Bama Game Thread: Official PostGame Thread - Bama vs. IU...

[SkullDuckery]

ok, but that's supposedly the description for Brailsford, and he can't/doesn't move DL out of the hole 1v1 and even when combo blocking, doesn't really create movement.

It’s leverage and power . 40lbs of fat ain’t moving anyone. We have bad coaching and Strength and conditioning. Along with a finesse mindset.

 

[81usaf92]

Alabama fans in the post Saban world sound a lot like Post Osborne era Nebraska fans. At some point you have to accept the man is gone, the advantage we enjoyed is over, and that many teams would kill to be in our position. Sure we can be disappointed and expect serious changes after losses like this from the staff, but nuking the fridge after an 11 win season is a bit much. I’m still old enough to remember the rabid Osborne fans of the 90’s ran off Frank Solich and thought they struck gold with Callahan. Then they ran off Pelini and thought they struck gold with Frost 2 hires later. If you start firing good coaches you better be sure that you have the answer with the next hire because you create instability that no one will ever buy into again like what you see at Nebraska and Florida.

 

[JDCrimson]

Alabama fans in the post Saban world sound a lot like Post Osborne era Nebraska fans. At some point you have to accept the man is gone, the advantage we enjoyed is over, and that many teams would kill to be in our position. Sure we can be disappointed and expect serious changes after losses like this from the staff, but nuking the fridge after an 11 win season is a bit much. I’m still old enough to remember the rabid Osborne fans of the 90’s ran off Frank Solich and thought they struck gold with Callahan. Then they ran off Pelini and thought they struck gold with Frost 2 hires later. If you start firing good coaches you better be sure that you have the answer with the next hire because you create instability that no one will ever buy into again like what you see at Nebraska and Florida.

And Auburn.

 

[81usaf92]

How fair would it be to compare him to other Top HCs the last 2 years?

Cignetti has 1 loss of 20 or more points (tOSU NC)

Lanning has 1 loss of 20 or more points (tOSU NC)

Day had 0 losses like that in this time frame

Kirby has 0 losses like that in this time frame. Does have 1 loss of 18 points

Those 4 certainly haven’t lost THREE times by 20+ points

None of them got dominated by 35 points for sure.

None of them have MULTIPLE bad losses in that time frame either to opponents with 5 or more losses.

They all have to deal with NIL and the Portal too.

They all have to find players to fit their systems.

What’s the fair comparison?

Kirby Smart:


Year 1: lost by 31 points. And also lost to Vandy

Year 2: got skull drug by Auburn in a 3 score game

Year 3: got skull drug by 3 scores by Coach Oeaux

Year 4 he lost to a horrible South Carolina team at home. Then took a 27 point skull dragging at the end of the year.

Year 5: he took 2 three score losses

Year 6: Won the national championship but lost to Bama by 3 scores.

If you are comparing DeBoer to the best coaches now then it’s incredibly unfair to put Day and Kirby in that conversation by narrowing it down to the last two years. They have programs that have been established since 2016 and 2019 respectively. So to be fair you would have to start at the beginning. Day helps your argument, Kirby not so much. Georgia fans were just about done with him and sounded just like Alabama fans now after the 2019 USCe game. It really wasn’t until his first ring that everyone got behind him fully because I remember hearing them constantly questioning his leadership and criticizing him for choosing Stetson over Fields. Georgia fans were very brutal on him from 18-21.

 

[JDCrimson]

You probably dont grow as a coach unless you coach from the hot seat occasionally...

Saban didnt have The Process until he was almost out the door at MSU. He talks about it in his book. He was very results driven and not getting the results he was expecting.

Saban also said he was not a very good game planner in game coach. But his edge was he was going to out personnel the opponent.

It seems to me that CKD has some talents where Saban lacked. If CKD can adapt and adopt some of Saban's preferences he actually may have better time managing this new era.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Kirby Smart:


Year 1: lost by 31 points. And also lost to Vandy

Year 2: got skull drug by Auburn in a 3 score game

Year 3: got skull drug by 3 scores by Coach Oeaux

Year 4 he lost to a horrible South Carolina team at home. Then took a 27 point skull dragging at the end of the year.

Year 5: he took 2 three score losses

Year 6: Won the national championship but lost to Bama by 3 scores.

