at Washington, and went to the championship. that is inexcusable
@@GoatedAtNFS Go ahead and fire him, LOL!
Any think there’s A CHANCE that next year ESPN doesn’t pick a song that makes your ears bleed for their college football theme? Just use the classic ESPN stinger, ffs.
Let’s hope
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Wouldn't be ESPN college football coverage without some awful country trash blaring anytime they transition from one segment to another.
They'll probably change it to the Colorado approved song.
What? You don't like Pat McAfee singing about college football on a cocaine and meth bender?
How does Paul Finebaum have a job in sports media?
He has a good face for radio.
Why do you keep watching him if you do not like him?
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@@josephp.3388 This guy knows about the USS Liberty
He has a job because you keep watching his videos.
I remember when Alabama fans, along with Finebaum, would mock Florida fans calling them “spoiled.” Pot meet kettle. 😂😂😂
Less of an indictment of 'bama but the changes in college due to NIL and transfer portal. Get used to it.
NIL just means the best will go to the highest bidder which is the ALABAMA's of the world... There is no parity.. Not sure where this came from
@@cooldudecs Not sure what you are getting at but a quick web search showed bama had between 11 and 23 players apply to the portal last year. Assuming these were all blue chippers, that should make a difference. The coach could be in over his head also but college football has changed a ton in the last few years and some people are still trying to catch up.
@@fstlnj29 I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt and give him a couple seasons to settle in before I have an opinion of deboer at bama.
@@fstlnj29that’s because Nick Saban left. they came for Saban not Alabama. that is a bad example. Kalen Deboer has 0 SEC experience
That's changed a lot of things but it didn't make duke and others any better yet in spite of those changes Alabama didn't gain advantage and that is dude to poor coaching and recruiting at Alabama. Deboer is Jimbo Fisher 2.0 it's pretty easy to see that his "super power" was a dude by the name of Ryan Grubb who's now coaching in the NFL. Just like Jimbo, Deboer got it all handed to him by a winning program. Now he can't live up to they hype and I think it's time for him to go -- NIL, transfer portal or not. We don't like his coaching... thats our complaint.
And why would anyone want to get "used to" things wrecking the sport?
My concerns are :
1 -lack of offensive schemes and imagination
2- lack of ability to make adjustments at halftime
3-no fire, no fight and toughness
agreed
disagree on 3, they definitely showed fire/grit a few times this year. We'll see if they can improve 1 and 2 next year. And not to throw Milroe under the bus completely cuz he's a good kid but a better QB should help things. You can't turn the ball over 3 times in a quarter.
@@EB-bl6ccThe WRs reactions tell you all you need to know. Just need someone who can distribute the ball consistently and make the easy plays look easy instead of nearly impossible
@@Jrd387 It would help if the OL could hold their blocks long enough for the QB to find receivers.
@ drifting past the pocket doesn’t help
It’s Deboer’s first season but the way he was unprepared for Vandys wildcat (coach and qb upset Auburn yr prior) then got destroyed by Oklahoma using the exact same playbook is a huge Red Flag.
All conferences can now pay players, not just the SEC.
This. This right here.
This. This right here.
Every conference has paid and still paying players. It’s been going on since college football became popular. Get off your high horse, you team has always paid!
@@speedracer2336 Sure. Any other unknowable knowledge you’d like to share?
@ still on that high horse I see!
What made the Sec great was the fact they could load up on multiple 5 star classes with out those dudes being able to transfer ….
And paying players before it was allowed. Nil exposed saban.
I totally agree. Saban paid guys at lsu before he bolted to the nfl. He was a disaster coach with the dolphins and knew that and went to bama and started paying there. Saban ultimately trapped 5 star players on the bench with a lil bag of money and a car. Food for thought. It took 3 years for saban to win a natty at lsu, 3 years to win his first title at bama, and 3 years after nil came out to retire. Correlation much? He knew he was going to be exposed as a fraud coach had he stayed on. He cried to congress even.
@@jcelldogshow come he could do it but other teams couldn’t is my question?
Worst take I've ever read. Keep your tin foil hat on kiddo. You're gona need it. @@jcelldogs
@@jcelldogs I was there and other than the rich boys from Hoover the rest of the players either didn't own vehicles or they were "conch cars" that mostly sat in the lot broken down.
