TITLE OR BUST!? 🐘 What does SUCCESS look like for Alabama after Nick Saban? | First Take

Published 2024-07-15
On First Take, Paul Finebaum, Robert Griffin III and Heather Dinich speak on their realistic expectations for the Alabama Crimson Tide in their first season without legendary head coach Nick Saban as Kalen DeBoer takes the helm.

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All Comments (21)
  • @mswwalker12345
    I'm an Alabama fan. My friends are Bama fans. My family are Bama fans. The only people I hear talking about unrealistic expectations and National Title or season is a bust are talking heads like you. Our team is just fine and we'll be fine whether we're hoisting a trophy or not. But keep up the talk. We love proving you people wrong time after time.
  • RG3 sounds crazy… Alabama are realistic fans because we can realistically win a natty every year because of the recruiting and the coaching.
  • @BAMAMADEMG
    People can do all this talking but the game is won on the field you still have to play the game 💯 Rolll Tiiidddeee🐘🔴⚪️
  • @71bbattle
    RG3 Has no clue on what we (Bama fans) think!
  • @AtreyuHuxley
    Heather Dinich the ardent Bama Hater personified. Bless her heart
  • @Da-Boo33
    Keep the faith 🙏 it's team effort ...Alabama time will tell 🐘 ROLLTIDE
  • @DeAngeloStevens
    17 Season Pre Nick Saban from 1990 through 2006. That spanned from Candy Sweet her real name is Margaret Nussbaum, Zak, Dask, and Kala, Chris Redfield's Senior Year 1990-91 through KP, Ron Stoppable, Monique, Bonnie Rockwaller's Senior Year in High School 2006-07.
  • It’s always a failure for any team if you don’t win the championship game. That’s the goal so if you don’t do it, you failed. If that’s not your goal, then you don’t need to be an athlete. That’s failing your teammates.
  • @SuthrnRed
    GO ROBERT!! You know exactly what your talking about. DeBoer can pull it off 1st year in. If no natty, just beat UGA!!😂 We're super excited for the season to begin! LANK 💪 RTR
  • @DeAngeloStevens
    17 Season Under Saban during my 12th Grade Senior Year in High School through Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright Marcy Wu, Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Willow Park, Late Gianna Gigi Bryant, and the Late Amarion Franklin my cousin's Senior Year 2023-2024.
  • @SilentLamb999
    Us Alabama fans don’t expect him to win it all his first year. We just expect him to keep the standard the standard. The rest will work out on its own 💯
  • @tepatrilee3009
    As an Alabama fan, RGIII has no idea what we Alabama fans think. Alabama had 12 national championships before Saban. We've been thru the Mike years (Dubose, Price, & Shula), too. DeBoer may or may not need a year or two to get his players in his system to achieve at the highest level. And we're fine with it. For the record,. Saban's last team was not nearly as good as teams of the past, so DeBoer is not inheriting a juggernaut. We were (VERY) happy the starting center transferred. DeBoer may be an upgrade compared to what was happening at the end of the reign.
  • @lukeclark1544
    Part of being a long time Bama fan is hoping for the best every year! If you don't have that in your heart every year no matter who you're rooting for...then I don't understand why you would call yourself a fan.
  • @metalrock1588
    Its gonna be tough for Deboer in the SEC, but they'll definitely be top 10
  • @AlphaDwg
    I just can’t wait for this season to start
  • @LOLMAN9538
    If Alabama sticks to the formula that made them great under Saban, then I think they'll be just fine.
  • Not with the new Transfer player options.. Coaches can no longer Stack a Depth... Nick Saban always Stacked up a good 2nd and 3rd team waiting .. now the level of competition will be spread across the board..
  • I think making SEC champ game or wining 2 play off games would be like okay these guys fought valiantly. Simply making it not enough but we’ll definitely take that.
  • @Neibert
    Alabama > Texas Alabama has beat Texas 2 of the last 3 times we played. Roll tide!