Frankly, it would be embarrassing if Georgia posters/any rival could read some of these threads.
It would confirm what everybody always said, "Just wait until CNS retires!" Cause that's what this fear is! CKD is NOT CNS and half the board seems to be scared of losing to Georgia. CNS is not walking back into that door and if he did he'd struggle more than most of you think. Somebody documented it in another thread, but in his last 3 years he laid about 3 eggs a year of unprepared/unBama-like/un-Saban-like football. And he was the GOAT!
No, CKD is not CNS but there is nobody else out there who is either! Not the Ducks coach. Not the Yellow Jackets' coach. Not Indiana's!
If we start down this road, we'll have another 20 year period of wandering in the wilderness trying to find "the next Saban" just like it was after Coach Bryant!
Give the man some time. He's our Coach. We might lose to Georgia or we might win. But this game shouldn't be in our collective heads like this!!! And how about a little respect for our team/coach!
I've bit my tongue too long!
Unfortunately, this is what happens when you're a $10 million/year head coach for one of the most storied football programs in history, and in less than one year and four games (into the second season) you've already had
five games where you, your staff and your teams looked completely unprepared. Not one person on this board (or any Bama fan I know) minds losing as long as the team looks prepared, plays hard, is competitive, and we just lost. But there will never be any leeway for showing up with a team that looks unprepared, plays unprepared and the coaching staff appears to have no clue either. There will NEVER be, or should be, any leeway for that. It also doesn't help your case when other coaches at other P4 programs are doing better with less resources and less talent than you are.
Everyone here wants CKD to succeed, but they're not going to blindly follow and cheer on someone when they've seen some of the things that have been displayed by this staff and team for going on two years. Again, this isn't Iowa St where winning 8-9 games/year gets the coach an extension and a raise. It gets you fired at Alabama. Those aren't my rules, it's always been that way and it being that way is what has been part of what keeps up the program's championship standards and expectations. Bama fans are the most passionate in the game, they know good football when they see it and they know bad football when they see it as well. When they start consistently seeing good football, the accolades and support will follow. It's called earning it. Nick Saban had to do the same thing when he first was hired and once he earned the fans respect, he got it in spades. DeBoer is going to have to do the same thing and whoever comes after him will too.