No one wants to give credit to Michigan's defense in playing Alabama. Wink Martindale had nearly all second stringers what with all the guys leaving to the NFL or in the portal, and they pressured Milroe nearly every play. The offense had their last string quarterback after the next-to-last string QB got hurt, and he was handing off to two running backs that saw hardly a minute of playing time before the ReliaQuest Bowl. Give Chip Lindsey and Sherrone Moore along with Wink some credit for coaching a great game. The guys stepped up. Go Blue!
Bama has three future NFL offensive linemen playing, and they couldn't beat Michigan's benchwarmers.
That's what happens when bama is forced to play against a real defense.
Be so for real with yourself. Michigans defense didnt make Milroe turn the ball over 3 times and drop it in the rain. Yall want to take credit for everything.
@@FusionOnYT_ Were you even watching the game? Milroe was splattered the entire game.
I realize that people want to give DeBoer more time, and that most think it is unreasonable for him to be on the hot seat after just his first season, but what has he shown you this year that makes you optimistic that he has what it takes to rebuild and restore Bama to a National Championship contending team? I watched every game and I still haven't seen it.
You're right. That is a completely unreasonable take.
Dynasties don’t last forever. It was going to end sooner or later.
Bama played lights out against Wisconsin, Missouri, LSU, and Auburn. Saban was a coach who could get his team to play like that for 13 or 14 games a year, not just four.
@@randyjordan5521 it's always gonna be half empty when your comparisons are against saban. hes not just someone you can replicate. let deboer get some of his guys and schemes goin I think he could have some great seasons, but i don't think any team is going to have that sort of saban domination in the NIL era. field is more even than its ever been and I think it's a good thing
Saban saw what was coming and got out in the "nick" of time. But seriously, with NIL and the transfer portal, college football has changed. It's still most likely to benefit the big schools, but the days of dynasty are OVER.
The way Ohio State pays their NIL guys, maybe they can.
I believe Bama fell off BECAUSE Saban left
@@TDH_1962 never say never.
Yeah Saban realized it wasn’t about to just be Alabama, OSU and a few select big schools being able to pay players under the table. He knew the time was coming where every team was going to have the same avenues and the competition would level out and advantages would be lost.
You are right yeah everyone can pay players but the very best player will still choose the big brands and there will always be a chance for a schoolt to win 2 or 3 nattys in a 4 year span
DAWGS fan here. Do we here in the SEC dare to stand on our OWN accomplishments as a team for once instead of coat-tailing off the University of Alabama?
Since Georgia has had a few good seasons... They had a down year this year as well.
People said that the SEC for years, entire conference took credit for a single team’s accomplishments.
@@RJ_Focused Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Auburn and Florida all won MULTIPLE national titles while Saban was at Alabama.That's five different multiple National Title winning teams in one conference. Meanwhile no other conference during this time frame was able to field more than 2 national title winning teams. Keep pretending the SEC is just Alabama though.
That’s why you should never replace a legend in the coaching profession. Especially at the best CFB program of all time. DeBoer could win 2 natties in 10 years and it still wouldn’t be enough. The Bama fanbase has become incredibly spoiled by Sabans remarkable tenure.
Bama coming back down to earth is hilarious bc their fanbase just knew DeBoer would sustain Sabans success and that was NEVER going to happen.😊
The new SEC branding tagline should be: The SEC - It Just Means More "EXCUSES"
Who are the people making excuses? What excuses? I agree and can handle the fact it may not be the SEC's year.
Now that's funny! Well played!
Now, that's funny! Humor isn't far from the truth.
@@Bamruff62 Really, have you read anything involving Bama lately. Especially, after they had 5 players hit the portal in 24 hrs, including their starting OT. So, I saw plenty of the transfer portal and NIL have broken the SEC excuses.
Saban stack up backups with 3 and 4 stars who waited their turn. With the portal that is not going to happen again. That is why Saban retired. The SEC teams had that advantage with the top 5 teams. Now the Big Ten teams are on a level of starters and play much tougher defense.
We had 17 years of greatness with Saban and those kind of coaches don't grow on trees.
@espncfb
I’ve been an Alabama fan for 71 years and always will. I’ve seen the great times with coaches
Bear Bryant,
Gene Stallings &
Nick Saban. I’ve seen the
Schitt’s Creek between each of those coaches.
Give Coach DeBo time to get his staff right, the payers that fit his style of
Offense & Defense.
Alabama will be back under Coach Debo…!
PF doesn’t know as much as he thinks he knows.
