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Alabama football enters the 2024 season as one of the nation’s biggest unknowns. Last season, the Crimson Tide made it all the way to the College Football Playoffs with a team many thought was not fit to make a late postseason run. Now, some big questions need to be answered.
When legendary head coach Nick Saban retired and the program hired former Washington Coach Kalen DeBoer to fill his shoes, there was fear that the few players that left via the transfer portal would significantly hinder the team’s ability to win. Not just that, there were concerns over DeBoer’s ability to recruit young talent, which was never an issue with Saban.
The biggest question for Alabama, though, has nothing to do with players or positional groups. Chris Low from ESPN is wondering whether or not DeBoer is up for the challenge of the immense amount of pressure he will be under in his first season as the head coach in Tuscaloosa.
“The buy-in process has already started for new Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer, who takes on the kind of challenge in replacing Nick Saban that would send a lot of coaches sprinting in the other direction. Spring practice poses the first chance to get the holdovers and some of the newcomers together on the same field with somebody not named Nick Saban running the show. DeBoer has won everywhere he has been and took Washington to the national championship game last season. But every move he makes and everything he says will be intensely scrutinized, especially by his players.”
Spring practice will be a great benchmark for the program heading into an unprecedented situation. Players need to shift into the DeBoer mindset while not leaving behind the foundation Saban created.
When the spring transfer portal opens, there’s a belief that it will either go well for the Tide, with the program bringing in high-talent…
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Author : Roll Tide Wire
Publish date : 2024-02-21 18:18:19
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