If you are comparing DeBoer to the best coaches now then it’s incredibly unfair to put Day and Kirby in that conversation by narrowing it down to the last two years. They have programs that have been established since 2016 and 2019 respectively. So to be fair you would have to start at the beginning. Day helps your argument, Kirby not so much. Georgia fans were just about done with him and sounded just like Alabama fans now after the 2019 USCe game. It really wasn’t until his first ring that everyone got behind him fully because I remember hearing them constantly questioning his leadership and criticizing him for choosing Stetson over Fields. Georgia fans were very brutal on him from 18-21.

That’s ripping up the Goal Posts and moving them to the other side of the field.

People are saying specifically that CKD is having such a hard time because of NIL and the Portal.

That’s why I’m making the comparison to other Top HC’s in the Portal era.

If other teams and HCs can navigate it without routinely having bad losses to 5 loss opponents and multiple 20+ point losses than why can’t CKD?

It’s not the mass exodus.

Other teams deal with the same thing.

It’s not NIL funds because we are in the Top 10 of spending power.

I can answer the reason.

It’s flat the Coaching is not up to snuff.

They can’t identify talent. They can’t fit them into the system. They can’t properly prepare them or motivate them.

They were Big Fish in a little pond before and are now completely in over their heads and show no ability to adjust to the current landscape in CFB.

There are Red Flags all over the place and not too many if any Green ones.

We struck out and we’re stuck with it and it is what it for at least 2026.

 

[bamamc1]

Alabama fans in the post Saban world sound a lot like Post Osborne era Nebraska fans. At some point you have to accept the man is gone, the advantage we enjoyed is over, and that many teams would kill to be in our position. Sure we can be disappointed and expect serious changes after losses like this from the staff, but nuking the fridge after an 11 win season is a bit much. I’m still old enough to remember the rabid Osborne fans of the 90’s ran off Frank Solich and thought they struck gold with Callahan. Then they ran off Pelini and thought they struck gold with Frost 2 hires later. If you start firing good coaches you better be sure that you have the answer with the next hire because you create instability that no one will ever buy into again like what you see at Nebraska and Florida.

You’re exactly right. Look at what’s going on down on the farm. When you can a coach and start having people bail into the portal and are faced with rebuilding a roster, you better hope that person is the right man and you have to get very lucky with these portal players you’re bringing in. IU found a goldmine, Colorado found the outhouse.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

Alabama fans in the post Saban world sound a lot like Post Osborne era Nebraska fans. At some point you have to accept the man is gone, the advantage we enjoyed is over, and that many teams would kill to be in our position. Sure we can be disappointed and expect serious changes after losses like this from the staff, but nuking the fridge after an 11 win season is a bit much. I’m still old enough to remember the rabid Osborne fans of the 90’s ran off Frank Solich and thought they struck gold with Callahan. Then they ran off Pelini and thought they struck gold with Frost 2 hires later. If you start firing good coaches you better be sure that you have the answer with the next hire because you create instability that no one will ever buy into again like what you see at Nebraska and Florida.

It depends on what things are nuked. The foundation (the slab) of a house is more important than the countertops. So you can have great countertops, beautiful plush wood flooring, slate roof, and beautiful cabinets. But all that doesn't mean a hill of beans if your foundation is cracked down the middle. S&C and having good coaching on both the lines are foundational items. We can have the best receivers in country, best RB's and best CB's and LB's. It doesn't mean a hill of beans if our foundation is cracked down the middle. Right now, our foundation is cracked down the middle. We are horrible on the offensive line coaching and the defensive line, though did get better, still isn't championship level. We're getting physically shoved around on the lines. The fact we won 11 games is either a testament to the grace of God, pure luck or I need CKD to buy my next powerball ticket. But either way, we don't need to depend on the grace of God, luck or CKD buying my next powerball ticket to win games. We need to fix the cracks in the foundation and fix them this offseason.

 

[81usaf92]

That’s ripping up the Goal Posts and moving them to the other side of the field.

People are saying specifically that CKD is having such a hard time because of NIL and the Portal.

That’s why I’m making the comparison to other Top HC’s in the Portal era.

If other teams and HCs can navigate it without routinely having bad losses to 5 loss opponents and multiple 20+ point losses than why can’t CKD?

It’s not the mass exodus.

Other teams deal with the same thing.

It’s not NIL funds because we are in the Top 10 of spending power.

I can answer the reason.

It’s flat the Coaching is not up to snuff.

They can’t identify talent. They can’t fit them into the system. They can’t properly prepare them or motivate them.