I talk to people all the time that agrees with what I just stated.
Thank you
I'm a life long Bama fan. If they never win another natty for the rest of my life I still have not a thing to complain about. The success they have had during my lifetime will never be repeated by another team - at least that I will witness with my eyes. Roll Tide!
That’s a very reasonable, intelligent, and mature position. So rarely seen in the comments section on social media. You’re 100% correct - if your favorite team enjoys a run like Alabama has, you should consider yourself blessed.
I feel the same way about Georgia GO DAWGS !
Yeah nah if he wants to accept mediocrity for decades he can become a PSU fan.
"He had the best team, and the best 2nd team. Now nobody can stack talent that way"
They said similar things when coach Osborne retired at Nebraska at the same time scholarship limits went into effect.
With NIL and portal, the Saban days are gone for good. The best way to cope is to lower expectations, accept 1-3 losses each year, and hope to be one of 12 playoff teams. The new normal for all teams in all conferences.
I bet Finebaum is more unpopular.
@varrick1226 Finebum wife and side chick got beat in the bowl games. Alabama and Tennessee, he's scrambling for content Now!
I bet he makes a lot more money than you do.
Paul Finebaum might have the worst takes in sports. And the mean spirited nature of his comments, while never taking accountably for his biased predictions about the SEC falling short is remarkable. He thinks everyone is a failure or a genius, when no one would ever regard him as either.
It's so true. I remember after the UGA - Bama game he was literally saying Deboer was an upgrade over Saban.
The guy is nothing but a snakeoil salesman; a college football shock jock whose entire purpose is to drum up outrage.
Michigan didn't just beat Alabama. Michigan was down 12 starters and lost Davis Warren during the game and Bama players opted to play for "revenge" lol
RIGHT! Haha!… That part
How many starters were you down in the losses to Washington and Illinois? 🤔
@EastsideZach_ Michigan lost 60+ players to the NFL draft and still managed to defeat Ohio State and Alabama.
They just spank everybody, but according to espn, it was "coaching mistake ",,twice in the same year,PRICELESS 😂😂
@@summer031977 They lost their head coach too.
Deboer puts up another 9-4 season next year. He’s gone..
Disagree
Given that it's Alabama, I can't really argue against that. But I don't think they will go 9-4 (nor worse).
Careful, Icarus.
We've seen this movie before. Nebraska ring any bells? Pelini was fired for having a Better consecutive 4 year record than Osborn ever achieved save once. They still haven't recovered.
He's in a unique and very difficult situation. FSU also comes to mind.
all my Bammer friends hate him. 4 losses this upcoming season and he will be packing his U-Haul
@@christopherwilliams2351 all your bammer friends are unreasonable. Bama can’t replace him next year if he goes 9-4. I’m sure they blame Milroe so stop
Just imagine if all the bowl games were in the north all the time? SEC has had home field advantage forever.
The big 'what if' for me is: Ryan Grubb came with DeBoer to Tuscaloosa to continue as OC, barely unpacked, and then went back to Seattle to become OC of the Seahawks. What would have happened if Ryan Grubb had stayed in Tuscaloosa?
It's the same for my Sooners: What if Jeff Lebby and Dillon Gabriel had stayed in Norman for the 2024 season? They were 10-3 in 2023, with the last loss the December bowl game after both had left. The future looked very bright in November 2023, and now we see BV--like DeBoer, a very fine coach--on a hot seat, of sorts, (though the folks in charge are more understanding than the impatient fan base.)
Lance Leipold was the up-and-coming next big thing: If one could win in Lawrence, Kansas, one could win anywhere. Penn State takes away his OC Andy Kotelnicki, resulting in KU having a tougher season in the very competitive Big 12. Meanwhile, Penn State takes a big step forward.
These head coaches, we think that they're all-powerful, but they're at the mercy of a lot of elements that they have no control over. It's not easy.
As an Alabama fan, i can 100% tell you we do not feel this way. Was he unprepared and didnt grow a set this season? Yeah. But he also lead Bama to 9-4, which is better than any head coach in their first season. And he had Jalen Milroe shackled to all of his decision making. Now that he's gone, he has to grow a set and be a leader and not let the locker room be the head of this program.
He only did that because of the team he inherited.
DeBoer has lost the goodwill of the fans. It pains me but Paul is 100% correct about DeBoer.
