Recent content by bamaclimber

After this season's rushing totals, How much money do you have to pay a running back to join this coaching staff and team!?! It must be a fortune!

I've come to the some conclusion. For me it, it's the way Alabama has lost over the past two years. Losing games is expected. Getting blown out and looking like you didn't know there was a game to prepare for is totally different. DeBoer's losses look WAY worse than any of his "big" wins look...

Not a success. The losses looked WAY worse than the wins, and a couple of those wins were as much luck as coaching (or were just the other team imploding - see Oklahoma and South Carolina). Alabama did not improve from beginning to end. It opened the season with an emabahrasing loss, and it...

I'm really struggling to make sense of the SEC Conference Championship game and the Rose Bowl. In those two games, a coach heralded for his offense-oriented style, scored a combined 10 points, while giving up 66 points. To put the UGA loss in perspective, DeBoer (again, offense minded coach)...

No amount of NIL complexity, "football is just different now," inherited culture problems/personnel deficiencies that DeBoer inherited in the transition from Saban (all the excuses I keep hearing), justifies a 3-38 loss in a bowl game two years after said transition. There's no way to make this...

Want to feel even worse, watch Mario Cristobal if Miami beat Ohio State, then watch any DeBoer press conference. One guy comes across as having heart, passion, intentionality, intellect, drive, etc. The other comes across like a guy who read a couple of books on football and went to a game once.

DeBoer will be the leading candidate for every job that comes open outside of the southeast until he leaves Alabama. Get used to this.

I'm not sure what DeBoer has done to justify an extension. Is he earning his pay? Yes. Is he proving he deserves more? I don't think so. He's earning his pay with the roster he's kept/put together. As for game management, I think many coaches could win 9 and 10 games with the quality of...

I agree that Ty should be given the opportunity to start. Of course he has earned it. I would just advocate for not keeping him in all four quarters if the offense isn't being productive after one or two.

I said this last year and it's true this year. I'd feel much better about DeBoer's longterm prospects as a coach if he played someone other than the starting quarterback when it's clear the starting quarterback is suffering/struggling - for at least a few series. Multiple times last year it was...

Why are so many confident Alabama can beat Oklahoma? What about the match up favors Alabama? Not being an Eeyore, I'm genuinely interested in the Xs and Os that make Oklahoma a preferred path for Alabama.

Just looked at the bowl lineup. It's terrible. First it was players opting out of games, now it's schools opting out. The playoffs absolutely killed the bowl games. Zero interest in watching a single one outside of the playoffs.

I really hope the coaching staff is looking at a version of this trend line and discussing how to correct. Teams don't have to rush for 1,800 yards to win big, but you can't only rush 861 and win the games that matter. This is the lesson west coast football never really learned. Those teams...

Was it my imagination, or did it seems like the Tennessee band was loud and playing right up until Alabama snapped the ball? Didn't sound like an away band (way louder). Is it because they were put in a place different than other visiting bands?

I'm curious what happens if Alabama goes into November with only two wins. After watching the last four games, and looking at the schedule, I think that's very possible. I just don't know how a program like Alabama, with the talent on the team, can bring DeBoers back for a 3rd year. I now FSU...