They were Big Fish in a little pond before and are now completely in over their heads and show no ability to adjust to the current landscape in CFB.

There are Red Flags all over the place and not too many if any Green ones.

We struck out and we’re stuck with it and it is what it for at least 2026.

Fine I will play under your unfair comparisons…

2024

Cignetti… brought nearly his entire staff and basically his whole team from JMU with him. So basically this a continuation of a program he built a JMU over the past 6 years and not something he just made up out of the blue. Played 2 ranked teams in year 1 and got blown out by BOTH of them.


DeBoer: brings in most of his staff. But his Mora award winning oline coach and his OC jet 3 days into being hired. Is forced to retain S&C, DL, and RB coach from the previous regime. Hires a new DC. Pretty much everyone that is worth a flip on that Washington team he had graduated or declared to the draft. Aside from Haynes… everyone on the 23 team that anyone wanted left or graduated. You can tell me that it is his job to keep them all you want to, but Saban was going to lose alot of the same people and it was a big factor of him retiring.

Okay let’s get to DeBoer’s season 1… plays 4 ranked teams goes 3-1 vs them. Loses on the road to Vandy, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Oklahoma maybe the only true bad loss out of all of them.

Verdict of 24: Cignetti played an insanely easy schedule at a place with zero expectations. He brought a staff that largely has been with him since Elon and JMU. He brought a good chunk of his JMU team with him too. DeBoer played against unquestionably a harder schedule and didn’t really get to enjoy having the players he had last year on the roster like Cignetti did.

Verdict on 25: I’m just gonna say it without going in depth. Indiana played a far weaker schedule and upgraded in key positions in the portal. Bama struck out and had mixed returns at best with the new OC.

Overall the big difference with Cignetti and DeBoer is that Cignetti has his guys and his team from the past 4-5 years in an environment that allows him to run it his way. At Alabama I guarantee you he wouldn’t have been afforded this luxury coming from JMU. The expectation would be “sign these guys that we have been paying our money to come here” and less of “Coach wants us to pay for this little known oline guy from Virginia and this quarterback that played at Cal”.

Is Cignetti a better coach than DeBoer… Now probably. A year ago probably not. 2 years ago definitely not? Things change and can change back just as quick. Just look at Belichick

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Fine I will play under your unfair comparisons…

2024

Cignetti… brought nearly his entire staff and basically his whole team from JMU with him. So basically this a continuation of a program he built a JMU over the past 6 years and not something he just made up out of the blue. Played 2 ranked teams in year 1 and got blown out by BOTH of them.


DeBoer: brings in most of his staff. But his Mora award winning oline coach and his OC jet 3 days into being hired. Is forced to retain S&C, DL, and RB coach from the previous regime. Hires a new DC. Pretty much everyone that is worth a flip on that Washington team he had graduated or declared to the draft. Aside from Haynes… everyone on the 23 team that anyone wanted left or graduated. You can tell me that it is his job to keep them all you want to, but Saban was going to lose alot of the same people and it was a big factor of him retiring.

Okay let’s get to DeBoer’s season 1… plays 4 ranked teams goes 3-1 vs them. Loses on the road to Vandy, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Oklahoma maybe the only true bad loss out of all of them.

Verdict of 24: Cignetti played an insanely easy schedule at a place with zero expectations. He brought a staff that largely has been with him since Elon and JMU. He brought a good chunk of his JMU team with him too. DeBoer played against unquestionably a harder schedule and didn’t really get to enjoy having the players he had last year on the roster like Cignetti did.

Verdict on 25: I’m just gonna say it without going in depth. Indiana played a far weaker schedule and upgraded in key positions in the portal. Bama struck out and had mixed returns at best with the new OC.

Overall the big difference with Cignetti and DeBoer is that Cignetti has his guys and his team from the past 4-5 years in an environment that allows him to run it his way. At Alabama I guarantee you he wouldn’t have been afforded this luxury coming from JMU. The expectation would be “sign these guys that we have been paying our money to come here” and less of “Coach wants us to pay for this little known oline guy from Virginia and this quarterback that played at Cal”.

Is Cignetti a better coach than DeBoer… Now probably. A year ago probably not. 2 years ago definitely not? Things change and can change back just as quick. Just look at Belichick

Indiana was 3-9 in 2023

It is unbelievably impressive that he brought in G5 players and staff and used the portal to instantly turn them into an 11-2 team in year 1

Their SOS was 35th and ours was 20th so it wasn’t some chasm of separation in how hard the schedules were.