Not a Bama fan as I graduated from Michigan State but I loved Saban and after that one player refused to come off the field and DeBoer didn’t suspend him for at least half a game I knew they would run all over him. Reminds me of Remember The Titans when Coach Boone told the other coach not to coddle the players and by doing so he was crippling them for life. Saban would have never let that fly. But there is a reason why Saban retired. He knew he wouldn’t be able to back up his starters with bench players who were almost as equally talented. Now late in the 3rd and 4th quarter these SEC teams have to sub in guys who aren’t as talented, especially in the trenches, and it showed this post season. Good luck to the SEC moving forward, should be fun to watch the rivalry with the Big Ten for years to come. Cheers 🍻
Saban left because the players disrespected him too... He talked about how they all acted after Michigan beat em last time...Nil and the transfer portal have ruined college football they don't have to listen anymore they can say you can't talk to me like that and go somewhere else...
Paul Finebalm talks like the parent of a player of a private high school team.
This is ESPN BS. The fringe lunatics may be calling for his job but us real fans are in KDB’s corner 100%
Lies!! Baldie-baum was dead on with his take.
Nah, they really aren’t. The reality that Saban was the brand, not Bama is setting in and the dynasty is dead.. Deboer has 1 more year, but he must sacrifice 1-2 coordinators this year
Exactly.
@@Tim_ToolMayne_Taylorsuch a stupid take. Acquaint yourself with Alabama’s history.
He really needs to fire the offensive coordinator.
He is going to have his former OC available by Monday. Seahawks will get rid of Grubb. I loved the guy at UW, but that was an amazing year, and it's hard to make the jump to the pro game (for most).
@hazegraystudios I hope that is true, but Grubb or his wife has turned down Alabama 2x already.
The SEC is no longer the dominant conference. The Big Ten has stepped it way up. No longer will you see teams dominate every year non stop.
Let's see if ya wanna say that when the SEC wins the NFL draft in April for 2 decades of 1st place finished.
Who has more ranked teams ?
Who had the highest average opponent rankings ?
The Big 10 and SEC have dominated college football for two decades.and their SoS defines it.
2024 Average Opponent Rankings
SEC 21.81
Big 10 29.17
Huge Drop
ACC 40.76
Big 12 45.06
Huge Drop
Ind 77.67
PAC 83.00
MWC 95.42
SBC 95.50
MAC 98.08
SBC 105.50
AAC 110.57
USA 108.80
@@gadawg4159a big 12 team coming to save the sec lmaoo
@@gadawg4159 nobody cares about the past bro lmao. Its only this year and the future.
Now that it’s legal to pay players Alabama not doing so well 😂😂 It’s no fun for Alabama when they’re not the only team paying players
100%
Milroe lost every game on his own for every loss alabama had this year. He's a 1 dimensional qb that can't read coverage to save his life. He don't know how to throw the ball away. Kalens biggest heat should be him not pulling milroe in the Michigan game. That was insane
Give the man some time to get his staff together…
Saban's first Alabama team finished 7-6 in 2007
Shut up with that narrative. Its nothing he same. Alabama hadnt had 10 win ssason in forever before Saban. Roster was trash. Saban gave dubum a LOADED roster
Saban didn't have a turnkey group of 5 and 4 stars lihe Deboar has.
@@chaseturner8920Except Alabama had a 10 win season 2 years before Saban arrived. You don't know what you are talking about
@@lilcourtny08are you claiming that saban and DeBoer inherited similar situations? That’s absurd
Yeah with no talent lmao. It's not comparable. Top 2 roster in football deboer had
Yeah milroe held a lot back but he was to scared to bench him.
Nobody at Bama is worried about DeBoer, the only thing that worries us now is can Debo and staff get a QB to play at a high level for next season? Cause we have a loaded WR room for next season and are actually talented everywhere. We need a OT, maybe a TE, possibly a RB, then a couple of other pieces to add depth. We’re getting everyone back except Jihaad Campbell at LB, Malachi at Safety, and Booker at OG…also Milroe is gone but that’s gonna help our win %. Bama has like 7-8 juniors that are borderline good enough to enter the draft this year but are coming back! Nobody is worried about DeBoer, everybody is mad about the failed Milroe experiment and Saban started it, KD was in a bad spot when he got here especially after the mass exodus once Nick retired.
still need a coach
I thought SEC just meant more 😂😂
As a life long Alabama fan, deboer needs to go. This year was unacceptable considering the talent.
