Coaching carousel 2025-26

[RdunawayTX]

I'll give you 10-to1 odds!!!!

Hey. I can do it! Show up, coach, stink up the place for a few years, and get booted to the curb with millions owed to me in a buyout!

 

[Con]

Wonder what my odds are for being the next MI head coach. Lol.

I don’t think I will be betting any money on you @RdunawayTX.

 

[rolltide7854]

We need to realize the odds of us getting another Saban is slim to none because it's very unlikely any coach can match what Coach Saban was able to do. With the rules the way they are now having players sticking around to wait their turn will be more and more uncommon to happen. Players come in now and expect to start right away and when they don't other schools get in their ears and encourage them to get in the portal and transfer to them.
When CNS retired the first coach I thought of was CKD to replace him. I still believe he was and is the best choice for the job. I know a LOT of people would have preferred Kiffin but it seems like he burned some bridges when he was here.

 

[Bama Lee]

The concerning thing for me is the Vegas odds, that is pretty telling. Mind you it’s not the gospel, but he’s a top 3 favorite for a reason.

Those guys are good at what they do, and are privy to inside knowledge the general public doesn’t have.

I suppose my question is whether Vegas has been right about any of the coaching searches. Maybe Kiffin but that one was easy

 

[JesstheWanderer]

DeBoer Puts ALL the Rumors to Bed

Now let’s go win some football!

 

[PA Tide Fan]

DeBoer Puts ALL the Rumors to Bed

Now let’s go win some football!

DeBoer: “I have not spoken and have no interest in speaking with anyone else about ANY other job,”

That's a good statement since it addresses any other openings with major programs as well.

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

DeBoer Puts ALL the Rumors to Bed

Now let’s go win some football!

That settles thay

 

[Bama Lee]

 

[bamadwain]

We need to get off his back, when he gets his players in place we will roll, remember his players right now are sophomores and freshman, it'll be ok RTR

 

[countrytider]

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Welp..I called for a statement and there it is

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Welp..I called for a statement and there it is

Brian Kelly needs a job.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Brian Kelly needs a job.

Why does he need a job...?

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I'm seeing that On3 is reporting Byrne is working on an extension with DeBoer. I just dont see this being true. If so, Byrne needs to be terminated to be played like that.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I think Courtney Morgan needs an extension...

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I'm seeing that On3 is reporting Byrne is working on an extension with DeBoer. I just dont see this being true. If so, Byrne needs to be terminated to be played like that.

I figured that was going to happen sooner or later.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I figured that was going to happen sooner or later.

Why? Has he earned an extension?

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I'm seeing that On3 is reporting Byrne is working on an extension with DeBoer. I just dont see this being true. If so, Byrne needs to be terminated to be played like that.

I don't agree. I'd extend him too. Nothing too crazy, but enough to show him that we believe in what he's building. I wouldn't up the buyout when fired or anything like that, just a small raise and extension. If all these schools really are after him, we gotta give him something as a gesture, especially when you got former players like Damien Harris going on tv saying all that mess. As long as he continues to recruit this way, it's not that much of a risk of destroying the program or anything like that if it doesn't work out. Patience is what we desperately need imo, and an extension would make that more than possible.

 

[countrytider]

I don't agree. I'd extend him too. Nothing too crazy, but enough to show him that we believe in what he's building. I wouldn't up the buyout when fired or anything like that, just a small raise and extension. If all these schools really are after him, we gotta give him something as a gesture, especially when you got former players like Damien Harris going on tv saying all that mess. As long as he continues to recruit this way, it's not that much of a risk of destroying the program or anything like that if it doesn't work out. Patience is what we desperately need imo, and an extension would make that more than possible.

I agree. I know we have had some disappointing losses. At the same time, as long as the recruiting continues as is, losing him would be devastating to the program.

So while I agree, he hasn’t set the world on fire and “deserves” a raise so to speak, I also feel like we have to trust we will continue to improve on the field each year, and the downside to losing him is far greater the upside.

 

[CrimsonTheory]

Now go win on Friday.

 

[CB4]

Why? Has he earned an extension?

I’m with you. Am I “off the CKD bandwagon”? No but it goes further than wins and losses to me. I’ve seen far too much inconsistency in the first two years. And in those two years I’ve felt CKD seemed “lost” as to how to respond/fix it. Last year at Oklahoma, versus Michigan in the bowl game and this year after the SECCG.

That said, I certainly am not ready to kick the guy to the curb. I still have the belief that he knows enough about winning football to be successful. Moving on from CKD two years into his tenure would be a big mistake, IMO taking us to a pre-Saban type rebuild for the next guy. However, I’m not of the opinion we should be talking about extensions because his name has been floated at other job openings.

Coach DeBoer’s statement was that he was happy in Tuscaloosa and looks forward to the opportunity on Friday night against Oklahoma in the CFP. But certainly he knows the standards at Alabama set by his predecessors.

CKD has a great opportunity to show us an extension might be warranted starting Friday night.