He did get blown out by tOSU and I have acknowledged that… they were also the NC.

I guess the ND loss can be looked at as a blowout if we just ignore them continuing to compete until the end and losing by 10 points to the NCG runner up.

For our 2024 to be accurate CKD was 2-1 vs ranked teams in the final rankings. There is also a loss that’s been omitted to a 5 loss Mich team that was basically their 2nd and 3rd string.

The Bad losses are subjective but yes the OU loss is the one that’s truly unacceptable based on the field play and scoreboard.

As for 2025 on paper yes our SOS is 6th and theirs is 28th but again I’m not sure if that’s a chasm of separation.

The SEC has been exposed in the postseason with a record of 4-9 and only OM remains.

The B1G is 9-4 with 2 teams still alive.

As of right now IU has beat 3 Top 10 teams and 2 Top 3 teams and has zero losses.

Our FSU loss is completely unacceptable. Our SOS has nothing to do with that one.

We got beat by 2 TDs by a 7 loss team.

Cignetti doesn’t have a loss like that anywhere nor does he have losses to other mediocre teams like 7-6 Vandy, 6-7 OU, or 8-5 Mich from ‘24.

The whole SOS argument might carry some water if we were losing to Very Good to Great teams only ie we are actually losing because the schedule is tough.

We are dropping games we have no business dropping.

Our Good wins this year are OU and UGA and they also take a hit by losing to both and especially getting waxed by UGA for the SECCG.

It’s a wash at best.

Well 1 more good win I guess is over 10-3 Vandy who is temporarily in the Top 15 but will drop after losing to Iowa.

Tenn and Mizzou were barely hanging onto Top 25 rankings but lost their post season games too and will fall to UR.

So our schedule really turned out to not be as tough as it was purported to be.

My verdict is that Cignetti is doing way waaaay more with less against comparable if not better competition and CKD is doing a lot of spectacular swinging and missing and soiling the field with pathetic showings and getting behind a mic and saying ‘we’re so close’ guys.

 

[BamaInBham]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007069353783529820

That was the downfall of Bobby Bowden at FSU and Saban at Alabama. Saban did an incredible job of maintaining even with the loss of staff but it eventually got to his program as well. It has hurt Kirby too, though Schuman has remained, but only because he is not a desirable HC candidate.

Many are complaining about Grubb, but Saban wanted him BADLY, others did too, but he has hung in there with DeBoer, except when the NFL called while CKD was on his way down South.

It’s a tougher world than ever. I’m glad the admin does not listen too much to the fans because as Gene Stallings famously said many times, rough quote, “if you do, you’ll soon be sitting in the stands with them”. I understand fans being frustrated but many of the comments and suggestions are the rantings of a 13 year-old, with the same wisdom.

If there is change it better be for the better. Just ask Nebraska or Florida or UT or AU or … Most don’t get it right and those who do are usually accompanied by very good fortune. I had followed Cignetti some and was impressed, but who would have guessed what has happened? NO ONE, not even Curt. Though I think some unusual circumstances have helped and doubt he can maintain at this level but they have a lot of momentum as a program and the support money is surely flowing.

Money is a key and there is no way around it. Alabama is facing a difficult road though she probably still has some historical intangible advantages, probably more than anyone, but cold hard cash is king and a harsh reality and an unwise, impatient fan base is going to be a problem. i just hope the administration continues to ignore it.

Things are not and never will be the same. Finally, it’s not just Alabama, it is the SEC. It’s advantage of being in the midst of the talent has not been eliminated but has been greatly diminished. It’s probably going to get worse, especially with a Commissioner who has not gotten the most bang for the buck. IMO, the SEC is being outsmarted on multiple levels. UGA, IMO, mistakenly called by some the Alpha program, hasn’t won a playoff game since 2022, even with the expanded field, the last 2 years to lower seeds.

 

[denver]

Indiana was 3-9 in 2023

It is unbelievabeforeessive that he brought in G5 players and staff and used the portal to instantly turn them into an 11-2 team in year 1

Their SOS was 35th and ours was 20th so it wasn’t some chasm of separation in how hard the schedules were.

He did get blown out by tOSU and I have acknowledged that… they were also the NC.

I guess the ND loss can be looked at as a blowout if we just -gnore them continuing to compete until the end and losing by 10 points to the NCG runner up.