What talent? Your talent left. I don't think you realize football has passed yall by. You had one advantage and now it's gone.
Like the SEC and it’s a great conference, but sometimes they get way too full of themselves. They do most things right, but as Paul said they love to talk.
Gophers 24 Hokies 10
MidWest Football !!!!! SEC is Toast !
Alabama needs to play more teams like Mercer to pad their win columns...
Quite the opposite. Wins over quality out of conference opponents might’ve put them in over SMU and Clemson. Playing USF, Mercer, and WKU held them back in a way.
😂 click bait. I hope you get more than 6 likes 😂
Nope. Bama just needs to beat inferior conference teams like Vanderbilt and Oklahoma.
yeah thats the new college game
Lol
Not unpopular at our house! We love coach Deboer and we will be back next season! RTR!
100%. This is absurd.
No team has backups anymore because of the transfer portal. Saban was good at stockpiling good players. That just can’t happen anymore
DeBoer is great. Just not comfortable yet. Other than Lanning, we couldn't have gotten a better coach. His recruits for next year are very surprising in a good way. Im on the DeBoer bandwagon sure.
Ryan Day> Kalen Deboer
Deboer misses the 12 team playoffs in year 1
Day makes the 4 team in year 1
Both started with elite rosters
@jakobhazeltine2688 lol. 26 players transferred from alabama when Saban retired. Texas and Ohio State have starterS that started for Alabama last year. So I can't respond to the rest of it when you're starting out in an inaccurate context
@@jdavis9837 Hmm you don’t think Ohio state lost players when Ryan day took over lmao we just lost less because Ryan day knows how to lead young men and establish a culture lmao… maybe if yall had a culture other than “Saban used to win here” than you’d keep your athletes 🤡😂
@@jakobhazeltine2688 🤡
@jakobhazeltine2688 BS. NIL wasn't around then. Isaiah Bond got a Lambo from Texas before DeBoer even got there. Just stick to knowing about Ohio State. It's fine if you weren't keeping up with the Saban DeBoer timeline as it was happening but don't act like you were
Let the man build his roster and get his own QB to operate it and you will be singing his praises. This man is a winner Jalen Milroe is not the QB for the system.
Jalen Milroe has never consistently been a good qb. Not last year, not this year. Saban drug last years team kicking and screaming into the playoffs. Give DeBoer sometime to get his system in place with a bunch of players that aren't complaining that he's not Nick Saban. Some fans will never stop complaining. People were still crying for Alabama to reanimate Bear Bryant's corpse until Saban got things going and we had a hall of fame coach who won a us a natty in between the two.
ESPN executives are starting to seriously regret not having a TV deal with the Big Ten. Michigan versus Ohio state is the most watched game every single year. But ESPN chose to be basically an exclusive network for the SEC, a dying conference that can't afford NIL like the B1G can.
It’s called ratings dude. It’s all the networks care about and the SEC killed it.
Finebaum is still making up imaginary fans to complain about. I haven’t met a single Alabama fan who even wanted them in this year. They complain about Milroe and the coaches; that’s it.
Amazing what happens when all the schools are able to pay players. No longer an SEC edge.
Ask Nick,smart men he realized he is toast and time to retire,otherwise, you'll see him with 👩🦼 at 110 years old on the field😂😂😂
The pay thing and the "refs our against us" are the two go to "Alternative Facts"in football and if that's what makes ya feel better about your team / conference, then continue to suck on that magic teat.
Correction - pay kids to leave away from home because they can pay for flights for family and themselves. If kids stayed in region, dominance in the SEC would remain
Whichever programs have the most money will be the championship teams. That's the future of CFB.
@azzamzahir8449 Everyone was paying under the table before NIL ,but you guys down there, SEC country ,more than anybody,,,just look at Saban when he realized "bribe" is now legal, he lost the edge, he retire,,watching him on game day crying and whining about NIL ,,
EMBARRASSING
My daughter attends the University of Alabama. They are most assuredly behind the new head coach. No one is talking about replacing him or him being on the hot seat. Everyone is already looking forward to next year.
Stop the lies. Students are the worst fans. They are drunk mostly during games.
Now that all teams can pay for players, the SEC has no special advantage.
Stop with the BS - everybody paid....
