🏈 🔥 Hot Seat 2025 / Coaching Carousel: OL Coach Kap and Alabama part ways

[musso]

The fans run off a good coach in DeBoer and you think this thing becomes “attractive”? I’m afraid you’re wrong.

What I meant was this job’s appeal will increase when the expectations are recalibrated to our NIL budget. And by “expectations” I mean that of both fans and the media. Now I will admit that I suspect most of the negative reaction I see from media criticism is insincere. It’s fake outrage or fake astonishment of Bama’s decline intended to attract attention, clicks, and follows from (a) spoiled Bama fans still shocked by the rapid fall to mediocrity, and (b) rival fans reveling in the fall of the dynasty and greater opportunity for their favorite team. My point is any coach wants maximum resources with minimal pressure, and it may take DeBoer’s departure and another HC after him before the pressure from media and fans is commensurate with our resources.

 

[musso]

but there has to be realistic expectations

Agreed, but the business model of media is to be UNrealistic. It’s to generate an audience, hence the tactics of Finebaum and others of his ilk. Hot takes. Hasty conclusions. Predicting the future. Etc. One of the few things that really benefits from a realistic and reasonable assessment of how Bama fits in with the current landscape is the stress levels of the Bama HC. That’s the irony: nearly everything in the economy of big time college football benefits from the extreme and delusional expectations of fans, except the health and job stability of coaches.

 

[Justneedme81]

I don't think people "are unhappy with CKD".. Most just wanted to see significant changes with some of the staff.. really significant changes did not occur... so if the team has the same deficiencies and problems in 2026 "it's going to get ugly for him"...As it should..

You can tell by the comments lately.

 

[BamaFan334]

You can tell by the comments lately.

I don't dislike DeBoer, I just want more. That's not unobtainable or unrealistic to want. Lose by less than an ass whooping. Not unrealistic or far fetched to want that atleast.

 

[musso]

Lose by less than an ass whooping. Not unrealistic or far fetched to want that atleast.

I empathize for sure. But you have to admit, the undefeated records against LSU, Auburn, and UGA (postseason notwithstanding) were critical in establishing DeBoer's legitimacy in the SEC. Yes, he took Wash to the natty, but there was skepticism surrounding their path that year. Blowouts in highly visible games against UGA and IU certainly hurt. BUT I would still prefer the current results over, say, narrow postseason losses to UGA and IU and splitting the regular season matchups against LSU, Auburn, and UGA these last two seasons. The UGA loss was almost meaningless and arguably gave us the easiest path to the natty. And the IU blowout would have hurt more if IU didn't finish 16-0.