For our 2024 to be accurate CKD was 2-1 vs ranked teams in the final rankings. There is also a loss that’s been omitted to a 5 loss Mich team that was basically their 2nd and 3rd string.

The Bad losses are subjective but yes the OU loss is the one that’s truly unacceptable based on the field play and scoreboard.

As for 2025 on paper yes our SOS is 6th and theirs is 28th but again I’m not sure if that’s a chasm of separation.

The SEC has been exposed in the postseason with a record of 4-9 and only OM remains.

The B1G is 9-4 with 2 teams still alive.

As of right now IU has beat 3 Top 10 teams and 2 Top 3 teams and has zero losses.

Our FSU loss is completely unacceptable. Our SOS has nothing to do with that one.

We got beat by 2 TDs by a 7 loss team.

Cignetti doesn’t have a loss like that anywhere nor does he have losses to other mediocre teams like 7-6 Vandy, 6-7 OU, or 8-5 Mich from ‘24.

The whole SOS argument might carry some water if we were losing to Very Good to Great teams only ie we are actually losing because the schedule is tough.

We are dropping games we have no business dropping.

Our Good wins this year are OU and UGA and they also take a hit by losing to both and especially getting waxed by UGA for the SECCG.

It’s a wash at best.

Well 1 more good win I guess is over 10-3 Vandy who is temporarily in the Top 15 but will drop after losing to Iowa.

Tenn and Mizzou were barely hanging onto Top 25 rankings but lost their post season games too and will fall to UR.

So our schedule really turned out to not be as tough as it was purported to be.

My verdict is that Cignetti is doing way waaaay more with less against comparable if not better competition and CKD is doing a lot of spectacular swinging and missing and soiling the field with pathetic showings and getting behind a mic and saying ‘we’re so close’ guys.

SEC was 10-2 or something like that out of conference before the Bowl season...and the B1G was under water...plus 3 of their post season wins are vs G5 teams..so those really shouldn't count...so they are really 6-4...one FG or late TD from being under water...the two leagues are very close at the top...the SEC is deeper...and in non- CFP bowls is generally playing as the lower seed. The results this year in late scores, one possession games have gone B1G's way..its a bit of lipstick on the pig vs a sign of dominance

 

[Krymsonman]

Kirby Smart:


Year 1: lost by 31 points. And also lost to Vandy

Year 2: got skull drug by Auburn in a 3 score game

Year 3: got skull drug by 3 scores by Coach Oeaux

Year 4 he lost to a horrible South Carolina team at home. Then took a 27 point skull dragging at the end of the year.

Year 5: he took 2 three score losses

Year 6: Won the national championship but lost to Bama by 3 scores.

If you are comparing DeBoer to the best coaches now then it’s incredibly unfair to put Day and Kirby in that conversation by narrowing it down to the last two years. They have programs that have been established since 2016 and 2019 respectively. So to be fair you would have to start at the beginning. Day helps your argument, Kirby not so much. Georgia fans were just about done with him and sounded just like Alabama fans now after the 2019 USCe game. It really wasn’t until his first ring that everyone got behind him fully because I remember hearing them constantly questioning his leadership and criticizing him for choosing Stetson over Fields. Georgia fans were very brutal on him from 18-21.

I wonder what they're saying about him right now.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

SEC was 10-2 or something like that out of conference before the Bowl season...and the B1G was under water...plus 3 of their post season wins are vs G5 teams..so those really shouldn't count...so they are really 6-4...one FG or late TD from being under water...the two leagues are very close at the top...the SEC is deeper...and in non- CFP bowls is generally playing as the lower seed. The results this year in late scores, one possession games have gone B1G's way..its a bit of lipstick on the pig vs a sign of dominance

I wouldn’t say overall dominant either.

I just think both Leagues are comparable.

It seems like the B1G has improved a bit with some of their additions namely Oregon.

The SEC is definitely down though imo and it’s not the Gauntlet it looks like on paper.

Maybe a little stronger at the middle to bottom but no better at the upper levels anymore.

 

[Krymsonman]

Indiana was 3-9 in 2023

It is unbelievably impressive that he brought in G5 players and staff and used the portal to instantly turn them into an 11-2 team in year 1

Their SOS was 35th and ours was 20th so it wasn’t some chasm of separation in how hard the schedules were.

He did get blown out by tOSU and I have acknowledged that… they were also the NC.

I guess the ND loss can be looked at as a blowout if we just ignore them continuing to compete until the end and losing by 10 points to the NCG runner up.