💯
Tired and tired of seeing/hearing this! Everyone paid! It’s the south that had the best players. The commitment days are over and that’s what you’re seeing more of. You clearly don’t watch enough college football to understand this. Players wanted to play for Saban or Kirby because the NFL.
@@ugadawgs831 there's some truth in the OP comment though. college football did seem to have a more 'even' feel to it this season. lots of loses, upsets, watched alot of close games this year. I feel the NIL era has made for good football, but obviously there's some adjustments that could be made and mostly likely will. NFL is not the only option to make coin anymore so it's not necessarily the end game for alot of college players. I know big10 n sec fans think all the other conferences are trash, but good football is good football and if the game is entertaining, it doesn't matter to me that it's not a blueblood vs blueblood.
@@shadowdawg04no they did NOT! How many national championships did Nick Saban win at Michigan State? Oh, the answer is NONE. He did not even win a BigTen championship. He did not win national championships until he could pay for players in the SEC (LSU, Alabama). Darn those pesky facts…
Portal has changed everything. Being a dominant team year after year will be much more difficult, if not impossible. No one really knows what they will have to work with from one yr. to the next. That doesn’t excuse Bama(I am a huge fan) from losing games they should have been won. Portal notwithstanding. The portal didn’t make the Tide look awful against Oklahoma-no T.D.’s really?? Offense needs coaching, and on field leadership. The defense I think has been improving, and playing hard. They deserve a “attaboy”.
Different story now that everyone's paying players. Alabama and Georgia can't stack their teams anymore paying under the table. Hate it for 'em.
Truth. Also, look at Georgia's graduation rate. Eesh.
@@MangrovesToMountainsOutdoors huuur duuur "truth". Shaddap ya ret@rd
ALL TEAMS PAY THIER PLAYERS YOU NEED TO QUIT DRINKING AND WRITE YOUR TEAM A BIGGER CHECK
This was always going to be a transition year for Alabama, no matter the coach. Losing talent like Caleb Downs and Isaiah Bond hurts. No one is replacing Nick Saban.
This was going to be a 2-loss team before Saban, Downs, and Bond left. Frankly I think 3 losses and a fringe top 10 ranking was Alabama's ceiling, and DeBoer took them there. Alabama isn't going to fall off the face of the earth under him the way it probably would with, say, Dabo Swinney or Lane Kiffin. It just won't be a dynasty anymore.
Michigan broke Saban and Michigan broke Deboer. SMASH.
Kiss the rings moron.
Then everybody broke Michigan!
@@jontaylor7941 Not ohio state
If Deboer is serious, his first order of business should be making a change in the offensive playcalling. Sheridan was beyond awful in that position this season. Say what you want about Tommy Rees, but he at least could put together competent game plans to counter Milroe's limitations.
YOU ARE CORRECT THE WHINERS WOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO HAVE HAD REES THIS YEAR!
A lot of teams would love to have DeBour as coach.
Good take him, matter of fact, Bama will pay you to take him.
@@lloydgray829no they wont
Where? He lost 3× to 14+ underdogs. No other coach done that this year in CFB. 1 TEAM ONLY AND IT WAS DEBUM
If Deboar gets fired today then he will have a choice of which top flight school to coach in a heartbeat
no he would not
The SEC self cannibalizes during the process of trying to just make it into playoff scenarios. Put Ohio State, Notre Dame and Penn State in the SEC and let’s see which one of them loses a starting QB after having to play the same top ten team twice just to make it into the top 12. And yes Ohio State played Oregon twice but if they had lost the last matchup instead of the first or had their QB injured during one of those games, they would be out of the playoffs instead of still in it.
OSU won a Natty with a 3rd string QB...keep crying that the SEC is just kind of mid this year
SEC fans are overflowing with “would’ve”. Yall win every hypothetical scenario you imagine up. We just watched Texas walk in and take over.
@jeremyking9185 are you actually staying up all night just to find new excuses for the SEC? First Alabama should have made the Playoffs ... they losed to Michigan without any QB. Georgia gets handled by Notre Dame ... the excuse is, they didn't have their QB who played bad all year in the first place. First year Texas walked into the SEC and almost won the Confernce straight up. At this point it's just embarassing how SEC fans trying to push a narrative that got exposed.
@@FirstNameLastnNamethis year being the key phrase to your statement. The SEC was a power conference before the power conference was a thing. The last 25 years have been dominated by the SEC. 14 titles, and that’s before OU and Texas was in.
