Wowsa. I cannot copy the article from The Athletic, but their reporting shows a meltdown by fans, and boosters of epic proportions. Lost three of the last four games, players not playing hard, and the major expectations being unmet is creating great entertainment.

With a buyout of 70 million....I just love the spot that all the parties are in, as it is impossible for this to turnaround, and make everyone happy enough. As if all that wasn't enough...they claim their major candidates to replace DeBoer are: Kirby Smart, Ryan Day or Dan Lanning. Good luck with that!

If you want a few laughs...below are 'Tide fans voicing their displeasure!

There is nothing more entertaining that the Paul Finebaum Show after an Alabama loss. The shows after the NCG losses to Clemson rank among the elite in listening pleasure. I think it's safe to say that Bama will no longer be hiring head coaches out of the state of Washington. They had a dominant run, but it seems that a few of the diehards are moving on to the acceptance phase of coping.

That said, they need to accept the fact that the best of the best coaches in college football are not going to drop everything and allow themselves to be lured to Alabama. If they listened carefully to Dan Lanning's comments yesterday then they know he's not leaving a program that is willing to spend the money to compete with the Top 10 in CFB. Can Bama scrape together the money for a top flight roster? Maybe, but I don't see i happening after paying a $70M buyout.

Even if they could, why would Lanning move from an environment where he basically deals with one booster and has somewhat of a patient fan base? They're never going to get Kirby Smart or Sark or Ryan Day. I'm also 99% sure that Dilly would turn them down to stay in Tempe which would be one hell of a blow to their psyche. They need to face the facts. Every program they want to poach a head coach from would consider Bama to be a step down. A lateral move at best if they're chasing Kiffin.

This goes along with what you are mentioning.

Early in Kalen DeBoer's Tenure at Alabama, Power Brokers and Boosters are Growing Concerned

It was 25 years ago that then Boston Celtics team president and head coach Rick Pitino unleashed his infamous rant.

“Larry Bird is not walking through that door fans. Kevin McHale’s not walking through that door, and Robert Parish is not walking through that door,” Pitino lamented after a late-season loss to the Toronto Raptors that saw the Celtics fall 11 games under .500.

Well, as Defcon 4 escalates to Defcon 3 among the Alabama fan base following the Crimson Tide’s listless 31-17 season-opening loss to Florida State last Saturday, here’s the reality: Nick Saban is not walking through that door, at least not according to him or anybody close to him.

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Early in Kalen DeBoer's tenure at Alabama, power brokers...

It was 25 years ago that then Boston Celtics team president and head coach Rick Pitino unleashed his infamous rant. “Larry Bird is not walking through that door fans. Kevin McHale’s not walking throug

Writer Ralph Russo

No. 21 Alabama’s latest stumble dropped the Crimson Tide out of the top 20 for the first time in 17 years.

The Crimson Tide stayed in the rankings at No. 21 despite their first opening-game loss in 24 seasons and extended their streak of poll appearances to 280, the second longest in history behind Nebraska’s 348 from 1981 to 2002. Still, Alabama reached a new low under second-year Kalen DeBoer.

Alabama was last unranked at the end of the 2007 season, Nick Saban’s first with the Tide. Alabama began the next season 24th, blew out Clemson in its 2008 opener to jump to No. 13 and stayed in the top 20 for the next 16 years. Even during last season’s inconsistencies, Alabama was never ranked lower than 17th.

Alabama was one of four top-10 teams to lose to start the season, but the only one to an unranked opponent.

Bama lost to an unranked team for the fourth time in 14 games under Saban’s replacement. 

Optimism for Alabama started up front. The Tide brought back enough talent and experience to make a case for having both the best offensive and defensive line in the nation. But the Seminoles, after yet another portal-heavy rebuild by coach Mike Norvell, ran all over Alabama and stuffed the Tide’s running game.

Coming into this season, the Tide ranked second behind Georgia in 247Sports’ talent composite rankings, which measures the recruiting stars that make up a team’s roster. Since the website started doing the talent composite in 2015, only two teams ranked in the top two have won fewer than 10 games. Last year’s Alabama team went 9-4.

Me...will be interesting to watch Alabama's season. Often during Sabin's tenure opponents were mentally defeated before they hit the field. If some of those SEC opponents now sense blood in the water, the confidence boost may make for some interesting games. And, if DeBoer is lured into some dumb decisions by a "hot seat mentality" then that could add to it. The away game schedule is manageable: Georgia, Missouri, S. Carolina, Auburn. Home games: Vanderbilt, Tennesse, LSU and Oklahoma.