For our 2024 to be accurate CKD was 2-1 vs ranked teams in the final rankings. There is also a loss that’s been omitted to a 5 loss Mich team that was basically their 2nd and 3rd string.

The Bad losses are subjective but yes the OU loss is the one that’s truly unacceptable based on the field play and scoreboard.

As for 2025 on paper yes our SOS is 6th and theirs is 28th but again I’m not sure if that’s a chasm of separation.

The SEC has been exposed in the postseason with a record of 4-9 and only OM remains.

The B1G is 9-4 with 2 teams still alive.

As of right now IU has beat 3 Top 10 teams and 2 Top 3 teams and has zero losses.

Our FSU loss is completely unacceptable. Our SOS has nothing to do with that one.

We got beat by 2 TDs by a 7 loss team.

Cignetti doesn’t have a loss like that anywhere nor does he have losses to other mediocre teams like 7-6 Vandy, 6-7 OU, or 8-5 Mich from ‘24.

The whole SOS argument might carry some water if we were losing to Very Good to Great teams only ie we are actually losing because the schedule is tough.

We are dropping games we have no business dropping.

Our Good wins this year are OU and UGA and they also take a hit by losing to both and especially getting waxed by UGA for the SECCG.

It’s a wash at best.

Well 1 more good win I guess is over 10-3 Vandy who is temporarily in the Top 15 but will drop after losing to Iowa.

Tenn and Mizzou were barely hanging onto Top 25 rankings but lost their post season games too and will fall to UR.

So our schedule really turned out to not be as tough as it was purported to be.

My verdict is that Cignetti is doing way waaaay more with less against comparable if not better competition and CKD is doing a lot of spectacular swinging and missing and soiling the field with pathetic showings and getting behind a mic and saying ‘we’re so close

What I saw from IU, especially on the offensive line was discipline, teamwork, and want to. They worked together and everyone did their job. I have heard that they were all 24 years old or so, so that means they were experienced too. Our problems on the O-Line seemed to be, depending on the play, 3 guys would do their job, and 2 would miss, throwing the whole play out of whack. We also never seemed to make adjustments in the blocking schemes based on what the defense was doing. Once the offense crashed, the defense just couldn't keep up. Fix it please.

 

[BamaInCummingGA]

Where are you getting the information that Indiana is spending more than Alabama?

I can’t find hard information anywhere that verifies that.

Everywhere I looked has us estimated to be a Top 10 Spender and we aren’t getting outbid across the board.

It’s not just about money.

It’s more about miss evaluation of players on our part and not coaching up who we have.

Even teams that can cherry pick who they want still have to get guys that fit in the system and coach them up.

Based on the much higher alumni base.
I'm sure what the spent is available somewhere but just based on how much larger the alumni base is just makes sense mathematically, doesn't it?
I mean, we get it. There are just some on here who are just unwilling to give him a chance and are willing to cut off your nose in spite of your face.
Y'all still can't produce the name of a head coach with SEC experience that would be willing to leave their current situation and come to Bama and do BETTER.

 

[BamaInCummingGA]

That’s ripping up the Goal Posts and moving them to the other side of the field.

People are saying specifically that CKD is having such a hard time because of NIL and the Portal.

That’s why I’m making the comparison to other Top HC’s in the Portal era.

If other teams and HCs can navigate it without routinely having bad losses to 5 loss opponents and multiple 20+ point losses than why can’t CKD?

It’s not the mass exodus.

Other teams deal with the same thing.

It’s not NIL funds because we are in the Top 10 of spending power.

I can answer the reason.

It’s flat the Coaching is not up to snuff.

They can’t identify talent. They can’t fit them into the system. They can’t properly prepare them or motivate them.

They were Big Fish in a little pond before and are now completely in over their heads and show no ability to adjust to the current landscape in CFB.

There are Red Flags all over the place and not too many if any Green ones.

We struck out and we’re stuck with it and it is what it for at least 2026.

Sounds like you need to forward your resume to AD GB.

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Sounds like you need to forward your resume to AD GB.

I do not.

I do have my opinions though.

I’m open to debating viewpoints but won’t do back and forth jabs.

 

[AlexanderFan]

Veteran team for sure.

 

[BamaInCummingGA]

I do not.

I do have my opinions though.

I’m open to debating viewpoints but won’t do back and forth jabs.

Oh, it wasn't a jab.
You sound like you know exactly what's good for Alabama and what needs to happen to win a championship.