Update your programming, bot. The second tier SEC games aren’t resume padders anymore.
The fact youre questioning DeBoer shows how lost the SEC talking heads are. The NIL/portal has taken 1st round BACKUPS out of the SEC and put them as starters on other teams. DeBoer has half of the talent depth Saban had, as do most SEC coaches now.
Bama still had enough talent this year to go undefeated. What they lacked was proper coaching and chemistry.
Deboer is on the hot seat. I live in Alabama and hear it everywhere I go.
DeBoer came across as a genial bumbler in his introductory press conference and that’s what he’s shown himself to be.
What a disastrous season for Daboer! If Bama misses the playoff again next season he’s 100% gone!
DON'T WORRY A 24 TEAM PLAYOFF IS COMING
The best Paul Finebaum show was after the tornado in Tuscaloosa, Al. I was there and lived it. Much respect to Mr. Finebaum for those days afterwards.
Bama was bleeding players after Saban left and it continues. DeBoer made a mistake leaving Washington and trying to follow a legend. It never works out. i am not sure how good the recruiting is either.
Makes a big difference when all the big programs can pay their players vs what was happening a few years back
I am a 63-year Alabama fan and I do not like DeBoer at all but I WILL ALWAYS BE A Bama fan.
Definitely not judging DeBoer of the record this season. Judging him off his decision making around QB and also what he does with the staff now.. If he keeps OC, I am all in favor of him being under immense pressure
Tbf, I feel like the OC would have looked better without Milroe. Once he fell apart he couldn't get it back together.
ALL THE OC HAD TO SAY IS WE MIGHT WANT PLAY SIMPSON INTHE SECOND HALF HE IS A FIVE STAR
@@vart7767 yep. Which showed why I don’t trust him at all..
The REAL problem I have with Deboer and the staff is the LACK OF ADJUSTMENTS. It’s like they go into a game with a game plan and if it doesn’t work they seem to struggle pivoting. In every loss and the second half of the Georgia game they didn’t adjust to what the other team was doing.
Yep, next season will determine DeBoer's fate. Alabama is built for playoffs. Alabama doesn't make playoffs next season, DeBoer is gone. The only question is? Who would replace him? Hopefully, someone who can discipline players.
In hindsight, I wish that Saban had retired after the 2020 National Championship. If he had we probably would have Sarkesian now instead of DeBoer.
Urban Meyer is still influencing college football. He went to the B1G, and dominated. At his first B1G press day, he scolded the other programs for being mediocre and lazy. He beat Jim H so bad, that he was forced to get better. Michigan has now made Ohio State go up another level. Those two rising tides, along with NIL, have lifted the conference as a whole. Meanwhile, the SEC got comfortable in the shadow of Nick and Kirby, ehile chanting, "SEC, SEC".
Paul calling for people’s jobs again
I’m calling for his.
He was wrong about Harbaugh after excoriating him for 3 years weekly.
Fire Paul Finebaum.
The SEC will be back ! GO DAWGS
Which school spent the most buying up the best players this year and which team is dominating in the playoffs. It's no longer about who can develop the better team but rather who has the most money to spend. It's hard to follow college football these days.
Really? Now it comes down to sharing the 5 Stars due to money. The SEC wont have all the top players anymore and reason Saban quit. It was a good run though but its over
People act like lsu, auburn, south Carolina, florida aren't playing below expectation.
Bama has joined that group !
SEC fans have forgotten that between 1980-2000, just 4 teams from the SEC won the national championship. Cycles happen.
I don't think Bama fans are that upset. Its the coaches first year! The oddsmakers were being ridiculous in making Bama such big favorites in the games they lost. You can't make accurate odds based on a teams past performance, and that is what's been going on this year.
"I think he is.. 'hiccup, slur'... Under a microscope". Lol
College Football is now Entertainment, the players are entertainers, just like the NFL…At least the NFL has contracts for their entertainers.
I do feel that the coach needs to get better at making adjustments.
there are alot of stupid people saying he should be fired but none of them can name a better replacement that would actually take the job
Here's why Alabama fans should be concerned about KDB: After DeBoer's 1st yr at Washington, they went 10-2 and were definitely on an upward trajectory, including beating TX at the Alamo Bowl. You could feel it, esp after Penix said he was coming back for '23, which also got all the other starters to come back to try and win a national championship, which they nearly did.
What should bother Alabama fans is that there is no feeling of upward trajectory w/ their team after DeBoer's 1st year. Instead, everything got worse. And it ended with a thud at the bowl game a few days ago against Michigan. Concerning.
The “ good old days” are OVER!!! Now everyone has a chance and I love it !
Why do people care about finebaum. He's usually wrong on his hot takes.
With NIL and portal, no one is playing on same ground anymore. Just combine the BIG 10 & SEC into one league and call it NFL Lite.
The transfer portal has leveled the playing field. The SEC schools have been forced to share the top players in the nation.
Hot seat after one year and winning 9 games is crazy. Lmao. But I guess I can’t blame bamas fandom considering they had 13/14 years of success under Nick Saban. 6 nattys, multiple BCS appearances, multiple playoff appearances, and a couple of new years six appearances in the playoff era.
DeBoer needs to step it up because this isn’t UW, anything less than playoff appearances will not cut it.
17 years
Yeah only the crazy fringes of the bama fanbase are disappointed with this season. We had literally as much go against us in the preseason and still managed a 9 win season in the SEC. That’s a pretty good start for a head coach imo. We Bama fans have lived on top of the world for over a decade, we know that couldn’t last forever, and are willing to allow a new guy some time to grow.
The NIL and transfer portal are already ruining college football, because it's already become apparent that the schools that have the most money to buy players, will be the only ones who will be vying for the national championship every year...
The only people saying DeBoer is on the hot seat or defuses who call into Paul’s show.
After 1 season, a successful season where they hit no. 1. Give him a break it is difficult to follow in the shoes of a legend
Paul Finebaum et al it is unfair to gauge a new coach on his year one performance in the SEC. Coach DeBoer has the opportunity to learn from many lessons he should have learned in 2024, including team composer, tackling, strength and conditioning etc., etc. The SEC is very unique in that virtually any team can beat you on a given day. Players have to be very focused one play at a time and one game at a time. Saban knew this. Any deviation from intense focus can result in defeat. If you have players, superstars or not, that are not fully focused and all in on the demands required for Bama's SEC success get rid of them! This is not the former PAC 12 with razzle-dazzle football-lite plays that are reminiscent of that which we all played in our backyard as kids. The SEC dictates that you must have a strong defense with an offense that can run the ball whenever needed and not just the quarterback! And what's with this heavy reliance on a 3-man defensive front line in the run heavy SEC? You must be able to not only stop the run, but also routinely harass the QB. You have to be able to run the ball when the opposing defense has a very good defensive backfield. Heck, you need to be able to run the ball with success every single day and still maintain explosive plays in the passing game. The SEC is not the powder-puff Pac-12 of yesteryear. One very important thing I think that Coach DeBoer does not know is that in Alabama, and most of the deep South, football is not just a game or a form of entertainment, it's a statement about who we are as a people or tribe. Don't mess with Bama, ever! This runs very deep and has been so for over a century started by our Great Grandfathers in many instances many decades ago. Therefore, Alabama football dominance is in our blood and failure to live up to the tribe's expectations hurts our pride and we won't tolerate it. After having read Paul Finebaum's newspaper articles for many years in the past, I know he too knows this. But we must be fair and I think that most fans realize this. We did have what in many corners of our nation would be considered a successful season at 9-4, but this is perhaps only OK for year 1 for a new coach at Alabama, but not for the long-term. If Coach DeBoer learns these lessons and many others from his inaugural 2024 SEC season and we have much better success in 2025 then I will continue to support him. If not, look out Coach DeBoer because it will not be pretty. Bama fans will revolt big time because fair or not, it's a matter of embedded tribe pride. Coach DeBoer, roll up your sleeves and get to work right now because the clock is ticking and kickoff on August 30, 2025 in Tallahassee is right around the corner.
I’ve been a Bama fan for over 40 years. This season was disappointing but only the loudest scattered randos online are talking like this. Finebaum is just a clickbait machine.
I just find this conversation hysterically funny. All I can do is laugh at Paul Finebaum. It is interesting two years into the NIL era, and Nick Saban seeing the landscape change and retiring (don't blame him at his age to not want to compete in this era) that the college landscape has changed. Finally schools outside the SEC can now pay for players and compete for top talent. Just look at the exodus of players hitting the portal from Alabama. It isn't like no one is leaving there because that's the greatest of all time. And it isn't because Saban left. It's money. Finebaum needs to change his narrative if he wants to be relevant.